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Out”.”
    Desi frowned. “Are you kidding me? Nothing
could spoil this moment. Besides, we’re here for one another.
You’re still hurting and we understand that, but we’ve got your
back.” She winked.
    “I need a group hug after that.” Everyone
stood and did just that. “Well, I guess we better head home”
Halcyon suggested. “I start my first shift tomorrow night and I
need to get things done and get accustom to going to bed before the
children.”
     
    ***
     
    “She what?” Zachary roared over the phone,
then composed himself. There was no need to kill the messenger. But
he couldn’t believe what his brother was telling him about the
position Halcyon had accepted. There were so many things wrong with
that scenario that he didn’t bother to voice them. But in his mind,
his objections flashed before his eyes.
    First, the woman was too fine and delicate to
work in a warehouse environment. Her curves and other assets would
definitely be distracting around lust-driven men. Plus, it was the
graveyard shift, a time when she should be safe at home with her
children.
    Halcyon was a stubborn, proud and determined
woman—her granny’s words, not his—but that’s what attracted him to
her. Of course, Zachary dated off and on but none of the women
captured his heart the way Halcyon had with no effort.
    “Why didn’t she come to me—or you—if she
wanted a job?” Zachary snapped. “I’d have created a position just
for her. I didn’t even know she was looking.”
    “Desi says she refuses to ask Scott for child
support, so I know she needs the money.”
    Scott. Zachary bit his
tongue—literally, and that hurt. What kind of man wouldn’t want to
take care of his children, especially if he had the means? Scumbag. On the few occasions when Zachary had crossed paths
with Scott at family gatherings, he never sensed that the man knew
the jewel he had in Halcyon by ignoring her or being concerned in
what interested her.
    The way Zachary saw it, Halcyon and Scott
were living in two separate worlds under one roof. Although he
selfishly cheered when she walked away, Halcyon paid the price with
an emotional toll that might have been hidden to others, but he saw
it clearly. Zachary had stopped the victory dance and began praying
for her that eventually she would open her eyes and see him in a
new light. “If she would let me, I could take care of her and the
children.”
    “Really?” Michael said it in a way that
Zachary imagined a smart aleck expression on his face. “Have you
made a move, yet?”
    “No.” Zachary twisted his lips in
frustration. He had hoped Halcyon would have confided in him more
about what was going on with her, knowing that he was simply a
phone call away. “But timing is everything.”
    “Yeah, and time’s a wastin’. I’ve got a wife
and a son that need me,” Michael had the last word as he ended the
call.
    The way his brother was attentive to his
sister-in-law as if Michael had been on a year long mission trip,
one would be surprised to learn they actually worked together every
other day at his electronics store.
    So as Zachary stood on the
sidelines—again—Halcyon survived her first week, and then the
second without any complaints or grumblings. Zachary had to give it
to her, he didn’t think he could hang on the graveyard shift, but
he knew Halcyon was a determined woman. He loved that about
her.
    So Zachary stopped by her house more when he
got off work, like this evening. His excuses were to play with the
children, bring dinner, and check on his “other” family. Mom
Holland never said a word, but her expression hinted that she knew
he was up to something, but never asked.
    He hadn’t realized he had fallen asleep on
the sofa with Jonathan in his lap and Ashanti huddled under his arm
until he felt a nudge.
    “Zach.” The sweet whisper caused his lids to
flutter before Halcyon’s soft features came into focus.
    “Hey.” He smiled and she smiled back.