Suddenly Expecting by Paula Roe

Author:Paula Roe [Roe, Paula]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Literature & Fiction, World Literature, Contemporary, Series, Harlequin Desire, Romance
ISBN: 9781472049155
Google: i-xeAgAAQBAJ
Amazon: B00FBZL2OW
Barnesnoble: B00FBZL2OW
Goodreads: 18467942
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

Seven

After Marco confirmed that the port at Cairns would reopen in a few hours, Kat used all her negotiation skills—and a few pleas—to wrangle an appointment with the geneticist for the very next day. Then they made a number of calls to let people know they were alive and well.

From what they gathered, Cairns was a disaster area. Parts of the city still had no water and electricity, and phone coverage was spotty. With the tropical climate, it was crucial those services be up and running again as soon as possible. It would be an arduous task, one that required a coordinated effort of all rescue services, plus private contractors. At least when the ports were clear and operating, supplies could be shipped in, and the massive cleanup could begin.

Armed with that information, they set about doing physical tasks around the house—ripping the tape off the windows they hadn’t already gotten to, and clearing more of the debris that would probably take a few weeks to get into some semblance of order, because all services would give priority to the mainland.

It was good to keep busy, to just focus on the pure physicality of lifting, clearing, moving. She’d assumed there’d be no time to think about tests, babies, Grace or the situation with Marco, but as they worked and sweat quickly soaked Kat’s shirt, she found her mind was not so easily swayed.

You can’t have this baby. She couldn’t. It was the exact reason she’d vowed not to have kids. Her heart squeezed painfully and she scowled, putting more force than necessary into her raking task.

What her mother had gone through, what she’d gone through, watching her slowly wither and die from that death sentence... It was a pain so unfathomable that she’d willingly shift a mountain to prevent it from happening. It was one thing to cope with having the disease, to know exactly what she’d be facing every single day for the rest of her short life. But to willingly bring a child into that equation? No. Never.

Her eyes flicked briefly to Marco, then away. Yes, the pain of termination would cut deep, but it was preferable to a lifetime of anguish, of knowing she could have prevented it but selfishly did nothing. She would not put a child nor Marco through that.

Ah. No. Don’t think about it. But she couldn’t help it—her thoughts were already there, crowding her head with every single possible scenario until it was the only thing she could think about.

She gritted her teeth, wielding the rake with such force that she heard the handle creak. Damn. Something else. Think of...the cyclone. Work. Yes, work. Grace would want her on top of this, sourcing stories, digging up information. She’d be so busy she wouldn’t have a second to scratch herself, let alone think about...that.

She winced. And so it would begin again—Grace would choose the stories worthy of their effort and attention, the appropriate donation lines would be set up and a dozen other untold issues would remain just a couple of sentences in her notes.

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