Page 72 of Sainte
So now the clubhouse is empty, except for the girls and me, and it’s time to inform them of my plans for our new venture.
“Honey, can you ask Brianne and Tara to come down please? I need to talk to you all for a minute.”
She looks at me concerned. “Okay.”
She walks past me, and I smack her on the ass. “Everything is fine, darlin’. Stop worrying.”
She smiles. I know her so well.
A few minutes later, the girls come down.
“Hey, ladies. I want to talk to you about some work we’ve found for you.” I turn toward Tara. “When those babies get home from the hospital, Emma is gonna need some help around the house. Do you think you would be interested being a nanny to the babies?”
“I would love that!” Tara exclaims. “I love babies!”
Honey’s eyes drop, and I know what’s bugging her. Ice and Emma had talked to her a while back, asking her to help with the kids. But we have bigger plans for her, and by the time I’m done, she will not be sad. She will be challenged and overjoyed.
“Brianne, we have just acquired a new business. Honey will be running that new business, which means she will be required to be away from the clubhouse more. Someone needs to be here to keep things going, take care of the boys, the bar, food, etc. Would you consider it?”
“Yes, I would like that very much. Would I still be able to stay here?”
“Absolutely.”
I turn toward Honey, who is smiling ear to ear. “And if you didn’t catch that earlier, you will be running Serenity Knights and the new club, Silent Knights.”
“Really?” she asks. “Do you all really want me to run it? And are those the new names?”
“We sure do. You and I will be doing it together, but you know I’ll always get pulled away to take care of club business. It’s basically yours to make or break,” I say teasingly.
“Oh, I’ll make it into the hottest club ever. Thank you, Sainte.”
“Don’t thank me. Thank Ice. It was actually his suggestion.” I hinted about it, I admit, but I knew he had to be the one to suggest it. And so he did.
“Well, I know you had something to do with it, so thank you.”
She wraps her arms around me and gives me a hug. “I’ll thank Ice when I see him.”
“And one more thing,” I say.
“What?” Honey asks hesitantly.
“We need all three of you to plan a wedding. Ice and Emma are getting married.”
The girls squeal.
Tara jumps up and down. “I love weddings!”
“Nothing fancy. They just figured they need to get hitched now that the kids have been born. Emma will be home from the hospital on Wednesday. She’s gonna be sore and tired and need a lot of rest. I’m counting on you, Tara, to help her.”
She nods.
“The kids will be in the toaster for a while longer, until their lungs and heart are fully developed, so we want the wedding to happen before the kids come home and Emma is too busy with them. Doc guesses it’ll be a couple months.”
“We got this,” Honey assures me. She turns toward the girls. “We need to find a place first and foremost. So let’s start searching venues and get on the phone.”
Both girls leave and get to work.
Honey turns toward me. “Have I told you lately how awesome you are?”
