Kidnapped at Christmas by Barb Han

Author:Barb Han [Han, Barb]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781488033575
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-10-01T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Aubrey was fed and burped. Wyatt had just arrived at Meg’s house in order to drive the three of them to the sheriff’s office.

The little girl made a face—the face—and Meg frowned. “She’s going to need a diaper change.”

“I’ll take care of it.” Wyatt looked a little uncertain.

“It’s no problem. It’ll take me two seconds,” she said, holding on to Aubrey a little defensively.

“I have to learn to do it sooner or later,” he countered, holding his arms out awkwardly.

Meg took a fortifying breath. He was right about one thing. He needed to learn how to take care of Aubrey, and diaper changing was a big part of the deal. At least she could stand over his shoulder and guide him through the process.

Reluctantly, she handed over Aubrey and Meg half expected her little angel to cry. Her doctor had said something about babies being sensitive to their environments and able to pick up on the emotions of others. For as awkward as Wyatt looked holding their daughter, he must be steady as steel on the inside because Aubrey didn’t so much as flinch during the exchange. Of course, she was busy doing something else. The product of which wrinkled Meg’s nose. Okay, buddy. Here goes full-force fatherhood.

“Diapers are in her bag and—”

Wyatt waved her off.

“Don’t you think you should let me help you?”

“I can figure it out,” he said dismissively before disappearing into the next room.

Meg wanted to chase after him and tell him that he’d been a father all of twenty-four hours and that diaper changing wasn’t easy with a squirmy baby. Plus, as soon as that diaper came off Aubrey had a tendency to finish her business. She stopped herself. He wanted to do this on his own. So be it. Far be it from her to stop him.

Impatient, she tapped her toe on the carpeting while standing by the door. What was taking so long?

Meg knew better than to poke the bear and especially while he was handling their daughter. Plus, she really didn’t want Aubrey to pick up on the tension between her parents. Parents? The word still seemed like Meg was talking about someone else and not her and Wyatt.

The proof was in the other room, most likely giving her father a hard time.

Under different circumstances, it might be funny. But then if she and Wyatt had met again without a baby in the picture she was pretty certain a whole lot of other things would be occurring in the bedroom instead of diaper changing. Things that had started her down a bad path a year ago.

For Aubrey’s sake, Meg needed to find middle ground with Wyatt. The thought of someone else being in her daughter’s life was a little jarring. Did he deserve to know his daughter? No question. Did Aubrey have a right to know her father? Absolutely. It was the shared custody, the part about spending every other Christmas away from her little girl that broke Meg’s heart. She had never envisioned having a family like this.

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