by Helen Conrad
"What would you think about staying on a citrus ranch with two cute little kids to look after?" she said.
"Kids?" Carly looked around and noted the man Doris was staring at. He looked big and attractive. The last thing in the world she needed was another man in her life. "I don't know about kids. I've never—"
"There's nothing to it. The kids are adorable. And they haven't had a good woman to look after them for almost two years now. That's when they lost their mom. And it wouldn't be awkward or anything, because Joe's mother lives with them, too. She's kind of an invalid, but..."
A widower with two little motherless children. Carly frowned, pretty sure this was a situation she wasn't experienced enough to cope with. "I don't know, Doris—"
"Don't be ridiculous! It'll be a piece of cake." She reached for a slice of pie and thrust it in front of her cousin. "You just sit here and eat this. I'll go on over and ask Joe if he wants you."
"Doris!"
But Doris was gone and Carly could only stare after her and wonder what it was she was getting herself into. Little kids. A man who had lost his wife. This was a far cry from scheduling briefings with analysts and taking constituents out to lunch. She didn't have the slightest idea how she would manage it.
But wait a minute. How hard could it be? Other women did this sort of thing all the time. Nurturing was supposed to be intuitive, wasn't it? She was a woman; mothering should come naturally. Right?
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