Flipping Love You (Boys of the Bayou Gone Wild #3) - Erin Nicholas Page 0,103
wife, Dana,” Zeke filled in for Jill.
“That’s Stella’s mom?”
“Yep.” He grinned. “They’re awesome.”
“Victoria Landry, you get over here with that pretty little girl,” Dana said, motioning to Tori.
Laughing, Tori got up from her seat with Ella. She was enfolded into a group hug as the women include lots of oohs and ahhs over the baby and asked Tori how she was doing as they led her away from the huge group of Landrys to a smaller table a few feet away.
Jill was shocked when, on her way past, Tori snagged her hand and tugged her to her feet.
“Come on. You’re going to be a new mom soon. You have to talk to Dana and Addison with me.”
Jill glanced at Zeke. He was smiling and gave her a little nod.
“They’re great. If you want to go. I think you’ll really like them,” he said.
Jill didn’t know how she felt about anything at the moment, honestly. So, she let Tori pull her toward the table where Dana and Addison had settled.
Addison lifted her long dark hair off the back of her neck and blew out a breath. “Absolutely.” She looked up at Jill with a smile. “Our husbands own a bar in New Orleans. They feel like they make a million hurricanes every week, so they won’t make them at home. But I can’t help it, I love them. So I have ’em every chance I get.”
“And honestly, Ellie’s are way better than Trahan’s anyway,” Dana said. “Don’t tell Logan I said that.”
“So Grace is yours?” Jill asked Dana.
“And a couple others in there too,” Addison said. She looked at Dana. “God, we have a lot of kids.”
“You’re not kidding,” Dana agreed.
“Four each, right?” Jill asked.
“Is that it?” Dana asked. “Feels like eight each.” Both women laughed.
“And I still can’t get enough of babies,” Dana said, reaching for Ella and taking her from Tori. She propped the baby up on her shoulder, patting her back. “Other people’s babies. Logan thinks we need to have another, but I am putting the kibosh on that.”
Addison rolled her eyes. “Sure you are.”
“I swear, if we’re in the same room and that man sneezes, I get pregnant,” Dana said. “But seriously. Four is enough.”
“Four is so many,” Jill said, without thinking.
“Trust me,” Dana said. “It really is some days.”
“I can’t imagine four,” Tori said. She looked at Jill. “We have Landry men, which means almost too much help sometimes, but these two started out on their own. Addison was a single mom in New York when she met Gabe, and Dana’s husband…” Suddenly Tori looked a little ill. “Dammit. I’m so sorry, Dana.”
Dana gave Tori a little smile. “No worries, honey.” She looked at Jill. “My husband was active duty Army. He was killed in action in the Middle East.”
Jill caught her breath. “I’m so sorry.”
“Thank you. It was really hard. And I did do it on my own for a while. In fact, I intended to keep doing it on my own. Until Logan Trahan came along and knocked me up with that smile of his.”
Addison chuckled. “We don’t have to call it his ‘smile’. The kids aren’t around so we can use real grown-up language.”
They all laughed.
“So wait,” Dana said looking at Jill. “You’re with a Landry boy too? Which one?”
Jill nodded and swallowed. “Zeke.”
Dana’s eyes widened. “I love Zeke.”
Shocker. Everyone loved Zeke.
“Yep. We just found out earlier this afternoon that they pulled the Logan and Dana,” Tori said. “They’re having a baby.”
Addison smiled. “Oh, congrats.”
“Thanks.” She didn’t know what else to say.
“She is also the veterinarian who brought the penguins to town,” Naomi said, pulling a chair over to the table, and settling in.
“Hey, Naomi,” Dana said brightly.
Addison gave her a big welcoming smile as well.
“Hey, ladies,” Naomi returned.
“Penguins and a baby. That’s an amazing way to start your new life in Autre,” Addison said to Jill.
“Yeah. That’s one word for it.” Jill’s tone was dry.
Addison chuckled. “Not the word you would use?”
Jill shrugged. “It’s…just a lot.”
“Yeah, it is a lot.”
Addison’s phone dinged and she pulled it out and swiped across the screen. “Clearly we need to stay here and help the new moms with advice.” Addison turned her phone so Dana could see what was on the screen.
Dana groaned.
Addison then turned the phone so the rest of them could see their kids—and their husbands—in the goat pen covered in mud, holding goats, and grinning widely.
“Kids are washable,” Tori said. “That’s what Ellie keeps telling