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wouldn’t have to deal with it before we left for our trip.”
“Good for her; now we’ll leave a day earlier. I told Liam I wouldn’t be in tomorrow. I wanted to make sure things were okay with you.” He grabbed her hands, kissing the back of one of them. “Took a few years off my life.”
“I promise you, if something feels bad enough that I’m worried about my life, you’re the first person I’m calling. There is no way in the world I would let myself walk into something that was obviously dangerous. We have her to worry about now.” She hitched her chin over in the direction of the little girl who still sat in her high chair.
He scooped her up in his arms, pulling her flush with his body. Pushing her hair back from her face, he tucked her head under his chin. “Make sure you keep that people radar oiled well, I don’t want you to ever be wrong.”
And neither did she.
‡
Chapter Eleven
G etting up early had never been one of Meredith’s strong suits. Tyler was used to it because of his morning workouts with Drew, but Meredith liked to sleep. This morning, however, wasn’t one of those mornings. She was up with the sun, getting the three of them ready to hit the road.
“I don’t think I’ve ever seen you this excited about anything.” Tyler laughed as she all but bounced through the house, directing him on which suitcases and bags to take.
“I am excited. I’m excited to spend a couple of days with my family, knowing that neither one of us are going to be called away for something. Plus, this is our first vacation with our daughter. I can’t help it.” She shrugged.
His excitement matched hers, but he’d had a lot more experience over the years hiding his feelings from others; it was much easier for him. “You ready?” he asked Addie, who lay on the couch, drinking her morning sippy cup of juice.
The little girl was sleepy, and they figured she’d be out like a light before they even hit the interstate. She nodded and lifted her hands up to him. There was nothing like the unprecedented trust she gave him. No matter what, she always came back to him, always ready to trust him. He picked her up and tucked her under his chin, much like he’d done Meredith the previous night.
“Wait,” Meredith whispered.
He glanced over to her, smiling when he saw she had her phone out, taking a picture.
“Thank you.” She awarded him with a smile. “I’m gonna be on your nerves by the end of this trip. I want pictures, lots of them.”
It wasn’t manly or anything like that, but since he’d never had a family before the club, he’d never had any pictures of himself growing up. Meredith captured everything, and he loved that about her. “Nah.” He leaned down, giving her a chaste kiss. “I love it, as much as I love you.”
She knew that was a whole fucking lot.
*
“You were right, she’s out,” Meredith told him as they hit the interstate, going north and then east until they got to Somerset, and then they would start traveling south to enter into Gatlinburg.
“I figured she would be.” He took his eyes off the road long enough to look back at Addie in her car seat. The sleep of the innocent always amazed him. Her head was cocked at an odd angle, and her sippy cup dangled from one hand. “You might wanna grab that cup.” He nodded back, so that Meredith would turn in her seat.
She glanced back, laughing softly taking in the scene. Unbuckling her seat belt, she reached back and grabbed the cup, sitting it in the holder attached to the car seat. Sitting back down in her seat, she buckled back up and smiled over at him. “Thank you again for taking time off so we can have a vacation.”
He reached over and grabbed her hand. “I don’t mind at all. I’m glad that Liam was able to give it to me. It’s gonna be nice to have a few days with you without a ton of people needing either one of us for something. It’s been way too long.”
Meredith tried to think back to the
“Good for her; now we’ll leave a day earlier. I told Liam I wouldn’t be in tomorrow. I wanted to make sure things were okay with you.” He grabbed her hands, kissing the back of one of them. “Took a few years off my life.”
“I promise you, if something feels bad enough that I’m worried about my life, you’re the first person I’m calling. There is no way in the world I would let myself walk into something that was obviously dangerous. We have her to worry about now.” She hitched her chin over in the direction of the little girl who still sat in her high chair.
He scooped her up in his arms, pulling her flush with his body. Pushing her hair back from her face, he tucked her head under his chin. “Make sure you keep that people radar oiled well, I don’t want you to ever be wrong.”
And neither did she.
‡
Chapter Eleven
G etting up early had never been one of Meredith’s strong suits. Tyler was used to it because of his morning workouts with Drew, but Meredith liked to sleep. This morning, however, wasn’t one of those mornings. She was up with the sun, getting the three of them ready to hit the road.
“I don’t think I’ve ever seen you this excited about anything.” Tyler laughed as she all but bounced through the house, directing him on which suitcases and bags to take.
“I am excited. I’m excited to spend a couple of days with my family, knowing that neither one of us are going to be called away for something. Plus, this is our first vacation with our daughter. I can’t help it.” She shrugged.
His excitement matched hers, but he’d had a lot more experience over the years hiding his feelings from others; it was much easier for him. “You ready?” he asked Addie, who lay on the couch, drinking her morning sippy cup of juice.
The little girl was sleepy, and they figured she’d be out like a light before they even hit the interstate. She nodded and lifted her hands up to him. There was nothing like the unprecedented trust she gave him. No matter what, she always came back to him, always ready to trust him. He picked her up and tucked her under his chin, much like he’d done Meredith the previous night.
“Wait,” Meredith whispered.
He glanced over to her, smiling when he saw she had her phone out, taking a picture.
“Thank you.” She awarded him with a smile. “I’m gonna be on your nerves by the end of this trip. I want pictures, lots of them.”
It wasn’t manly or anything like that, but since he’d never had a family before the club, he’d never had any pictures of himself growing up. Meredith captured everything, and he loved that about her. “Nah.” He leaned down, giving her a chaste kiss. “I love it, as much as I love you.”
She knew that was a whole fucking lot.
*
“You were right, she’s out,” Meredith told him as they hit the interstate, going north and then east until they got to Somerset, and then they would start traveling south to enter into Gatlinburg.
“I figured she would be.” He took his eyes off the road long enough to look back at Addie in her car seat. The sleep of the innocent always amazed him. Her head was cocked at an odd angle, and her sippy cup dangled from one hand. “You might wanna grab that cup.” He nodded back, so that Meredith would turn in her seat.
She glanced back, laughing softly taking in the scene. Unbuckling her seat belt, she reached back and grabbed the cup, sitting it in the holder attached to the car seat. Sitting back down in her seat, she buckled back up and smiled over at him. “Thank you again for taking time off so we can have a vacation.”
He reached over and grabbed her hand. “I don’t mind at all. I’m glad that Liam was able to give it to me. It’s gonna be nice to have a few days with you without a ton of people needing either one of us for something. It’s been way too long.”
Meredith tried to think back to the
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