Olney Springs by Claudia Hall Christian

Author:Claudia Hall Christian
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: urban fiction, fantasy, paranormal, strong female character, denver cereal
Publisher: Cook Street Publishing [email protected]

“Hummp hhm hrrm,” MJ said as he slipped into his calf prosthesis. “Hun-mmf hhh eommm.”

“Are you actually speaking words?” Honey asked as she came into their bedroom.

Steve Roper had already been there to help Honey get up and get dressed. Since then, she’d checked on Maggie, done a load of laundry, and started the biscuits for the house breakfast.

“Huh?” MJ asked.

He looked up at her from his bent over position. He finished strapping on his prosthesis and checked that his boots were tied.

“You were making noise from your mouth,” Honey said.

“Mm-hm,” MJ said.

Honey laughed. She spun her small indoor wheelchair in place and went to get Maggie. MJ stopped her short. She looked back and up at him.

“I was p-p-p-practic-c-c-ing m-m-my v-v-v…” MJ said. “We only h-h-h-have a few m-m-m-more w-w-weeks.”

Honey gave him a sweet smile.

“Wh-wh-wh-at ifff…” MJ said.

“It won’t happen,” Honey said. “Think it through. Alex will be there. Raz. Margaret is walking you down the aisle. They’ll be right there, and so will you. All you have to do is meet me at the front. If your head is bad, you’ll just let Aden and Jacob carry the load.”

“I…” MJ closed his mouth and shook his head. His intense effort showed on his face, “I won’t embarrass you by being just me.”

“How could you possibly embarrass me?” Honey laughed. “Seriously? ‘Just you’ is amazing.”

MJ gestured to his mouth to indicate TBI-induced stuttering. MJ had been injured when he was a Green Beret in Iraq. He shook his head in disgust at himself. She smiled.

“You’re my hunky warrior,” Honey said. “Anyway, everyone who knows us knows that you married down.”

As he had the first time he’d heard it, he laughed at her old joke.

“You are tiny,” he said his usual line with a cocky grin.

Maggie wailed, and Honey took off toward her daughter’s bedroom. MJ stood in the doorway of Maggie’s nursery and watched Honey take Maggie out of her crib, change her diaper, and get her dressed for her day.

“Maggie loves the Marlowe School,” Honey said.

“I forgot to tell you,” MJ said.

“What?” Honey asked. “Can you get me her blue shirt?”

“Button down?” MJ asked.

“Just the pullover,” Honey said. “It’s painting day!”

“Paint!” Maggie said with a giggle.

“What didn’t you tell me?” Honey pulled the shirt over Maggie’s head.

“Mack and Maggie have been playing a lot together,” MJ said.

“Mack!” Maggie said with a wide grin.

“That boy is very handsome, Maggie, my dear,” Honey said.

As if to agree, Maggie gave her mother another big smile.

“Their teacher said they kind of ran into each other at school,” MJ said. “They’ve been fast friends ever since. Maggie’s small and Mack’s bigger than she is. Maggie’s better at words than Mack. When Maggie has any trouble, Mack comes to help. Maggie does the same for Mack.”

Honey smiled at him and held Maggie out to MJ. He took his daughter and lifted her onto the tall chest of drawers. He deftly pulled Maggie’s red curly hair into ponytails that stuck up on either side of her head.

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