The Baby Shift- West Virginia by Becca Fanning

Author:Becca Fanning [Fanning, Becca]
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter 3

Getting some food into Zack made all the difference. As soon as his tiny teeth started gnawing onto his first pancake, ripping the soft circle into shreds, a whole new person emerged from within.

Back was his bubbly, outgoing personality. He started to giggle, to laugh, to reach out and grab his father’s hand as he enjoyed his meal.

Aiden was glad that no lasting damage seemed to have been done to him. There was no way he could have known how Zack would have reacted to the fighting and the riots, but now he was glad that they seemed to be out of the woods.

“How are ya’ll doin’?” A voice asked from above.

Aiden moved his eyes away from his son’s light, happy face, and looked up to the woman standing over them. Her strawberry blonde hair was pulled back into a thick, wavy tail at the back of her head, and her pale skin and blue eyes were shining under the florescent lights above.

“Just fine,” Aiden smiled at her, trying to stop his eyes from drifting down her body.

He felt lucky enough that they’d sat in her section. Not only was she enjoyable to look at, but she seemed kind and sweet, too. The older female server was a little more than grouchy, bordering on downright rude.

Aiden glanced out to the front of the building, where he could see her standing outside. Her back was hunched over; her right hand tucked under her left armpit. With her left arm upright, she held her hand next to her face, a cigarette poised between her two fingers.

He didn’t want to imagine the stench surrounding her nor did he want to imagine that stench around his food. Aiden looked up to the pleasant girl and nodded slowly.

“We’re doing fine,” he said. “How’s about yourself?”

The girl’s polite facade dropped then, almost instantly. She rolled her eyes and allowed her shoulders to slump.

“I hear there’s riotin’ all across the East,” she said. “People’s scared. Two of our girls didn’t even bother comin’ in today. Left us short. Of course, all the people come flockin’ in from outta town ’cause of the fightin’, so it’s just made everythin’ worse.”

Aiden couldn’t help but grin at her. There was something about her overly expressive face—maybe it was the way her eyes danced when she spoke, or maybe it was the way her mouth moved when she was trying to hold back a tired laugh, he just wasn’t sure—but it drew him to her, like a moth to a flame.

“Sorry,” the girl sighed. “You didn’t ask for my life story, did ya? Can I get you guys anything else?”

“I’ll have some more coffee,” Aiden said instantly.

He didn’t really want more coffee but knowing that she would be coming back to their table once more made his heart skip a beat. It was wholly inappropriate to try and hit on a woman while she was working and had to be kind to him, he knew that, but he just wanted to be close to her, to find out more about her.

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