The Tipping Point by Johnson Miranda

Author:Johnson, Miranda
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Published: 2021-05-25T00:00:00+00:00

A LOUD KNOCK at the door jolted Caroline from slumber. Her heart was pounding from being so suddenly woken and she did a quick sweep of the room to figure out where she was and what was happening. She remembered quickly that she was alone in her and Rhetta’s hotel room in London and that the showing of classic Jurassic Park movies had finally given way to the late night news.

Slowly, Caroline padded across the room, rubbing the sleep from her eyes, and opened the door. She had expected to find Rhetta on the other side, fumbling with her keycard. Or maybe Farah returning from fetching snacks. She didn’t expect to find a distressed looking Rodney and a screaming toddler.

“Oh, thank God!” Rodney exclaimed, quickly pushing passed Caroline and into the room. “You have no idea how many doors I’ve knocked on trying to find your room.”

Caroline’s eyes narrowed against the noise emanating from Ryan’s mouth. The suddenness of so much noise was making her sleep addled brain scream with pain, but when Ryan took a broken breath, saw Caroline and reached out his little arms to her, she couldn’t not take him into her arms. Immediately his cries quietened, not disappearing completely, but softening enough that Caroline could finally think.

“My room? What’s wrong?” Caroline asked quietly, stroking her hand over Ryan’s fine, blond hair to soothe him.

Amy smiled wearily and thought about how lucky she was to be surrounded by so many amazing women.

“Boxxy didn’t answer my text and I didn’t want to risk waking Zoe up by knocking on her door,” Amy explained, her eyes closing for a moment appreciatively at the peaceful silence. She was tired, so tired. Tired enough that she could have fallen asleep then and there, perched on the end of Caroline and Rhetta’s bed. When she grudgingly opened her eyes, she remembered why she was there. “Do you guys have a plug adaptor? I must have left mine in France and I can’t plug in Ryan’s nightlight without it. It plays a little song and projects the shapes of animals around the room. I’ve been trying for hours to get him to go to sleep without it, but he’s gotten himself all worked up and I couldn’t get him to stop crying.”

“Poor little guy,” Caroline murmured as she pressed a soft kiss to the side of Ryan’s head, before turning and smiling sympathetically at Rodney. “And poor mamma too.”

Amy was so relieved at Caroline’s kindness and the fact that Ryan had finally stopped crying that she wanted to cry. “Tell me about it.”

Caroline’s smile widened and she made her way over to her side of the bed, unplugged her phone charger one handed and pulled off the adaptor. She handed it to Rodney.

“You can keep it. Rhetta and I have another one between us, so we should be fine.” She turned to Ryan and bounced him a little on her hip when he started to fuss. “We can’t have this cutie and his mamma having sleepless nights now, can we?”

Ryan giggled and hid his face in Caroline’s neck.

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