Hidden: A Pregnant Fairy Godmother's Journey... by Joynell Schultz

Author:Joynell Schultz [Schultz, Joynell]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wet Dog Press
Published: 2017-11-09T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Dane

Dane sat at his kitchen table, shuffling through page after page of bills. The numbers were not even comprehensible to him. There was no way to keep his apartment, put food on the table, and pay back what he already owed—no matter how hard he tried. Right now, food and living expenses were paid, the rest of them ignored. Even if he hadn’t given Ciera that hundred dollars, this would still be a lost cause.

As he flipped them over and over in his hand, his mind wandered to the woman in his storage room. She had kissed him on the cheek, and he hadn’t realized how much he liked it until he felt his cheeks heat. When he had introduced her as his wife, it felt complete—it felt right. Did he just miss being married?

Maybe it was time he started dating.

Stop it. Your life’s too full already. You don’t have time for women nonsense. Besides, she’s pregnant with another man’s child. A man she is still looking for.

Was that camping cot too hard for her? He did have a nice soft sofa sleeper up here in his living room. Did she need a shower? How had he ignored that? She must be washing up in the bathroom beneath the stairs. How dare he do that to a pregnant woman—who kissed him. He rubbed his cheek. Her lips had been so soft.

Ignore the attraction.

“What’s up, Dad?” When had his daughter come out of her bedroom?

Dane dropped his hand. “Just paying bills, honey.”

“Do we have enough this month?” She leaned against the chair across from him, pulling her worn t-shirt straight.

Dane thumbed through the upside-down stack. “We’ll be alright. I’ll make sure of it.” He flashed his daughter a smile, but her worried expression didn’t change. It was so much easier when she had been little and didn’t understand. Didn’t ask questions like, ‘Why don’t you have a job? Where does our money come from? What happened to Mom? Will you ever remarry?’

“It’s after your bedtime. Why aren’t you sleeping? Is something going on at school?”

Rosa shrugged and picked at her purple fingernails. “No, just the same old, same old.” Her pale lips turned down in a frown before she glanced away.

Dane knew that expression. “Come on, something’s going on. You weren’t all right at dinner either.”

Rosa pulled her long red hair to the side and sat down, lacing her fingers together on the table. “It’s just there’s this one boy who keeps saying Mom didn’t want me and that’s why she took off.”

Dane cringed. At some point, he’d have to tell her the whole story. He thought of the woman downstairs, wanting to give up her child. If only his wife would have been that transparent, their life would be quite different now. Maybe he just ignored the signs…wanted to ignore the signs.

“You know how I told you mom was sick, and she couldn’t care for you? Well, it’s true. She couldn’t help raise you and that made her sad. Very sad.

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