The Family She Needs by Sue MacKay

Author:Sue MacKay
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2015-09-01T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

‘I DON’T WANT to use the potty.’ Mickey stamped his foot on the bathroom floor.

Karina ached to pick him up for a cuddle, but that wouldn’t help get the urine sample she needed to send to the lab. ‘I need you to.’

There was a knock on the door and Logan asked, ‘Can I help?’

‘Yes.’ Maybe Mickey would listen to him. ‘I’ve got a problem.’

‘So I heard.’

Logan’s smile lightened the tension in her tummy.

‘Along with everyone else in the street.’ He hunkered down to Mickey’s level. ‘Hey, buddy, I want you to do your pee-pee in the potty this time so I can get it tested. If I don’t do that then we can’t make you better. Understand?’

‘But I’m big.’

‘Yeah, I know. But sometimes even big boys have to do this.’

‘What about you?’ Mickey eyed him suspiciously.

‘Yeah, if I had to.’

‘I don’t want Karina watching.’

Phew. Progress. ‘I’m out of here. See you over at the medical centre in ten. Mickey, Mr Grumpy’s taking you to kindy. Be good for him, please.’

‘What’s that lad yelling about this morning? Doesn’t he know he’s got a quiet button?’ Jonty stood on the back porch with his car keys dangling from his fingers.

Karina grinned. ‘Good luck with that. Logan’s getting him sorted.’

‘You all right? You’ve got black puffy bits under your eyes.’

‘Charming.’ She’d applied more layers of make-up than sensible this morning, and obviously they hadn’t hidden a thing. ‘Bit of a sleepless night.’

‘I saw the lights on during the night. Everything all right?’ he asked.

Telling him about Logan’s nightmares wasn’t an option, but... ‘You’ve got a rollaway bed in your back bedroom, haven’t you?’ She’d seen it when she’d been over at his house one time.

‘Want it?’

‘Can I borrow it for a few weeks?’

‘I can only sleep in one bed at a time.’

‘Thanks, you’re a treasure. I’ll get Leeann to help me carry it over at lunchtime.’ She wasn’t having Jonty lift it. He’d argue, but sometimes he had to remember he was eighty-two.

‘Tell Logan to do it. He might need fattening up, but he’s a man under those fancy shirts he wears.’ Jonty stomped down the steps. ‘Going to give those ruddy hens a talking-to. Only got six eggs this morning. Stupid females.’

That was why she loved Mr Grumpy. She never knew what was going to come out of his mouth next, but it would always be entertaining.

‘I’ll sort the bed.’

No way would she ask Logan to get it. He’d want to know why and then he’d refuse, saying it was totally unnecessary. But now she’d got the idea of setting a bed up for him in the lounge, she wasn’t backing off. Next time he had a nightmare and wanted to sit by the fire he’d be able to lie down and hopefully fall asleep. He’d argue, but if the bed was in place and made up, then there was nothing he could do except ignore it. Which, when she thought about it, was exactly what he’d do.

‘Can’t say I don’t try.

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