Apparently, she was not thrilled to be taken out of the warm cocoon her mother had kept her in all these months. She turned her little face purple and red and opened that mouth and let the world know she was ticked off.
“Hey, you.” Jennie spoke quietly from the bed.
Chad smiled at her and brought Ella over to her mom to nurse.
“How do you feel? Do you need anything?” Chad asked.
Jennie shook her head at him and looked down at Ella who now nursed hungrily. Her little eyes were already closed as though she only planned to eat and then drop right off to sleep again.
“I’m okay,” Jennie said. “I want to get home to our own bed and get settled in with you and Ella.”
Chad kissed her forehead and brushed the hair back from her eyes. “Soon, Jen. I’m pretty sure you have to stay here at least one day, if not two,” he said with a laugh.
“Can’t you bribe a doctor? Get them to let me go home?” Jennie asked as Chad laughed at her and shook his head.
“Call some of your army buddies and have them sneak us out? It’ll be a black op. They’ll love it,” she begged.
“I love you Jennie Thompson,” Chad whispered.
“I love you, too, Boss Man,” Jennie whispered back.
Chad knew a lifetime with her wouldn’t be enough, but it was a start.
Acknowledgements:
I’d like to thank my incredibly supportive husband and my kids for putting up with the madness of deadlines and rewrites. Thank you to Sue and Cathy for all of the brainstorming and reading drafts. Thank you to Patricia Thomas for editing, copyediting, and working with such tight deadlines and turn-arounds. Thank you to Emme Adams of Novel Ideas Editing for developmental contributions. And, thank you to Patricia Parent for being my final set of eyes.
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Table of Contents
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-one
Chapter Twenty-two
Chapter Twenty-three
Chapter Twenty-four
Chapter Twenty-five
Chapter Twenty-six
Chapter Twenty-seven
Chapter Twenty-eight
Chapter Twenty-nine
Chapter Thirty
Chapter Thirty-one
Chapter Thirty-two
Chapter Thirty-three
Chapter Thirty-four
Chapter Thirty-five
Chapter Thirty-six
Chapter Thirty-seven
Epilogue
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