Is there anything else I can help you with today?” “No. Thank you, Brandy. You have a wonderful day.” I disconnect the call and head towards t...e store, so I can pick up a few things. Before leaving the trails, I picked many wildflowers. The shades of violet, orange and yellows are so varied that it looks like a rainbow exploded and rained drops of shimmering colors all over them. Now, I just need to buy candles and a bottle of wine. * Pulling into the driveway, I see the cleaning truck. Do you still want to check on Hope? Kayla just wanted me to make sure you knew Hope was asleep, so you wouldn’t accidentally wake her.”“No, I trust Kayla will take care of her. It’s actually good that she fell asleep, and I’m hoping Faith did the same thing. They had a long night and really need the rest. You should go try to take a nap as well,” I told her, “or you’ll be too tired to play with Katherine and Isabella tonight.”“I was actually about to go back in and cuddle up with Hope until. "Hey, you know, you're kind of cute," the brunette was saying, moving closer to the older man and wrapping her arms around his neck, planting a long, wet kiss on his trembling lips.When their lips had parted, Nick looked long and hard into the brunette's dark eyes, and suddenly something in him snapped. The boredom and frustration of twenty years of tedium melted away and he was alive again.Hell, he thought arrogantly, I'm only forty-three years old. Why shouldn't this good-looking broad find. And waited. After about fifteen minutes I finally gave up and walked into the kitchen. At least I could make coffee and have an excuse for being jittery.I found the coffee, but someone had let the old pot get really scummy. I went to wash it and found the remains of some lunch dishes in the sink. What the heck. I pushed in the stopper, found the dish soap, and started washing them all.Scrubbing away, I didn't hear them behind me until Lisa spoke."That's the way I like him," she teased. "Hard at.