Pompous Player : A Hero Club Novel by Brenda Rothert & Hero Club
Author:Brenda Rothert & Hero Club [Rothert, Brenda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Cocky Hero Club, Inc.
Published: 2021-11-13T16:00:00+00:00
Chapter Thirteen
Harry
Iâm afraid to even breathe. It took me more than forty minutes to get Avery to settle down and go back to sleep after her nighttime feeding.
One deep breath or creak of the bed could set her off again. It reminds me of my military days tiptoeing around land mines. The stakes arenât as high now, but Iâm fucking tired. I really need the three-hour stretch of sleep between now and my five oâclock alarm.
Itâs hard to get up and drag my ass to the gym on very little sleep, but I make myself do it every weekday. I sit on my ass so much at work that morning workouts are the only exercise I get these days.
I clear my mind and am almost back to sleep when Avery starts moving in her crib. She lets out a little cry, then another. I stay still, hoping sheâll settle herself back to sleep.
No such luck. Within thirty seconds, sheâs wailing. I roll out of bed to pick her up, cradling her against my bare chest and rocking her. Every time I try to give her the Binky, she angrily spits it out of her mouth.
Winter told me she doesnât talk to Avery between eight at night and six in the morning. She said she read in a book that parents should keep babies in the dark during their designated nighttime, and not talk to them during night feedings or changings because it helps create a sleep routine.
Avery finds my voice soothing, though.
âRemember the story I read you about the ducklings going night night?â I ask her. âThis is your night-night time. Baby girls should be asleep at two in the morning. Itâs dark outside.â
She keeps crying, so I start walking. I rub her back, rock her in my arms and even try turning on the shower in my bathroom to see if the sound of the running water might soothe her.
Nothing works, though. I kiss her rounded little cheek and turn to show her our reflection in the bathroom mirror.
âLook at the cranky baby,â I murmur. âShe likes to make her daddy drink a whole pot of coffee at work just to get through the day.â
Avery curls her lip in a happy expression that gets me every time. I hold her close to my chest again, kissing the soft hair on her head.
âYou want Daddy to turn on the Stones? I could dance you back to sleep, maybe?â
I push a few buttons on the wall panel that controls the stereo system in my bedroom and âGet Off of My Cloudâ starts playing. Avery pauses for a second, but then wrinkles her face up and continues crying.
Swaying her gently in my arms to the music, I slowly sway around the room.
Three songs later, I can hear the exhaustion in her cries, but sheâs still going strong. I, on the other hand, am about to drop.
Gingerly, I put her back in her crib, which really pisses her off. I feel a headache coming on, building at the base of my skull.
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