Gypsy Beach by Jillian Neal

Author:Jillian Neal
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: gypsy, beach read, bed and breakfast, second chance romance

Sixteen

Sienna sank back against the seat and tried to see into the future. She tried to imagine what Ryan’s little girl might look like. She tried to discern if she could help him take care of a child. She was just kind of getting used to making adult decisions herself. “Ryan, I don’t know anything at all about kids. I might screw everything up.”

“Hey, I’ll be there with both of you the entire time, and Evie’s pretty easy. You will probably have to watch Frozen more than any human being should ever be forced to, but if you’re willing to just give us a try, I’ll help you do anything at all.”

Sienna laughed. “Well, I do own the blu-ray copy, and I may have belted out ‘Let it Go’ more than once in the shower.”

Her ability to make Ryan laugh made some of the mind-boggling fear evaporate from her soul. Her mind was still spinning, though. She had no idea what to do with a four-year old. She tried to remember being four. She had a few recollections of kindergarten, but not much before getting sent to time-out for sticking her tongue out at her teacher when she’d informed Sienna that her coloring had to stay in the lines.

Another part of his story trickled back through her consciousness. “Can I ask you something?”

He changed lanes and then studied her. “Of course.”

“Why did your parents always hate me so much, and are they going to be okay with us, with this?” She gestured her hand between them.

“My parents have had several generous helpings of crow pie as of late.”

Sienna’s brow knitted tightly, and Ryan gave her another one of those heart stopping grins. “Sorry, in Norfolk they probably eat humble pie. Crow’s probably a deep South thing.”

Sienna laughed, but she definitely wasn’t looking forward to seeing the McNamaras anytime soon.

“The point of that whole stupid story that was my life is that I don’t give a damn what my parents want or what they think anymore. They know they screwed me over big time. They don’t want to accept you, then they can watch me take their only granddaughter and walk away. I don’t owe them anything else. I’ve given them my entire livelihood, my blood, my sweat, and an ocean full of tears, so they can take or leave it. I’m done.”

“Is John going to make sure that you get Evie? How are you going to keep Alexa away?”

“John’s doing his best. Taking custody away from the mother is pretty rare so I’m fighting an uphill battle, but I’ll never stop fighting for her. Alexa dumping her this morning is just one thing on a long list of mistakes that will be thrown in her face in court. I’ll even pay her monthly, as long as I can still afford to take care of Evie, just to get Alexa to walk away. It’s a disaster, and I’ll never have the kind of money that I had before, Sienna. I can’t give Evie or you much of a life, certainly nothing like what I had growing up.

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