Baby Love by Harper Logan

Author:Harper Logan [Logan, Harper]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-02-26T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 22

Rafe

“Here, sweetie.” I held the spoon to Abby’s lips. “It’s a nice homemade chicken soup, perfect for when you’re sick. Don’t you want to try it?”

Abby smacked my hand, and despite my efforts to keep it steady, soup splattered onto her high chair. I wasn’t surprised, seeing as she’d done the same with the last ten spoonfuls. I’d kept trying out of optimism, or maybe not knowing what else to do.

The antibiotics Dr. Keene had prescribed must’ve been kicking in, because Abby had gotten a lot better over the past twenty-four hours. She coughed less, and when she did, the spasms were much less violent.

Seeing her like that had been one of the most terrifying experiences of my life. The only time I remembered being more scared was when she’d first been born. I’d held her in the hospital, this tiny wrinkled miniature human, and known she was totally helpless and that I was one of the two people she’d rely on to survive.

Since I was giving up on feeding Abby for the moment, I reached for my phone. I’d been calling Carmine all day, hoping to interrogate her about how the fuck Abby had caught a disease she should’ve been vaccinated for.

Once again, there was no answer. If Carmine was avoiding my calls, she was shooting herself in the foot. The more I called, the more my anger mounted. I was seriously going to scream her ear off when I finally got hold of her.

I’d already known Abby would never be able to rely on her mother. At this point, I saw Carmine more as an egg donor than a mom, anyway. I clearly remembered talking to her about Abby’s doctor appointments during the first year after she was born, when we were still together. On the other hand, I wasn’t exactly shocked that she might’ve lied.

How had I ever had such poor judgment about a person? I’d been crazy about Carmine at one point. Even when she got pregnant, I’d been cautiously optimistic. Despite our youth, I thought we could really make our relationship work.

She’d been a fairly decent mom at first. Easily frustrated, sure, and not necessarily the most interested in her child. I recalled how I’d worried she might be suffering from postpartum depression. She hadn’t wanted to get checked, so I let it slide. The three of us were getting by together, or so I thought.

I’d been completely blindsided when Carmine announced she was in love with someone else. My best friend Vic, to be specific. The double blow hit me hard. I was a zombie for months, going to work and coming home without feeling any kind of emotions. I only felt anything like myself when Abby was with me—I had to pull myself out of my funk for her sake.

Even so, I didn’t notice the signs that Carmine and Vic weren’t taking proper care of Abby when they had her. I’d regret that for the rest of my life.

Picking up the spoon again, I held it out to Abby.

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