One Night, Twin Consequences (The Monticello Baby Miracles) by Annie O'Neil

Author:Annie O'Neil [O'Neil, Annie]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2016-06-01T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

HARRIET STARED AT the phone in her hand, not knowing whether to feel shell-shocked or elated. Perhaps a bit of both? What she did know was she had about a gazillion questions to ask her sister. And another gazillion she wasn’t quite ready to answer.

It was fitting, she thought, that she was up to her elbows in babygrows and stacks of muslin squares when the telephone call came. After a handful of hours when she hadn’t even bothered to try to sleep, she’d overheard Matteo telling the casita’s matron he was going out for the entire morning on business, so she’d been folding the casita’s never-ending stack of laundry in the courtyard, hoping the fresh air would help clear the chaos playing out in her mind. Apart from that, hiding in her room wasn’t exactly going to make her un-pregnant. Pregnant with Matteo’s baby. Right here, right now. And he wanted nothing to do with it. With her.

She’d just closed her eyes to take in a waft of the floral scents exuding from the arbor she’d tucked herself in to avoid the midday sun when her phone rang.

Her sister’s news had come in a torrent and the phone call had ended as abruptly, leaving Harriet reeling in her hidden nook of flowers and vines. The arbor shielded her from the rush and buzz of life in the courtyard. Which was exactly what she needed right now. A bit of privacy until she knew how to respond. Which, realistically, she was not going to figure out how to do until she spoke to her sister again.

She punched the long number into the phone and waited for the foreign ringtone to sound in her ear.

“Harri!” Her sister answered before the first ring had finished sounding. “Are you all right?”

“Shouldn’t I be asking you that question or jumping on a plane or practicing my double diaper changing skills?” Harriet felt the tension slip from her shoulders at the sound of her sister’s laugh. She’d always derived such strength from her. Claudia’s passion, drive and overall joie de vivre were unparalleled. The fact she couldn’t be with her now was almost physically painful.

“Don’t be silly. I told you I was in good hands.”

Oh.

They’d always been there for each other. Harriet had made sure of it. But this time...did her sister not need her? She shook away the thought and forced on a sunny voice.

“I know, I know. But I think I was in a bit of shock when you told me everything. So...this time I need a blow-by-blow recap.” And that was putting it mildly. Harriet was experiencing shock at news of her own pregnancy. Shock at the turn of events in her sister’s life. It was a wonder she hadn’t lost the plot entirely.

“Where do you want me to begin?”

Before Harriet could respond she heard her sister give a happy exclamation. “Ooh! Beea-uuu-tiful!”

“What?” She ached to be in Los Angeles at her sister’s side, experiencing the highs and lows of life vicariously, just as she had done throughout her childhood.

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