Christine Pacheco - Hart's Baby

No matter how outwardly accepting the Harts might be, she still had a long way to go. Success would be measured in tiny increments.

Still, she and Billy had advanced slightly, evidenced by the fact that Zach now held his nephew.

Billy fussed again, galvanizing her into action.

“If you’ll excuse me,” she said.

She moved toward Zach and offered to take the baby.

Shaking his head, he instead said, “Give me the bottle.”

“The bottle?”

“I would assume that’s why he’s exercising his vocal chords.”

Her hand shook as she offered the bottle. She’d had precious little help since Billy arrived in her life. Receiving it from unexpected quarters made her nervous.

Zach ended up squirting formula on Billy’s face. Closing his eyes, he screamed.

“Like this,” Cassie said softly, placing her hand over Zach’s. The heat from his hand jolted her, igniting nerve endings. They looked at each other, the communication having nothing to do with the child and everything to do with simmering awareness.

Wresting her thoughts back under control, she gently moved his hand. Together they stroked Billy’s lip with the nipple. He continued to cry, then suddenly stopped and latched on, sucking with greedy abandonment.

Zach’s smile of triumph rocked her down to her toes. For an instant the connection between them seemed real and honest, tempting.

Her senses in a whir, she released her grip on Zach, moving away to grab a cloth from the diaper bag. When her breaths weren’t as quick, she returned to wipe the drops of milk from Billy’s face. His eyes fluttered open, then blissfully closed again.

“His eyes look like yours,” Zach observed.

She tamped down her first reaction to toss back his words, telling him babies didn’t resemble anyone. “Jeanie’s were the same. It’s the one feature we shared.”

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