A Vineyard Celebration (VINEYARD SUNSET #19) by Katie Winters EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Katie Winters
- Language: English
- Genre: contemporary romance
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The best day of Amanda’s life was also the worst for her career. She
went into labor and lost her sense of self in one fell swoop.
Amanda felt her first contraction at the Sheridan House. She’d heaved
herself over a cushioned porch chair with a bowl of popcorn and a large
bottle of water to watch the seagulls caw over the sound. Max, now three,
terrorized the yard in front of the porch, whacking anything he could with a
stick, including trees, stones, and the porch railing. Amanda had agreed to
watch him while Audrey finished a big story for a magazine upstairs. Being
the size of a beached whale meant she couldn’t be as hands-on as Max
wanted. “Auntie Amanda!” he called many times. “Come play!”
That was when the contraction shot through her. It was like someone
reached into her body and squeezed as tightly as they could. She gasped and
winced and waited. Although she’d already read sixteen baby books about
labor, delivery, and the first few weeks of childcare, her mind went blank.
She wasn’t ready for this!
Audrey heard her from upstairs and burst out through the back door. “Is
it happening?”
The contraction faded just then. More were around the corner, though.
Amanda could sense it.
“What was it they said?” Amanda muttered. “We go to the hospital
when the contractions are how far apart?”
Why couldn’t Amanda remember a single fact about this huge
momentous occasion? She was Amanda Harris. She’d graduated at the top
of her glass at Rutgers Law School. She could speed-read at a 90 percent
comprehension rate. Why had this biological process destroyed her
intellect?
Audrey wasn’t used to Amanda not knowing things. “Um? I think like
five minutes apart?”
“Didn’t you already do this? Why don’t you remember?” Amanda
asked, then hated herself for snapping. Fear was a horrible emotion. It made
you into a monster.
Immediately, she added, “I’m sorry. I’m just scared.”
“Don’t worry about it.”
Audrey hurried down the steps to pick up Max and take him back inside
to prop him in front of the television. She returned with Amanda’s favorite
baby book about labor and delivery, Fig Newtons, and her cell phone.
“You should keep working,” Amanda rasped. “You have a deadline.”
“So do you,” Audrey shot back with a laugh. “And yours is more
important than mine.”
A few minutes after the third contraction rattled through Amanda, she
got ahold of her husband. Sam was the manager at the Sunrise Cove Inn.
Although it was only April, tourist season loomed over them, ever
approaching, and he had many plans for the upcoming season that kept him
at the inn for long hours. “I want to get as much done as I can before the
baby comes,” he’d said many times.
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