Lone Star Baby (McCabe Multiples Book 5) by Cathy Gillen Thacker

Author:Cathy Gillen Thacker
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: Secret Crush, Co-Guardian, Infant, Unpredictable, Doctor, Saga, Father, Fears, Contemporary, Adoptive, Fiction, Romance, Family Life, McCabe Family, Western, Cowboys, Baby, Foster Parent, Girl, Perfect Home
Publisher: Harlequin American Romance
Published: 2015-09-01T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

“Are you sure you want me to go to work tonight?” Gavin asked when the dishes were done.

Although Ava had been asleep for the past hour, she was starting to stir again; it was nearly time for her next feeding. The baby had been home only ten hours and Violet already looked exhausted.

Gavin paused just outside the laundry closet on the other side of the kitchen, clean towel in hand. “I could call around to see if I can get someone to switch shifts with me.”

For a second Violet hesitated, as if almost tempted to take him up on the offer. But she waved off his concern as she walked to the fridge for a bottle of prepared formula. “Don’t be silly. You go ahead and get your shower or whatever it was you were planning to do. We’ll be fine.”

Realizing he was acting more like a brand-new dad than a temporary guardian, and that Violet was suddenly looking as if she were feeling a little crowded in the small space he called home, Gavin nodded.

The plan hadn’t been to do this together, but rather in shifts. Hence, he took his time shaving and showering. As he dressed, all seemed calm—at least from what he could hear on his side of the bedroom door. Finally, he eased open the door and emerged.

Violet had baby Ava propped against her shoulder, as if attempting to burp her, and was walking the intermittently fussing infant back and forth. She was, in that instant, the picture of the brand-new mom. Her face was flushed with a combination of fatigue and joy, her hair swept up in a messy knot on the top of her head. Tendrils escaped to frame her pretty face and the elegant nape of her neck. Boots off, her shirt untucked over her jeans, she was gently rubbing the newborn’s back, murmuring softly all the while.

“It’s a lot to take in, sweetheart, I know. Big changes happening here, with more to come...”

Wasn’t that the truth? Gavin thought, enjoying the view from the vantage point of the galley kitchen.

Who would have known his life could be turned upside down so quickly? Or that he would enjoy everything that was happening this much?

Violet paused in front of the picture window that fronted the house. The blinds were still open and they could see the welcoming lights of other homes on the street.

“Luckily, you’re too little and inexperienced to understand everything that is going on,” Violet continued thickly. “Because if you did, you would know that you should have had what my sisters and their babies all had today. Family, here to greet you upon your arrival. A big, colorful banner with your name on it. A nursery all set up just for you.”

Guilt hit Gavin like a punch to the chest.

Was this what Violet had wanted for Ava? Why she’d gone all out to find a special coming-home outfit for the baby? If so, why hadn’t she said something?

Surely she would have known as a single guy, he wouldn’t have had a clue.

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