Special Forces Father by Victoria Pade

Author:Victoria Pade
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mills & Boon Cherish
Published: 2018-11-05T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

“I don’t want nuffink for dinner.” Grady pouted, stubbornly crossing his arms.

The little boy was having a hard time Saturday. Fresh out of bed this morning he’d asked when his mom and dad were coming home. Dani had had to remind him again that they wouldn’t be. He’d been acting out ever since, which meant stubbornness and picking fights with Evie, who had become oversensitive about everything after the conversation, too.

It hadn’t made the trip to the Butterfly Pavilion pleasant and even getting ice-cream cones when they were finished with the bugs had been more of an ordeal than a good time.

Now Dani, Liam and the twins were at the apartment that Dani ordinarily shared with Bryan, invited for dinner by Bryan and his boyfriend, Adam.

“Dinner is a little while off anyway. Why don’t Liam and I take you two over to the park across the street and maybe we can work on your appetite?” Adam suggested. Then to Liam—with a nod toward Dani and Bryan—he said, “These two are going to want to chat so we might as well get out of here and let them.”

“Is that okay?” Liam asked Dani.

“It’s okay with me if it’s okay with you. You know how things are going today,” she answered, both because the twins were not being cooperative and because Liam hadn’t yet been alone with them even under the best of conditions. She wasn’t sure whether he was up for that.

But he surprised her by saying, “I think I can handle it.”

Adam was a former air force pilot so the two of them had found common ground talking about the military. Dani turned her attention to the kids, urging them to go to the park.

Neither child was eager, but it helped when Bryan enticed them with the possibility of a small gift if they went, played hard and then came home hungry for the salmon he was making especially for them.

When they’d left, Dani went into the small kitchen with Bryan to help with dinner.

“You let him take the kids?” her friend observed.

“I’m practicing today,” she informed Bryan. “There’s a good chance that he’s their dad and that we’ll all find out very soon. If it’s true, they’ll be a family that I’m not a part of. So I thought it might be a good idea to start letting Liam get a feel for that. I’ve been hanging back all day.”

Bryan chuckled. “And you picked a day when the kids are being difficult?”

Dani laughed. “Not purposely, but if he’s their father he’ll have those days to deal with, too. I’m letting him get that experience in the mix. I’m actually glad Adam wanted to take them all to the park. It’ll give Liam a real taste of things without me.”

“And how are you doing with it—the hanging back and watching Evie and Grady go off without you?”

“Okay,” she said tentatively. “I’ve been with those kids since they were barely a year old. I know they aren’t mine and I’ve always known that the time would come when I’d say goodbye to them.

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