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It should have been frightening to think that being away from them both even for a couple of hours had been as stressful as it was, but I wasn’t going to make excuses for it Willa and Caleb had literally beco and no one was going to change that

“Hey,” Caleb said as he leaned in to kiss ave Willa a little tickle The babysound she always made when she was happy One of Eli’s female relatives had surprised us with a beautiful white dress she’d rateful for, since we hadn’t even considered that the little girl should be dressed up for the occasion

“They took her froive her back,” I whined Caleb laughed and handed her to o, Papa,” he said

I held Willa in one arm and wrapped the other around Caleb as we headed toward our car

“It was a beautiful ceremony, wasn’t it?” he asked

“It was,” I agreed “Gotabout some stuff,” I admitted

“Oh yeah?” Caleb asked, his eyes twinkling “Iabout some stuff too”

“H”

“What do you say we coested

“I say H-E-double-hockey-sticks yeah,” I responded

Caleb laughed “What do you say we do it in a suite at the hotel?”

I stopped and looked at him He seeht want to babysit Willa tonight at Mav and Eli’s house, since they’re staying at the hotel tonight too She said yes”

Before I could respond, he rushed on “I, um, think I’m ready to, um, you know…”