Bargain For Baby by Kirsten Osbourne

Author:Kirsten Osbourne [Osbourne, Kirsten]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Historical Romance, women's fiction, Victorian Romance, 19th Century, Clean & Wholesome, Forever Love, Bachelor, single mother, Love Possibility, Frontier & Pioneer Era, Western & Cowboy Romance, Hearts Desire, American West, Life-Changes, second chances, Honesty & Trust, Home & Family, Lifetime Love, Romantic Schemes, Beautiful & Feisty, Love-Family & Forever, Christian Stories, Faith Based, Inspirational Reads, Love Inspired, Cowboys and Angels Series, Novella Length Story, short story, Creede Colorado, Family & Domestic Life, Pregnant & Alone, Unborn Baby
Publisher: Unlimited Dreams Publishing
Published: 2018-01-29T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

When Amos went to work later that day, he took a note for Mrs. Franklin from Becky, letting her know about the baby and that they’d named her Anabelle but would be calling her Belle.

As soon as he’d left, her mother helped her to the water closet. “I’ll take care of the baby. You need to conserve your strength. I’m still a little worried about how much blood you lost.”

Becky nodded. “I’ll be the best patient I can possibly be.”

Her mother sighed. “I raised you. I know how good that is, and your promise just isn’t making me feel a whole lot better about things.”

“I’ll try to be a good example for Belle.”

“I like that name. I could only find diapers for her. Where are her clothes? I couldn’t even find a blanket.”

Becky burst into tears at her mother’s words. “I wanted to sew for her, but I was working all the time, and I didn’t have any extra money at all for fabric. I bought some things last week, but . . . Amos’s mother came to visit, and I had to make curtains and tablecloths. Nothing is ready for her!” Becky carefully sank back to her bed against her pillows, her face in her hands, crying. “I’m already failing at being a mother, and she’s not even a day old!”

“Now, Becky, you know that’s not what I’m saying. I’ll get some sewing done right away. Where’s the fabric you purchased?”

Becky pointed toward her sewing basket, which was in a corner of the room. “I wanted to have everything just perfect, and I didn’t think she’d be here for another three or four weeks.”

“She had other plans. You rest, and I’m going to start sewing. It will be a privilege to sew for my granddaughter.”

Becky wiped away a tear. “I don’t know why everything is hitting me so hard. All I want to do is cry, but I’m so happy she’s here!”

“What you’re experiencing is perfectly normal. I’ve never understood why, but I know that all new moms go through a period of emotional turmoil when they first deliver. Just like most women are very weepy through their pregnancies as well.”

“So I’m normal?” Becky asked, laughing and crying at the same time.

“Perfectly normal.” Her mother sank down into the chair beside the bed and dug through the basket. “I’m going to make her a gown from this!” She held up some fabric.

Becky smiled. “That’s what I got it for. I didn’t think she’d be a girl. I don’t know why, but this whole time, I was sure she’d be a boy.”

“Things rarely turn out the way we expect them to.” Her mother patted her hand before finding a needle and a spool of thread in the basket. “Let’s see how fast I can make her something to wear. Hopefully she’ll be sleeping in it later.”

Becky nodded sleepily, rolling to her side. “Wake me if you need me.”

Several times throughout the day, her mother woke her to have her nurse the baby, but each time she went right back to sleep.

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