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"Love her"

"No It won't work There's no way… "

The oing to dump her in a trash can somewhere I can't take her home with me"

"Surely the baby's father— "

"I don't knoho he is" The teenager was pulling on her discarded jeans as she spoke Taking a deep breath, she stood up, one hand braced against the wall behind her

"What are you doing?" Brenna asked

"I'irl's throat "Do whatever you ith the baby"

"But— "

"Don't try to stop irl said "You look like a nice lady You keep her"

Rising, Brenna cradled the infant against her breast "She will be well cared for, I proirl turned and staggered toward the sidewalk

Brenna watched until the girl was out of sight, then smiled at the baby in her arms "Hello, precious"

"Brenna, you knoe can't keep it"

"Yes, we can"

He swore softly "Do you want to tellto do when she wakes up wet and hungry in the ?"

"We will find a nanny," Brenna said cal to do until then? What are you going to do when she wakes up hungry and wet tomorrow?"

Brenna frowned "I do not know"

"Are you deterain, but how could he deny her the one thing that she had alanted, the one thing he could not give her? "All right, co?"

"To find someone to take care of her tomorrow"

"But how? Who?"

"Leave that to me Take her ho, he vanished froht

With a shake of her head, Brenna went ho the baby upstairs, she filled the bathroom sink ater and washed the infant from head to toe When that was done, she wrapped her in a fluffy towel The baby gazed up at her through dark blue eyes and then, with a yawn, her eyelids fluttered down and she was asleep

Going downstairs, Brenna sat on the sofa, the baby cradled in her arone

A baby! Roshan ran a hand through his hair She wanted to keep the baby! What the hell was she thinking? Who ever heard of a va a human child? It was unheard of, unthinkable, iency entrance of the hospital and made his way up to theto do with a baby?