“Huh… Um, we can do that for them, can’t we?”

“As I recall, there’re signatures involved.”

“Come on, Maddie. There’s got to be a way. I’ll talk to Uncle Frank about how we get around the license thing. Will you talk to Tiffany to see if she approves of this and if she’ll help us? You two know what your mother would like. Let’s just do it.”

“It’s a nice idea. I’ll give you that.”

“It’s a brilliant idea.”

“Whatever you say, dear.”

Mac pulled into Grace’s pharmacy and turned off the truck.

“What do we need here?”

“I’ll tell you after I get it.” He left her with a kiss. “Be right back.” Mac went into the store and straight to the condom aisle in the back, which had been in the same place since he was a horny teenager on Gansett. Back then, the Golds had owned the store that now belonged to his future sister-in-law, Grace, who was fortunately not working tonight. In fact, he didn’t see anyone he knew. Thank God for small favors.

Grimacing, he grabbed an economy box of the extra-large ones, and then, laughing to himself, he got a box of the small ones, too, and went up to pay for them. “Could I get two bags please?”

“Sure,” the teenage girl at the register said, blushing to the roots of her hair when she realized what he was buying.

Even as a married man of thirty-seven with two kids and a third on the way, this transaction never got any less embarrassing. “Thanks.”

He walked out of the store with his bags and got back in the truck.

“What’d you get?” Maddie reached for the bags before he could explain. “Something you want to tell me?” she asked with that arched brow of hers.

“They’re for Janey. And Joe.”

“Huh?”

“She’s getting me back for what I did to her when we were dating.”

That set Maddie off into fits of giggles that had him laughing at her delight. “Oh my God, I love that! Good for her!”

“Good for her? You can’t be on her side and be married to me, too.”

“What’re you going to do? Divorce me?”

“I just might.”

“Oh hush. You couldn’t live without me. Why two bags?”

“Look at the sizes.”

Maddie examined the boxes and then burst out laughing again. “What’re you up to?”

“She told me to get the extra-large ones. You’ll see.”

Chapter 19

Chapter 19

Mac drove to his sister’s house, which was located close to theirs. P.J. had been fussy earlier, so they’d decided to skip the party. Since Mac had texted Janey to tell her they were on the way over, the outside lights were on for them. At the front door, Mac knocked quietly, not wanting to wake a sleeping baby.