The Family Plan by Susan Gable

Author:Susan Gable [Gable, Susan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Suddenly A Parent, Category
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2010-07-14T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

FOR A DAY OFF, IT hadn’t been much fun, or relaxing.

No day at the beach.With Hayden out on a date and the rest of the house still, Finn stood in Jordan’s darkened bedroom. Even in the dim light slanting from the bathroom, he could see the healthier color of her skin.

Thinking about the medical procedures she’d endured to change her pallor to something more normal, he sank to his knees on the braided rug next to the bed. Her left arm lay outside the covers. He skimmed the edge of the bandage in its crook, where they’d drawn blood that morning.

He’d almost drawn blood of his own when the damn inept newbie at the office had stuck her for the third time and still not hit a vein. Jordan had scrunched her eyes shut and squeezed his hand so hard the bones grated. He’d damn near lost the eggs Benedict he’d had for breakfast.

Which would have proven his ineptness as a father. His inability to handle his first major “daddy” task with Jordan. With his daughter.

Amazing what a unit of blood could do. Unfortunately, it turned out that too many transfusions could damage her liver—to the point of failure. Hence the need for the transplant to reboot her own blood cell making system.

He brushed loose hair from her forehead, then awkwardly leaned over and kissed her. “You’ll be the death of me, kiddo, I can see it now.”

She stirred, then rolled onto her side. His knees popped as he stood. After one lingering look from the doorway, he headed to check on Amelia.

His admiration for her had grown enormously that morning. To helplessly watch your child suffer through medical procedures…

And she’d been doing it alone.

The television and computer monitor lit her room. Yesterday’s video of Jordan on the beach. Amelia jabbed the remote, freezing the image, when he entered.

“You’re still awake.”

“No, I’m sleeping. I’m just good at multitasking.”

“What’s keeping you up tonight?”

She sighed, laying her hands on her stomach. “Chip’s training for a marathon. Or something.”

Finn crossed the room. “May I?” He gestured to the bed.

“Why not?” She grabbed for the covers to pull them up.

“No, don’t.” He took them from her hands. “Please…” He climbed onto the mattress, sitting beside her with his legs folded. The thin nightshirt draped over her rounded belly shifted as his son moved. Finn gently placed his hand over the spot. The baby bumped his palm repeatedly.

“I see what you mean.” Finn leaned over. “Chip, it’s bedtime.”

“Faulty argument. These days, it’s always bedtime for us.”

“Okay. It’s nighttime. Your mother needs sleep. Settle down in there. You’ve been a good boy for staying in your room so far, so I’m doubling your allowance.” Finn lifted his gaze to meet Amelia’s. “Do you think he already knows that twice nothing is nothing?”

“Of course. He’s very smart. Advanced for his age.”

“Which would explain why he was in such a hurry to get out here.” Beneath his hand, the baby’s movements slowed. “Well, I’ll be damned.”

Amelia snorted. “Figures.

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