Purple Orchids by Samantha Christy

Author:Samantha Christy [Christy, Samantha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Athena Books Publishing Group
Published: 2015-03-09T04:00:00+00:00

part two

baylor

chapter twenty-four

“Holy fucking shit on a stick, Baylor. That gorgeous hunk of a man is your baby daddy?” Callie asks, after I explain in the airport car why I was yelling at her from the shower by the pool a mere thirty minutes ago.

Our driver silently laughs and shakes his head.

“You kiss my kid with that mouth of yours?” I raise my eyebrows at her.

She rolls her eyes at me, pointing to the headphones in Maddox’s ears. She knows I love her as much as my own family. She stares at me with her gorgeous deep-blue eyes, tanned skin and long, flowing blonde hair, every bit the California girl that I hired three years ago as a favor to her parents that are friends with mine. Callie Spencer is more than a nanny. She’s my best friend, my touchstone, my person. She lives with Maddox and me in the house I bought from my parents in Maple Creek—a situation that was supposed to be temporary until she could save up enough money to get her own place. But when that time came, she wasn’t in a hurry to leave, having become attached to both of us, and I couldn’t imagine being without her friendship and support twenty-four-seven. It works for us. She keeps Maddox busy when I’m writing, and having a live-in nanny is added peace of mind when I go away on book tours. Sometimes, I take them with me, like now. I want Maddox to have every opportunity I didn’t have as a child when my parents were struggling with their restaurant.

Callie frowns. “You know I never would have called Max by his full name if I’d known who was standing right there.” She gasps. “He was talking to him, Baylor. I mean, holy crap!” She shakes her head. “God, I ruined everything, didn’t I?”

I put a reassuring hand on her leg. “Cal, you had no idea he was there. You were sleeping by the time I got home last night. This wasn’t your fault.”

I still can’t shake the bad feeling I had when I woke up to an empty suite. I kicked myself for not leaving a note for Callie. I should have known better. Maddox likes to swim and Callie always takes him to the pool every morning whenever we’re at a hotel. I prayed as I threw on some yoga pants and an old t-shirt that was still rumpled on the floor from yesterday. I prayed they wouldn’t run into him somehow. Yet, the bad feeling I had in my gut turned to sheer terror when I rounded the corner of the pool showers and saw my son at the other end of the pool talking to Gavin. And neither of them knew who the other was. I almost threw up on the spot. I called out to Callie that there was an emergency and she needed to get Maddox and bring him back to the suite immediately. By the time she got him

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