“You are one special little girl. How would you like to go to Disney World?”
Hope’s eyes widened as she looked at me and then back at Jack.
“Are you being serious, Jack? Because it’s not nice to play with a girl’s emotions.”
Jack and I both busted out into laughter at the same time.
“I’m very serious, Hope Flynn, and I would never play with a girl’s emotions.”
“YES! When. When. When are we going?”
“I was thinking in a couple of weeks, right after Thanksgiving.”#p#分页标题#e#
“You’re the best, Jack. Can we go, Mommy? Please!”
“Of course we can go.” I smiled as I tickled her.
“Then I guess I better start booking this trip,” Jack said.
“You don’t want your PA to handle it for you?”
“Nah. This is something I want to do all on my own.” He smiled as he leaned over and kissed me.
Chapter Fifty
Jack
Thanksgiving was right around the corner and so was our trip to Disney World. I spent the weekends at Lorelei’s apartment, but during the week, I would pick her and Hope up. We’d drive Hope to school, stop at Starbucks together for our morning coffee, and then we headed into the office together. We even went out with Garrett and Coco and Stella and Sebastian.
Coco and I convinced our mother that it was time for her to retire. We told her that if she didn’t, we’d both be leaving the company and starting something of our own, which I still wanted to do, but instead, we decided that it would be in the best interest of the company to incorporate a division called Lorelei Designs. With our connections and help, Lorelei’s clothes would be in stores across the world. The bad thing about that was Lorelei was no longer going to be able to be my PA.
Garrett sighed as he sat down across from my desk.
“Here we go again, Jack.”
“Things will be different this time, Garrett. Clearly, you can see that I’m a changed man.” I winked.
Lorelei sat next to him and laughed.
“When you have a list of potential candidates, I would like to sit in on the interviews,” she spoke. “That way, I can help you decide who will and won’t be a good fit for Jack.”
“Sounds like a good idea to me.” Garrett smiled. “I’ll get to working on some interviews and I’ll let you know.”
We spent Thanksgiving at Lorelei’s parents’ house. Coco and Garrett spent the holiday with Garrett’s family in Tribeca. As for my mother, she flew back to Paris. She told us that since she was retiring from the business, she would probably be moving there since that was where Jacque was. That was music to my ears. I really just wanted her to be happy and if Jacque made her happy, that made me and Coco happy.
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We arrived at the Grand Floridian and were escorted to the two bedroom suite I reserved us. Two bedrooms was a must if Lorelei and I wanted alone time together. The expression of happiness that overtook Hope was the best thing I’d ever seen. She was so happy and excited to be at Disney World. I had a surprise for her and it was something that even Lorelei didn’t know about. As we were settling in our room, there was a knock on the door.
“Hope, can you answer that please?” I asked.
“I can get it, Jack,” Lorelei spoke.
“No, baby. Let her answer it.” I smiled.
“What did you do?” she asked, narrowing her eye at me.
“Nothing.”
Hope opened the door and shrieked when she saw Cinderella standing there.
“Hello, little princess. Are you Hope?”
“Yes.”
I swear she was going to cry.
“I’m Cinderella. It’s so nice to make your acquaintance. I’m here to escort you to lunch and then spend some time with you and show you around my castle.” She held out her hand to her.
Hope stood there, frozen for a moment, and then turned to me and Lorelei with her mouth open, only no words were coming out.
“Go with Cinderella, Hope. We’ll be right behind you.” I gave her a smile.#p#分页标题#e#
I took hold of Lorelei’s hand, and as we followed behind them down the hall, Lorelei whispered in my ear.
“How the hell did you manage that? Oh my God, Jack. Did you see the look on her face?”
“I made a few calls. No big deal. And yes, I thought for a minute she was going to pass out.”
“How much did that cost you?”
“You don’t want to know, baby. You don’t want to know.”
She hooked her arm around me and kissed my cheek. There was no price too high for the happiness of my girls.
We had a private lunch with Cinderella and, after, she showed us around her castle. It was a wonderful trip and well worth every penny spent.