The Sergeant's Unexpected Family by Carrie Nichols

Author:Carrie Nichols
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-11-09T21:23:34+00:00

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Brody texted Mary while the kid from the feed store loaded supplies into the bed of the truck. The café was located two storefronts away from the hairdresser, so he told her he and Elliott would wait for her there. He had no idea how long it took for women to get their hair cut. In his opinion, Mary’s hair looked fine, but he’d kept that to himself.

Brody set Elliott’s infant seat on the table in a booth by the windows and marveled at how the baby’s smile and dark eyes attracted everyone’s attention.

“You’re a male version of your mom,” he whispered to his nephew.

The door to the café opened, and Mary stepped in. Brody’s heart beat against his chest, and he had to swallow several times to keep from drooling.

Elliott kicked his legs and began babbling when he spotted his mother.

“Hello to you, too, sweetie.” Mary squished his chin.

“I thought you were getting your hair cut?” Brody asked as she slipped into the bench seat across the booth from him.

Trudi, the waitress who’d led Mary over to the booth, gasped and bopped Brody on the head with her order pad. “Brody Wilson, what is wrong with you?”

“Hey.” Brody brought his arm up in a defensive gesture.

“You do not say something like that to a woman just back from the beauty salon,” Trudi sputtered.

Elliott drew their attention when he burst into infectious baby giggles.

Brody turned to Elliott. “You think that’s funny, do you?”

The baby laughed harder, and Brody put his hand around Elliott’s stomach and tickled him. “Don’t encourage her, dude. We guys have to stick together.”

Mary ran her fingers through her hair. “Maybe I should have gotten purple like Ashley.”

“Is that what color it is this week?” the waitress asked.

Mary nodded. “I’m not sure purple would work with my natural hair color, though.”

Trudi tilted her head as if studying Mary’s hair. “Yeah, I’m not sure that—”

“You two can’t be serious,” Brody interrupted. “I love Mary’s hair. It looks great just the way it is.”

“Now, that’s the right answer,” Trudi said and winked at Mary. Lifting her chin, the waitress leaned toward Elliott. “Let that be a lesson to you, young man.”

His response was to blow spit bubbles and giggle.

“What can I get you two to eat?” Trudi’s pencil hovered above the order pad.

Brody motioned toward her pad with his head. “I see that thing is good for something other than hitting me?”

“Don’t tempt me,” Trudi shot back. “The special today is fresh lobster roll.”

Heck, he’d let Trudi whack him all she wanted if it meant putting that grin on Mary’s face. “Do you like lobster?”

“I love it, but—”

“We’ll take two,” Brody said and tucked the menus back into their place between the napkin holder and the salt and pepper shakers.

“Curly fries?” Trudi stuffed the order book into her apron pocket.

Brody raised his eyebrows at Mary, and she nodded.

“Good choice.” The waitress hitched her chin at Brody’s empty white ceramic mug. “More coffee?”

He raised his hands. “No, I’ve had enough.

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