The Patient Wolf (Wicked Urban Fantasy Book 1) by Karen Hodges Miller

Author:Karen Hodges Miller [Miller, Karen Hodges]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Can't Put it Down Books
Published: 2016-05-01T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

After her grandfather left, Ana got out her books and diligently began catching up on her schoolwork. It was well after lunch when Lindsey came to the back door, and she was glad to take a break.

“Sophie texted Kaylee the big news and told her she’d see her at school tomorrow. How do you feel about the baby?” Lindsey said as she made herself at home, pulling a mug out of the cabinet, adding water to the coffee maker and taking time over her selection of coffees from the basket Ana had on the counter.

Ana laughed. With everything that had gone on in the past twenty-four hours, she had totally forgotten that her ex’s wife was pregnant. Funny how something that had seemed so momentous just yesterday suddenly felt very unimportant.

“Oh, so that’s why you came over. You were worried I was feeling sad. That’s so sweet.” She gave Lindsey a hug.

“Well are you? Sad?” asked Lindsey, pushing Ana toward the living room where she sat down with her coffee.

“Not at all. It’s a good thing for Melanie, she’s wanted a baby for quite a while. I’m not really sure how Jonathan feels about it, though. He wants everyone to see him as the perfect daddy, but you know how he is. Most of it is just for show. He doesn’t want to take time away from his career. And a baby does take up a lot of time—and that’s time he would rather be using to further his political aspirations.”

“Well, I know you’ve said Melanie has wanted a baby for a long time. I hope it goes well for her. She deserves something easy in her life, married to that lunk. And how does Sophie feel about it?”

“She’s honestly very happy for them and really excited, too. There’s enough age difference there’s no way she can feel jealous. At least I hope not. I really didn’t have a chance to ask her before she left yesterday morning. I’ll find out tomorrow after she gets home from school.” Ana closed her laptop and stacked her notebooks on top of it. “I’m done with studying for today,” she told Lindsey. “Let’s go into the living room. I’ve been sitting in this kitchen for hours.” She picked up her coffee mug and led the way into the next room.

“And you’re sure you’re okay with this? I know you always wanted another baby. Ooh, the flowers are lovely. You don’t usually splurge like this, but they really make your living room look so pretty.” Lindsey went over to the fireplace to admire the two bouquets. Ana smiled, but decided not to mention why she had two beautiful fall bouquets—an extravagance she usually never would have allowed herself.

“Maybe I’d have a hard time with it if I didn’t have a date tonight,” Ana said, slyly slipping in the news she’d been dying to tell her friend.

“Again!” Lindsey turned in surprise. “Joe saw Chris here last night. I must say, he works fast. And here I thought he was the shy type who would need to be prodded along.

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