“Damn you got it bad.” Zandor laughed.
“What we have is between us, end of subject.”
It was quiet for too long and I knew he was upset.
“Cyrus can you come look at something with me?” He squeezed my hand. “For the wedding.”
“That okay with you X? I swear I’ll be gentle.” Cyrus winked at him.
He dropped my hand. “Whatever.”
Jase looked at me and smiled a soft smile. “X, show us around here would ya?”
He ran his hands through his hair, “Yeah, sure.”
And he walked away.
“Lead the way girl.”
We sat at my desk.
“I found some pretty interesting things online. I know you want it small but thought you may be interested in a few things that can make it even more special for the two of you.”
“Sounds good let’s see what you got.”
I clicked on a link, “This is a man in Tarrytown who has birds. Homing pigeons to be exact. They look exactly like doves. He comes to the event and releases them at a specified time. You call her Birdie. You said you wanted birds. I think that these would add a nice touch.”
He smiled and nodded, “It would be perfect actually. You got his number.”
“Yep I’ll email it to you. I also found these nests. I don’t know how many people you’ll have in attendance but these would make beautiful centerpieces for the tables.”
“Fifteen.”
“All will fit in the house?”
“No but they’ll fit in the addition that Falcon is finishing.” His smile was full of pride.
“She doesn’t know?”
“Not yet.”
“Will you be selling the beach house?”
“No. But when we have little birdies we’ll be spending a lot of time there. It’s the house she was raised in. Her parents died when she was five. I wanna make sure she always feels close to them. She went through a lot of rough years. It won’t happen again, ever.”
The way he talked about her made my whole body tingle.
“She’s a lucky girl.”
“Not as lucky as I am.” He smiled as he looked down. “So the nest, is there a website?”
“No, I thought maybe your niece and Mrs. Steel could make them.”
“Momma cooks, she isn’t the craftiest. You wanna help?”
I felt like I should say no. Xavier might have an issue with it. “I can teach them how.”
I looked up when Xavier, Jase, and Zandor walked in. “This is Taelyns’ office.”
“The place is great X.” Jase patted his back and Xavier looked pleased, but didn’t want them to see it.
“Falcon did good work.”
“Xavier was here every step of it. He even helped paint the space.”
“Cool,” Cyrus smiled.
“He works hard. He’s going to be amazing.”
Xavier looked at me and his head tilted slightly to the side. I couldn’t read what he was thinking. Had I done something wrong?
“Lunch at one?” Jase patted Xavier on the back.
“Wouldn’t miss it.”
“You coming to dinner Sunday Taelyn?”
“I, uh--.”
“She is.” Xavier nodded to Jase.
They all said goodbye and Xavier walked them out of my office.
I decided to create an inventory spreadsheet and went through the shipment list and entered everything in. I looked at my watch it was twelve thirty. I stood up and stretched. My stomach cramped and I knew this past couple days of spotting was about to change.
I walked out of my office and looked into Xavier’s. His door was shut and he was on the phone. I tapped lightly on the window and he held up a finger telling me to give him a minute. I pointed to my wrist and he looked at his wall clock and nodded.