A Valentine's Quest (The Valentine's Trilogy) by Sam E. Kraemer

Author:Sam E. Kraemer [Kraemer, Sam E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-05-14T23:00:00+00:00

Fifteen

Derek

I stood at the nursery window waiting for Quinn to finish giving the tiny, little girls their first baths. They seemed so fragile and helpless, I was in awe. If one didn’t believe in a higher power, all they had to do was look at a newborn baby. If they didn’t see it in those tiny features, then they obviously had no soul.

Marisol’s labor had been very short and apparently, quite painful because there wasn't time for an epidural. It only lasted three hours, and the girls were born eight minutes apart. The oldest was to be named Christina and the younger to be named Anita. If they looked anything like their mother, they'd be beautiful.

I heard noise and turned to see Cara behind me as Gray stepped beside me, taking my hand and offering a squeeze of support. "Does it always happen that fast?" Cara asked as she moved between us, pushing Gray to the left and taking both of our hands.

The rest of the family moved closer to where we stood, and Miriam laughed. "God, no. With QJ, she was in labor for thirty hours. Heavens, I was in labor with Quinn for fifteen."

Of course, Miri didn't yet know Cara was pregnant because Mom hadn't worked up the nerve to tell her since Cara wasn't married. I remembered Mom giving Miri shit when Quinn got Marisol pregnant in high school, so I was sure Adsila Valentine wasn’t ready to take hear the damnation speech Miriam Tucker would give her, nor was she ready to eat the crow which she was due. The pride in those women was truly unbelievable.

I turned to Cara to see her face pale to paperwhite before she ran down the hallway to the bathroom with her hand over her mouth. Gray moved closer to me. "This isn't helping as I hoped it would. I thought if she saw the babies, she'd change her mind. I think she's just solidified her decision to terminate the pregnancy," he whispered sadly.

I wrapped him in my arms, hoping to comfort him. "Let's not give up yet, okay? I'll be back." I kissed his forehead and released him, walking down the hallway to the ladies' room where I waited for my sister to reappear.

When she came out of the bathroom, she was still quite pale. "You okay?"

She looked at me like I had three heads. "Yeah, I'm just fucking great. Did you hear Miri Tucker? All those hours of labor? I ain't doing that shit, Derek. I'm keeping my appointment," she snapped, referring to her date with a doctor to terminate her pregnancy.

I looked down the hallway to see Gray with a smile on his face as he gazed into the nursery, looking at all of the beautiful little babies. "Okay, sis. If that's what you want to do, then fine. You do it," I told her as I walked her back to the window.

When I returned with Cara following slowly behind me, I saw Quinn, the proud poppa, in the nursery window holding up two gorgeous little girls so we could see them.

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