Grace Anne - By Kathi S. Barton Page 0,87
her too. He was just trying to figure out the best way to ask when Sin sat down beside him and plopped Kim into his arms along with his brother.
“They’re kinda ugly, aren’t they?” she said to him.
He looked up at her to see if she was kidding.
“Of course it could be because they look like your dad and not Gracie.”
He looked at the babies in his arms. He thought they both looked like wrinkled up old apples, but didn’t think he should point that out. He hoped to goodness they got better looking as they grew into their skin. If not, he was going to spend a lot of his time defending them.
“Mom said that she and Dad were going to let me have one to keep. That I had to give the other one back.” Trace looked up at Sin. “You think she was kidding?”
Sin laughed. “I’m sure if you tried to put one of them back she’d probably brain you. No, buddy, I’m pretty sure she was kidding.” She touched Kim’s cheek. “They are so beautiful, aren’t they?”
He didn’t answer. He was too busy watching his dad kiss his mom. They did that a lot and he was getting used to seeing them together. When they’d come back from their honeymoon, they’d told him they were going to be having a baby and he’d been a little scared.
Every day for three months the bigger his mom got, he kept expecting them to send him away. But they didn’t and now he had a room of his own in a big house and his dad was home all the time. Mom, too, when she wasn’t at a runway show, whatever that was.
He grinned when Mom started crying. He knew she wasn’t upset or hurt, but happy. She smiled so beautifully when she did that and Trace was beginning to enjoy making her laugh on his own. He was very happy with his new family.
“Your grandma said to tell you to take a picture and send it to her. She said to tell you that she wished she could have been here, but Grandda is sick with the flu still.”
Trace looked up at his dad as Sin slipped away.
“You like them?”
Trace grinned. “They’re okay. They sort of look like Grandda when he takes off his shirt in the summer, don’t they?” He knew it would make him laugh and he wasn’t disappointed. His mom looked at him and winked. Trace felt his heart swell with love and pride.
“Sort of, now that you mention it. Though I think they have more hair.”
Trace nodded and kissed his sister on the head. “Dad, when we get home, do you think I could possibly sleep in their room? I want to make sure there aren’t any noises that’ll wake them up and scare them.”
His dad nodded then rubbed his hand over his head. “That’ll be fine, son. I’m sure your mother will appreciate it.”
Trace looked down at his newest family and grinned. He was going to have so much fun with these two and he couldn’t wait until he could tell them all about their new family.
He kissed them both on the head again and went to the bed where his mom was. She didn’t even stop talking to her brother, but pulled him up in the bed with her and hugged him. Trace thought there was nothing better than being hugged and hugged her right back. Life was suddenly good.
About the Author
I woke up one morning and decided to give play time to the people in my head who were keeping me awake. Little did I know that they would be so relentless and want their time right now! I wrote for the pure joy of it and to entertain my family and friends. But mostly it was to get more than an hour of sleep without a story playing out. Of course, the more I write, the more they want. So…well, as a result of sleepless days (I work through the night as a gun toting grandma – nope not a vigilantly but an armed security guard) I have lots of stories written.
Hello! My name is Kathi Barton and I’m an author. I have been married to my very best friend Sonny for at times seems several lifetimes – in a good way, honey. And together we have three wonderful children and then the ones we brought into the world - Paul and Dale Barton, Jason and Wendy Barton and Danielle and Ben Conklin. They have given us seven of the greatest treasures on Earth. They don’t live at home seven days a week! No, seriously, seven grandchildren – Gavin, Spring, Ben, Trinity, Sarah, Kelly and Kian.
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