Mail Order Melody by Kirsten Osbourne

Author:Kirsten Osbourne [Osbourne, Kirsten]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Westerns, Romance, Historical, Victorian, Historical Romance, Sample Book
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Amazon: B00N2ASEEE
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Publisher: Kirsten Osbourne
Published: 2014-08-25T04:00:00+00:00

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They left early the following morning to head to St. Louis to see the investigator Calvin had heard about. "Are you sure you're up to a long drive in your condition?" he asked, his eyes going to her stomach. If it was up to him, he'd put her in a glass case for the next seven months.

Eliza laughed. "It's too early for you to be worried about my condition. I n a few months you can worry all you want but for now, you need to let me do what I feel like doing." She'd moved back into their room the previous night, and he had made sweet love to her. He'd been so tender, she had been ready to scream at him to go faster. He was convinced he was going to hurt the baby.

"How can I not worry about you and the baby?" He shook his head. "You're the most important person in my life, and you're carrying my child. I'll do nothing but worry until he's born, and then I'll worry some more." He climbed up into the wagon beside her, picking up the reins.

"Well, there's really no reason to spend all your time worrying. I feel good, and I think he's doing fine in there." Not that she knew. She'd never had a child and really wished she could see a doctor, but there just weren't any close to them.

"We'll make sure of it while we're in the city today."

"How will we do that?" Did he think there was a magic scope that would see into her belly? Let them know that the baby was growing well before he was ever born?

"There's a good doctor in town that I saw a few years back when I broke my leg. I'm going to take you to him while we're there. He'll put both of our minds at ease." He didn't ask if she wanted to see a doctor, because her answer really wasn't going to sway him either way. He needed her to seek medical attention, so she would see a doctor.

The whole four hour drive was spent talking about potential names for the baby. He had some strange names that he liked, and she told him 'no' to most of them. First he suggested Egbert which caused her to wrinkle her nose. Then he asked about Philomena. She refused.

Some of the names were so ridiculous she couldn't help but laugh. "Where do you come up with these names?" she asked.

He shrugged. "I don't know. They're just unusual names that I've heard over the years. How about Lela?"

"I like Lela. I've never heard that name before, but it's nice. Fora girl, I hope?"

He nodded. "I heard about a saloon girl by that name once. It sounded pretty to me."

"I'm not naming my daughter after a saloon girl! Are you kidding me?" She couldn't believe he'd even suggest such a thing. What was wrong with the man?

"Well, we wouldn't be naming her after the saloon girl. We'd be giving her a pretty name that also just happens to belong to a saloon girl.

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