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and decided to walk around the kitchen instead.  As nervous as she was about the actual date, and the fact that she was worried about splitting the seams of her dress, she was a little agitated that the babysitter hadn’t arrived.
    She usually hired the twin sisters of their pack’s Chief Enforcer, Acksel, but, tonight, both Gwen and Britt were busy.  Instead, Kim had hired the daughter of her mom’s boss.  Hannah was a sweet girl but a little flaky, and easily distracted.
    Kim grabbed her phone and almost jumped as it rang in her hand.  She answered to find Hannah on the other end.  Hannah’s grandmother had been injured in a car accident, and the whole family was at the hospital waiting for news.  The young coyote was sorry that she wouldn’t be able to make it for her babysitting duty.  Kim grudgingly had to admit that was a good reason for canceling, and then she felt bad for thinking uncharitable thoughts about Hannah.  She told the coyote shifter that she hoped her grandmother was okay and rang off.
    Crap!   She needed to find a replacement and pronto.  There was a sudden rap at the front door, and Kim groaned.  Of course, he would be on time.  If only he weren’t so thoughtful!
    She went to the door and flung it open to be met by a beaming Ed holding a huge bouquet of flowers.
    Ed took her in, head to toe.  “Wow!” he breathed, “just wow.”
    Kim, in spite of herself, blushed at his lusty gaze and felt her womb flutter as she surveyed him.  He was dressed in a well-cut black suit, with a white shirt.  It showed off his trim, tight figure to perfection, but certainly didn’t do anything to hide the prominent bulge in his trousers.  It gave her a thrill to see how turned on he was.
    “Are those for me?” she asked inclining her head toward the mixture of lilies and lavender. 
    “Nah, I just like carrying around flowers, it makes me feel muy macho.”
    “They suit you.”
    She giggled and took them from him.  He leaned in and gave her a soft kiss on the lips, eliciting a sweet moan from her.
    “You ready to go?”
    Kim inwardly sighed.  “I’m sorry; my babysitter canceled.  I don’t have anyone to watch Jamie.”
    Ed shrugged.  “It’s fine, you know, we don’t have to go out.  We could just stay in and order a pizza.”
    “Really?”  Kim felt a glimmer of elation and her wolf yipped.
    It wasn’t that Kim didn’t want to go out to a fancy restaurant and be wined and dined… actually it was kind of that.  She really was more of a pizza and beer kind of girl.  But she had been worried that Ed was expecting something a little bit more sophisticated from her.  He had been happy to drink in Bar Luna, but he did kind of stick out.  Not that Kim thought that there was anything wrong with that.   Ed’s well-tailored form and freshly shaven face were a welcome relief from the uncouth louts that made up the majority of her regulars.
    “Of course.”  Ed looked round her.  “So, do I get to meet Jamie?”
    “Oh!” she exclaimed, surprised at the hopefulness in his eyes.  “Well, I, umm, suppose so.”
    Ed beamed and Kim tried to smile back, but her stomach seemed to have turned to jelly.  Over the past week, she had briefly considered about how she would broach the subject of ‘mommy dating’ to Jamie, but she just hadn’t realized it would happen quite so soon.
    She led him into the house and had a brief panic before her wolf told her to pull it together.  Damnit, she was a feisty she-wolf; she could handle her boyfriend meeting her daughter.  She hoped.
    Kim led Ed into the living room, and Jamie managed to wrench her gaze away from the TV to look Ed up and down; a shy look stole over her little face.
    “Jamie, this is Mommy’s friend, Ed.  Ed, this is Jamie.”
    “Hello, Jamie,” said Ed, warmly.
    She gave him a small wave, and Ed plonked himself on the floor next to her.  “What you watching?”
    “Emily Wolf of Wolften Hollow,” she replied in a