Page 210 of One Winter Knight
He chuckled. “Your mom was very much ‘forks go tines up in the dishwasher’ while I just wanted them washed. Sometimes it’s the silly things that can really test your pack, but that doesn’t mean that you still shouldn’t deal with them.”
“That makes sense. Like Carlos and Dusty seem to think the trash needs to be taken outevery nightafter dinner and that dishes shouldn’t be left in the sink overnight. I mean, does it matter as long as it gets done?” I sighed.
Not sure I liked the chore chart, either. I never really had to do chores. Couldn’t we just get a full-time housekeeper?
“I can see how everyone will have opinions on that. Thank you for stopping using the cards. I will say, that was averyimpressive amount of spending in a very short time,” he said tentatively.
“You know that I’m really good at shopping. Like I said, I’m just trying to get the household set up. You want me to be nice and cozy and adjusted in my new house, right?” I added, turning on the only-daughter charm.
I was really looking forward to everything I ordered from the CoCoCozy to arrive so I could get my nests all set up. There would be two to start–one in the pack bedroom and one in the alcove in my room.
“You know that I absolutely don’t want to interfere with your coziness and adjustment. What have you been up to?”
“Working on my app. Do I still have investors?” Maybe I should add that to the contract?
“As long as you continue to meet the benchmarks, by the set deadlines, I think your investors will be fine with everything,” he added.
He and my brother Adam were my investors. I had to submit a business plan with specific goals and dates. It was good for me.Otherwise, I would probably procrastinate.
“I just wanted to check in and make sure that you were doing alright. It’s okay if you’re not. This was a big step,” he added.
Checking in? He was prying.
“We had a busy couple of days, but it’s fine,” I assured. “I chose this, so let me deal with it.”
“All we really want is for you to be happy. But we have mixed feelings aboutPack Himbo.”
I laughed. “That’s not going to actually be our pack name, but our T-shirts were really cute.”
“I see. Why don’t you take a look at your pack’s schedule and see when we can all get together for dinner. I’d like to try to get to know them and we’re happy to come to you. There are plenty of nice restaurants in New York,” he suggested.
“Sounds great. I’ll check.” I turned down the street for our place. “Well, I’m almost home. I love you and I’ll talk to you later.” I ended the call and pulled into our little garage.
I’d missed a couple of messages from the people delivering our things from our Boston apartment. But it looked like Saoirse replied. It would be really nice to have all my things.
The downstairs living room area was packed full of boxes and furniture.
Saoirse was lying on the couch, watching TV. “Mo Stóirín, did everything go okay?”
“Everything’s fine, Love. No bad effects or anything from the early heat or bonding. I’m just fine. I stopped at the pharmacy and got you some things.” I held up the bag.
She sat up. “Thank you. This isn’t from the omega pharmacy.”
“I stopped at a pharmacy on the way back, ‘cause I forgot. But I don’t think I’ll do that again. Creepy people were watching me. I don’t know who was watching. Just, you know.” I wiggled my shoulders in discomfort.
“I think it’s for the better for you to be with someone until allthis dies down. When I went for my run this morning, I felt like someone was watching me,” she added as she looked at everything I bought.
I frowned as I sat down on the couch with her. “Do you think someone’s watching us?”
“There has been a lot of interest, but my brother doesn’t think it’s anything to be concerned about. Everything with the job we did has died down. We’ve just suddenly become notable.” She opened one of the packets and took the pills dry.
“That makes a lot of sense. I just worry sometimes–especially when we do high profile things like the one we did here in New York.” I leaned into her.
She put an arm around me. “We should take a little break.”
“I’m fine with that. Fixing up this place will take time. And I do have benchmarks to meet for my app,” I replied.
“Good. I will need to look for cover employment.” She sighed.
