Nineteen Seventy-Five by Sarah M. Cradit

Author:Sarah M. Cradit [Cradit, Sarah M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sarah M. Cradit

FALL 1975

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VACHERIE, LOUISIANA

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA

EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND

Chapter 11

Highs and Lows

Nothing prepared Charles for the rush that came from fatherhood.

It was a flood of excitement at every giggle or kick of Nicolas’ tiny feet. Dizziness when he trained his expressive eyes on his father. A soft, lilting high when Nicolas fell asleep in his arms, his little mouth parted in a light O.

Nicolas was a delight of innocence and perfection. He was everything Charles wished to be, somewhere within his dark heart, and now he could be that, with his son.

Nicolas’ fine, wispy hair had begun to darken, not at all like Charles’ own dirty blond. Charles frowned at that, until he remembered his father, August, had that dark chestnut hair that lived only in his dreams now. If Nicolas resembled Charles’ hero, that was fine by him. And, although the doctor said he was probably imagining it, seeing as it was too early to know for sure, he thought Nicolas’ eyes were darkening by the day, too.

He was hardly fussy. Lisette minded him all day and night with soft patience, but even she commented that she expected him to be more trouble. Boys always were, she said, and Charles could believe it. He slept for four or five hours at a time, which meant that Charles had Lisette to himself for hours before Nicolas required a feeding.

The transition from father to lover was effortless, because the three of them were one happy little family, isolated from the pain and suffering of the world, ensconced in a universe of their own making.

Charles was convinced only men who had never had a son needed drugs. He was going straight. Cocaine would heighten something he wanted to experience exactly on the level it was meant for, and to miss even a single second of fatherhood would be unforgivable.

He didn’t think of Catherine anymore.

But there was still the matter of Cordelia to attend to.

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