Free Trent (Redemption Romance Book 4) by Anna Scott Page A

started, but she cut me off.
    “No, no, it’s fine. I’m going to see if I can find my cousin and guess what’s going on with her. If I have to, I’ll go over the weekend, unless something really bad happens. The neighbor said she’s good to watch Kelly. She’s got a little girl about the same age, and keeping one more isn’t a big deal.
    “Thank God,” I replied, shaking my head in amazement at how people could be so careless with their children. I knew that my parents were overprotective to the extreme, and if I’d been lucky enough to have one of my own, I probably would have been the same. Maybe, what my parents did and what I would have done wouldn’t have been perfect, but I'd never, not for one second, ever doubted how much my parents loved me, or the fact that they’d do absolutely anything for me. Without a doubt, if I called my mom at two in the morning, and asked for a pack of gum, she’d get up and bring it to me. Of course, I’d never do that, and I’d never take advantage of them that way, but that was the amount of faith I had in them.
    After Gillian and I talked a bit longer, she left, and I thought about what Trent had said. Maybe he was right. Maybe we could adopt a couple of children someday, children who didn’t know the love of good parents like I did.
    When Dawn walked into the store later that afternoon, I noticed a very rosy glow on her cheeks and had to stifle a laugh. “Well, looks like someone’s man went into work late this morning,” I teased her, a definite smirk on my face.
    She blushed and turned away from me, to stow her purse. “He has a night shoot scheduled,” Dawn explained, to my utter amusement.
    “I can see that,” knowing that they spent some serious time together that morning. “Have you gotten the entire house Christened yet?”
    “Almost, we haven’t done anything in the extra bedrooms, because someday - well, that’s just gross.”
    “You don’t want to fuck in the bedrooms that will someday be your kids’ rooms? Is that what you’re telling me?”
    “Yes, it seems kind of creepy to me. But otherwise, we’ve gotten about everything else. Happy now?” She asked, with just a hint of attitude in her voice.
    “About time,” I muttered since I had been harassing her since they’d moved in and had gotten engaged. During the down time at the store, all of us talked sex, a lot. “You need to get those rooms too, though. It’s for luck. You'll want to Christen them now and not later when the kids are in there, or like when you’re painting one pink and the other one blue.”
    Dawn crinkled her nose at me but didn’t get a chance to reply, because two women came in. They were looking for something to wear to a formal baby shower scheduled for the weekend. I didn’t know how formal a baby shower could be, but we helped them find the perfect outfits and from there, the day exploded into craziness. By the time I dragged my tired ass out, it was after six. Though Dawn had told me multiple times just to go, it was insane. There was no way I could leave her with nine women shopping, two in the fitting rooms and three waiting to check out. I got her through and finally drove home.
    Walking into the empty house, I remembered that it was Wednesday, the night Trent taught the self-defense class with Christine Gates. Before, I’d wondered if she had a thing for Trent, then found out that she and Jake had dated a while back. After seeing her reaction when anyone mentioned Jake's name, I knew that she’d had a major thing for him. Poor girl, he’d been a hot mess back then. I didn’t know how Hope had pulled his stubborn head from his ass, but she’d done it.
    I didn’t know what had happened between him and Christine, but didn't even notice her when she was around, and she had acted almost heartbroken. It didn’t make sense, and I wasn’t sure if I’d ever know the whole story. She certainly wasn’t talking.
    Things were slightly less awkward since