The Christmas Triplets by Tanya Michaels

Author:Tanya Michaels
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarlequinUKLtd
Published: 2016-11-08T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Megan inhaled through her nose, and slowly exhaled, waiting for the fuzzy-headed faint feeling to subside. “Mom, what are you doing here?”

Beth Ann frowned. “I just told you, I’ve come to stay for the week. That way, I’ll be out of your hair before Spencer arrives, but available to help you clean and get ready for Christmas.” She hefted a plaid suitcase. “Now be a good girl and invite me in.”

Megan could hardly tell her mother to get back in the car and hit the road. “Please. Do come in.” She needed to get back to the living room anyway, to supervise the baby. No doubt her mother was going to have opinions about Megan watching Tommy.

It wasn’t that she disliked her mom, exactly, but their personalities occasionally clashed. Beth Ann could fret over potential problems to the point that her worrying exhausted those around her, particularly her daughter who felt as if she should be doing more to allay her mother’s concerns. Megan didn’t have the energy or hours in the day to take care of herself, her daughters and her mother’s worst-case scenarios.

“It’s sweet that you came all this way, Mom,” she said, stepping over the baby gate. “But I’m not sure the timing—”

“How do you open this?” Beth Ann eyed the barrier as if it was a thing of evil. “The ones they had in my day weren’t so complicated.”

“Sorry.” Megan reached down and released the spring-loaded latch. “As I was saying, as much as I appreciate your thoughtfulness—”

“Gammy!” Daisy came racing toward her grandmother for a hug.

Beth Ann looked momentarily terrified. She braced her hands out in front of her. “Slow down there, speedy. Gammy’s no spring chicken. You don’t want me to break a hip.”

“Chicken?” Daisy threw her head back and laughed as if that were uproariously funny. Instead of tackling her grandmother, she grabbed her hand and tugged her into the living room. “Come see Iris and Lily and baby Tommy.”

“Is Tommy your baby doll?”

Daisy laughed again. From her perspective, Gammy was a regular stand-up comedian. “No, baby Tommy is a baby.”

Beth Ann’s penciled eyebrows shot up, her quizzical gaze boring into Megan. “Did you get another one while I wasn’t looking, dear?”

“Ha-ha. I’m babysitting for a neighbor.” What were the chances that she could keep her mom from meeting said neighbor?

The last time they’d spoken on the phone, Beth Ann was espousing her long-held opinion that mothers should not be single. She firmly believed Megan needed a man in her life. If she found out that Megan’s next-door neighbor was a virile firefighter who was good with children...

Fortunately, Tommy hadn’t gotten into any trouble in the few minutes that Megan had taken her eyes off him. He was on his hands and knees, rocking back and forth and laughing at Iris.

Megan scooped him up. “I think it’s about time for your bottle.”

The girls had crowded around their grandmother, expressing affectionate greetings but also demanding to know if she had brought presents.

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