CHAPTER 22: Nick
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Nick put the last of the brunch dishes away as Sarah wiped Davy’s face.
“Can we watch TV?” asked Isabella.
“Yeah, go ahead.” The two older kids bolted out of the kitchen as he turned on the dishwasher and leaned against the counter, checking his watch. “Terry and Maggie will be here soon.” They’d better be.
“We made it.” She smiled softly at him and kissed Davy’s chubby cheek as the baby squirmed in her arms.
Nick’s belly filled with heat but although there was desire in the warmth it wasn’t lust, but love, hope and scary wonderful feelings. She no longer looked at the baby as if the kid would turn into a kraken and devour her. “I think we did good.”
“I don’t know if I’d go that far. We did okay, but good is a stretch.” She put the baby down and he toddled
