Fat Girl by Leigh Carron

Author:Leigh Carron [Carron, Leigh]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, Erotica, Plus-Size, Fiction
ISBN: 9780993844904
Publisher: Carron Publishing
Published: 2014-06-23T16:00:00+00:00

Brunch is a lively affair, filled with noisy conversation, easy banter, and delicious food. Dwayde seems to put his worries on the back burner as he goofs around with his cousins. Victor and I exchange the most words we have in days that have nothing to do with the case, and even Gabi stops brooding about her latest boyfriend drama to join in. I talk, laugh, and eat, but my thoughts are never far away from Dee.

After Mason is fed some foul-looking green mush, he starts to fuss on his father’s lap. Having had my fair share of brunch, I offer to take him.

“Don’t you dare sneak him any food this time,” Maria warns, as if reading my mind.

I’m already in the doghouse over the twenty bucks, so I resist irritating her further and bounce a very cranky Mason in my arms. Within minutes, he falls asleep. That earns me a wistful smile from Mama T.

When the meal is over and the plates are being cleared away, Maria asks me to put Mason down for his nap. “Check his diaper. If it’s wet, use the wipes and the baby powder, so he doesn’t get a rash. Oh, and lay him on his stomach, not his back. And make sure he has a blanket. And don’t forget—”

“Bunny,” I finish for her, referring to Mason’s stuffed rabbit. “Relax, Maria. It’s not my first time. I know what to do.”

“She can’t help being bossy,” James teases and wraps his arms around Maria from behind, pressing noisy kisses into her neck that make her sigh.

I feel a twinge of envy over their affectionate display. I leave the kitchen and take Mason into the den. I get what I need from the diaper bag and lay him down on the sofa. He stirs but doesn’t wake. I unsnap his pants and remove the wet diaper, hoping like hell he doesn’t spring a leak before I get the dry one on.

Just as I’m pinning up the sides, trying not to stick him—God forbid Maria should add to the ruin of the ozone layer by using the disposable kind—he gives an agitated cry and his sleepy eyes blink open.

“Hey, buddy,” I murmur in an attempt to stave off any wailing. But Mason just gurgles and smiles a toothless grin. I get him dressed and lift him onto my shoulder. He snuggles into me and I rub his back, inhaling the scent of baby powder.

I haven’t let myself think much about fatherhood. There was never a woman, other than Dee, to whom I wanted to commit, much less have children with. When I hear Mason’s soft, deep breaths, I place him inside the portable playpen with Bunny and cover him up. I watch his cherub face for several minutes then bothered by the clog of longing, start away. But rather than return to the kitchen, my feet take me across the room to the table behind the sofa.

Dee’s picture sits among the other framed family photos. She usually avoided the camera, but she’d consented to this one.

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