Stumbling Into Forever by Molly O'Hare

Author:Molly O'Hare [O'Hare, Molly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-03-24T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

LASAGNA.

Holly held the store-bought lasagna in her hand as she walked up the steps to her father’s house with Ripley and Waffles trotting along next to her.

Maybe after eating this, my brain will go back to normal?

All day Holly had been out of sorts. At first, she thought she was nervous about telling her father they were expecting, but it seemed to be more than that. She just couldn’t put her finger on it.

Then, as she pictured their future conversation while eating dinner, she got the strongest craving for lasagna she’d ever had.

So here she was carrying the thing hoping that once she had some, her brain would stop being a jumbled mess.

A mess that consisted of her having a child, being a mother, the break-in, Emma, her normal worry about her father, and now… now it screamed lasagna.

“Pumpkin!” Henry opened the door. “Whatcha got for me?”

Without registering it, Holly pulled the box to her chest with a growl. “Mine.”

“Well, it looks like someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed.” Henry gave her a look.

“Sorry, Dad. It’s been a crazy few days.”

“Come on in and tell me all about it.” Waffles and Ripley zoomed past Henry as they made their way into the house. “At least they aren’t grumpy.”

“I’m not grumpy,” she protested. Holly walked past her father only stopping to give him a kiss on the cheek before heading straight to the kitchen. “Just hungry.”

Sure, she might not be able to cook, but she could damn well preheat an oven and throw in a frozen lasagna.

Well, there was that one time… No. This she could do. And even if she couldn’t, so help the person that stopped her from grabbing a fork and going to town on the lasagna, frozen or not.

Once the food was in the oven, Holly turned. Unfortunately, for her, she didn’t see that Waffles and Ripley were playing tug of war across the kitchen. She took one step before tripping over them both. “Oh, for the love of all things!” Holly caught herself on the nearby table.

“I’d like to say that was a record, but you’ve tripped coming up the stairs before.”

“Very funny, Dad.”

“I thought so.”

She rolled her eyes. “Ben had to work late on paperwork, but he should be here by the time the food is done.” Holly moved past her father and into the living room.

The more room between her and the lasagna… the better.

Holly’s excitement about telling her dad about the baby came back in full swing. She wished Ben was here. She was nearly crawling out of her skin with anticipation. It took everything inside of her not to blurt out she was now the host for a small human creature.

If it were up to her, she would have told her dad the second she got here, but no… something about a special moment and togetherness, and if she told her dad without Ben there… and blah blah blah, she stopped listening the moment Ben threatened to take away her donuts.

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