They had just gotten out of their bathing suits and back into their clothes when Erin’s car pulled into the driveway. Since Erin was never one to waste time, she walked through the door less than a minute later.

Blair was so tired, she didn’t even notice the drink Erin was holding until she shook it in front of her face. “Graham Cracker iced latte with whipped cream is your drink of choice, right?”

Blair was flabbergasted. “Yes, it is, but how do you know that?”

“You mentioned it a week or two ago,” Erin said nonchalantly as if she hadn’t done the sweetest thing in the whole wide world.

“From Celestial Cafe, yes!” Be still my heart. “Have you been there often? The peanut butter crepes are to die for.”

Erin shook her head. “I’ve never actually been there. I’m not a big coffee drinker. You just seemed like you could use this, and it’s not that far out of the way on my drive home, so I wanted to do it for you. You’ve done so much for us.”

This busy woman, who was already juggling so much, went out of her way to get something for Blair that she mentioned once in passing? Blair was pretty sure no one had ever done something so sweet for her. Maybe Marisol, but Marisol didn’t really count since they were pretty much family. She wanted to point that out, but she also didn’t want to make Erin feel like she was being too much, especially because, in Blair’s eyes, she was pretty close to perfect.

“You’re paying me to babysit. You don’t owe me anything else above that.”

Erin gave her a pointed look. “Don’t act like you didn’t use your whole paycheck to buy Nolan gifts when he was sick.”

Blair was pretty sure she spent more than a week’s paycheck on those gifts, but she wasn’t going to admit that. It’s not like she actually needed the money, since just having a job was enough to convince her parents to keep giving her money from her trust fund every week.

“That was nothing. Also, it was kind of my fault he got sick, so it’s the least I could do.”

Erin held the drink out toward her. “Well, this is the least I can do when you spend every day entertaining my tiny demon.”

Since it would be rude to refuse such a kind gesture, Blair reached out to grab the drink. It should have been such a simple thing, but her fingers brushed Erin’s as she grabbed ahold of the cup. Their skin had barely grazed, but that didn’t stop Blair from becoming frozen in place.