Having My Baby

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by Theresa Ragan


  The mob roared with delight, causing Jill to sigh with relief. This was no longer a day about joining Derrick and herself in matrimony, but instead, a day of forgiveness, a day of joy and celebration, a day where everybody and anybody was welcomed to the Baylor farm with open arms.

  “Will you marry me?” Connor asked Sandy.

  Tears swept down Sandy’s cheeks and over her chin, making it impossible for her to find her voice.

  “Yes!” Lexi shouted as she ran into Connor’s arms, making him drop the ring and causing at least a dozen people to fall to the ground to look for the diamond.

  “I LOVE you!” Lexi shouted into Connor’s ear. “We will marry you.” Lexi looked up at Sandy. “We love him, right, Mom?”

  “We do,” Sandy said, her voice squeaking with happiness.

  “Did you hear that?” Jake asked excitedly from the back of the crowd. “Lexi said LOVE, not WUV!”

  For the next few minutes half of the crowd hugged Lexi and made a big to-do over her newfound ability to pronounce the letter L, while the other half continued to scour the lawn for the lost ring.

  “Here it is! I found it!” Phil Baylor said, handing the ring to his son.

  As Connor slid the ring onto Sandy’s finger, one long ponderous sigh of content erupted from the Baylor farm.

  “Oh, no!” Derrick cried out.

  Everybody’s eyes were on the groom as he cut through the crowd and ran after Hank. He almost caught up to the dog, too.

  Close but no cigar.

  Hank had a sweet tooth and he was on a mission. In one perfect leap, he landed on the table holding the cake that Jill had spent weeks planning and preparing and all day yesterday baking. Derrick had been subjected to dozens of taste tests, and he had watched her closely as she made crystallized edible flowers for the top tier that he knew would be savored on their one-year anniversary, along with the memories of their special day.

  Hank was fast and he was hungry, though, and he had a quarter of the bottom layer eaten by the time Derrick caught up to him. Instead of removing the dog, Derrick grabbed the top layer and held it over his head for protection, his eyes beaming with pride that he’d saved the best part.

  That one small action might not have meant anything to anyone else, but it meant the world to Jill. His knee had been acting up all week, but Derrick had just run across the yard as if he was a gazelle, as if his life depended on saving the top layer of their wedding cake because he knew it had been made with love for just the two of them.

  She loved Derrick Baylor. She loved him more than mere words could ever express.

  And if there was one thing she knew in that moment, it was that sometimes actions really did speak louder than words.

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  Other Books by Theresa Ragan

  Taming Mad Max

  Finding Kate Huntley

  A Knight in Central Park

  Return of the Rose

  Books by T.R. Ragan

  Abducted

  Dead Weight

  Untitled Book 3 will be released Early 2013

  Contents

  About the Author

  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

  Epilogue

  Table of Contents

  About the Author

  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

  Epilogue

 

 

 


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