Midwife's Marvel (River's End Ranch Book 29) by Caroline Lee & River's End Ranch

Author:Caroline Lee & River's End Ranch [Lee, Caroline]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-10-07T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

“Have you spoken with the kids again?”

Allison looked up from spooning some crispy duck onto her plate, and answered Joshua, “No, not since Tuesday.”

“Yeah,” he said, lifting a bite of beef with his chopsticks. “I guess you would’ve told me if you had, huh?”

Allison nodded, her mouth already too full of fatty duck goodness to politely respond. But he was right; they’d spoken about the kids frequently, and of course she would’ve mentioned if she’d had the chance to talk to them. After all, he’d been the one who’d been eager to call her on Tuesday, excited to relay that his background checks and reports had come back—clean, of course—and he was allowed to visit Nellie and Colin. They hadn’t arranged a time yet, but only because her social worker friend hadn’t gotten back to them yet, and she was checking with the kids.

The kids. Ha. It was kind of funny the way she and Joshua had fallen so easily into calling them that, as if they were a normal part of Colin and Nellie’s everyday lives. Truthfully, Allison had spent a good portion of the last week thinking about the two little ones, and wondering how they were doing. She spoke with their social worker each day, and the woman was beginning to wonder about her interest, but Allison wasn’t sure she could explain it. All she really knew was, once she’d looked into Nellie’s eyes, once she’d held Colin’s hand, those two had become a part of her forever. She felt the least she could do was check up on them daily, even if she wasn’t allowed to see them yet.

Of course, judging from Joshua’s comments during their daily lengthy phone conversations, he was thinking about the two kids just as often. She could tell he was trying to be casual when he brought them up in conversation, but he must’ve been anxious for word about the kids. She remembered the way he’d been with Nellie, the way he’d reacted to Colin’s injuries. And her chest grew a little tight. Here was a man who had so much love in him he was able to give it at a moment’s notice to two children he’d never met before.

It might have only been their first date, but having him beside her when they helped Nellie and Colin escape their old life… Well, she’d fallen a little bit in love.

“Try some beef chow fun.”

Joshua pushed the plate towards her, and Allison was happy to scoop some of the wide, thin noodles with meat and bean sprouts on her plate.

“Mmm. I’m so glad you suggested we do this family-style, like they do in China.”

During one of their conversations last week they’d discussed their travel goals, and Joshua had told her he’d visited China several years before. He even spoke a little Mandarin, which had led to laughter when he’d tried to order their lunch in Chinese, because Lin, their server, only spoke Cantonese. But his experience meant Allison was getting a world tour through the Golden Palace’s menu.

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