Too Enchanting by Bethany Lopez

Author:Bethany Lopez [Lopez, Bethany]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-03-26T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Two

Jed

My body ached, but it was the good kind of ache. The kind that happened when you spent a week doing demo and then rebuilding. The kind from manual labor, working side by side with good men, and seeing your project come to fruition.

Tomorrow would be the big reveal and final taping of Fix it Up, followed by the wrap party. I would be sad for the project to be over, because it had been a great experience, but, luckily, some of the guys were coming back in a few weeks for the viewing party.

So at least we’d get the chance to see each other again and knock back a couple of beers while we watched our episode air.

I’d come home after working twelve hours, showered, then gathered up the present I’d bought and walked around the block to Reardon’s place. He’d brought Chloe and the baby home from the hospital a couple days ago, and he’d said I could stop by that night to drop off my gift and see the little guy.

I’d never been around kids much, but I liked them, although at this stage they were usually kind of freaky looking, with their wrinkled skin and hairless bodies.

I told myself I’d say the kid was cute, no matter what it actually looked like. I didn’t want to piss Rear off or hurt Chloe’s feelings.

I walked up to their door, knocked, and waited, enjoying the slightly cool weather and darkening sky.

“Hey, Jed, good to see you,” Reardon said with a grin when he opened the door, then he looked down at the oversized bag I was carrying and asked, “What’d you do, buy out the store?”

I shrugged and held the bag out to him.

“I wasn’t sure what to get, so I got a bit of everything.”

Reardon chuckled and said, “You didn’t have to do that, a card would’ve worked. Come on in, they’re in the living room.”

I followed him into the house. When we got to the living room, it looked like they’d basically moved downstairs. There was a basinet, baskets of clothes, and the couch was folded out to a bed. Although, right then, the bed was made and Chloe was bending over it, changing the baby, who was laying on top of a blanket.

“Who smells good now?” she was asking in a sing-song voice. “No more poopy whoopys for Benjy Wenjy.”

The look on Reardon’s face was like nothing I’ve ever seen before. He was practically beaming, his gaze on his soon-to-be wife and new son proud, and so full of love, I almost felt like I should look away. Like it was a private moment I shouldn’t witness.

Not even knowing the moment existed, Chloe looked over at me and laughed good-naturedly, lifting her son up to cradle him in her arms, completely at ease and confident her second time around as a mom.

“Hey, Jed, sorry for the chaos and clutter, this little guy’s been keeping us pretty busy,” Chloe said with a smile as she crossed to me so I could see her son.

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