“Lucy?” Reggie asked.
“Yes, honey.” Lucy tucked her hand under her cheek as she looked into Reggie’s eyes; she seemed so serious all of a sudden. She was such a good little girl, she was so happy to be a part of her life.
“Can I ask you something?”
“Of course baby, you can ask me anything.” Lucy smiled at her, she was so cute.
“Can I call you Mama?”
Lucy’s breath caught as she looked into Reggie’s wide eyes, she looked so hopeful.
“Oh, baby”, Lucy felt tears come to her eyes as she hugged Reggie close to her. She looked up at Dean and she returned his smile. She pulled back and looked at Reggie again. “I’d like that, but are you sure? I could never take your real Mama’s place.”
“Mama told me you’d always take care of me. She wanted me to have you; she told me she was there when you took care of Papa at the hospital.”
Lucy met Dean’s eyes and she felt the tears start to fall down her cheeks. Had Nicole really set everything in motion? Had it been her that brought them all together? Dean reached out and touched her cheek with the backs of his fingers.
“I’m not really surprised Lucy, she always said she’d find the perfect woman for me. I guess she finally did.” They exchanged a look between them; they had just talked about having a child of their own the night before.
Tinker sat up in the bed and looked around. He was on high alert, he sensed something. His job was to protect Lucy and Reggie, he was with Lucy during the day, and he stayed with Reggie at night when she was with Dean. He even got to sleep in Reggie’s bed. His ear twitched as it moved sloppily when his head moved. Then he felt a funny tingle in his ear, his body tensed ready to jump off the bed. Then the tingle stopped and his ear straightened and stood on its own.
Lucy and Dean looked at each other with identical stunned expressions. They had watched Tinker’s ear stand up, as if someone was holding it. He shook his head and both ears stayed straight; he gave them each a goofy look. Both Lucy and Dean exchanged a smile and then as one they turned and proceeded to blow raspberries on Reggie’s belly. Her happy laughter floated out the open balcony door and down into the garden where Nicole sat on her swing smiling.
Table of Contents
Someone Perfect For Mr. Moore
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Someone Perfect for Mr. Moore Page 10