The Cowboy's Triple Surprise. Barbara Daille White

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      After a moment, she lifted her chin again as if it bolstered her courage to attack. “How exactly was I supposed to tell you? You didn’t leave a forwarding address. And you never got in touch with me. What was I supposed to do, tell the Garlands I needed to contact you about a little something you left behind?”

      “There’s nobody else?” Again her face drained of color, and he realized how she had taken what he’d said—because he’d phrased it like a fool. “I mean, is there anybody else in the picture now?”

      “Why is that important?”

      “It’s not, I guess.” Or was it? He needed to get his head together and focus on what did matter. “When are you due?”

      “In about three weeks.”

      He eyed what he could see of her over the tabletop. “Are you sure? You look as though you’re...ready right now.”

      “I feel ready right now. But my doctors say otherwise. At least, at the moment. But they also say anything could happen.”