1976: The Seven Book 6 by Sarah M. Cradit

Author:Sarah M. Cradit [Cradit, Sarah M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub

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But, What if You Could?

Augustus’ alarm went off, but it needn’t have bothered. Setting it was only a habit now, not a necessity. He wasn’t asleep. He remembered every last creak of the house settling throughout the long night; every change in the pace or pitch of Anasofiya’s breathing. If he’d slept at all, it hadn’t been for long.

He was getting used to this now. It was okay. He didn’t need sleep, not if being awake meant being vigilant to his daughter’s well-being. Irish Colleen might chide him for keeping the bassinet in his room, but when her children were babies, there were two parents in the home. Double the security, in the event of an emergency, and for an infant, emergencies lurked around every corner.

It could be disruptive to her sleep as well, darling, not just yours.

I let her sleep, Mama. I only go to her when she wakes up.

You should only go to her if she’s hungry or needs changing, Augustus. You’ll spoil her like this, training her to know how easily it is to wrap Daddy around her finger.

“I’d rather her wrap me around her little fingers than ever worry that her daddy isn’t there,” Augustus whispered as he lifted his little redheaded beauty into his arms, careful to support her developing head and neck. “Ready to eat? We just had a delivery of milk only yesterday. Your wet nurse is on the ball.”

He’d considered installing an elevator, to avoid the prospective disaster of him losing his footing as he carried Ana down the stairs. The steel housing was there, from the early twentieth century, when Magnolia Grace had been equipped with one, but when one of the little cousins got trapped in there for two days, August had the thing removed, and a wall put up.

“You’re up,” Elizabeth called from the kitchen. She sat hunched over a bowl of cereal, scooping her spoonfuls like a caveman. Often, she and Connor stayed over now, though Augustus hadn’t asked. In the morning, Irish Colleen would show up and they’d pass one another like the changing of the guard, ...

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