To Be a Dad (Harlequin Superromance) by Kate Kelly

Author:Kate Kelly [Kelly, Kate]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2014-08-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

DUSTY TURNED OFF his truck and studied his house, which was lit up like a hotel with no vacancies. His electricity bill was going to kill him. He groaned as he reached for his lunch box. He’d put a push on, hauling traps for the past two days and trying to beat the storm that was forecast for tomorrow. With Josh and Andy’s help, he’d managed to pull all his lobster traps in record time, but he’d pay for it with aching muscles. All he wanted was to crawl into bed and have a good night’s sleep. For the first time in months, he didn’t have to get up before the crack of dawn.

He probably would, anyway. It was his favorite part of the day, especially now that he got to share it with Teressa. He often went to bed soon after the kids crashed and missed spending time in the evening with Teressa, but now that he’d hauled his traps for the winter months, maybe they could have a date like he’d suggested in the beginning.

Had it really only been three weeks since Teressa and the kids had moved in? He grunted as he swung out of the truck. Felt like a lifetime.

When he’d pulled into port a couple hours ago, he’d been happy and relieved to finally have the fishing season behind him for another year. As he unloaded the last of his traps, he kept thinking of the great supper Teressa would have waiting for him, and how she liked to sit with him at the table while he ate on the nights he was late getting in. She’d tell him about her day, and he’d soak her up.

She always smelled so good, sweet and spicy, and he never got tired of watching her, especially when she got all worked up about something. Even when they were kids, he’d gone out of his way to provoke her just to see her eyes spark and watch how her freckles stood out against her white skin.

If she hadn’t gotten pregnant with Sarah, Teressa could have gone anywhere in the world and become a famous chef, but she cooked his supper every night and sat at his table. Most nights he counted himself pretty damned lucky.

Of course Sarah also sat at that same table, always clinging to a part of his anatomy, his leg or arm or literally hanging around his neck. He didn’t know how he was going to fix that, but she was driving him crazy and something had to be done. Same with Brendon. The kid could not spend his life crying in dark corners. It creeped Dusty out. Things had to change, but he hadn’t a clue how.

He tried to slip into the house unnoticed, but Sarah, as usual, flew out of whatever room she’d been in and attached herself to his leg. He wished his radar on the boat worked as well.

“Dusty!”

He sighed, patted her on the head and tried to sit down on the chair to take off his boots.

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