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"No threesomes for Jamie," he declares "Maybe we should ho into hypocrites"

Tucker nods enthusiastically "Yup, and no guilt here" Right before he ducks into the house, he uys and two girls?"

He sirls and ry "Good for you, stud"

Snickering, he pushes into the front hall and kicks off his flip-flops

Inside, the house is surprisingly quiet Ray must still be in bed, because the television is on but the volu

"That you, Sabrina?" Nana calls from the kitchen

"I’ll take the baby to the bedroo to keep as quiet as possible

I head to the kitchen "Hey, Nana I, ah, survived" I raise my hands in a lame victory pose

She wipes her hands on a towel Behind her, bacon is sizzling in a pan and the ss and vanilla fill the air My stomach rumbles in appreciation Hospital food is terrible

"The baby sleeping?"

"Yup" I open the oven door Thick slices of golden French toast rest in a syrup of peach juice My ood"

"You should eat and then go lie down These first feeeks aren’t easy" She nudges ly loving

"Do you want to see Ja not to sound too hopeful Carin and Hope had visited yesterday, whereas Nana had stayed away It definitely hurt iver, I don’t want to be a jerk about this

"She’s sleeping," Nana says dis when the little thing wakes up Babies never sleep for long--you have to take advantage of it while you can Your ht here, Ms James What can I help with?" Tucker strides in with purpose, filling up the small room with his tall frame and broad shoulders Whatever trepidation he had upon leaving the hospital see breakfast French toast and bacon"

"I wish I could stay, but I have to go My boss called and one of the crew members fell off a ladder on a job He said he’d pay ood," Nana says with a nod

Tucker leans down to kiss et up without question and follow him outside to the truck Now that I don’t have a baby bus feel aard He’s seenaround "Thanks for everything"

"I haven’t done much"

"You were there withmy jawbone "You were out of it in the hospital Do you remember much of it?"