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Authors: Lori Wick
Tags: Fiction, General, Romance, Montana, Western, Love Stories, Western Stories, Christian fiction, Religious, Christian, Westerns, INSPIRATIONAL ROMANCE, Women Tailors
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this as Brad watched them from across the room. He'd been eating and talking to Heather, but Becky had needed her and he'd found himself on his own.
"All alone?" Meg asked, taking Heather's seat, lowering herself into the chair.
"Only just," he said, not sure how long he'd been watching Cassidy.
"You look thoughtful," Meg said, studying her husband's face. "I am.,,looked into her eyes. "I've got to be careful or it might get me into trouble."
Meg's brows rose before she said, "That was cryptic."
Brad grinned. Meg would have pressed him to explain that smile, but Rylan joined them, and the topic did not come up again.
Meg's second pain hit her after dinner on Saturday. She was working on the dishes. Brad had just thanked her for the meal and left for the barn when that familiar knifelike pain went through her. She was sitting at the kitchen table, panting for breath and praying when Trace came in.
"Meg?" He took one look at her flushed face and went to her side. "What is it?"
"Just a pain."
"Let me help you to the sofa."
Trace's idea of help was to lift her and take her that way. All the time he walked, Meg told him she was all right, but he didn't listen.
"I'm getting Brad."
61"Trace!" Meg raised her voice, and her brother-in-law stopped and looked at her. Meg opened her mouth to tell him she was all right but decided against it. The pain had subsided, but she knew that Brad would only worry unless he could see her.
"Nothing," Meg ended up saying, and Trace placed her on the sofa and left the house.
Not surprisingly, he and Brad were back in just minutes, both a little breathless. They found Meg sitting up, not lying down as Trace had left her.
"Are you all right?" Brad asked, taking a seat beside her. Trace did not speak but sat in a chair and looked on.
"I am. It was one of those pains again. No worse than last time."
Brad stared at his wife and made himself say what he was thinking. "Have you considered the possibility of moving into town?" Meg looked at him in surprise.
"No," she said slowly. "I must admit such a thing never occurred to me."
"What are you thinking, Brad?" Trace asked.
"Only that she might need to be at Jeanette's or the Dorns' so she would be closer to the doctor."
"I want the baby to be born here," Meg said.
"I want that too," Brad agreed, "but not at the risk of you or the baby."
The three sat for a time in silence. It was on the tip of Trace's tongue to ask Brad if he was being hasty, but with the lives of two people to consider, it wasn't that simple.
"Why don't you discuss it with Doc Ertz," Trace suggested. "See if he has any ideas or thinks that being closer will help?"
Both Brad and Meg liked the idea, but Meg wanted to wait until Monday.
"Are you sure?" Brad asked. "We can go right now."
"No, I'm tired, and last time it happened I was tired. I don't want
62to run the risk of a pain hitting on the way into town. I'd rather wait until Monday morning."
"All right," Brad agreed, and then turned to his brother. "When you get into town tonight, I want you to tell Rylan and then Cass that we have to cancel for tomorrow."
"No, Brad," Meg argued, touching his arm. "Cassie will help me, and I'll nap after the meal."
Brad looked at her. "You'll tell me in the morning if you suspect you're not up to this?"
"I will. Please, Brad. I've been looking forward to having them all week."
Brad bowed his head until higforehead lay against Meg's. He did not have the words to explain what this woman did to his heart. The desire to protect her and lay the world at her feet was amazingly strong.
"For the moment you're all right?" Brad questioned again, his voice soft, his mind barely aware of the way Trace left them on their own.
"Yes. I'm going to lie down for a while to make sure."
Brad put his arms around her. Meg held him right back. Brad did not want to rush this baby, but a part of him wondered if he would survive the waiting. He thought it might be almost more than a man's heart
"All alone?" Meg asked, taking Heather's seat, lowering herself into the chair.
"Only just," he said, not sure how long he'd been watching Cassidy.
"You look thoughtful," Meg said, studying her husband's face. "I am.,,looked into her eyes. "I've got to be careful or it might get me into trouble."
Meg's brows rose before she said, "That was cryptic."
Brad grinned. Meg would have pressed him to explain that smile, but Rylan joined them, and the topic did not come up again.
Meg's second pain hit her after dinner on Saturday. She was working on the dishes. Brad had just thanked her for the meal and left for the barn when that familiar knifelike pain went through her. She was sitting at the kitchen table, panting for breath and praying when Trace came in.
"Meg?" He took one look at her flushed face and went to her side. "What is it?"
"Just a pain."
"Let me help you to the sofa."
Trace's idea of help was to lift her and take her that way. All the time he walked, Meg told him she was all right, but he didn't listen.
"I'm getting Brad."
61"Trace!" Meg raised her voice, and her brother-in-law stopped and looked at her. Meg opened her mouth to tell him she was all right but decided against it. The pain had subsided, but she knew that Brad would only worry unless he could see her.
"Nothing," Meg ended up saying, and Trace placed her on the sofa and left the house.
Not surprisingly, he and Brad were back in just minutes, both a little breathless. They found Meg sitting up, not lying down as Trace had left her.
"Are you all right?" Brad asked, taking a seat beside her. Trace did not speak but sat in a chair and looked on.
"I am. It was one of those pains again. No worse than last time."
Brad stared at his wife and made himself say what he was thinking. "Have you considered the possibility of moving into town?" Meg looked at him in surprise.
"No," she said slowly. "I must admit such a thing never occurred to me."
"What are you thinking, Brad?" Trace asked.
"Only that she might need to be at Jeanette's or the Dorns' so she would be closer to the doctor."
"I want the baby to be born here," Meg said.
"I want that too," Brad agreed, "but not at the risk of you or the baby."
The three sat for a time in silence. It was on the tip of Trace's tongue to ask Brad if he was being hasty, but with the lives of two people to consider, it wasn't that simple.
"Why don't you discuss it with Doc Ertz," Trace suggested. "See if he has any ideas or thinks that being closer will help?"
Both Brad and Meg liked the idea, but Meg wanted to wait until Monday.
"Are you sure?" Brad asked. "We can go right now."
"No, I'm tired, and last time it happened I was tired. I don't want
62to run the risk of a pain hitting on the way into town. I'd rather wait until Monday morning."
"All right," Brad agreed, and then turned to his brother. "When you get into town tonight, I want you to tell Rylan and then Cass that we have to cancel for tomorrow."
"No, Brad," Meg argued, touching his arm. "Cassie will help me, and I'll nap after the meal."
Brad looked at her. "You'll tell me in the morning if you suspect you're not up to this?"
"I will. Please, Brad. I've been looking forward to having them all week."
Brad bowed his head until higforehead lay against Meg's. He did not have the words to explain what this woman did to his heart. The desire to protect her and lay the world at her feet was amazingly strong.
"For the moment you're all right?" Brad questioned again, his voice soft, his mind barely aware of the way Trace left them on their own.
"Yes. I'm going to lie down for a while to make sure."
Brad put his arms around her. Meg held him right back. Brad did not want to rush this baby, but a part of him wondered if he would survive the waiting. He thought it might be almost more than a man's heart
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