Page 77 of A Home for Harmony

“Scarlet,” he said. “You can’t let it out where Harmony lives. She keeps that private for a reason.”

“Are you in trouble?” Scarlet asked. “Like, do creeps follow you around or something?”

He spun his head to look at her. It hadn’t come up, but it was a worry he had.

The fact his daughter said it made him think about it more.

He was always warning her about the dangers on the internet.

“I’m not in trouble,” she said, smiling. “But I take precautions. When I worked in New York, people knew the company I worked for. It was part of my job. I opened my business over a year ago and left the city. I’d prefer it didn’t get out I live here, but I know if you’re following me your friendsmost likely are too. Let’s just say I live in the area and not say what town I’m in.”

“It’s not that we don’t trust you, Scarlet,” he said.

“I get it,” Scarlet said. “But my friends run their mouths even when they shouldn’t. Is this a secret? Like Mom can’t even know?”

“It’s not a secret,” he said.

“Have you met any of Harmony’s family? Do you have family around here? You never talk about anything like that online.”

“And there is a reason for it,” he said.

Harmony put her hand on his thigh. “It’s fine, Micah. She’s your daughter. I’m going to trust that for now she doesn’t talk about my siblings, but yes, I’ve got family here. My sister, Erica, and I live together, but she’ll be moving in with her fiancé soon.”

“How soon?” Micah asked.

“She hasn’t said,” she said. “I’m not bugging her, but she’s not there much.”

He’d asked her already and it hadn’t come up again. She assured him she wasn’t leaving the area.

He wasn’t sure why he was so worried about that.

Maybe that was why he hadn’t rushed to tell his daughter.

“So you just have a sister?” Scarlet asked.

“I have a brother too. He’s a doctor and his wife is a jewelry designer. Daisy Jones. I know you follow me on several social media outlets. I believe you follow her too. She works for Blossoms.”

“Dad!” Scarlet shouted. “So that’s three people you know there. I wanted him to put a good word in for me to get a part-time job there. He said no.”

“I don’t know the owners of Blossoms so that isn’t happening,” he said. “And I’ve never met Daisy.”

“How come you haven’t met any of Harmony’s family?”

“I don’t know,” he said, turning to look at Harmony. “How come I haven’t?”

“Oh, you’re going to putmeon the spot now,” she said. “I can give it right back. It hasn’t come up and I’ve been letting you take the lead since you’re the one that hasn’t had a girlfriend in so long. And you’ve got a daughter on top of it.”

“She burned you, Dad,” Scarlet said. “This is fun.”

His daughter was bouncing in the chair.

He was worried for nothing because Scarlet was finding enjoyment in this.

“Fun or not, it’s between Harmony and me. Go get your charger and go to your mom’s. You and I can talk tomorrow about this more.”

“Will you be here, Harmony? I’d like to know more about you. Can I come back in the morning?”

Micah looked at Harmony and she nodded her head. She had a soft smile on her face. “I’d like that.”