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  “Does it involve our bank?”

  “No, but I wonder if it might eventually.”

  Anne held him for a moment and then spoke.

  “I have one more Christmas gift for you.”

  “Do you?” Weston sounded as distracted as he was, but Anne kept on.

  “A little news of my own.”

  “Um-hmm.”

  “We’re going to have a baby.”

  She knew the moment she had his attention. It took a few heartbeats, but he stopped, his head coming up as though he could see her in front of him.

  “What did you say?”

  Anne stepped back and waited for him to turn and face her.

  “I said we’re going to have a baby.”

  Weston was the most flustered she’d ever seen him.

  “Are you all right?” he finally managed. “Do you feel all right?”

  “I feel fine. Are you pleased?” she asked, feeling unsure over his reaction.

  Weston took her in his arms.

  “I just had a moment of fear was all. I’m delighted, but I can’t stand the thought of anything happening to you, and for a few seconds my thoughts ran wild.”

  Anne put her hands on his cheeks.

  “We won’t worry about that. It’s not our job. We’ll just trust that God has a baby for us, and we’ll both be here to raise him.”

  Weston nodded, still a little in shock.

  “It could be a girl,” he suddenly said.

  “It could be,” Anne agreed with a smile.

  “Or one of each!” he now suggested, warming to the subject.

  Anne began to laugh.

  The full truth of it hit him a moment later, and he lifted his wife and spun her around.

  “A baby! We’re going to have a baby!”

  Anne laughed, even as he tried to kiss her.

  “My mother!” Weston stopped and said. “I’ve got to tell her.”

  “She’s probably in bed, Weston.”

  “That doesn’t matter,” he declared, his eyes wide with the wonder of it all. “She’s going to become a grandmother. There’s no time for sleep!”

  Anne’s sides hurt from laughing as she watched him dash to the door and fling it open. He was calling to his mother long before he reached her room.

  A huge smile on her face, Anne stayed where she was, her arms wrapped around her middle, thinking about the little person inside of her and the special father he would have.

  “Or she,” Anne said out loud to the empty room, her heart full of peace and confidence that whomever God put in their future, boy, girl, or one of each, it would be perfect.

  After all, God had sent Robert Weston to rescue her. He could do anything!

  About the Author

  LORI WICK is a multifaceted author of Christian fiction.

  As comfortable writing period stories as she is penning

  contemporary works, Lori’s books (6 million in print)

  very widely in location and time period.

  Lori’s faithful fans consistentely put her series and

  stand-alone works on the bestseller lists.

  Lori and her husband, Bob, live with their

  swiftly growing family in the Midwest.

  To read about other Lori Wick novels,

  visitwww.harvesthousepublishers.com

  Books by Lori Wick

  A Place Called Home Series

  A Place Called Home

  A Song for Silas

  The Long Road Home

  A Gathering of Memories

  The Californians

  Whatever Tomorrow Brings

  As Time Goes By

  Sean Donovan

  Donovan’s Daughter

  Kensington Chronicles

  The Hawk and the Jewel

  Wings of the Morning

  Who Brings Forth the Wind

  The Knight and the Dove

  Rocky Mountain Memories

  Where the Wild Rose Blooms

  Whispers of Moonlight

  To Know Her by Name

  Promise Me Tomorrow

  The Yellow Rose Trilogy

  Every Little Thing About You

  A Texas Sky

  City Girl

  English Garden Series

  The Proposal

  The Rescue

  The Visitor

  The Pursuit

  The Tucker Mills Trilogy

  Moonlight on the Millpond

  Just Above a Whisper

  Leave a Candle Burning

  Big Sky Dreams

  Cassidy

  Sabrina

  Jessie

  Contemporary Fiction

  Sophie’s Heart

  Pretense

  The Princess

  Bamboo & Lace

  Every Storm

  White Chocolate Moments

 


 

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