Suddenly Daddy and Suddenly Mommy by Loree Lough

Author:Loree Lough [Lough, Loree]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Steeple Hill
Published: 1998-10-22T20:00:00+00:00

The contents of her bottom dresser drawer lay in a heap at the foot of her bed, and Liam lay snoozing contentedly on the downy quilt she’d lined it with. Jaina had tried to sleep in the bed with the baby in the drawer on the floor beside her. But it had seemed so far away that she’d tossed down her comforter and cozied up beside his makeshift crib to watch him sleep.

It had been a mistake because, just as his young mother had predicted, Jaina fell feet over forehead in love with Liam Connor Buchanan.

She’d had every intention of calling Skip the moment she closed the door to her apartment. But there had been a myriad of excuses. It was after ten. The baby needed a bath. She had a load of laundry to do. She hadn’t eaten since lunch. Telling herself she’d phone her pal first thing in the morning, she’d snuggled up beside Liam, fully intent upon sleeping there all night long.

But she hadn’t slept a wink. Instead, she’d watched his every move.

She looked at him now as gentle breaths sighed from him with barely a sound, the corner of his mouth lifting occasionally in the beginnings of a soft smile. What are you dreaming about, little one? she wondered. What sweet pictures do you see?

Dozens of times during the night, she’d reached out to tuck a wayward blond curl behind his ear, to pull the clean white T-shirt down to cover his fat little tummy, to marvel at the long, lush lashes that dusted his pink cheeks. Do you miss your mommy? she’d asked silently when he’d wrapped his hand around her finger. Of course you do. She could only hope the Almighty would see fit to give Liam a short memory so the pain of separation would quickly fade away. Still, Jaina knew this much: if by some miracle, she was allowed to keep him, she would abide by her unspoken promise to Kirstie Buchanan. She would show Liam his mother’s photograph often and tell him about the loving young woman whose last thoughts had been of him and him alone.

Jaina pictured Kirstie, tall and lithe, with gleaming waist-length blond hair, huge blue eyes and a quick, easy smile made all the more remarkable by the reasons that had brought her to The Chili Pot in the first place. With a child to worry about, she didn’t belong here, and she certainly didn’t look as if she belonged in a cancer-treatment program.

Jaina could imagine Kirstie on a high school stage, doing a top-notch performance of Juliet, or Bianca, or Lysistrata. She’d be a marvelous actress, Jaina thought, because she’d certainly succeeded in hiding the sadness that must have prompted her trip from Chicago in search of the uncle she’d never met.

Had she been married and quickly widowed, or had Liam been born out of wedlock? How had Kirstie supported Liam all these months? And who had minded him while she worked to keep a roof

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