Adding to the Family by Gina Wilkins

Author:Gina Wilkins
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Silhouette
Published: 2005-08-26T04:00:00+00:00

Explaining that he had a great deal to do that day, Mark didn’t stay long. Miranda spent the remainder of the morning on the phone, rearranging work schedules to give her another day off. She made lunch for the boys—peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with carrot sticks and glasses of milk, which seemed like a fairly nutritious, kid-friendly meal. They seemed to approve, since they cleaned their plates, then finished the meal with a cookie apiece.

Watching them eat with such healthy appetites, she barely touched her own food. She supposed she was still in shock that she had decided to try to raise them—not to mention that she had agreed to move in with Mark.

Okay, that didn’t sound quite right, she corrected herself immediately. She wasn’t exactly moving in with Mark. She and the boys were simply going to stay at his place while she looked for a more suitable apartment.

Mark had made the offer almost nonchalantly, but she knew what a big deal it really was. He was taking the risk of turning his orderly home upside down, displacing his family from their bedrooms, changing their routines, and all for a woman he had known only a year as a client.

He had told her that he considered her a friend, and that friends helped each other out in times of need. Funny. She had a lot of people she considered friends, but she hadn’t even considered calling any of them for advice or assistance during the weekend. She couldn’t imagine any of them so generously opening their homes to her and her two nephews.

“Can we play with Poochie when we go live with Mr. Wallace?” Jamie asked after he swallowed the last bite of his cookie. She knew it was Jamie, because she had asked them to wear different colored shirts that day. Jamie wore blue, Kasey red.

“We aren’t going to live with Mr. Wallace. We’re simply going to stay there for a couple of weeks until I find us a place,” Miranda corrected him. “And I’m sure you can play with Poochie, but remember he’s Payton’s dog. You’ll have to ask her permission to play with any of her things.”

“Payton’s kind of bossy,” Kasey observed as he lowered the glass he had just drained of milk.

“Wipe your mouth,” Miranda reminded him, nodding toward the paper napkin beside his plate. “And even if you think Payton is a little bossy, you two need to get along with her as best you can. It’s very nice of Mr. Wallace to let us stay with him. We don’t want to cause him any problems.”

Both boys solemnly promised to make every effort to get along with Payton. Miranda sent them off to play while she cleaned up the kitchen, but now she was worried again about whether she had done the right thing in accepting Mark’s kind invitation.

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