A Bundle of Joy 5: This Time, Baby: BWWM Interracial Romance by Roxy Wilson

Author:Roxy Wilson [Wilson, Roxy]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Literature & Fiction, United States, African American, Romance, Multicultural, Romantic Comedy, Two Hours or More (65-100 Pages), Multicultural & Interracial
Amazon: B011SB1Z8A
Published: 2015-07-15T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Tasha wasn’t comfortable in this situation—not at all. When he said picnic, she assumed they would be going out to a park. An external setting would have diverted some attention away from her, but they were in his parent’s house. She was sticking out like a sore thumb among this close knit family.

Adults sat on chairs in the garden or in the patio. Some were even sitting on blankets in the garden. Heath’s sister was the only one without a companion. Everyone else seemed to have their significant other with them.

Added to this, Tasha was one of the very few people of color present.

“I’ve brought some wine,” his mother, Barbara, said as she came to sit with her on the wicker couch on the patio.

Tasha glanced at the wine glass. The doctor allowed her to drink a glass or two a week, but she preferred not to. “Thank you.” Taking the glass from her, she set it down on the table.

“So, dear, how did you meet Heath?”

Tasha had been dreading this question ever since she arrived. Despite his assurances of how she wouldn’t be the object of his family’s curiosity, Tasha found that everyone seemed to be taking a keen interest in her. Damn it. Why did she allow him to pull her into this chaotic mess? “We met at a Christmas party.”

Barbara lifted an eyebrow, reminding Tasha of Heath when he did the same thing. “You mean last Christmas, or one before that?”

“Yes.” She nodded. “Last Christmas.” Tasha could see his mother doing some fast calculations. Since no one brought a new friend to a family picnic, she could almost see the older woman putting two and two together. What she didn’t know was that two and two didn’t add up to four in this particular case, but rather to three. Tasha nearly patted her stomach but then stopped. Thank God, she wasn’t showing as yet. She could just imagine the commotion it would cause if they all found out she was expecting Heath’s baby. She needed to divert Barbara’s attention from her and unto a safer topic. “You have a wonderful family.”

Heath’s mother smiled. Regal and tall, she was quite good-looking. Even though Heath looked more like his dad, she could see a little bit of his mother in him. Perhaps it was the eyes.

“Thank you, dear. Trust me, when they were young, there wasn’t a day I didn’t pray they’d all grow up quickly and leave for college.” She chuckled. “But now it seems as if time flew by too quickly.”

Tasha felt anxious about raising just one child. This woman managed to raise six of them. “They must have been a handful.”

“Oh, they were, especially Myron and Heath. Since they were only a year apart, they drove me crazy with their constant fighting and breaking things. I thought I was going to go insane but then they hit a plateau and settled down.”

Tasha glanced over at Heath who seemed to be in deep discussion with two of his brothers.

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