Strangers When We Married by Cassidy Carla

Author:Cassidy, Carla [Cassidy, Carla]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Suspense
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2011-10-06T23:36:48+00:00

“Meghan, this is not the time to throw me out,” Seth exclaimed. They had just returned from Rose’s place and Meghan was pacing the living room with a fussing Kirk in her arms.

“Seth, I gave you three days and the three days are up.” Meghan stopped her pacing and sat on the sofa, trying to soothe Kirk.

Seth sat down next to her. “Meghan, please think about what you’re doing.”

“I have thought about it,” she countered. “You can take a motel room. I’ll continue to try to find the information you need.”

“And how are you going to do that?” he asked gently.

She shifted Kirk’s position on her lap and looked at Seth curiously. “What do you mean, how am I going to do that? I’ll keep looking.”

“So, you’re going to take Kirk into day care tomorrow?”

He could tell she hadn’t thought that far ahead by the look of horror that crossed her face. “I…I can’t do that,” she said, worry etching a crease in her forehead. “They won’t take him with chicken pox.”

“Exactly my point. Meghan, you need me now.”

Her brow wrinkled with impatience. “Seth, you may be able to do a lot of things, but you can’t make chicken pox miraculously disappear,” she scoffed.

“No, but what I can do is keep Kirk here with me while you go to work.”

“No, that’s just not a good idea.”

Seth saw her arms tighten around Kirk, who’d finally fallen into an exhausted sleep. Anger swept through him. “Why isn’t it a good idea?” he asked curtly. “Do you think I’m not capable of caring for him? Are you afraid somehow I’ll hurt him?”

“Of course not,” she replied and looked away from him. The frown across her forehead deepened and she stood. “He’s sleeping now. I’m going to put him in bed.”

Seth watched her go, knew she was attempting to escape the conversation, but he didn’t intend to allow her to escape. He’d come here seeking her help, and for the last three days he’d felt useless, without purpose.

But now he felt as if he’d been handed a mission…to care take for his son, the son he knew now he would never be able to walk away from. He and Meghan would never again be a couple, but Seth would always be a father.

However, he knew this particular argument would have to wait for another day, another time. He’d fight this first battle before he took on the entire war.

He stood and paced the room, waiting for her to return to the living room. When she finally came back, she held her shoulders defensively straight and he knew she intended to go to battle.

She walked over to the bookcase and straightened a row of paperbacks, obviously gathering her thoughts or waiting for him to speak first.

He didn’t. He watched her and waited.

She finally turned to face him, a weary expression on her face. “Seth, I don’t want to fight.”

“Then don’t fight me on this,” he countered. He stepped toward her, reached out and took her hands in his.

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