Page 95 of Reckless Love

Weston sneezes and it distracts me. I see The Single Dad Playbook on the table and reach for it, laughing when I see what Weston wrote.

Kids are the biggest cockblock.

~Weston

I point at the book.“That is the truth.”

They look to see what it says and Henley adamantly agrees.

“Holy shit, we’ve gotta get ready to go. It’s getting late,” Penn says.

I pause my reading to look at the clock on the wall and stand up in a hurry.

“We’ve gotta set up a time. I’m sorry for going off the grid the past few days. Seeing you guys on the field isn’t enough, I needed this,” I say.

“This has been an important week for you,” Henley says. “Despite being nosy bastards, in truth, we all would’ve clobbered you if you’d missed a second with Elle.”

I see Bowie’s entry before I close the book and make a face at him.

It says,

Becca’s been asking for a sibling a lot lately,

so I need one of you to have a baby soon.

The cousin role will have to be enough for her.

When I brought up Caleb and Levi,

she said they were out of diapers

so they don’t count anymore.

Who’s it gonna be?

~Bowie

“Not it,”I say, touching my nose and backing away.

Everyone else looks and shakes their heads, hurrying to touch their nose.

“Hell, no,” Weston says, when he realizes he’s the last.

CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE

AUTHOR NERD

ELLE

Now

The house feels toobig and too empty with Rhodes and Levi gone.

I had a little trouble falling asleep last night, but being so tired from the past few nights with Rhodes, the exhaustion finally caughtup with me.

When I drag myself out of bed Sunday morning, I stumble to the kitchen in need of coffee and stand there in a daze until the caffeine kicks in.

As much as I miss the boys, it’s actually good that I have this day to catch up on work. I am so behind on my book and email and all the other things that I can't believe authors have to do every day. I had no idea so much work was required beyond the fun part, writing.