Nameless Series Boxed Set by Claire Kent

Author:Claire Kent [Kent, Claire]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B00IC6ZGM6
Published: 2014-02-08T06:00:00+00:00

Seventeen

“Give mommy a kiss, pumpkin,” Erin murmured, leaning toward Mackenzie, whom she held in her lap. Erin made a few smacking noises with her mouth as she brought her daughter closer.

When Mackenzie started to squirm, Erin eased up on the hug and held her upright so the infant stood on her lap. Mackenzie loved this and began to babble happily and incomprehensibly.

Mackenzie had rocked in her swing while Erin had a little breakdown about the pictures and then called both Liz and her father—trying to talk through what was still muddled in her mind.

Looking at her rosy-cheeked daughter in a purple t-shirt with a big red apple on the front, Erin tried to shake the sick heaviness she’d felt ever since she’d seen the story. “Oh, pumpkin. What are we going to do?”

Mackenzie didn’t have any answer except to giggle in choppy little gasps and bend her knees in a strange sort of squatting dance on Erin’s lap. The fine red hair stuck out all over her head, and her blue eyes looked more and more like Seth’s every day.

“I don’t know what my boss is going to say. And I hate that you’re the feature of some trashy story.”

Mackenzie didn’t appear to care about either of these issues. She reached out one arm and—when she drew her daughter closer—Erin realized what she was reaching for.

A handful of Erin’s hair.

“Ow. That’s my hair.” She tried to loosen Mackenzie’s grip, but the girl clung resiliently. “Ouch. Let’s find something else to play with.”

Mackenzie wasn’t pleased with the interruption, but Erin stood up and carried her daughter into the nursery, where she found one of the bunnies Seth had given her—the first one, from California. Picking it up, Erin let the baby hold it.

While Mackenzie squeezed and patted and shook the soft toy, Erin watched and tried not to brood too much about how everything in their lives might have changed in the course of an afternoon.

Mackenzie held the bunny up by one of the ears and babbled, “Gah, gah, gah, gah, gah.”

Erin nodded and made sure she smiled, although she wasn’t feeling very cheerful. “That’s right. That’s a bunny. Your daddy gave it to you.”

Mackenzie stared at the stuffed bunny, as if she were trying to work out a complex equation.

After a few minutes, Erin realized that her diaper needed to be changed. Just as she was pulling off the dirty diaper, she heard a knock on the door.

“That better not be Mary Carlyle looking for a quote,” Erin grumbled. “Or else I’m going to have to hold your ears while I give her a piece of my mind.”

After a minute, the knocking continued, this time louder and more insistent.

Erin was trying to work on the diaper quickly, but Mackenzie wasn’t making it easy. She squirmed and kicked and writhed in protest.

Erin had just managed to wipe the baby’s bottom when the knocking at the front door started up again.

“Erin! Let me in!”

The voice was muffled through the door and half of the apartment, but Erin recognized who it was.

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