Accidental Family by Donna Fasano

Author:Donna Fasano [Fasano, Donna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Love, harlequin, contemporary romance, silhouette, marriage of convenience, donna clayton, awardwinning author, fabulous fathers
Publisher: Donna Fasano
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

Forty minutes later Robin came down the stairs slowly, her steps heavy. She was tired, she knew, not just from soothing and consoling Tony, but also from the storm of emotions she had endured through the pitiful and agonizing ordeal.

When they had found Tony leaning against his mother's pillow, she and Jonas had simply pulled the baby up onto the bed, and the three of them had lain there until Tony had finally cried himself to sleep. Robin had spent the time combing her fingers through her nephew's silky curls, or caressing the backs of his little fists. Jonas had patted and rubbed the baby's back.

After Tony had fallen to an exhausted sleep, Jonas had gently picked him up and carried him to his crib with Robin close on his heels. Jonas had disappeared then, but she'd barely realized it because she'd been so focused on tucking Tony in for the night, making certain his favorite stuffed animal was nearby and that the night light was turned on in case he awoke in the wee hours.

She'd stayed by his side for a while, trying to bolster herself, make herself believe that the baby would get over his parents' death, that everything would work out. Eventually. But the emotional episode had taken so much out of her, she was left feeling completely empty inside.

Her hand rested on the banister as she came down the last step. With rounded shoulders she turned down the hallway and made her way to the family room where she knew the bowls of ice cream they'd left there would be waiting, all melted and gone to waste, to be taken into the kitchen and dumped down the food disposal.

She came through the doorway and saw Jonas on his knees in front of the oak cabinet where the DVDs were stored. He was pulling them from the shelf and checking the titles. She noticed that there was a small stack of empty plastic cases on one side of him, a stack of DVDs on the other.

"They're all mixed up," he said, irritation evident in his voice. "These movies aren't in the proper cases. How is a person to know which movie he's about to choose if they aren't where they're supposed to be?"

The bowls of ice cream completely left her mind as she made a beeline toward Jonas. Even though her exhaustion made her feel sluggish and slow, she realized from the sound of his voice that he needed her. Urgently.

She spoke his name softly, gently. "Stop."

She knelt down beside him and reached out to touch him on the shoulder.

"Jonas, it wasn't your fault," she said. "You had no way of knowing that the DVD would be a family movie."

He didn't cease his frantic task. "I should have known. I should have at least thought of the possibility that something like this could happen. I'm supposed to be the boy's guardian, damn it." His tone was filled with self-reproach. "I'm supposed to protect him from harm."

Robin sighed, understanding exactly what he meant.

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