Baby's First Homecoming by McDavid Cathy

Author:McDavid, Cathy [McDavid, Cathy]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Harlequin Enterprises
Published: 2012-04-01T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Sierra answered the phone, a smile in her voice. “Good afternoon, Duvall Rodeo Arena. How may I help you?”

Clay sat in a visitor chair observing her at work, his open laptop computer balanced on his knees. Her first day on the job and already she sounded as if she’d been at it for months.

“Yes, I can get that for you. Hold on a second.” She opened a three-ring binder containing the rodeo arena’s rates and policies. “Are you interested in just bull-riding or also bronc-riding?”

Clay returned his attention to the monthly financial reports on the laptop screen, keeping one ear tuned to Sierra’s conversation. They’d spent an hour when she first arrived at the office going over the types of calls she could expect and how to respond. Clearly, Sierra was a fast learner and not bragging when she’d referred to herself as the “go-to” assistant at her former job.

She’d spend the majority of yesterday moving into the casita and rearranging it to suit her tastes. He’d wanted to be more involved, his curiosity admittedly piqued. It was her father’s help she’d enlisted, not Clay’s, so he had yet to see the changes she’d made.

Frankly, he couldn’t care less. He was just pleased that she and Jamie were here.

As if detecting his thoughts, his son banged his toy pony on the side of the playpen.

“Ba, da, da.”

Clay put a finger to his lips. “Hush, son. Your mommy’s on the phone,” he said softly.

Jamie grinned, displaying yet another new tooth.

They’d set the recently purchased playpen up in the corner. Sierra had protested, not at the location but that Clay had refused to let her pay for it. He’d also purchased a full-size crib for the casita. In hindsight, he should have taken Sierra with him to the store. But then they probably wouldn’t have agreed on which was the best brand. He and Sierra did have a tendency to take opposite sides of every issue.

Except for his mother removing Jamie from his crib during the wedding reception. His mother had been wrong, and he fully intended to discuss the subject with her when she came by in a little while to join him, Sierra and Jamie for dinner.

It had required almost no coercion on his part to convince both women to accept his invitation, and Clay was glad they seemed eager to make amends.

Before dinner, however, he needed to have a different discussion with his mother, this one about what his father had told him at the Saddle Up Saloon. Between kissing Sierra and the wedding, he’d gotten understandably sidetracked.

Jamie’s banging escalated, and he emitted a loud shriek.

Sierra grimaced, though her tone remained pleasant. “Thank you for calling,” she told the potential customer. “We’ll see you tomorrow morning.” Hanging up the phone, she sighed. “Baby, you have to be quiet.”

Jamie grabbed the side of the playpen and rattled it.

“I think he’s getting a little tired of being cooped up,” Clay said.

“Yeah.” She eyed Jamie worriedly, her thoughts clear. Their son was only going to get bigger and louder.

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