The Love Series: Volume 4 by Fiona Davenport

Author:Fiona Davenport [Davenport, Fiona]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-03-16T18:30:00+00:00

6

NOAH

“What about Blair Kendall?” I asked, my voice sounding as tired as I felt. Things were not going my way, and I was seriously pissed about it.

The county had been giving me the runaround about Gracelynn for a week. Apparently, they didn’t want to approve me as a temporary foster home for Gracelynn because I was a single man. They wouldn’t grant foster care to Samantha because she was a minor. Charlie and Rhett were out of town, my sisters had their hands full with their own kids, and my parents were too old to be caring for an infant.

I had a team of lawyers working on the adoption proceedings, but I didn’t want to finish the process until Samantha and I were married. But if Gracelynn left the hospital before my baby doll turned eighteen, and I didn’t find someone I trusted to take care of her until then, she would go to foster care. To a place they would not divulge to me. I wouldn’t be able to see her or check on her, and that wasn’t acceptable.

I would do whatever it took to keep her safe, even if I had to go ahead with the adoption without Samantha. But even that wasn’t a guarantee. Money could only speed the process up so much, and there was no guarantee I’d be able to sign the papers before she was discharged.

I’d been expressing concern over sending Gracelynn home, and though the other doctors were confused and a little suspicious of my adamant claim that she shouldn’t be discharged, they hadn’t fought me on it so far.

Blair was my last-ditch effort. She was a mom, married, wealthy, educated, and ran a fucking day care. If she couldn’t be approved for foster care, then the world had lost its fucking mind.

I didn’t know how I would explain all of this to Blair, but I could only tackle one problem at a time.

“Is Mrs. Kendall interested in fostering? We have several children without—”

I hung up. If they suggested a child without special needs one more fucking time, I was going to strangle someone.

Staring at my phone, I tried to come up with a plausible explanation to give Blair, but I had nothing. So I decided to visit her in person and hope that I was hit with inspiration in the moment. She agreed to meet me at the day care when she had enough hands on deck that she could give me all of her attention.

When I arrived, she gestured for me to follow her and walked to her office in the back.

“Have a seat, Noah.” She went around her desk and sat, then folded her arms on the desktop and smiled. “What can I do for you?”

“I’m not sure how to start,” I said as I blew out a breath and ran my fingers through my hair. “It’s a big ask…but I’m desperate.”

Blair’s smile faltered for a moment, and worry flickered in her eyes that looked so much like her daughter’s. “If this is about Samantha—”

“No.

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