A Home for Haley by Mary Jane Morgan

Author:Mary Jane Morgan [Morgan, Mary Jane]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B016B22J4U
Goodreads: 27003830
Published: 2015-10-14T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

Kayla clung to her mother, and Ethan’s heart hammered in his chest. He couldn’t believe they’d had the bad damn luck to run into Ellie. He braced himself for the fallout he was positive would come, but there really wasn’t any way he could prepare for this.

“Oh my goodness, Kayla, let Mommy look at you.” Ellie shifted away from her crying daughter and ran her gaze over Kayla. “I think you’ve grown a foot.” She smiled and it was all Ethan could do not to grab Kayla up and run.

“Why haven’t you come to see me?” Kayla asked around her tears.

“Oh, honey, I’ve meant to do that a million times.” She swept her hand toward the camera men. “I’m doing a commercial here today. We’re about to finish up, but I’ve just been swamped with work.” Ellie gave her daughter her megawatt smile, and Ethan clenched his jaw. “Would you like to be in the last take of my commercial?” Ellie asked.

Kayla jumped up and down with excitement. “Yes! Yes! What do I do? Do I get to wear makeup?”

“It’s been a long day,” Ethan interrupted, shooting Ellie a harsh look. “We were just leaving.” Ellie rolled her eyes at him, as if he were the one who was out of touch with reality.

“It won’t take long, Ethan. We only have one little part to film and Kayla would look so pretty. All her friends would think this was really cool. You wouldn’t deny her that, would you?” she asked, wrapping an arm around Kayla’s shoulders.

“All her friends live in Tennessee. They won’t even see it.” Ethan knew he sounded harsh, but he felt like wringing this woman’s neck. How dare she try and draw Kayla into her world—a world she had built for herself and only herself—a world she wanted bad enough to leave her child for. Ethan would be damned if she was going to use Kayla because she was a pretty little girl. She’d hurt his daughter enough.

“We have to go, Kayla.”

Ellie put her hands on her hips and glared at him. “I can’t believe you won’t let Kayla be a part of her mother’s commercial.”

“And I can’t believe you’re pulling this crap. We haven’t seen or heard from you in over a year.”

Ellie bent down and hugged Kayla to her. Ethan cringed at the look of sheer bliss on his daughter’s face. “Please, Ethan. Let us do this together.”

He gritted his teeth so hard he was surprised they didn’t crack. “How long will it take?”

“Please, please, pleeeeese, Daddy. This is so exciting.” Kayla grabbed her mother’s hand. “And it’s with Mama.”

Ethan closed his eyes and tried to calm himself. “You’ve got fifteen minutes.”

Ellie narrowed her gaze at him, then guided Kayla over to the camera crew. She introduced Kayla and talked with the crew for a minute in hushed tones. They nodded and one of them took Kayla over to a group of kids gathered around Donald Duck.

Ethan turned away and locked gazes with Haley. Rolling his eyes, he walked over to her and took Ryan.

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