by M. S. Parker
Finally, I just started writing it on the computer, and sometimes I left dirty stories for her in the journal. Sometimes, she wrote dirty suggestions back, but she seemed happy that I was working through things.
I’m still not quite sure when it turned into a book.
For the past six months, I’ve been able to speak just fine without having to resort to writing anything complicated out first. Right up until last night, that is.
Last night, Carly stunned me speechless.
I listen and my heart begins to beat faster.
She’s coming up the stairs now. I can hear her, and I’m about to finish this up, but I need to get this down first.
That bombshell she dropped on me last night? I’m still trying to wrap my mind around it, but I’m not quite so speechless anymore.
A baby.
Carly’s pregnant.
I’m going to be a dad.
And this time, I can actually be there.
The door opens. I can see her in the mirror now, leaning against the door and smiling at me. “Eric is here with Haley, baby.”
I nod at her as I finish wrapping things up.
Haley is the other bright and beautiful spot in my life. Eric, the man who adopted my little girl all those years ago, is a great guy. He’s her dad and there’s no denying that. When, after I woke up, she asked if she could meet me, he told her absolutely. Now we see each other twice a month. One Saturday here, one Saturday up in Monterey. Yeah, some people might not think it’s a lot, but it’s more than I ever expected to have.
She was there when Carly and I got married. Impatient as always, Carly asked me before I even got out of the hospital. I made her wait until I could stand up and watch her walk down the aisle.
And Haley held the flowers for her.
In a few minutes, we’re going to tell the kid about the baby we’ll be having in a few months.
Haley is going to tease me again, about some stupid article or other that she cut out of the paper about me. It’s her thing. She collects them and teases me about being her hero. Sometimes I wonder just how long the media is going to milk it.
I’m no hero.
I’m just a lucky son of a bitch.
“You coming, Bobby?”
I study the screen a minute longer.
Then I nod. “Yeah.”
The past is recorded and it’s time for it to stay in the past. I’ve got the rest of my life to think about now. My life with Carly and our child. With my daughter. With all of the people who care about me.
With the one thing I’d never thought I’d have.
My family.
The End
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Shiloh Walker has been writing since she was a kid. She fell in love with vampires with the book Bunnicula and has worked her way up to the more…ah…serious works of fiction. Once upon a time she worked as a nurse, but now she writes full time and lives with her family in the Midwest. She writes romantic suspense and contemporary romance, and urban fantasy under her penname, J.C. Daniels. You can find her at Twitter or Facebook. Read more about her work at her website. Sign up for her newsletter and have a chance to win a monthly giveaway.
About M. S. Parker
M. S. Parker is a USA Today Bestselling author and the author of the Erotic Romance series, Club Privè and Chasing Perfection.
Living in Las Vegas, she enjoys sitting by the pool with her laptop writing on her next spicy romance.
Growing up all she wanted to be was a dancer, actor or author. So far only the latter has come true but M. S. Parker hasn’t retired her dancing shoes just yet. She is still waiting for the call for her to appear on Dancing With The Stars.
When M. S. isn't writing, she can usually be found reading– oops, scratch that! She is always writing.
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