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brought about sadness in her eyes.
    “I’m sorry. You can
have one of my brothers or a couple of them actually. Since I have too many of
them in the first place.” Collin laughed and when she started laughing too he
felt good.
    “Do you know all of
their names?”
    “There is the oldest
whose name is Randy, then there is Jordan, Timothy, Kenny, Randall, Mackenzie,
Kendrick, me of course, Bobby and the youngest, Gerard. The whole Noonan clan
all redheads and all tough as steel. Everyone knew not to mess with any of us
because if you messed with one, you messed with all of us,” Collin said with a
wink, which made Regina’s heart skip a beat.
    “What about your
parents?”
    Going into his pants
pocket, he tugged out his phone and pulled up a picture that he had taken of
his parents the last time he saw them, which was about six months ago. “This is
my mom Alannah and my dad Randy.”
    Regina had to smile as
she saw a very big strapping older gentleman with graying hair, a hint of red remaining,
standing beside a short rosy cheeked, brown haired woman, both wearing big
smiles. They seemed so happy it made her smile even more. When she looked over
at Collin, she found he was studying her face with those beautiful green eyes
of his. She blushed as his gaze twinkled at her. “They are too adorable and now
I see where you get your good looks from.”
    Chuckling a bit, he
took the phone from her, his fingertips softly touching hers during their
exchange. Even though their fingers touched, it was that touch that made Regina
feel like every part of her was on fire. She hoped he didn’t realize what he
was doing to her at that moment. “By the way, what is colcannon anyways?”
    “My mom makes it for me
every time I come to visit her. It’s just mashed potatoes and cabbage, but my
God it’s the best thing ever in the world, especially when my mom makes it for
me.” Collin smiled as she started putting everything in a bag for the garbage.
“Let me get that for you, we still have sometime before it’s time to go back to
work. Why don’t we walk some more around the park and work off this yummy stew
in our stomachs, huh?” he said as he held out a hand to help her up.
    Taking his hand, Regina
lifted herself up. After getting his jacket, Collin threw it over one shoulder
and dumped the trash into a nearby trashcan. She shook out the blanket, folded it
up quickly and put it in her bag as he walked back toward her. They continued
walking down the walkway.
    “I do want to thank you
for the flowers. How did you get my address anyways?”
    His smile became
broader as he started chuckling. “I made some calls and I got it. I thought a
lovely lady such like you would love something nice like flowers. Did you like
them?” Collin asked with a wink.
    “You know you are the
first man to ever give me flowers, I’ve never had a man give me roses before in
my life. When I saw those flowers on that table, I was like, I couldn’t believe
it and then when I saw that they were from you, I just melted,” Regina said,
watching him blush, which was rather cute seeing his skin get almost as red as
his hair.
    While they were riding
back to the office, all Regina could do was smile and Collin must have noticed.
    “What are you smiling
over there for?”
    Regina didn’t say a
word. Her arm up against the door, she bit down on her finger trying not to
smile too much, but she honestly couldn’t help it. “Just thinking?”
    “What are you thinking
about, if you don’t mind me asking?”
    “Just how wonderful
this has been is all,” Regina said, looking toward him when they stopped at the
light.
    In that small moment in
time, Regina noticed his eyes seemed to dance a bit when she smiled back at him.
Any other time she would have turned away from his gaze but for some reason,
she liked how he looked at her. The honking of the car behind them quickly
brought them back to reality.
    When Collin got back
after lunch, he ran into John.