shade of red. “Oh God, you should see the look on your face. That’s priceless.” Tori wiped the moisture forming at the corners of her eyes away with her finger. “Babe, if I have a child do you seriously think I’d be able to sit back and give someone else complete control over him or her?”
“No, not really…”
“There you go. I’m too much of a control freak,” Tori paused. “Which is why they scare me. You lose a lot of control when you have kids. They do whatever they want, and you have to sit back and pray they make it through it all unscathed. Being a parent is the scariest job on the planet. I’m not prepared to handle that right now.”
“Well, as long as you’re willing to give it a try sometime down the road, I’m okay with waiting.” Wes nodded his head. “Though no matter what, I’m happy to be able to spend the rest of my life with you.”
“Awe you say the sweetest things.”
Wes and Tori were starting to make her sick. Emma was getting tired of watching them moon all over each other. She needed a break. An image of Colt flashed through her mind. It could’ve been them sitting in the hospital waiting for Ginny and Dallas’s baby to be born. Emma never thought they’d ever break up. Now she couldn’t see how they could ever find their way back to each other.
“Someone in here has a bag for the Novaks?”
Emma looked up to see a woman in blue scrubs and sensible shoes standing in the entrance of the waiting area. Her white-blonde hair was pulled back into a messy bun on top of her head. She looked a little frazzled as her sea-green eyes scanned the room.
“Yes, we do.” Emma jumped up to walk the bag over to her. “Here it is.”
“Lila?” Wes asked.
“Hey Wes,” she replied, shock filling her eyes as they landed on him.
“You work here?”
“Ah yeah, I’m an OB nurse.”
“Wait.” Tori held up her hand. “Cooties Lila?”
“What?” Lila asked.
Wes laughed. “Kindergarten—you accused me of having cooties.”
Lila’s lips formed a small smile. “I’d forgotten about that. How on earth did that come up in conversation?”
Wes sighed. “My baby sister here suggested I had cooties earlier. I had to admit I’d already been vaccinated so no worries…you know how siblings are.” He raised both his hands up and shrugged.
“I didn’t make the connection earlier. When they said Novak, it didn’t occur to me it was your family.” Lila nodded her head. “Do you want to go back there to see how they’re doing? I can only bring one of you at a time.”
“Oh, please let me go,” Tori begged.
“Are you family?” Lila asked. “I can only bring family back right now.”
“Ginny’s my family,” Tori said.
Wes nodded. “Plus she’s going to be my wife, so she’s as close to family as you’re going to get.”
“You’re getting married?” Lila laughed. “I never thought I’d see the day.”
“Yeah, Tori’s tamed me. What can I say?”
“Pfft. As if anyone could ever tame you.” Tori snickered.
Wes rubbed his chest and smirked. “You do have a point, princess.”
“All right,” Lila began and paused to look at Vitoria. “Tori, is it?”
“Yes, I’m Vitoria Miene.” She got up and held her hand out to Lila.
Lila looked down at her hand and grabbed it with her own. They shook hands. “I’m Lila Mooney.”
“Nice to meet the woman who made sure my man got cured of cooties.” Tori shuddered. “That could have been a catastrophe.”
Lila laughed. “I think I’m going to like you.”
“Good. I could use a few more friends. Take me to Ginny. I’m positive Dallas is messing up, and she needs me.”
“Okay follow me,” Lila instructed.
Tori turned around and blew Wes a kiss. “Be good while I’m gone. I’ll let you know when the baby’s born.”
Wes raised his hands and formed a cradle behind his head and leaned back into them. “Trust me, princess. I’m always good.”
“Don’t I know it.” Tori giggled
“No, not really…”
“There you go. I’m too much of a control freak,” Tori paused. “Which is why they scare me. You lose a lot of control when you have kids. They do whatever they want, and you have to sit back and pray they make it through it all unscathed. Being a parent is the scariest job on the planet. I’m not prepared to handle that right now.”
“Well, as long as you’re willing to give it a try sometime down the road, I’m okay with waiting.” Wes nodded his head. “Though no matter what, I’m happy to be able to spend the rest of my life with you.”
“Awe you say the sweetest things.”
Wes and Tori were starting to make her sick. Emma was getting tired of watching them moon all over each other. She needed a break. An image of Colt flashed through her mind. It could’ve been them sitting in the hospital waiting for Ginny and Dallas’s baby to be born. Emma never thought they’d ever break up. Now she couldn’t see how they could ever find their way back to each other.
“Someone in here has a bag for the Novaks?”
Emma looked up to see a woman in blue scrubs and sensible shoes standing in the entrance of the waiting area. Her white-blonde hair was pulled back into a messy bun on top of her head. She looked a little frazzled as her sea-green eyes scanned the room.
“Yes, we do.” Emma jumped up to walk the bag over to her. “Here it is.”
“Lila?” Wes asked.
“Hey Wes,” she replied, shock filling her eyes as they landed on him.
“You work here?”
“Ah yeah, I’m an OB nurse.”
“Wait.” Tori held up her hand. “Cooties Lila?”
“What?” Lila asked.
Wes laughed. “Kindergarten—you accused me of having cooties.”
Lila’s lips formed a small smile. “I’d forgotten about that. How on earth did that come up in conversation?”
Wes sighed. “My baby sister here suggested I had cooties earlier. I had to admit I’d already been vaccinated so no worries…you know how siblings are.” He raised both his hands up and shrugged.
“I didn’t make the connection earlier. When they said Novak, it didn’t occur to me it was your family.” Lila nodded her head. “Do you want to go back there to see how they’re doing? I can only bring one of you at a time.”
“Oh, please let me go,” Tori begged.
“Are you family?” Lila asked. “I can only bring family back right now.”
“Ginny’s my family,” Tori said.
Wes nodded. “Plus she’s going to be my wife, so she’s as close to family as you’re going to get.”
“You’re getting married?” Lila laughed. “I never thought I’d see the day.”
“Yeah, Tori’s tamed me. What can I say?”
“Pfft. As if anyone could ever tame you.” Tori snickered.
Wes rubbed his chest and smirked. “You do have a point, princess.”
“All right,” Lila began and paused to look at Vitoria. “Tori, is it?”
“Yes, I’m Vitoria Miene.” She got up and held her hand out to Lila.
Lila looked down at her hand and grabbed it with her own. They shook hands. “I’m Lila Mooney.”
“Nice to meet the woman who made sure my man got cured of cooties.” Tori shuddered. “That could have been a catastrophe.”
Lila laughed. “I think I’m going to like you.”
“Good. I could use a few more friends. Take me to Ginny. I’m positive Dallas is messing up, and she needs me.”
“Okay follow me,” Lila instructed.
Tori turned around and blew Wes a kiss. “Be good while I’m gone. I’ll let you know when the baby’s born.”
Wes raised his hands and formed a cradle behind his head and leaned back into them. “Trust me, princess. I’m always good.”
“Don’t I know it.” Tori giggled
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