Chapter Fourteen
Renewal
Atty awoke at the first restless movement she heard coming from the baby’s room. A glance out the multi-paned window revealed the peach pale glimmer of dawn. She looked over at the form lying beside her to discover her husband hadn’t been roused. It had been late when she’d retired. No telling how much later it had been when he’d finally called it a night. She had no memory of when he’d joined her.
Slipping out of bed, she walked around the foot to the other side, to where the nursery was located, and went into the next room where Mattox was already pulling himself up to a standing position at the side of the crib.
“Hey, little man. You’re up early this morning.”
The child smiled at her and cooed. His eyes were a soft shade of pink as he lifted pudgy arms for
