Enzo (Jinx Tattoos 1)
“Didn’t know that. I thought it was all knitted hats and shit,” Noah said.
Enzo snickered, as he baby powdered Aoife’s bottom, and wrapped her in a fresh diaper. “Is that better?” he asked.
She cooed her agreement and he re-snapped her onesie.
“Whatever you do make it good. She’s been waiting a long time.”
“Yes, she has,” he whispered as an idea took root. “Amy Pond.”
“What?” Noah asked with a puzzled look.
“The companion, Amy Pond. She was the girl who waited, and so is Aibhlinn!”
“You’re speaking another language, but I sense you’re happy, so I’m going with it,” Noah said.
Enzo laughed. “We got this, baby girl. All I need now is a ring. Are you going to help me with that?”
She blew a bubble, and he laughed again. “I’ll take that as a sign of good luck. You rolling with us, Noah?”
“Oh yeah, I wouldn’t miss this for the world,” Noah replied, wiggling the toothpick in the corner of his mouth.
“You think I’m going to crash and burn, don’t you, old man?” Enzo asked.
“No. Just think it’ll be highly amusing,” Noah stated with a grin.
AIBHLINN
“Wait, let me get this straight, he wants to get married?” Sophia asked, holding up one finger.
“Yes.”
“And for you to be the mother of this new baby?” Sophia asked, continuing to raise a finger.
“Yes.”
“And you didn’t jump on that shit and start yelling, ‘Mine’ like the seagulls in Nemo ... why?”
Aibhlinn covered her face. “I feel like such an idiot when you say it that way.”
“Is it because she won’t be yours by blood?” Sophia asked.
“What? No. I couldn’t care less about that. It’s the principle of the thing.”
“You can’t steal what was abandoned, babe. If the search turns up nothing, Enzo would be like a good Samaritan.”
“It still feels wrong. It’s a big lie.”
“Okay, let’s walk through this. What’s the church’s stance on lying? And don’t say not to do it, because I know that much,” Sophia said.
“Not to tell an outright lie.”
“So omission is okay.”
“If it’s to prevent harming someone’s feeling, yes. You can, just don’t go into detail.”
“Okay, so are you going to claim you gave birth to Aoife?”
“No.”