His Daddy's Eyes by Debra Salonen

Author:Debra Salonen
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-08-31T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

“THAT’S ALL WRONG, lamebrain. If you put that strap there, where does this one go?” one voice snarled.

“Get out of my face,” the other growled. “How can I see when you’re hogging all the space?”

Sara took Brady’s hand to lead him away from the Lexus, half expecting it to blow up from the tempers brewing in the back seat. Once Bo had agreed to Ren’s suggestion that he drive her and Brady home, Sara had assumed it would be a simple matter of transferring Brady’s safety seat to Ren’s car, then they’d be on their way. Apparently, she’d underestimated the potent mixture of male ego and technology.

Brady pulled on her arm, whining to help the men. The little boy had reached his limit even without the undercurrents of tension between Ren and Bo. “What, love?” she asked, trying to calm him with her touch. “No, you can’t help them. They’re having enough trouble as it is.”

He pushed her hands away and flung himself to the ground, sobbing as though his world were coming to an end. “Brady,” Sara soothed, squatting beside him. “We’re leaving in just a minute.” That promise seemed to upset him even more, although she couldn’t understand a syllable of his weepy diatribe.

Sara sensed a presence at her side and looked up to see Ren, his concern obvious even given the fading light. “Can I help?”

She nodded. “He doesn’t get like this often, but he’s exhausted. Just pick him up and let’s get him strapped in the car seat. Is it in?”

“I hope so.” He lowered himself to one knee, focusing on Brady, who’d rolled onto his back and was kicking his feet against the dusty concrete floor of the parking lot. Eyes squeezed shut, his face almost apoplectic, his tantrum raged. Sara would have been mortified by this public behavior under normal circumstances, but for some reason—maybe Ren’s calmness—she simply watched as Ren picked up her screaming child. Walking beside them, she tugged off Brady’s heavy shoes to keep him from inflicting bodily harm.

Ren tried cajoling, but the child was beyond words. When they neared the car where Bo stood holding open the rear door, Brady tried to fling himself out of Ren’s arms toward Bo, but Ren held fast. Sara chose not to watch the actual wrestling into the car seat. Instead, she gave Bo a quick hug and thanked him for the wonderful day, then slid into the passenger seat of the elegant car.

A moment later Ren joined her behind the wheel. The noise from the back seat filled the air, but Ren flashed a thumbs-up and started the car. They’d only gone half a mile before Sara groaned, “That’s it. I can’t take it anymore.”

She unbuckled her seat belt.

“He’s going to run out of steam eventually,” Ren said, his voice full of concern.

“I’m afraid he’ll make himself sick before that happens,” she told him. “I think I can get him to calm down now that the car is moving. I have to try.

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