Her Second Chance Forever Groom by Lorana Hoopes

Author:Lorana Hoopes [Hoopes, Lorana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: ArchStone Ink
Published: 2019-09-12T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Mia awoke with a start and looked around the unfamiliar room a moment before reality came crashing back in on her. She was in Emmitt’s guest house. She was going to decorate two rooms in his house. Her son had cancer. Those last four words were sobering enough to wake her completely and urge her to tiptoe in to check on Carter.

He had chosen the room next to hers, and she was glad. She’d always been protective of him, but now she felt the need to watch him constantly, which was irrational. The doctor had been optimistic when he told her the tumor was in Carter’s bone and would require chemo and surgery, but he felt the prognosis was good. And it wasn’t like Carter had succumbed to brittle bone disease all of a sudden. He wasn’t more likely to break any more bones than he would have been a year ago, but knowing that didn’t stop the fear from creeping up her throat.

She pushed open his door. Just to make sure he didn’t need anything, she told herself, but it was really to verify that his chest still rose and fell. That oxygen still filled his lungs. That he hadn’t passed away in the night. It was morbid, she knew, but that’s what the word cancer did. It left black clouds of questions and doubts and fears hanging in the air. Clouds that followed her wherever she went.

Carter lay in the large bed, his dinosaur pajama-clad arms peeking out from under the covers. She held her breath and watched, but yes, the blanket rose and fell with his rhythmic breathing. Relief flooded her. She could relax a little, long enough to take a shower at least. And maybe have some breakfast.

She had just sat down with her Bible and a cup of coffee when the soft thumps of Carter’s walking cast carried down the hall.

“Hey bud, how did you sleep?” she asked when he reached the kitchen.

“Mostly good. I miss the rest of my stuffies, but they’ll be here soon, right?”

A smile pulled at the corners of Mia’s lips. Even with everything going on with him, all he could think about was his stuffed animals. “Yes, bud. The movers should arrive today and then all your stuff will be here.”

“Cool. What’s for breakfast?”

Mia nearly laughed out loud at the sudden shift in topic. Carter had always been like that. Once he got the answer to his question, there was no need to discuss it any further. He was ready to move on. “I don’t know. Let me look.”

She hadn’t taken the time last night to peruse the kitchen offerings so she hoped that something lay in the cupboards. They could always walk over to the main house, but that might mean eating with Emmitt, and Mia wanted to avoid that as much as possible. It was hard enough to fight old feelings just being near him and in his guest house, but she knew it would get infinitely harder if she began doing routine things with him like eating meals and watching TV.

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