“We are, but have you broken it to Hannah yet? She’s not going to like leaving Lucy behind.” Their daughter Hannah had grown attached to her school pal Lucy, who had divorcing parents and constant drama in her young life. The little girl seemed to spend more time with them than at home, and that meant more interaction with Lucy’s mother, Taylor Kennison.

“I wanted to talk to you about that,” Emma said, stepping out as she shut the water off. “Don’t give me that face, honey.”

“I’m not giving you a face, but please tell me you didn’t invite the fictitious Drew and Taylor.” She accepted a towel and thought about those two again. No matter how much Muriel, her law associates, Finley, or Merrick dug, they didn’t exist in any database. She had enough to worry about without adding any more unknown elements to her plate.

“As if, but I did want to talk to Taylor about Lucy coming with us, if you agree,” Emma said, kissing the top of her shoulder from behind. The woman had come by their house a couple of times to complain to Emma about her cheating husband and his shitty ways. Cain wasn’t buying that either.

She turned and laughed as she kissed the top of Emma’s head before moving to hang up her towel. “Why are you even asking me? If I say no, I’m the bad guy.”

“That’s not true and you know it.” Emma pressed up against her naked back. “I did want to clear it with you, though. I’ll agree that there’s something not right about these people, but Lucy is stuck in the middle. It’s not fair to her, and she’s really hurting.”

That was true, and it was never fair when kids got caught in their parents’ drama, whatever it was. “Talk to Taylor and see what she says. They might want to keep Lucy in town for the holiday, but she might enjoy spending time with Finley’s three as well as Hannah.”

“You’re the best, mobster.”

“I know,” she said, slapping Emma on the ass. “You said it a few times this morning.”

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Cain finished dressing and headed downstairs as Emma got Hannah and Hayden up for school. Both kids looked like her, but they took after Emma and her love of sleeping in. It took everything short of dynamiting them out of bed to get them going in the morning.