Virgin River Collection, Volume 3: Forbidden Falls ; Angel's Peak ; Moonlight Road ; Midnight Confessions by Robyn Carr

Author:Robyn Carr [Carr, Robyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781488037085
Publisher: MIRA Books
Published: 2018-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

Sean had been spending every night at Franci’s house and Franci was comfortable with it, having been convinced Rosie wasn’t going to be traumatized by the two of them sleeping in the same bed. In fact, Rosie seemed to like sleeping between the two of them.

While Franci and Rosie were at their respective schools, Sean usually spent some time helping Luke out at the cabins, or he ran errands, or he did chores around Franci’s little house. It was his mission to make sure her house was in complete repair before he went back to Beale right after Thanksgiving. If he ended up going remote, Luke would look after her.

“I managed fine as a single woman,” Franci told him. “I know how to call a repairman if I need one.”

“It’s just as easy to call my brother,” Sean said. “Not only is Luke cheaper, he’d be offended if you didn’t.”

On this particular Sunday night Franci had work to do; she had a couple of demanding classes on Monday because it was nearing end of term. So Sean took over bath and bedtime duties with Rosie while Franci sat on her bed with her laptop balanced on her knees, perfecting her lesson plan.

Once Sean had Rosie in the tub, they sang what Rosie called the soap song: “If I were a little bar of soap, I’d go slippy slippy slidey over everybody’s hidey…” It had many verses and Sean now knew them all. Then it was off to bed to read Rosie’s favorite book: Everyone Poops. When Rosie was all settled, Sean gave Luke a call.

“I’m not interrupting anything, am I?” Sean asked.

“Are you kidding?” Luke said. “Shelby’s already asleep. She feels like shit.”

“Again?” Sean asked. “Jeez, what’s the deal?”

“You haven’t guessed? She doesn’t want to tell anyone yet, but she’s pregnant.”

“Luke!” came Shelby’s loud, strident voice out of the background.

“It’s just Sean!” Luke yelled back. “I thought you were asleep!”

Sean chuckled into the phone. “Well, kind of seems like you two don’t have to try real hard to reproduce. You might want to keep an eye on that.”

“No kidding. Don’t tell Mom yet. Shelby wants to get past a couple of months. Even though she hurls every morning and falls asleep by seven every night, she wants to be sure.”

“Perfectly understandable,” Sean said. “I’ll see you tomorrow after I drop Rosie at preschool.”

Then he puttered around the house for a while, quietly, not even turning on the TV in the living room because Franci was working. He took out the trash, leafed through the newspaper again, brushed Harry’s hair off the sofa, enjoyed domestic balance and tranquility. He checked on Rosie; she was sound asleep with her little bird mouth open. When he watched her sleep, he always thought, She’s mine! And while a few weeks ago that idea had terrified him, now it filled him with wonder. With awe. She was a miracle he just didn’t deserve.

He left Franci alone until about nine o’clock, then he dished up a bowl of vanilla ice cream and took it to her.

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