Page 107 of Finding Hayes
“Sheana is married?” Savannah asked with a gasp. “I didn’t know that.”
“Neither did I. Apparently, she met the man while he was living in an elderly facility where she was working, and she claims they fell in love. They got married a few weeks ago. His family knew nothing about it and filed a complaint because the man is worth a whole lot more money than Abe was. She’s making quite the name for herself with this scam, and at the moment,she’s got more to deal with than she can handle. She probably figured out that claiming he made a verbal promise to her wasn’t going to hold up in a court of law. Especially considering Abe had recently updated his will, and she hadn’t been included. So, they dropped the suit against you.”
“That’s such good news. I hope someone stops her from doing this. It’s so disgusting that she preys on the elderly,” my wife said as Roddy walked over and tried to jump up for my attention.
“Sounds like she preys on rich and elderly men, in particular. There’s a special place in hell for people who do that.” I shrugged.
“Agreed. And her attorney has his work cut out for him trying to defend her now, with her current track record. There was one man in between Abe and husband number three, as well, and she inherited a couple hundred thousand from him after he passed away.”
“That’s horrible.” Savannah patted Roddy on the head before looking back at the screen. “Thank you for handling everything for us.”
“Of course. I heard Romeo and Demi had their baby a few days ago. Named him after you, Hayes?” Easton asked.
“Yeah. I still can’t wrap my head around it. He’s a cute little guy. Looks like the perfect mix of his parents.” I nodded.
I held him the day after he was born. This little bundle of dark hair and dark eyes, so innocent and perfect. I remembered the day that Cutler was born like it was yesterday. I realized in that moment that I already had two kids that I loved as if they were my own. I wasn’t going to get out of caring just because I didn’t have a child of my own.
I already cared.
Too fucking much.
But I was learning that it was okay to care. You just had to keep showing up and being there.
I could do that.
“Congrats to all of you. Exciting times out in Magnolia Falls. Hopefully, I’ll see you guys when I come to visit next. We’ll have to grab dinner.”
“Yes. We’d love that. Thank you for everything, Easton.” Savannah waved at the camera as we said our goodbyes.
She turned to look at me after she closed her computer. “You’ve got to leave for your shift soon, don’t you, Captain?”
It was my first official shift as captain, and I was ready. “I do. Three days away from my wife is not going to be okay with me.”
She climbed onto my lap, straddling me. Her fingers tangled in my hair as she leaned down and kissed me. “Maybe Roddy and I will come visit you if things are slow.”
“I’ll be counting on it.” I tugged her down one last time and kissed her hard.
I couldn’t be late for my first day as captain, and it killed me to slide her off my lap and push to my feet.
“You’re meeting Sabrina out at the farmhouse, right?”
“Yep.” She nodded. The house was done, and Savannah was determined to get it listed as soon as possible to have the money to open her new business. We hadn’t found any office space downtown that would work yet, so we were still looking. All the money from Abe had been put into a savings account for her father’s treatment. “We’re getting it on the market today.”
“I told you that we have plenty of money in savings when you find the right spot for the business.”
“And I told you that I don’t want to take that money out of your savings.”
“Our savings. We’re married, remember?”
“Ahhh… how can I forget when my husband is the fire captain? Do you have any idea how sexy you are?” She smiled up at me, and my hands landed on her perfectly round ass.
“You’re killing me. I don’t want to leave.” I thrust toward her, letting her know how turned on I was. I wanted her to know the effect she had on me.
“Go to work, hubby. I’ll stop by later.”
“Just know that there’s no rush to sell the farmhouse.” I kissed the tip of her nose.
“I have to do things my own way sometimes, Hayes. I don’t have income right now. I’ve put away all the money from Abe for my father, aside from the little bit I’ve used to live on up until now. The farmhouse is the money I want to use to start my interior design business.”
