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phone out of his pocket and was already making the phone call.
    “Do you need me to watch Addie today?” Denise asked as she came out of the kitchen. “Tatum and I are going to story time.”
    Story time was one of the girls’ favorite things to do at a local bookstore. Whoever took them was their hero for at least a few hours.
    “Oh, she would absolutely love that. You sure you don’t mind?”
    “Not at all,” Denise shook her head. “I’m already going anyway. One more kid isn’t going to make a difference. Besides, together they kind of keep each other out of trouble.”
    “Enjoy that while you can.” Jagger laughed. “I have a feelin’ those two little girls are the next hell raisers. Poor little Carter has no chance. They are going to ruin that boy.”
    Rooster walked in right as his son’s name was mentioned. “They are not going to ruin him. At some point, he’s gonna be bigger than them, he’s gonna learn how to walk, and he’s gonna fuck shit up. Ain’t that right?” He squatted down and held out his hands for his son, who crawled over as fast as his legs would carry him.
    “What I have I told you about that?” Roni scolded from behind him. “You better hope they didn’t hear that.” She pointed to the two girls. “They repeat that stuff at the most inappropriate times.”
    “Amen.” Meredith laughed as she finished her breakfast and stood up from the table. She glanced over at Tyler. “You ready?”
    “Yeah.” He took a huge bite of the biscuit he had in his hand and grabbed the glass that held his orange juice, obviously taking it to-go.
    They walked over to where the girls sat and both said goodbye to Addie.
    “If something happens with her clothes, her bag is still packed in the dorm,” Meredith told Denise as she and Tyler headed out.
    “Gotcha. See you two later.” She waved as the rest of the group shouted goodbyes after them.
    *
    It didn’t take long for them to get to their house and make the switch over to Tyler’s bike. “I’ll see you tonight when I get home,” he told her, as he stood next to the door of her SUV.
    “Will you be late?”
    “Probably not, but if I am, I’ll give you a call or text ya. It just kinda depends on what we’ve got goin’ on.” He leaned in through the open window and placed a kiss on her lips. “Have a good day at Christine’s.”
    “You too.” She smiled at him.
    The picture of domestication was one she wasn’t sure she’d ever get used to.
    “In thirty minutes, I’ll be up to my elbows in grease. I think you picked the better job,” he teased, grabbing a lock of her hair and pulling on it.
    “You love it.” She laughed.
    He did, that was no lie. There was something about getting in an engine and working with his hands that appealed to a very basic part of his personality. If he couldn’t do the work he did at Walker’s Wheels, he wasn’t sure what he would do. “See you,” he told her as he tapped the door on the car and walked over to his bike.
    She whistled as he shook his hips for her, before backing out of the driveway. Making the trip to CRISIS was a familiar drive, one she’d done thousands of times since she’d started volunteering there. That volunteering job had morphed into a full-time paid position, and for someone who had originally wanted to be a reporter, it still surprised her how much she loved working there. She couldn’t deny that helping people had been one of the things that had helped her recover from her attack. Just like Tyler had to work with his hands, she had to help others. She’d spent time after that attack floating because she hadn’t been sure of what to do. If Tyler hadn’t taken charge and found her therapy, she would probably still be floating. There was a part of her that still felt like she owed it to the memory of her old self to continue to do this.
    Meredith couldn’t help but cringe as she thought of her younger self. That young reporter had been such a bitch. She