Their Secret Baby Bond by Stephanie Dees

Author:Stephanie Dees
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2017-12-13T21:39:26+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Wynn sat in her car outside the church, staring at the doors as people poured in from around town. Having just unpacked all her boxes from her apartment in DC, she’d thought surely she could find something to wear. For an hour, she’d tried things on and discarded them onto the floor.

Everything felt wrong. It didn’t help that her stomach had apparently picked today to pop out. There was no hiding her condition now—but maybe that was for the best. She’d just lay it all out there, let them judge her.

She expected the whispers, the veiled insults, the barely hidden fingers pointing in her direction. After all, she’d left town to make something of herself and she’d come home in disgrace, with nothing to show for it except a failed romance and an unplanned pregnancy.

Why wouldn’t they judge her? Hadn’t she judged them for never leaving the small town they’d grown up in?

Her hands were white-knuckled on the steering wheel. All she had to do was put the car in gear and drive away. She had her hand on the gearshift, but then the door to the church opened. A small figure wearing a baby blue gingham dress with black Mary Janes and little white lace-edged socks stepped out and stood by the stairs.

Penny’s sweet blue eyes lit up every time she saw a car turn into the parking lot, and her face fell every time she realized it wasn’t Wynn.

Wynn took a deep breath. Everything in her wanted to run away, but that precious little girl on the porch steps was waiting for her. She might be willing to let herself down, but there was no way she was letting Penny down.

She stepped out of the car and smoothed down the navy blue swing dress she’d finally settled on this morning. With a stubborn set to her chin, she started for the front door of the church.

As she reached the steps, Penny met her at the bottom. “Hi, Aunt Wynn. I like your dress.”

Wynn choked out a laugh. “Thanks, Penny. I like your dress, too.”

The little girl’s hand tucked into hers, Wynn entered the church. She was late, and it seemed like every eye turned to stare at her as she stood in the back of the church. Her heart slamming in her chest, she froze. Penny tugged on her hand, and whispered, “Come on, Aunt Wynn.”

Penny led her to a pew, where her mom and Jules stood to let her in. It wasn’t until she sat down that she realized she was surrounded by her family. Her brother Ash turned and winked at her. He was sitting in front of her with Jordan and Levi. Her brother Joe, and Claire, with a baby carrier wedged into the pew and most of their kids in the row beside them, were sitting behind her. A lump settled in her throat as they stood to sing the first hymn. Latham eased into place beside her and surreptitiously gave her clammy hand a squeeze.

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