Part-Time Father by Sharon Kendrick - Part-Time Father

Author:Sharon Kendrick - Part-Time Father [Kendrick, Sharon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Romance, Contemporary, Contemporary Fiction, Nonfiction, Series, fullybook
ISBN: 9780263145632
Amazon: B0056HCAS2
Barnesnoble: B0056HCAS2
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 1994-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

KIMBERLEY didn’t know what she had expected to happen—but what she had not expected was that cold and terse little nod he gave her.

‘I’ll let you get some rest now,’ he said abruptly. ‘I’ll be back later.’

It was like a sentence of death hanging over her head. Kimberley fed the baby, and they both slept. They gave her a cup of strong tea and a marmalade sandwich, then she had a wash, and the staff nurse washed and brushed her hair for her.

‘Got to look pretty for your boyfriend,’ she said to Kimberley confidingly. ‘I can’t keep the student nurses away—they’re dying to see him again. What a hunk—are there any more like him at home?’

Kimberley tried to smile, and failed. Her lip wobbled precariously and the staff nurse nodded understandingly.

‘Feeling a bit blue, are we? Don’t worry, dear.’ She plumped the four pillows into shape behind Kimberley’s back. ‘It’s quite normal to feel like that afterwards.’ She beamed down at the sleeping infant. ‘Decided what to call her yet, have you?’

Kimberley swallowed. She had discussed this with her doctor. Apparently it didn’t matter what name she called her baby, because the adoptive parents would probably change it. She stared down at the crib. So, even though she might call her Georgia or Alicia—two names she liked very much—her daughter might instead grow up as an Anne or a Mary.

She must have dozed off, because when she awoke it was to find Harrison there, at the end of the bed. He was studying the child intently, an expression of rapt preoccupation on his face, but he seemed to sense that Kimberley’s eyes had opened, for he glanced up immediately and a coldly indifferent look chilled his face.

‘Harrison’ she began, but he stopped her with

one decisive shake of his dark head, an expression of distaste curving his mouth scornfully.

‘Save it.’ He spoke tersely. ‘I don’t want any more of your lies. She’s mine, isn’t she?’

‘Harrison——’

‘Isn’t she?’

Dispiritedly Kimberley sank back against the pillows. ‘Yes. She’s yours.’

It was as though her spoken admission, even though he had known it to be a fact, had shocked him to the core. He stared first at Kimberley—and the look of naked pain and anger and hatred in his eyes scorched her to the very core—then shook his head very slowly from side to side, as though he couldn’t really take it in.

‘But you knew all along, didn’t you?’ she asked weakly. ‘Why didn’t you say something?’

His mouth became a grim, harsh line. ‘You may have a low opinion of me, Kimberley, but I’m not in the habit of debating paternity when a woman is in labour.’ A muscle began to work furiously beneath one perfect cheekbone. ‘Just tell me,’ he said, in a strange, gritty voice, ‘tell me that you aren’t planning to have her adopted.’

She heard the plea in his voice, and she couldn’t lie to him—but neither could she prevent her voice from shaking. ‘I—yes,’ she managed. ‘Yes, I am.’

The look he gave her was one of pure contempt.

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