The Last Honorable Man by Vickie Taylor

Author:Vickie Taylor [Taylor, Vickie]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Suspense
Publisher: Silhouette
Published: 2003-12-03T06:00:00+00:00

“My baby has grown?”

Turning away from the computer screen displaying Elisa’s sonogram, Dr. Marsala’s large nose bobbed. She smiled. “Right through the minimum range and edging up on the median size for her gestational age.”

A cool wash of tears flooded Elisa’s eyes. She made the sign of the cross over herself and said a quick prayer of thanks before she realized what the doctor had said.

“Her?”

The doctor’s smile broadened. “You said you wanted to know if I was sure, and I’m sure. This little one doesn’t have the right plumbing to be a boy. You’re having a little girl.”

“A girl!” Elisa’s heart swelled. She had been so sure it would be a boy, with dark hair and eyes, and sharp features like his father. But this time when she closed her eyes, it was a girl child she saw, with the Ranger’s gray eyes.

She nearly started off the table.

“Something wrong?” Dr. Marsala asked, switching off the computer.

“No.” She sat up, still distracted by the image of Del Cooper’s daughter. A daughter she would never bear him. “I am fine. I just…was sure it was a boy.”

The doctor bent over a file folder, making notes. “Well, after she’s born, you can trade her in if you don’t like her.”

Shock tied Elisa’s tongue for a full second before she realized the doctor was joking.

Ten minutes later Elisa burst through the door. The Ranger sat in a corner, his long body crammed into a too-small chair in the empty waiting room. He was reading a magazine on parenting.

When he raised his head, the hollow look in his eyes stopped Elisa cold. She had never seen him afraid before.

For her? Of the news?

Swallowing a lump of gratitude for his concern, she hurried toward him. He stood, and she was on him before she thought her actions through and stopped herself.

Her arms closed around his neck and she buried her face in his shoulder, chattering in Spanish one long, run-on sentence that probably made no sense.

Apparently he understood at least two words: baby and okay.

His arms around the small of her back, he gathered her up, awkwardly at first. Tentatively. Then with gusto. “I told you everything would be all right.”

“You didn’t know.”

“Did so.”

“Did not.”

Gently, he lifted her off her feet, balancing her on his chest. “Did—”

Grinning, she punched him in the arm.

“If this is how you two celebrate, I’d hate to see you fight.” Hands in the pockets, the doctor swished the hem of her lab coat around her thighs.

The Ranger set Elisa on her feet and extended his hand. “Thanks for everything, doc.”

“You’re quite welcome,” she said, then handed Elisa a prescription. “This is for your new prenates. Everything is looking great, but I’d like to see you again in ten days or so, just to check your progress.”

With one arm around her waist, the Ranger pulled Elisa against his hip. “We’ll be here.”

“Good. And one more thing.” The doctor smiled at each of them. “You can consider this your green light.”

“Green light?” Elisa crinkled her nose and looked at the Ranger for explanation.

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