Total pages in book: 127
Estimated words: 120708 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 604(@200wpm)___ 483(@250wpm)___ 402(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 120708 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 604(@200wpm)___ 483(@250wpm)___ 402(@300wpm)
“So am I,” I added.
Kaylee shrugged. “I think this little girl is finally giving her mother a break with the morning sickness and weird cravings.”
“Are you still not finding out the sex of the baby?” I asked Lincoln.
“Nope!” she said as she popped the P. “I really want to be surprised. I’m looking forward to seeing Brock’s face. Deep down I’m thinking it’s a boy. Your father says he’s almost positive it’s a boy from the way I’m carrying. And how hard the little guy kicks. Stella is still set on a girl.”
A warm sensation ran through my body at the mention of my father. He had stayed those few extra weeks after New Year’s to check out Montana and spend time with me. He’d helped me set up my new business, and I’d already gotten two rescue horses and three clients to train.
Dad had formed a bromance with Ty Senior, fell hard for Stella’s home cooking, and learned that the hospital in town was in need of a consultant with a new wing they wanted to build. Needless to say, they didn’t waste time bringing him on considering who my father was in the medical industry. Dad bought a cute little house right outside of town with a short commute to the hospital and ended up selling my childhood home back in Georgia. The fact that he had moved here to be with me still made me teary-eyed when I thought about it. He came over every Tuesday night for dinner with me and Tanner and joined us every Sunday night at Stella and Ty Senior’s house for their weekly family dinner. We still had a ways to go with our healing, but with both of us going to a counselor together, and Dad seeing one of his own, things were progressing well.
“Do you think he snuck a peek at your last ultrasound?” Kaylee asked.
Lincoln laughed. “Don’t even let Brock hear you say that. He’ll try to talk Frank into giving him the information.”
I laughed as I tied a yellow bow on Morgan’s basket. “There. Finished.”
Lincoln sighed happily. “Oh, Timberlynn, thank you so much. I don’t have the energy to put into anything right now, so you’ve saved me. I don’t remember being this tired with Morgan.”
“That’s because you didn’t have two kids then. You only had Blayze, and I swear that boy could probably take care of himself if he really wanted to,” Kaylee said.
We all laughed, then turned when we heard the sound of male voices growing closer.
Brock, Ty, and Tanner all walked into the kitchen. Brock saw Lincoln sitting in the chair and rushed over to her. “Are you okay? What’s wrong?”
She giggled. “Yes, I’m fine. I’m just tired.”
He kissed her quickly on the lips, then bent down to kiss her stomach.
Ty was currently talking to Kaylee’s stomach and telling their child how much he loved him or her, while Tanner came up and kissed me like he hadn’t seen me in weeks.
“I have a surprise for you,” he said.
Brock laughed. “Why is it every time you tell her you have a surprise, it’s a horse?”
“Or a puppy! I’m still jealous,” Kaylee said.
Tanner had bought me a silver lab for Valentine’s day. We named her Millie, and she was the perfect dog. Tanner was training her to bird hunt while I trained her to jump up into bed and snuggle on the sofa when I said it was movie night. Millie was meant for me, but she adored Tanner and followed him everywhere.
“Kaylee, we’re about to have a baby and you want a puppy?” Ty said with a disbelieving laugh.
Kaylee rolled her eyes. “If Lincoln can handle two kids and a newborn, I’m pretty sure I can handle a puppy and a newborn.”
I smiled as Ty let out a sigh, then he winked at Lincoln when Kaylee wasn’t looking. I must have had a curious look on my face, because Tanner leaned in and whispered, “She’s getting a black lab puppy in her Easter basket.”
I gasped, then covered my mouth.
“What?” Kaylee said as she narrowed her eyes at me. “You know something.”
With a shake of my head, I turned to Tanner in an attempt to change the subject. “What’s this surprise you have for me?”
“A hundred bucks it’s another horse,” Ty called out.
Brock pushed Ty. “I already said that. That’s my bet.”
Ty shook his head and said, “No, you didn’t call it, I did. It’s my bet.”
Tanner rolled his eyes and then winked at me, which still gave me butterflies in my stomach. Then he turned and faced everyone. “You’ll have to wait until later. I believe right now, Ty, you challenged me to a roping contest.”
“Lord, not again,” Kaylee groaned. “Ty, the boy did it for a living. He won a championship doing it. Why do you insist on challenging him every month?”