“Oh please. She looks about 40. I was just telling her all the benefits of not having a dog. And anyway, I’m good but even I won’t be done in 5 minutes.” I grinned and walked into the office. I heard Kyla muttering a ‘sure’ to herself.

“Well thank god that’s over.” Kyla sys as we head out for lunch.

“Yeah, I don’t think I could take much more of the wife eyeing me up.” I shuddered at the thought.

“Haha, admit it. You loved it.”

“Kyla, trust me. I really, really didn’t.” I shuddered again, the shudder actually made me think of Aiden, funny how something creeping me out would connect to him. “So where we meeting Aiden?”

“That café down the road. He doesn’t know you’re coming.”

“Yeah, kind of figured that out already.” I laughed. “So what’s the story? Same old (dropping to a deep voice) ‘Kyla let’s just have a drink. Ok now we are drunk, let’s talk about us… I really want us to get back together; I think we are good together. What do you think?’ and then your all like (high pitch voice) ‘Oh of course Aiden, I really need a big, strong man in my life. Kiss me now’ and you know it’s true so don’t deny it.” I laughed.

“Whatever, that is not how it works.”

“Suuuure it’s not. Oh there he is.” We went into the café and sat with Aiden. They kept on looking at each other then turned away when they realised the other was looking. This was going to be a long lunch.

*****

“Mummy can I have chocolate?”

“Of course baby. Do you want a small or do you think you can manage a big one?”

“A big one! I’m a big girl now you know mummy.”

“I know you are. Soon you will be as big as your brother and you can beat him up like I do with Uncle Glen.”

“I love it when you and Uncle Glen play fight. It’s so funny.”

“I know. But he deserves it, all boys do.” Totally true in my opinion.

“Even daddy?”