She's Having A Baby by Suzanne Jenkins

Author:Suzanne Jenkins [Jenkins, Suzanne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary Romance, Women's Fiction, Forever Love, Bachelor, Single Mother-To-Be, Sensual Story Theme, Hearts Desire, Lifetime Love, Life-Changes, Second Chance Reunion, Honesty & Trust, Home & Family, Romantic Schemes, Beautiful & Feisty, Love-Family & Forever, Small Town & Rural Area, The Saints 0f San Diego, The Saint Family & Brothers, Family & Domestic Life, Pregnancy
Publisher: Suzanne Jenkins
Published: 2019-08-02T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6

Thanksgiving

Big Mike and Roberta Saint usually prepared for the winter holidays with the care of the Last Supper. But not this year.

“I’m calling to let you know we’re going to my sister Carol’s house in Julian for Thanksgiving dinner,” Roberta had said the week before. “Of course you’re welcome to come along, but I thought you’d probably spend the day with your folks.”

“Have a nice Thanksgiving,” Aisling said, relieved to get the news she wouldn’t have to spend the day with Mike’s family. It was too painful.

Then the kicker. Her parents were flying to Michigan to spend the holiday with Aisling’s pregnant sister, Mary Margaret, and her four children, while her Air Force husband was deployed.

“Please come with us,” Cindy Murphy said.

“Mom, I don’t think so. Frankly, it feels a little weird that you’re going to Mary Margaret’s and leaving me six weeks after my husband was killed.”

Gasping, Cindy didn’t think Aisling would pick up on the slight as fast as she did.

“I know! I’m so sorry. But she’s miserable with this pregnancy and being all alone while Greg is in Afghanistan. She really needs our help. You’re back to work and seem to be doing okay. I feel like Daddy and I are the last people on your list to visit. We haven’t seen you in weeks.”

“Mom, come here, then! I work full-time, remember? I’m doing the best I can.” Here, she burst into tears, such a dichotomy that Cindy wondered if Aisling wasn’t taking drugs. “You and Da have visited once since Mike died. Once! You’re home all day, remember? The girls haven’t bothered to see me, either.”

She suddenly wondered why she was begging her mother. If they didn’t want to see her, to hell with them. “Mom, you know what? I’m sorry I yelled at you. Go to Mary Margaret’s for Thanksgiving. Give the kiddos hugs from Auntie Aisling. I have to go now.”

With that, she hung up, holding the phone in her hand, looking off into space. Six weeks after her husband’s death, she was truly alone, with no prospects even for a Thanksgiving meal with family. If her sisters called her for an invitation now, it would be last minute and she’d say no.

Then she thought of Devon, who had gone back to work on light duty. They hadn’t seen much of each other in the past few weeks, arranging their schedules so someone was always with the dogs. She would arrive after work just as he was preparing to leave for his three-day shift. They’d have enough time to chat for a bit. Then when it was time for her to return to work, she’d leave early in the morning before he got home.

On the first days she was there on the mountaintop alone, she watched marathons of Sex in the City and binged on chips and onion dip, or hot fudge sundaes, or takeout from Wong Fu’s.

The next round of days off, she felt sick and ended up sleeping for ten hours each night.

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