Nate.”
Parker’s forehead wrinkled and he said hello. He held out the hand that had just been wrapped around Carly’s for Nate. Nate’s face brightened. Carly was sure he was excited to have another victim to try to win to Jesus.
Nate and Lexi were nice, but it seemed like all they ever wanted to talk about was God. And Carly found it not only uncomfortable, but also annoying.
“Come on in,” Nate stepped aside making room for them to enter.
Carly walked into the house, Parker behind her. She turned back to Nate as he shut the door.
“Is she in her room? I’ll go get her.”
“No, she’s in the bathroom. She and Lex are giving Bailey a bath.”
“Oh.”
“You can go on back. They should be about done.” He waved toward the hallway then turned to Parker. “You want something to drink?”
“No,” Parker’s voice came out hoarse and she hated leaving him, but she needed to see Bree. Should she warn her?
Down the hall, she knocked on the closed door, “Bree?”
“Carly, come in,” Bree called.
Carly eased the door open. Lexi and Bree were both on the floor. Bailey was in the middle of them wearing only a diaper and some white baby powder dusted on her skin.
Lexi gushed over the zebra print sleeper before slipping it over Bailey’s head.
Bree smiled and patted the small space beside her. “I wanted to get her nice and clean for her Aunt Carly.”
Carly smiled and eased down onto the floor.
“She’s going to have to get her away from her Aunt Lexi first.” Lexi hugged Bailey to her chest and pressed a kiss on her fuzzy dark hair that stood straight up in the air like she’d stuck her fingers in an electric socket. “I love the smell of baby after a bath.” Lexi’s long dark hair was pulled back in a ponytail and a stretchy gold headband ran across the top of her head.
Carly laughed, “You get her all the time.”
“I guess I can share her for a little bit,” Lexi sighed.
“That’s okay,” Carly smiled and turned back to Bree. “I brought a surprise for you.”
Bree’s eyes rolled and she held her hands together at her chest, “Oooh, I love surprises.”
“No, you don’t.” Carly pushed herself off the ground, using the side of the tub for leverage.
“But yet you still spring ‘em on me.” Bree stood beside her.
Lexi talked baby to Bailey making squeaking noises as she slipped out of the room. “Uncle Nate,” she called out.
Bree shook her head and shut off the light before they entered the hallway. “Nate and Lexi have been trying to have a baby. I think Bailey made her baby fever worse.”
“She’s adorable, it almost gives me baby fever.”
“You did not just say that.”
“Yeah, your right.” Carly bumped Bree’s hip with hers. “No time for that.”
“So what’s the surprise?” Bree pushed the fallen brown locks from her messy bun out of her face as they were entering the kitchen.
She tilted her head when she saw Parker sitting at the table talking to Nate. “A boy? You brought me a boy?”
Parker’s eyes widened and he stood. “Bree?”
“Am I supposed to know you?” Bree’s voice was soft.
“Bree … meet Parker.” Carly pulled her lip into her mouth, waiting on Bree’s reaction.
Chapter 14
Parker
Bree looked the same, yet different. Her eyes were still the same, big, round, and brown like Parker’s. She was still petite.
Her face changed from confused, to knowing, to surprised all in the few seconds after Carly said his name.
Tears pooled in her eyes and she lifted her hands to her mouth. A line of bracelets dangled from her wrist. She looked at Carly and shook her head. “No.”
And the joy that rose on Carly’s face at seeing Bree’s reaction to him made something in his heart flip.
“Hi Sis, long time no see,” he nodded.
Bree let out a squeal and her baby began to cry. But she didn’t seem to notice as she lunged at Parker. Her arms swung around his neck, pulling him down to her
Parker’s forehead wrinkled and he said hello. He held out the hand that had just been wrapped around Carly’s for Nate. Nate’s face brightened. Carly was sure he was excited to have another victim to try to win to Jesus.
Nate and Lexi were nice, but it seemed like all they ever wanted to talk about was God. And Carly found it not only uncomfortable, but also annoying.
“Come on in,” Nate stepped aside making room for them to enter.
Carly walked into the house, Parker behind her. She turned back to Nate as he shut the door.
“Is she in her room? I’ll go get her.”
“No, she’s in the bathroom. She and Lex are giving Bailey a bath.”
“Oh.”
“You can go on back. They should be about done.” He waved toward the hallway then turned to Parker. “You want something to drink?”
“No,” Parker’s voice came out hoarse and she hated leaving him, but she needed to see Bree. Should she warn her?
Down the hall, she knocked on the closed door, “Bree?”
“Carly, come in,” Bree called.
Carly eased the door open. Lexi and Bree were both on the floor. Bailey was in the middle of them wearing only a diaper and some white baby powder dusted on her skin.
Lexi gushed over the zebra print sleeper before slipping it over Bailey’s head.
Bree smiled and patted the small space beside her. “I wanted to get her nice and clean for her Aunt Carly.”
Carly smiled and eased down onto the floor.
“She’s going to have to get her away from her Aunt Lexi first.” Lexi hugged Bailey to her chest and pressed a kiss on her fuzzy dark hair that stood straight up in the air like she’d stuck her fingers in an electric socket. “I love the smell of baby after a bath.” Lexi’s long dark hair was pulled back in a ponytail and a stretchy gold headband ran across the top of her head.
Carly laughed, “You get her all the time.”
“I guess I can share her for a little bit,” Lexi sighed.
“That’s okay,” Carly smiled and turned back to Bree. “I brought a surprise for you.”
Bree’s eyes rolled and she held her hands together at her chest, “Oooh, I love surprises.”
“No, you don’t.” Carly pushed herself off the ground, using the side of the tub for leverage.
“But yet you still spring ‘em on me.” Bree stood beside her.
Lexi talked baby to Bailey making squeaking noises as she slipped out of the room. “Uncle Nate,” she called out.
Bree shook her head and shut off the light before they entered the hallway. “Nate and Lexi have been trying to have a baby. I think Bailey made her baby fever worse.”
“She’s adorable, it almost gives me baby fever.”
“You did not just say that.”
“Yeah, your right.” Carly bumped Bree’s hip with hers. “No time for that.”
“So what’s the surprise?” Bree pushed the fallen brown locks from her messy bun out of her face as they were entering the kitchen.
She tilted her head when she saw Parker sitting at the table talking to Nate. “A boy? You brought me a boy?”
Parker’s eyes widened and he stood. “Bree?”
“Am I supposed to know you?” Bree’s voice was soft.
“Bree … meet Parker.” Carly pulled her lip into her mouth, waiting on Bree’s reaction.
Chapter 14
Parker
Bree looked the same, yet different. Her eyes were still the same, big, round, and brown like Parker’s. She was still petite.
Her face changed from confused, to knowing, to surprised all in the few seconds after Carly said his name.
Tears pooled in her eyes and she lifted her hands to her mouth. A line of bracelets dangled from her wrist. She looked at Carly and shook her head. “No.”
And the joy that rose on Carly’s face at seeing Bree’s reaction to him made something in his heart flip.
“Hi Sis, long time no see,” he nodded.
Bree let out a squeal and her baby began to cry. But she didn’t seem to notice as she lunged at Parker. Her arms swung around his neck, pulling him down to her
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