A Promise For The Twins. Melissa Senate

on us. That’s not nothing.”

      The backs of his eyes stung, and he blinked hard.

      “Well, message delivered,” she said, slashing a hand under each eye and standing up. “As you can see, we’re okay. Everything is okay.”

      “Waaah!” Morgan started crying, the little face crumpling and turning red.

      She closed her eyes and took a breath, then opened them. “I need to burp and change Morgan. Thank you for coming, Nick. You can put Mikey in his swing in the kitchen and let yourself out,” she added before rushing from the room with Morgan.

      Was she crying? Just emotional? Needing to be alone and get control of herself?

      You can let yourself out... He could, indeed. Mission accomplished, right?

      But there was no way he was leaving. Because Brooke wasn’t all right. And he’d promised the soldier who’d saved his life that he’d make sure she was.

      He looked down at the baby in his arms, the blue-green-hazel eyes staring up at him so trustingly.

      Nick didn’t always get it right, but he wasn’t about to get this wrong.