A Father This Christmas?. Louisa Heaton

one else to take him, and I can’t get my neighbour Letty in—not after this.’

      ‘The new doc can pick up the slack,’ Sarah said.

      ‘Jacob.’ Her mouth and lips and tongue flowed over his name like a caress.

      Eva turned to go and get Seb, then realised her coat and bag were in her locker on the other side of the department. She hurried to get them, flushing as she went past the double doors to Resus.

      She had to be quick. Her fingers fumbled over the combination lock and her hands were shaking by the time she managed to open it.

      She’d worried so much about how Jacob would react upon finding out he had a son that she hadn’t given a thought as to how Seb might react if he found out! He didn’t even know he had a father. Seb hadn’t yet asked, and she’d been too afraid to broach the subject with her very young son, deciding to wait until he was older to tell him what little she knew about Jacob.

      Eva hurried from the staff locker room and headed for the cubicles.

      She wanted to go home now!