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.
we go downstairs and I make her something to eat. The
words are. She’s more interested in the sound of my voice. So when we’ve read through all the books in her small library of children’s books, I read
taken care of out of all 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 putting her back in the
she’s asleep. She’s in a new
is standing
ton of them leftover from my childhood. I’d like to give them to her
on his face. So serious. He looks overwhelmed. Intense. I wonder if he had
fine,”
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