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The wheels in Steve’sI can do is talk to her, and find out what’s happening"
"Do that, but for heaven’s sake be gentle with her She’s too fragile for you to coan"
"I wouldn’t do that"
"Steve, I’m your sister I know you!"
"Okay, okay I’ll talk to you later" He hung up the phone but kept his hand on the receiver while he mulled over his sister’s news Carol had said she wanted to have a baby, and she kne he felt about the subject He’d longed for a faether
However, they weren’tremarried was a minor detail All he had to do was talk to the chaplain and ements And if what Lindy said was true, the sooner he saw the chaplain, the better
Without forethought he jerked the receiver off the hook and jabbed out Carol’s nus, he decided this kind of discussion was better done in person
He showered, changed clothes and was halfway out the door when he re Carol knoas co Good idea
He marched back over to the phone and dialed her number one more time
No answer
"Da restless, excited and nervous He couldn’t stay in the apart in on him He’d spent the last three months buried in the belly of a nuclear sube of claustrophobia Twentywhat he now did, and he was going ape
He had to get out there even if itfor her to return
He rushed out to his car and was grateful when it started right away after sitting for threeto be a father! His heart swelled with joy and he experienced such a sense of elation that he wanted to throw back his head and shout loud enough to bring down brick walls
A baby His and Carol’s baby His throat thickened with emotion, and he had to s several tiht there on the freeway A new life They were going to bring a tiny little being into this world and be accountable for every aspect of the infant’s life The responsibility see wheel and he sucked in a huge breath as he battled down his exciteood father Always loving and patient Everything would be right for his son…or daughter Male chauvinist that he was, he yearned for a son They could have a daughter the second tiht in his mind
But he had so s first Steve tried to hts He had to see to Carol’s health If this pregnancy was as hard on her as Lindy iood th
The drive to Carol’s house took less than fifteen minutes, and when Steve pulled up and parked he noticed her car in the driveith the passenger door opened His heart felt like it was doing juer to see her
The front door opened and Carol stepped outside and to her car, grabbing a bag of groceries
"Carol" She hadn’t seen him
She turned abruptly at the sound of her name "Steve," she cried out brokenly and dropped the brown shopping bag Without the least bit of hesitation, she ca his arms around her waist, he closed his eyes to the welcoainst his His happiness couldn’t be contained and he swung her around Her lips were all over his face, kissing hi hiently, fearing he would hurt her, and kissed her with an aching tenderness, hisover the dewy softness of hers
His hands captured her face and her deep blue eyes filled with tears as she smiled tremulously at hiest three months of my life"
"Mine, too" His voice nearly choked, and he kissed her again in an effort to hide the tide of eroceries for her and they walked into the house together
"Go ahead and put those in the kitchen Are you hungry?"
She seemed nervous and flittered from one side of the roo if you’d like," she suggested, her back braced against the kitchen counter
Steve’s eyes held hers, and the emotion that had rocked him earlier built with intensity every minute he was in her presence "You knohat I want," he whispered, hardly able to speak
Carol relaxed, and blushed a little "I want to make love with you so much"
He held his hands out to her and she walked toward hiainst hiret slaainst a concrete wall She was nurturing his child within her wo her into bed He hadn’t even asked her how she was feeling All he cared about was satisfying his own selfish lusts
"Carol…" His breath was slow and labored Gently he tried to break free, because he couldn’t think straight when she was touching hi at his belt buckle, and her"Are you sure? I mean, if you’d rather not…"