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if she 'd left her hair down , it would cover more of the exposed skin that the spaghetti straps and neck of the dress showed . |
glancing at her phone one more time , she cringed . |
`` fuck it , '' she muttered , before spritzing on some perfume . |
after the fragrant cloud faded , she headed out of the bathroom . |
she grabbed her purse and headed upstairs . |
when she came into the kitchen , a loud , cat-calling whistle pierced her ear . |
she scowled at sean . |
`` seriously ? '' |
he shrugged . |
`` you look hot , sis . '' |
gavin , who stood beside sean at the counter , nodded . |
`` we never see you in anything but scrubs . '' |
megan could n't help smiling at her brothers . |
`` thank you . '' |
wagging his brows , gavin asked , `` got a hot date , huh ? '' |
`` not exactly , '' she replied , as she went to grab her purse . |
`` yeah right , '' he mumbled under his breath . |
after slinging her purse on her shoulder , she whirled around to pin him with her stare . |
`` and what 's that supposed to mean ? '' |
`` it means that chicks do n't get dressed up like that for nothing . |
you obviously want to impress this guy . |
so , it 's obviously a hot date . '' |
`` since when did you become the love guru ? '' |
she questioned . |
sean grinned as he elbowed gavin . |
`` she 's getting riled , man . |
being irrational about little things usually means love . '' |
megan opened her mouth to lay into her brothers , but then found herself speechless , so she closed it back up . |
without another word to her brothers , she went into the living room . |
she found her dad lounging in his chair with mason snuggled to his side . |
when her dad looked up , he did a double take . |
`` do n't you look beautiful , sweetheart , '' he said . |
she bent down and kissed his cheek . |
`` thanks , daddy . '' |
mason tore his gaze away from the television to look at her . |
`` mommy , bye-bye ? '' |
this was one question she had n't anticipated explaining . |
`` yes , mommy is going to go see a friend today , and you 're going to stay here with grammy and granddad . '' |
his tiny brows furrowed . |
`` mace no go ? '' |
guilt rocketed through her . |
how could she spend one of her few off days away from her son ? |
the doorbell rang , and she was forced out of her self-loathing to answer the door . |
taking a deep breath , she opened it . |
her heart did a funny little flip-flop at the sight of pesh on the porch . |
it was n't just how handsome he looked in his khaki pants , red button-down polo shirt , and black blazer . |
it was also the fact he held a dozen red roses in his hand . |
`` hi , '' she said shyly , after they had stared at each other for a few seconds . |
he smiled . |
`` hello . '' |
`` would you like to come in ? '' |
as he nodded , she stepped aside to give him room to come in the door . |
he turned back to her and held out the roses . |
`` these are for you . '' |
after the words left his lips , he grimaced , as if what he had said offended him . |
`` they 're beautiful . |
thank you . '' |
`` bye-bye kiss , mommy ! '' |
mason called from the living room . |
she smiled apologetically at pesh . |
`` i 'm sorry . |
i 'll just be one minute . '' |
`` take your time . '' |
she hurried across the foyer and into the living room . |
she deposited the roses onto one of the tables . |
`` i 'll be back tonight . |
you be a good boy , okay ? '' |
she said , when she got to her father 's chair . |
she leaned over and kissed both of mason 's cheeks . |
`` give mommy a kiss . '' |
he gave her a smacking kiss on the cheek . |
`` bye , my love , '' megan said , before turning and heading out of the room . |
she 'd just reached pesh 's side when he glanced past her . |
`` what ? '' |
she asked . |
`` i think we have a potential stowaway , '' he replied , with a smile . |
she whirled around to see mason standing in the foyer . |
`` what 's wrong , baby ? '' |
`` no go , '' he whimpered . |
she glanced up at pesh . |
`` i 'm sorry . |
he usually is fine about me leaving him . '' |
she knelt down beside mason . |
`` i wo n't be gone long , and you 'll have much more fun here with grammy and granddad . |
pesh and i are doing boring , big people stuff . '' |
`` no go ! '' |
he cried , as big tears pooled in his eyes . |
pesh knelt down beside her . |
`` hey buddy , do n't cry . |
i 'm not going to take your mommy away from you . '' |
`` mace go ? '' |
he asked hopefully . |
megan shook her head . |
`` no , sweetheart , i told you that we were going to do big people things today . '' |
`` that 's true , '' pesh said . |
then he smiled at mason . |
`` but that does n't mean we ca n't take a little detour first . '' |
megan 's widened her eyes in surprise . |
`` what do you mean ? '' |
`` why do n't we take mason to lunch at his favorite place ? '' |
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