Their Inherited Triplets by Cathy Gillen Thacker

Author:Cathy Gillen Thacker
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2019-05-13T17:59:06+00:00

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An hour and a half later, all three boys shouted and giggled as they bounced wildly up and down on the center of Lulu’s queen-size bed.

“Whoo whee!”

“Jump!”

“Me fun!”

Keeping watch to make sure the boys remained somewhat contained and didn’t tumble off the mattress, Sam asked, “Can I help you?”

Lulu could tell he wanted her to go faster. It wasn’t easy to pack when she was so completely distracted.

“Yes,” she said, getting a handful of frilly bras and panties from her drawer and stashing them as unobtrusively as possible in the duffel she had looped over her arm. Noting Sam’s glance tracking a silky burgundy thong hanging over the side, she hastily stuffed it out of sight. In an effort to direct his attention elsewhere, she inclined her head toward the boys. “Make sure they don’t fall off and land on their heads.”

“Okay, guys, settle down a little bit. We don’t want anyone getting hurt.”

The triplets responded by hopping around even higher.

Lulu sighed. What was it about guys and danger?

“I’ve got this,” Sam said, scooping them up into his arms. “Time to sing the monkey song!”

The boys, who’d been hyperactive since their expression of grief earlier in the day, paused. All three tilted their head at Sam.

He sat down on the bed and gathered them onto his lap. “Everybody knows the monkey song,” Sam said. He sang, “One little monkey jumping on the bed. He fell off and bumped his head. Momma called the doctor and the doctor said...” he wagged his finger in theatrical admonishment “...no more monkeys jumping on the bed!”

The boys began to grin. Clearly, they’d heard this children’s song before.

He glanced over at her. “You could join in.”

Still gathering shirts, shorts, pajamas and the occasional summer dress or skirt, Lulu winked at the guys in her life and, as requested, added her voice to Sam’s baritone. “Two little monkeys...”

The boys chimed in, too, their words and tune garbled and mostly nonsensical but cute.

To Lulu and Sam’s mutual relief, the switch in activity helped bring about much needed calm. They were up to ten monkeys by the time Lulu had what she needed for the rest of the week in two clothes baskets.

“Sure that’s all?” Sam asked when she showed him what he would need to carry down to her Lexus for her while she shepherded the boys outside.

“Yep.”

He quirked a brow.

She knew what he was thinking. If she was really moving in, she should be taking a lot more with her. For lots of reasons she preferred not to examine too closely, she needed to keep one foot out the door. Leaving the majority of her summer clothes at the Honeybee Ranch would accomplish that.

That evening, they closely followed their nighttime routine. Dinner, bath and then, at long last, story time. With Lulu and Sam sitting side by side on the sofa and all three boys sprawled across their laps, they read a few of the favorite tales. Then injected the book Kate Marten-McCabe had given them, about children whose parents had gone to heaven.

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