Chapter 130 Lessons Of A New Beginning

• DRAKE
• Watching Briana move around the little cottage as she gets ready for the day, I sip my coffee at the dining table and try not to grin too much. Last night, she decided it was time I learned the basics of living on my own—starting with laundry. I’d always thought it was complicated, but once she showed me how to use the washer and measure the detergent, it didn’t seem so bad. Folding the clothes, however, was another story.
• Briana had made it clear that my laundry was my responsibility. “We might be working things out,” she’d said, “but I’m not your caretaker.” She told me I needed to learn these things before our pup arrived. Once the baby came, she wouldn’t be raising it alone the way Marcus had forced my mother to raise me. That truth had stung, but she was right. If I wanted to be a good mate and father, I had to do my part. I would not repeat my father’s mistakes.