A Gift of Family by Tami Veldura

Author:Tami Veldura [Veldura, Tami]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: gay romance
ISBN: 978-1-64080-308-4
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2017-12-23T05:00:00+00:00

SCOTT WOKE up with a text from Brennan already waiting on his cell. His name on Scott’s screen sent the butterflies in his gut to spinning. It was ridiculous how something so simple could unbalance him so easily. He clicked the message.

Good morning, handsome. You’re welcome to show up any time after 11 this morning. The party really gets going at about 3. See you soon.

His heart throbbed. Brennan was amazing. Scott didn’t want to waste any time. He checked the clock by his bed. Eight thirty. Lexi had even slept in this morning. She liked getting him up at six. This day was going to be fantastic.

Scott hopped in the shower first, then glanced into Lexi’s quiet crib on his way to the kitchen. She was on her stomach, one fist curled up by her chin, drooling onto the blanket he’d set over her last night. He let her sleep, taking the quiet opportunity to make himself coffee and enjoy it uninterrupted for the first time in almost a year. When he set the cup in his sink without hearing a sound from her, though, he grew concerned. It was very unusual for her to sleep this late.

She was still on her stomach when he leaned over the crib. She snorted softly, a gurgle in the back of her nose. Scott stroked her back, and she scrunched her face up. Then she whined and pushed against the mattress. Drool and snot hung from her face. Scott wiped them both with a hand towel on the crib rail. She sat herself up, fussing. Then she sneezed and a green booger hung out of her nose. Scott wiped her up again and lifted her out of the crib. With her face next to his ear, he could hear her breath gurgling through her nose and throat. He rubbed her back. “Oh, Lex, are you sick?” She sniffed heavily in his ear.

“Come on, let’s get all that goop out of you,” Scott said. He used a bulb to clear her nose and throat, surprised at the sheer volume she had produced. She was definitely sick. And probably achy if the way she whined was any indication. He went digging in the cabinet for a baby aspirin but only found NyQuil for adults. A quick internet search confirmed he wasn’t supposed to drug her anyway. He prepared himself for a fussy day and headed back to the kitchen. She barely ate, but her appetite for formula was healthy, and Scott happily filled up her bottle twice before she knocked it across the table, a clear signal she was done. He had woken her up, now, but she was uncomfortable and showed no interest in the new toy he’d bought her for Christmas. Within an hour she was squirming in his arms, unable to find a good position for herself.

Scott went looking for any other way to help her. If he couldn’t give her a drug to manage the symptoms, what else was there? The internet said steam.

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