Lucking Out (Love in Vegas Book 3) by Elle M Thomas

Author:Elle M Thomas [Thomas, Elle M]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-12-25T16:00:00+00:00

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Tasha had stopped listening to the million instructions she’d received from the nurse, Maisie, Abby and her grandmother when Jim arrived and after kissing her turned his attention to Pippa who was holding the baby.

“Hey, Pippa. I told you he was handsome, didn't I?” He perched on the bed next to Tasha.

“He is so sweet,” she agreed, smiling down at her nephew while Jim turned towards his wife.

“You okay?” He gently pushed her freshly washed hair back off her face.

“Mmm, can we go home yet?” She suddenly looked sad.

“We'll have to ask the doctor.”

The other women around him began chatting together about their own thoughts, ideas and experiences.

“They are driving me fucking crazy,” Tasha whispered, making Jim frown.

“Baby, that mouth,” he cried with a half-smile now. “Ten more minutes and then we throw them out and sleep.”

“You think we can?” Her grateful smile suggested she liked the idea and was relieved Jim was there to take care of everything, to take care of her because there is no way she would ever have thought to ask everyone to leave when she knew they all loved her and Connor.

“You bet we can.”

With everyone speaking at the same time Tasha could barely decipher who was saying what. She really was grateful that so many people cared and wanted to offer their thoughts and experiences, but she didn’t want to hear it all because this was her baby, her body and it was her turn to do this her way.

Briefly, as her grandmother offered her a small smile, Tasha felt slightly guilty that she was being ungrateful for their love and care so chastened herself. She thought that under normal circumstances a new mother would have her own mother on hand to offer support, guidance and advice but she didn’t have that, not that she wanted her own parents anywhere near her or Connor, but the strange and poignant realisation made her feel sad. Her grandmother seemed to understand her thoughts were taking her to a dark place and shook her head, as if to say negative thoughts had no place here, with her beautiful new baby and her future just waiting to be explored and experienced. With a quick sniff to hold back any tears that might be about to appear, Tasha refocused on her son who was making a strange squeaking sound as he was cradled by his auntie who was clearly smitten.

It was exactly ten minutes later when Jim looked at his watch. “Right Grandmas and Aunties, my son needs feeding and my wife needs to sleep so feel free to visit the hospital cafeteria or go shopping, but your time is up.”

“James!” cried his mother. “You can't do that, we want to spend some time with Connor.”

“And you have and you can visit again later, but Tasha is tired and too polite to say so, whereas I—”

“Sorry,” interrupted Tasha awkwardly, knowing she could feed Connor in their presence and she wasn’t tired enough to need a sleep so Jim was simply making excuses to give her some kind of breather from them all and their best intentions.

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