Roll the Dice by Mimi Barbour

Author:Mimi Barbour [Barbour, Mimi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Action & Adventure, Mystery; Thriller & Suspense, Crime, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Romance, Women's Adventure, International Mystery & Crime, Thriller
Amazon: B00925VCF6
Publisher: Sarna Publishing
Published: 2014-01-09T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty

“He’s beautiful, Debbie.”

Pride rang clearly. “I know. Do you want to hold him? He is your Godson.”

“Not until you tell me what his name is. I need to think of him as a little person from now on, not as ‘him’ or your baby.”

“We haven’t agreed yet. Cory wants to name him Bubba and I don’t.”

“He's joking, right?"

"He's say not, but his eyes tease. I can only imagine the ragging the boy would get at school one day. I couldn't let it happen."

"That I can understand. So what do you want to name him?”

“I always wanted to name a son after my father.” The look she wore didn’t bode well for that choice.

“What was his name?”

“Earl Alexander Jackson.”

“No kidding! Frigging small world. I can see where that might be a bit of a problem.” Aurora flipped her hair towards her back and angled a grin at the sleeping baby.

“Yeah. It’s not going to work, is it?”

“What was your mother’s name?” Aurora knew Debbie’s mom has passed on the year she’d started on the force in Las Vegas and it had broken the girl up.

“Her name was Connie.”

“There you go. Call the kid Con, or Conrad. Then you have him named after someone you loved. If your Dad were alive, he’d understand.”

“It’s not my dad I’m worried about.” She glanced over at the noisy lump in the corner. Once again his clothes were dishevelled his hair stood on end and his overall appearance so not Cory Ashton.

The baby released Debbie’s breast with a sucking noise that drove a nail straight into Aurora’s nurturing heart. Debbie closed her nightie and re-wrapped the little guy before handing him over.

Aurora waited with her arms ready. Nestling him close, she kissed the downy red tufts on the top of his head and searched his features.

“Cory says he has my eyes and his chin.” Aurora sensed her friend’s need for her to agree. And she couldn’t refuse the pleading look Debbie didn’t hide.

“Uh-huh. Looks that way.”

Relaxing back against the pillows, Debbie stuttered. “I-I guess I owe you an apology for putting you through hell in the delivery room. I was a bitch.” She hung her head comically.

“Whatever!” Aurora pressed her lips together to stop the smile wanting to escape.

“No. I mean it. I’m sorry.”

“Forget it. After seeing this handsome little munchkin, it was worth putting up with you. Anyway, they figure with plastic surgery my hand will completely recover.”

“Not funny. By the way, I like your hair done that way, with the French braids around the front and side and the rest swept up. It’s sexy as hell—shows off your perfect face structure.” Coming from Debbie, the admiration sounded like a sincere compliment and it touched something sweet inside Aurora, which of course made her bristle.

“Quit suck-holing. I already accepted your apology.” Little could Aurora admit that her hair appeared to affect Kai if his staring could be used as a gauge? To get it hacked off could be considered extreme since it had taken her months to grow it past her shoulders.

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