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don’t mind.”
    “ No,” Tyler slowly said then
caught sight of Nathan as he went over to Carmen’s desk. “I’m at
work right now,” he whispered. “I can’t use this for personal calls
unless it’s an emergency.”
    “ I understand. Just one more
question, and I’ll let you go. What is your favorite
dessert?”
    “ Oh, um. Well, pumpkin
pie.”
    “ That certainly fits with
the holiday. Thanks. I look forward to meeting you on
Wednesday.”
    After saying good-bye, Tyler hung up.
That was weird. Her mom called yesterday. Her dad called today. But
he would be on the plane tomorrow, so they wouldn’t call him here
again. At least, he didn’t think they would.
    Nathan walked over to his office and
leaned against the doorway. “I don’t have a policy against taking
personal phone calls.”
    “ I needed an excuse to get
off the phone,” Tyler replied. “Where’s your daughter, and why
aren’t you doting on her?”
    “ She’s taking a nap. The
poor girl is tired after going for a visit to the payroll
department. I was teaching her all about taxes, and it gave her a
headache just like it does me.”
    “ Yeah, I’m sure she’ll
remember everything you said.” He shook his head. “Nathan, she’s
going to come to the age where you can’t keep her in your office
anymore. Sure, right now she behaves well enough, but she’s going
to start learning to walk and talk. She’ll be all over the place.
And worse, she won’t find trips to payroll interesting.”
    “ I got that covered. I’m
going to have a personal daycare worker take the empty office right
over there.” He gestured to the empty room. “I’ll be able to stop
by and check on her during the day. Plus, when Amy has another
baby, we’ll be set up and ready to go.”
    “ You have everything
planned, don’t you?”
    “ It doesn’t hurt to be
prepared. It’s one of my best traits.”
    Tyler couldn’t argue with his friend.
No matter what bad thing happened, Nathan managed to find his way
out of it, and when he did, he didn’t suffer any unpleasant
consequences because of it.
    “ Nathan, can I have your
advice about something?” When he noticed Carmen look over at them,
he added, “Alone.”
    Carmen sighed. “I never get included in
the good stuff.”
    “ You got included all the
time when I married Amy,” Nathan replied. “I still have the
gravestone in the shape of a rat sitting at the city dump, thanks
to you.” He closed the door and sat across from Tyler. “I don’t
know how she did it, but I can’t get rid of it. The thing is going
to be around forever.”
    Tyler chuckled. “You can’t blame her
for that one.”
    “ I only did what any
reasonable man looking for a wife would do. But this isn’t about
me. It’s about you.” He leaned back in the chair and crossed his
legs. “What’s up?”
    “ Alright. My friend has this
family who’s been pushing her to get married-”
    “ How old is she?”
    “ Does it matter?”
    “ Sure. If she’s in her early
twenties, she has plenty of time to get married. If she’s older,
then her biological clock is ticking, and she’d be wise to pay
attention to it. Cute little children like the one I have sleeping
in my office don’t just happen by magic.”
    Tyler shot Nathan a pointed look.
“She’s not worried about her biological clock.”
    “ She should be. Children are
a blessing. The more, the merrier.”
    “ This has nothing to do with
children. What I want is your advice on how to handle her parents
when I go up to Montana and visit them.”
    “ You plan to advise them to
back off from nudging her into getting married?”
    “ No, I’m going to pretend to
be her boyfriend.”
    “ Why?”
    “ So they’ll back off from
bugging her about getting married.”
    Nathan snickered. “Not going to happen.
You going along will only encourage them. They’ll see you and get
all excited. I’m telling you, Amy’s parents were thrilled to meet
me. Not to brag, but I think