The Doctor's Baby(46)

“I’ll make it work,” Gary said.

After finalizing plans to meet at a little bistro on the edge of Jackson, David hung up. Something in his gut told him that meeting with Gary would give him closure on that part of his life. Then he’d be free to open a new chapter…with July and Adam.





Chapter Fifteen




“I like having Uncle David with us.” Connor looked up from his spaghetti and focused his attention on his mom. “Can he eat here every night?”

“I like Unca David, too,” two-year-old Logan said loudly, his face covered in sauce.

Mary Karen smiled at her brother. “Your uncle is welcome to eat with us anytime.”

“Are you coming tomorrow night?” Caleb asked.

“’Fraid not, buckeroo.” David looked up from feeding Adam his bottle. “I have a staff meeting at the hospital.”

“What’s a staff meeting?” Conner asked.

“Lots of talking. Not much getting done.” David chuckled and his gaze met July’s. The promise in his eyes sent a rush of warmth throughout her body. “But I’ll definitely be over afterward.”

Ever since last Friday night, they’d spent all their free time together. David would come over in the evening and they’d eat dinner together. Then they’d take the boys to a nearby park, giving Mary Karen some alone time.

July and David had re-connected not only sexually but emotionally. And with each passing day she found herself falling more and more in love with him.

And now, just seeing her tiny son in his arms made her heart swell with emotion. You have to tell him.

Soon, she vowed. Soon.

“Hey,” David whispered. “You okay?”

“Just a little tired.” She leaned her head against his shoulder. “It was a long day.”

“Tomorrow night you’ll be able to take it easy.” He winked. “I won’t be here to bug you.”

She leaned over and brushed a kiss across his cheek. “I like having you around.”

“July kissed Uncle David,” Connor called out.

Caleb wrinkled his nose. “Yuck.”

July just laughed. Anytime David held her hand or put his arm around her shoulders, the boys had the same response. “Did you tell your uncle where we’re going tomorrow?”

“To the movies,” the twins yelled.

David smiled but concern filled his eyes. His gaze shifted to his sister. “Tell me you’re going, too.”

Mary Karen shook her head. “I’m helping Granny write her speech for Sunday. She and her friends are dredging up old memories over dinner tonight. Tomorrow we’re going to put them in some semblance of order.”

He focused back on July. “What time is the movie? I’ll be done by six-thirty—”

“We’re going at five.” She placed a hand on his sleeve, warmed by his concern. “Don’t worry. We’ll be fine.”

“You know you can call me,” he said in a low tone meant for her ears only. “Anytime.”

Of that July had no doubt. The man sitting beside her was someone she could trust. Someone she could count on. Someone who deserved the truth.

She swallowed a sigh. David hadn’t brought up the matter of the paternity test in a long time, but she was sure it wasn’t ever far from his thoughts.#p#分页标题#e#

He deserved to know that the baby who lay cuddled against his chest was his son. And she needed to be the one to tell him…not some impersonal test.

Yet now there was an added fear holding her back. Would he want anything to do with her once he learned she’d withheld the truth? How could she bear it if he walked away from her?



Instead of taking A.J.’s midnight phone call in her room, July grabbed a blanket and made her way to the front porch and the old-fashioned swing. After several nights in the thirties, the forty-four degree temperature seemed practically balmy.

The stars hung low in the clear sky and the light from the moon cast interesting shadows on the lawn. A breeze ruffled her hair and July wrapped the blanket more closely around her.

She listened as A.J. talked about all the parties he’d attended since he’d gotten his new gig. Parties held by artists she recognized and admired. But for her, that crazy lifestyle no longer held any appeal. The life she was living now was the one she’d longed for since she’d been a child.

A home. A family. A circle of friends. How could anyone want for more? David was her Prince Charming and Jackson Hole her fantasyland.

“How’s it going between you and the doctor?” A.J. asked.

“I love him, A.J.” July sighed into the phone. “Truly, madly, deeply.”