AllFreeNovel
Share Us
“Hello to you too, beautiful. How has your day been?”
“Yeah, yeah, small talk and pleasantries. I want to make the moment we tell Soph about the baby special for her.”
I snort and rub my hand over my face.
This woman is something else.
“I agree. What were you thinking?”
She groans.
“I have no idea, but this is going to be a big change for her, and I want her to be excited. I don’t want her to feel left out or replaced.”
“Sweetheart.” My heart breaks for her. “That’s not going to happen. She is going to be so excited to have a little sister or brother, and she’s going to want to help out with everything. You don’t have to worry about her feeling replaced. She knows how much you love her.”
She sighs into the phone, and I know my words are only helping her so much.
“Have you had any idea of what to do?”
“No.”
I have to work at not chuckling at her petulant tone.
“I was planning on calling my mother today and telling her about everything. She found out through the press and isn’t happy with me, but maybe she could have some advice on this; would you like me to ask her?”
“Chandler, you’re an only child.”
I do laugh this time. “You’ve got a point, but I think she could still help.”
She’s quiet for a moment, then her voice comes through almost too soft for me to hear.
“You’re telling your mother?”
There’s no way she’s nervous.
“Yes, I should have called her as soon as I found you two, but I got caught up in the moment with everything going on.”
“Chandler, I don’t remember her. I don’t remember if we got along; I don’t even remember if she liked me.”
I can hear the stress in her voice.
“She loves you. You two got along great, but I’m sorry to say, you’re probably going to be pushed aside ‘cause now you’ve given her a grand-baby to fawn over.”
Her laugh is weak, and I can tell she is still nervous.
“We don’t have to do the dinner party tomorrow. We can cancel and just tell everyone something came up.”
“No, let’s have it. Sophia and I need to get used to being in your world and that includes the people you’re close to. Besides, we don’t want your mother finding out about the new baby in the press. She may disown you then.”
She has a point about that; I just feel bad that she’s feeling so anxious about all of this.
“If you’re sure. Are you guys still heading down tonight?”
Every time they come to me for the weekend, I can’t help but worry about Tanya. It’s a long drive, and even though she’s done it before, I wish there was something I could do so she didn’t have to be in the car for so long.
“Yeah, Kayla and I are going to pick Sophia up from school and head out from there. Are you sure you’re okay with Kayla staying with us?”
Kayla will be driving my girls to the city and staying with us so that she can be here for the dinner and Tanya has someone other than me and Soph there that she knows.
