Baby in His Arms by Linda Goodnight

Author:Linda Goodnight [Goodnight, Linda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Steeple Hill
Published: 2013-08-21T21:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Creed stopped at the train depot for a look at the newly printed brochures Miss Evelyn had picked up from the printer. With a gnatlike worry that all the ads in the world would be useless if the pilot couldn’t fly, he approved the slick, colorful flyer. “Looks great, Miss Evelyn.”

“I think so, too. By this afternoon, every business in town will have these in their display rack. Want some for your office?”

“Sure. I can always hope my customers will pass them on to others.”

She handed him a thick stack. “I haven’t seen you much lately? You must be really busy. How are Haley and the baby?”

The question caught him off guard. Did people consider them a couple? “Okay. The baby’s growing.” And before he could stop himself, he whipped out his cell phone. “Want to see a picture?”

He scrolled through the photos, his heart pinching when Thomas’s grin jumped out at him. Miss Evelyn didn’t miss anything in the small town, so he wasn’t surprised to learn she knew about his departure. “I wish that child well. Smart as a whip, he is. Now, where’s that Rosy? Ah, there she is. Look at her.”

Pride glowed inside Creed. “Beautiful, isn’t she? She rolled over a couple of days ago. One minute she was on her back, the next thing she was on her belly. See? I snapped a picture.”

Miss Evelyn oohed over the photos as he scrolled through them, aware that he’d taken far more than he realized. Haley was in there, too. A lot. He’d snapped her in the garden in gloves and surrounded by flowers, the same sweet-smelling purple blooms that stuck in his head from the day he’d kissed her. Lavender, she’d told him. He’d photographed her singing to Rose on the back porch and snapped her hanging a birdhouse in a tall oak. Painting, too, her tongue between her front teeth.

By the time he left the train depot, Haley filled his head. He was falling for her, no question about that. She was not the kind of woman he’d ever expected to want to hang out with, much less love, but he was getting there fast. The trouble was, she pushed him away at every turn.

Take yesterday for instance, when he’d kissed her in the garden. He’d intended to comfort her, to take her mind off Thomas, but something incredible had happened. A lightbulb went off in his head. Haley was special. Big-time special.

She’d kissed him back and felt so right in his arms that he’d felt certain she returned his feelings.

Not that she’d said anything. She’d kissed him, hugged his neck, swiped her arm across her teary face and handed him a trowel. He hadn’t been dressed for the occasion, but he dug a few weeds to please her.

Creed smiled at the memory and turned his Jeep toward the heliport and a waiting tour.

His cell phone vibrated. A glance at the caller ID revealed his dad was calling.

Slowing the Jeep, he pressed the speakerphone.

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