The Secret Heir by Gina Wilkins

Author:Gina Wilkins
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Silhouette
Published: 2004-10-11T04:00:00+00:00

To everyone’s relief, Tyler was moved into a regular room Monday afternoon. He was already more alert, only lightly medicated for discomfort, feeling just well enough to be fussy. Laurel stayed busy reading to him, watching videos with him, anything she could think of to keep him entertained.

The other parents still in the ICU waiting room seemed almost as pleased as Laurel that Tyler was recovering so well. Laurel made sure to convey her hopes that their children would soon be healthy again. She hugged Carol before she left, promising to come back and check on Patty, who was still showing gradual signs of improvement.

Only a short while after Tyler was moved to the new room, Jackson left for his job site. He approached the subject very delicately, as if expecting Laurel to be angry with him for leaving, but she waved him off. He really did have to work, she acknowledged, and it wasn’t as if there was anything he could do at the hospital.

She tried not to think of her own work being dumped on the other caseworkers because of her absence. Right now it was more important for her to be with Tyler—and as Jackson had pointed out, his job provided Tyler’s health insurance.

Now that they were out of ICU, more visitors were allowed. A few of Laurel’s friends and co-workers stopped in during the course of the afternoon to ask if she needed anything. Though she assured them all there was nothing she needed, she was genuinely pleased by the sincerity of the offers.

She was even able to greet Beverly Schrader with a warm smile late that afternoon. Tyler, who had been growing tired of the game Laurel was playing with him, welcomed his nanny into the room with a crow of delight.

“Hi, Beb,” he said, using the nickname he had given her early in her employment.

“How’s my angel?” Beverly approached his bed with a gaily wrapped gift in her hands.

“I had a operation,” he told her, pointing toward his chest. “And I got a needle in my arm,” he added, glaring at the securely taped IV that he’d been complaining about all day.

“So I see. Your gammy told me you’ve been very brave. And I heard a nurse say you’ve been a very good boy.”

“Well…pretty good,” Tyler muttered with a furtive glance at his mother. He was obviously thinking of a near-tantrum a little while earlier, before they’d begun the game.

“Considering everything, he’s been admirably well-behaved.” Laurel gave him a smile to show him the earlier lapse was forgiven. After all, there had been a few times during the past couple of days when she’d been perilously close to a tantrum herself.

“I brought you a present, Ty-Ty.” Beverly set the box on the bed beside him. “Would you like me to open it for you since you have one hand tied down?”

Though not as vigorous in his enthusiasm for a gift as he normally would have been, Tyler nodded against his pillow. “What is it?”

“Let’s see.

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