Waiting for Someone Like You (Destiny Bay-Baby Dreams Book 3) by Helen Conrad

Author:Helen Conrad [Conrad, Helen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Doorknock Publishing
Published: 2013-05-27T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN:

Baby Time

“Tanner?”

Shelley was sitting up on the side of the bed, her eyes huge with excitement.

“Tanner, it’s time.” She patted her stomach. “This baby is on the way.”

Tanner stood where he was and stared at her. He felt like a man who’d just received a double whammy. He was still reeling from the first punch—now this.

“Wh-what?” he asked feebly, hoping against hope that he hadn’t heard right.

“The baby, you idiot.” Her grin was wobbly, but intact. “My water broke and the contractions are coming thick and fast. I don’t think this little guy wants to wait any longer.”

He gaped at her. “You said it wasn’t due yet.”

“Due dates are merely estimates. And this one has just been adjusted to fit a new time schedule.”

He blinked at her uncomprehendingly, shaking his head. “But the doctor hasn’t called back.”

There. That was it. Couldn’t have that baby without the doctor, now could they? He started back toward the stairs. “Just.. just hold on. I’ll go try the phone numbers again....”

She made a strange sound and placed both hands on her rounded belly, then began to breathe with a quick, whistling noise. He’d seen this before, when his niece was born, but the doctor had been there, and phalanxes of nurses, and it hadn’t scared him like this.

The baby was coming. And Shelley was looking at him as though he was supposed to take over and handle the situation.

“Not yet, Shelley,” he muttered, backing away again. “Oh, God, not yet.”

He met Kat on the stairs. A picture of how she’d looked a few moments ago slipped into his mind before he was able to shut it out, but he had to ignore it. This was more important now, this needed all his attention.

“She’s trying to have the baby,” he said tersely, brushing past her. “I’m going to call the doctor. See if you can stop her.”

“Stop her?” Kat stared after him, but he didn’t elaborate, and in a moment he was gone. She turned, shaking her head, and climbed the rest of the way to the upstairs apartment.

Stop her, huh? Just how did one do that?

She supposed she shouldn’t be surprised. Just about everything that had happened to her on this nutty day had been strange. And the strangest of all had been what had happened in the storeroom only moments ago.

She wasn’t sure what might have happened if Shelley hadn’t interrupted them. The thought brought a flood of warmth to her face again. This was something she just didn’t do, especially not with a man who she’d only met a few hours ago. What was it, the tropical air? The lack of sleep? Or was he just a charmer she found impossible to resist?

But she knew it wasn’t really any of those things. Tanner Carrington was special. She’d never met a man like this before. She’d never fallen for male lines or sexy come-ons. But she was falling for this guy, despite all her reservations. It was like a disease. She only hoped it was a twenty-four-hour bug.

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