Emily's Daughter by Linda Warren

Author:Linda Warren [Warren, Linda]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2001-05-08T21:00:00+00:00

AS EMILY HUNG UP the phone, Becca strolled into the kitchen. They’d just gotten back from the hospital. Tommy had driven behind them, and Becca had stayed outside to talk to him. They were making plans for the prom. Shortly after, Tommy drove home and Becca joined Emily in the kitchen.

“Can we have pizza tonight?” Becca asked, getting a soda out of the fridge.

“No, we’re not having pizza,” Emily answered.

“Jeez, sometimes you’re just like Mom,” Becca complained. “Ginger’s mom has pizza all the time, so I don’t see why we can’t have it once in a while.”

“Ginger mom is—” Emily stopped, realizing she’d been about to criticize Ginger’s mom—something her mother did on a regular basis. Maybe she was like her mother. No, she would never be.

“Okay, we’ll have pizza,” she decided in a flash.

“Oh, Em, you’re the greatest.” Becca beamed, and sat across from Emily at the kitchen table, sipping her drink. After a moment, she asked, “Were you talking to him when I walked in?”

“Yes, I was talking to Jackson.”

“I’ll bet he’s mad ’cause you had to come home.”

“No, Jackson is very considerate. He understands that I need to be with my family right now.”

“’Cause Mom’s sick.” Becca fiddled with her drink and Emily knew what she was thinking.

“Becca, you’re not the reason Mom is sick. You know that, don’t you?”

Becca didn’t look up. “It’s hard to think anything else because she tells me that all the time.”

“Oh, Becca.” Emily got up and hugged her. “Mom had a heart condition before you were born.”

“Yes.” Becca sniffed. “But I make it worse. I’m always upsetting her.”

“So am I, but we can’t keep blaming ourselves.”

“I suppose.” Becca sniffed again, then became quiet. “Em?”

“What?”

“She’s not going to die, is she?”

“No, I don’t think this is Mom’s time to die. She’ll be home soon and things will be back to normal.”

“I hope so.” Silence for a moment, then Becca asked, “When will you be going to see…him?”

Emily had noticed that she never said Jackson’s name and wondered why. “His name is Jackson.”

“Yeah, whatever,” she mumbled.

Emily frowned, not understanding this attitude. “You’ve never met Jackson. Why don’t you like him?”

“I don’t like what he did to you—getting you pregnant and then leaving.”

Emily cupped Becca’s face and tilted her head so she could meet her eyes. “He didn’t know I was pregnant and he had no reason to think that I was. We used protection, but it didn’t work. Please don’t judge Jackson until you get to know him. I guarantee you’re going to like him. He’ll spoil you rotten just like I do.”

“No, he won’t,” Becca said in a hurt voice. “He’ll find your daughter and then you won’t be interested in me anymore. You’ll have her.”

“Becca, Becca.” Emily sighed, tucking Becca’s hair behind her ears. She was jealous, plain and simple. She didn’t want anyone to take her place in Emily’s life. “You’re my baby sister and the light in my otherwise dreary world. That’ll never change—even if we find our daughter. She’ll be almost eighteen and have her own family, but I need to see her.

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