Baby Dreams in Good Hope (A Good Hope Novel Book 13) by Cindy Kirk

Author:Cindy Kirk [Kirk, Cindy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Waverly House
Published: 2020-05-17T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Four

Cade couldn’t wait for a quiet evening at home with his wife. Especially since Marigold had called that afternoon and told him she was planning on grilling salmon, a personal favorite of his.

Things had been rough between him and Marigold lately, and that was his fault. Granted, she’d been moody and weepy, but that was to be expected considering the heavy-duty drugs she’d been on.

His unexpected trips to Milwaukee and the overheard phone conversation with Alice hadn’t helped. He knew Marigold worried about his relationship with his former fiancée. And he hadn’t been able to dispel her fears. That would mean telling her exactly why he was texting and talking and visiting Alice.

Maybe he would stop and get Marigold flowers on the way home. He pulled open the door to his truck and considered. Stopping by the General Store would add an extra ten minutes to his trip, but it’d be worth it to see a smile light up Marigold’s face.

His phone rang just as the truck’s engine roared to life. “This is Cade.”

“Cade. It’s Alice. I have news.”

He waited a second for the Bluetooth to kick in and for her voice to come through the speakers in the truck. “What kind of news?”

“Nina wants to meet you.” Alice’s voice shook with excitement. “She’s narrowed it down to two couples. You and Marigold made the finals.”

“When?”

“Tonight if you can make it.”

Cade’s mind raced.

“I’ll swing by and pick up Marigold.” He did the quick calculation in his head. “Depending on traffic, it’ll take a good three hours for us to get there. Will that work?”

“I guess I wasn’t clear.” Alice cleared her throat. “She wants to meet you first. Alone. Then, if you’re acceptable, she will meet with both of you.”

Cade frowned. “That doesn’t make sense.”

“Sometimes things in independent adoptions don’t make sense.” Alice’s voice gentled. “Nina’s baby is due in three weeks. She knows it’s a boy. Her father was a detective. Her grandfather a US marshal. Service runs in her family. It’s important to her to have her son grow up in a law enforcement family.”

Clay knew the birth father was out of the picture and had relinquished his parental rights. “If family is so important, why hasn’t she told her family she’s pregnant?”

“She says they’ll try to talk her out of adoption, and she doesn’t want the extra hassle. Her words, not mine. Nina strongly feels adoption is the best option for her and the baby.”

Cade hoped that when he had a child, that boy or girl would always feel like they could confide in him. But he didn’t know Nina’s parents, and she was twenty-one. This was her decision to make.

“It’s not uncommon for a birth mother to not tell her family,” Alice said into the lengthening silence. “But it’s not as common as you might think.”

Alice had left her Detroit law practice to move to Milwaukee to work in a firm that specialized in private adoptions.

When he and Marigold had run into Alice, she’d mentioned her new position in passing.

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