Not just a damp line touching his brow, but a panicked, wet kind of break-out that was making him nervous as hell.He had less than half an hour to figure out what to do, how to show Caitlin the kind of man he could be, and he had no idea what that was going to be. Where to even start. But he’d asked her and she’d said yes, and that’s what was important. What was spurring him into action.Penny. Penny would be able to help him. She’d tell him what to do. He should have told her the whole story earlier, confided in her, instead of running out of the house in such a hurry.He pulled out his mobile and hit speed dial.“Tom!” Penny answered, sounding breathless.“Bad timing?” he asked, one hand nervously rubbing back and forth over his head.“No, it’s fine. I’m just outside kicking a ball around with Gabby.”Tom stood up straighter, pulled himself together. That’s what he wanted. He’d resisted it, fought it, but he wanted to be the guy hanging out with family, kicking a ball around a yard.
