It was a good day that started with an o****m and ended with ecstatic clients and multiple referrals. Cayla decided bookending that day with another o****m—preferably a mutual one this time—would make it even better. She wondered if Holt had made it to the hardware store, and if he’d had a chance to install the new lock yet. Hope sprang eternal.
He hadn’t contacted her today other than to say he’d have dinner on warm for when she got home. She could only hope that was because all had been calm and quiet, with nothing new from Arthur and no major misbehavior on Maddie’s part. She was a good kid, but this was the first day she’d been with Holt entirely on their own. Undoubtedly, she’d be testing his boundaries as a parental figure. Cayla just hoped it hadn’t been too trying for him.
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