“I’m going to take Matt outside to play some catch.” Zack says.
“Okay. I’m just going to clean up lunch.”
Zack sets off with Matt tossed over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes, his mitt and ball in his hands. I laugh at them, shaking my head before setting off to finish the dishes.
I set them in the drying rack and grab a cloth to dry my hands, heading over to the bay window to watch them. I lean against the wall, feeling the baby kick. “Yeah. That’s your big brother. He’ll teach you all kinds of things. He’s a good boy.”
The baby kicks again, and suddenly I get a really vivid vision. Me, holding a baby in my arms. I feel such a connection to her, it’s amazing. And somehow I know the baby is a girl.
I suddenly feel like wrapping my arms around my stomach and never letting go. I mentally slap myself out of it and refocus on Matt and Zack. How cute they are together. Playing catch. Like father and son.
“Maybe someday Zack and I will have a family of our own. Right here.”
. . .
“Hey, you two.”
“Hi! Matt and I are ready to go out on the town. You?”
“Yeah! Where to?”
“It’s a surprise.”
I shrug, grabbing my coat. “Ready?”
“Let’s go.” he plants a kiss on my cheek.
“Yeah!” Matt chimes in.
We climb in the car. I lean into the back and strap Matt, squeezing his leg and smiling.
“How is the baby, Lauren? Is it going to be a sister or brother? Are you the mommy? Will you stay once the baby comes? How does the baby come?”
I sneak a glance at Zack, wondering how to answer that question. Scratch that, those questions.
“Well, the baby is good, Matt. We don’t yet if it’s a boy or girl. I’m not the mommy, your mommy is, and your daddy is the daddy.”
“Zack isn’t the daddy?”
I suck in a breath, avoiding Zack’s gaze.
“No.”
“Oh.”
“I’m going to stay once the baby comes. And the baby is in my tummy.” I respond, hoping that answer will suffice.
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Nanny Diaries
RomanceLauren Flora is twenty one, a nanny for the world famous Angelina and Christian Klore's son, five year old Matt. Her life is uncomplicated until she gets a visit one day from the bosses themselves. She is shocked when she finds out they want her to...
