You are the Story by Janci Patterson

Author:Janci Patterson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary Romance
Publisher: Garden Ninja Books
Published: 2019-04-15T00:00:00+00:00

Twenty

Jenna

Rachel is finally sleeping again, and I’m making my classic apple pie, Felix’s favorite. I know he doesn’t want me working any harder than I need to, but our date the other night was so incredible—connecting with him like that, both physically and emotionally—and I really want to have something special for him when he and Ty get back from the set.

And, really, there’s something soothing about the familiar motions—cutting the apples, mixing, pressing out the crust. The scent of sugar and flour and home. I haven’t touched the piano in weeks, haven’t written a single melody, have barely been able to function as a wife or mother or human being, but I can bake a damn pie in my sleep.

I finish the pie and put it in the oven, glancing at the baby monitor. Rachel’s still sleeping, and the relief I feel at not having to take care of her right now is intense.

And once again, the guilt.

I haven’t told Felix that part yet. What would he think of me then, if he knew how desperate I am to avoid our baby? Our sweet, beautiful baby girl I wanted so desperately. Our daughter. I see him with her, and his love for her is so natural, so deep, so instinctive. Like it was with Ty.

It’s like Felix is made to be a father. And I thought that my problems connecting with Ty when he was so young were because of how young I was, and maybe the trauma of that whole situation. But none of those are the case with Rachel, and this still doesn’t come naturally to me.

Maybe I was never meant to be a mother.

I try to push the dark thoughts away; I was so happy the other night with Felix, being held in his arms, feeling his love for me. Showing my love for him. Feeling like maybe everything would be all right, with us, with me, with our family. I want to keep that feeling of contentment, of peace—god, at least for the rest of the day, at least—

There’s a rustling sound, and dread squeezes my heart. I glance at the monitor, but the lights aren’t flickering like they do when there’s sound from the baby’s room.

And then I see Rocket walking into the kitchen . . . wearing a long cape?

I bend down to look closer, and Rocket’s ears tuck back in that guilty expression he gets when he knows he’s done something wrong, and I very quickly have an idea of what that might be. Because he’s not wearing a cape. He’s got his head through a hole he’s torn in the Superpope robe Ty wore when Felix proposed to me years ago. And there are crumbs around his mouth.

“Oh no, what have you done?” I tug the Superpope robe off so Rocket’s no longer trailing it like a bridal train in the world’s most elaborate terrier wedding. Then I run down the hallway to Ty’s room, hoping it’s not going to be as bad as I’m expecting—

I swear.

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