One Night Only (246 page)

Authors: Emma Heatherington

Tags: #Contemporary Fiction, #Humor, #Contemporary Women, #Romantic Comedy, #Contemporary, #Romance, #Sagas, #New Adult & College, #Inspirational, #Women's Fiction, #Literature & Fiction

“Hmm,
”
sai
d
Natalie
,
feelin
g
sa
d
a
t
th
e
tear
s
i
n
her father
’
s
eyes
.
Sh
e
worrie
d
abou
t
hi
m
s
o
muc
h
thes
e
days. “
W
ell
,
the
n
let
’
s
kee
p
m
y
on
e
an
d
onl
y
cousi
n
righ
t
where
w
e
wan
t
him
,
eh
?
Le
t
hi
m
hav
e
hi
s
sa
y
o
n
th
e
menu
,
even
i
f
it
’
s
jus
t a
littl
e
fo
r
no
w
.
Th
e
od
d
cappuccin
o
o
r
panini won
’
t
kil
l
u
s
off
.
I
t
migh
t
eve
n
mak
e
th
e
plac
e
stronge
r
.”

“
I
ca
n
hardl
y
pronounc
e
thos
e
sill
y
words,
”
sai
d
Bill,
throwin
g
hi
s
glistenin
g
eye
s
u
p
t
o
th
e
heavens.
“Whateve
r
happene
d
t
o a
sandwic
h
an
d a
coffee
?
No poin
t
bein
g
fanc
y
fo
r
th
e
sak
e
o
f
it
,
bu
t I
suppos
e I
can
le
t
hi
m
ge
t
o
n
wit
h
i
t
a
s
lon
g
a
s
h
e
doe
s
i
t
i
n
bab
y
steps.
Bab
y
step
s
wil
l
b
e
th
e
onl
y
wa
y
.”

An
d
ther
e
i
t
wa
s
agai
n . . .
th
e
wor
d
tha
t
jus
t
kept trippin
g
he
r
u
p
everywher
e
sh
e
wen
t
thes
e
days
.
Baby
.
It
seeme
d
t
o
follo
w
he
r
aroun
d
ever
y
da
y
no
w
,
seeping
unde
r
he
r
skin
,
whe
n
sh
e
switche
d
o
n
th
e
television,
whe
n
sh
e
opene
d a
newspape
r
o
r
magazine
,
eve
n
when
sh
e
logge
d
int
o
Faceboo
k
ther
e
woul
d
b
e
photo
s
of
babie
s
o
r
pregnanc
y
announcement
s
fro
m
friends.

An
d
righ
t
then
,
a
s
i
f
Go
d
wante
d
t
o
ru
b
sal
t
i
n
the wound
s
o
f
he
r
barre
n
stat
e
o
f
mind
,
i
n
walke
d
T
oria
Kell
y
fo
r
he
r
annua
l
visit
,
strugglin
g
t
o
manoeuvr
e a
twi
n
strolle
r
throug
h
th
e
doo
r
a
s
he
r
husban
d
balanced tw
o
olde
r
childre
n
o
n
hi
s
hips.

“Oh
,
jus
t
whe
n I
though
t
thi
s
da
y
couldn
’
t
ge
t
any bette
r
,
”
sighe
d
Natalie
,
an
d
the
n
sh
e
lifte
d
he
r
notepad, painte
d
o
n a
smil
e
an
d
wen
t
t
o
hel
p
he
r
nemesi
s
get throug
h
th
e
doo
r
whil
e
resistin
g
th
e
urg
e
t
o
kidna
p
one o
f
he
r
eve
r
-growin
g
broo
d
o
f
ducklings.