I contemplate going into Deacon’s room. Just to see what it looks like. My guess is it’s the one closest to the office so he can be near Bailey. It’s the same room he had when this was his house.

Bailey stirs. I glance over at her and she’s watching me with a sleepy look on her face. She’s the cutest baby I’ve ever seen and looks so much like Deacon. From what I remember of Deacon’s ex, she had dark, nearly black hair and equally dark eyes. Bailey’s hair is blonde like her dad’s and she even has those same light green eyes too.

“Hi,” I say to her, smiling.

Her chin wrinkles and starts to bob. I’m a stranger. She’s used to having her dad with her. She must be so scared.

“Oh, sweetie, come here,” I say, and pick her up when she starts to cry.

whimper as I change her. When I’m done, we go downstairs and I make her something to eat. The crying stops and she watches me like

my voice. So when we’ve read through all the books in her small library of children’s

the children I’ve ever babysat. I carry her to her room. Afraid of waking her, I sit on the floor and hold her on my lap instead of

she’s asleep. She’s in a new

When I look up, Deacon is standing there, leaning against the door jam. I have no idea how long he’s been watching

more books. I have a ton of them leftover from

serious. He looks overwhelmed. Intense. I wonder if he had a bad day

that’s fine,”

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