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Tacker looks from Dax to me “Casual, huh?”

“Casual,” I confirm with a hard nod, but I do feel compelled to add on “But exclusive”

Dax grins knowingly, because he understands that I just metaphorically peed on Pepper and marked my territory

“I’m happy for you, man,” Dax says and then stabs a piece of turkey

“Me too,” Tacker adds on with a smile, but I see pain in his eyes I wonder if it will ever leave

The baby monitor speaker that sits on the counter crackles then I hear the faint whi of Charlie as she wakes up She never just starts crying but willsounds for a few ry

“She’s awake” I set down et her and I’ll be right back”

Charlie is wet and I change her diaper I take a moment to inhale her scent, which is sweet and powdery I had put her down in a little one-piece pajama set that’s cream with little reindeer all over it and she looks adorable

I carefully walk down the stairs and into the kitchen with her in my arms Dax immediately bolts off his stool to come toward us Tacker rises a bitchildren with his fiancée Was that dream crushed as hen she died?

Dax hovers over the little bundle that is rin is back He takes his index finger and pushes it into her little hand “Who’s the cutest little baby in the entire world?”

Her eyes are a dark blue which ot them from me since Lida’s are brown, but I had read that babies can have blue eyes after birth that will change later as they age She stares up at Dax but I also know fro that she really can’t see a lot of definition Still, she reacts to his voice somewhat and her eyes widen just a bit

“She’s aweso the happiness for me in his voice

“May I?” I hear fro there, his ar he wants to hold her

I blink in stunned surprise at Tacker, who has a gentle smile on his face as he looks frolance to Dax, who looks as befuddled as I feel that Tacker is not only willingly engaging in so, but he looks to be in his element, perhaps I know he had an immediate connection with Blue’s brother, who is wheelchair bound by cerebral palsy