Wild Rekindled Love (21 page)

She groaned softly and tried to open one eye, but the glare of the light over her head made her eyes hurt. The tickle of fingers in the hair near her ear annoyed her and she tried to turn her head from the sensation.

“Come on, Mrs. Crossland. I need you to open your eyes.”

“Leave me alone, Wyatt. I’m trying to sleep.”

He chuckled and said, “Nope. Not until you look at me.”

“Fine,” she grumbled and opened one eye to see him sitting next to her. “Better?”

“You can do better than that. I want to see both of them.”

“Damn, you’re a pest.” She opened both eyes just far enough she could see him. “Happy now?”

“Much better. How do you feel?”

“Like I’ve been hit by a Mack truck.”

“Are you hurting anywhere?”

“Not really, just sleepy. Is the surgery over?”

“Yeah. You did fabulous.”

“Where’s Sam?”

“Right here, Mom.”

Jamie turned her head so she could see her daughter. “Hi, baby.”

“Are you okay?”

“I’ll be fine, Sammy.” She turned and looked at Wyatt again. “Did they get it all?” Moisture gathered in the corners of his eyes and terror gripped her heart. “Wyatt?”

He grasped her fingers so tight she thought for sure he would break them. “Yeah, baby, they did. And you know what else?”

“What?”

“It’s benign. You’re going to be fine.”

“Thank the Lord above.”

“You got that right, sis.”

For the first time, she noticed her brothers and their wives hovering nearby. “You guys just couldn’t wait, huh?” Jamie chuckled.

“Nope. We had to find out just as soon as Wyatt knew. I guess since you two are married now, we’ll have to put up with him for a long time to come,” Justin replied.

Her gaze found the wonderful face of her husband as she caressed the side of his face. “You bet.”

Epilogue

“Come on, baby. You need to push with the next one,” Wyatt said behind her as he braced her back.

Jamie groaned softly. “Why in the hell did I ever let you convince me to have another baby?”

His laughter ruffled the hair at her ear. “Because you love me.”

“You got me there, Doctor Crossland.” She moaned as the next contraction rolled across her abdomen and Wyatt ran his hands over her stomach. “God, I forgot how much this hurts!”

“You’re doing great.”

“If you would like to trade places with me, just say the word.”

“I would if I could, Jamie, you know that, but if it helps, I love you.”

“It doesn’t help, Wyatt, but I love you anyway.”

“Okay, Jamie. One more good push and the head will be through,” Doctor Archer said from between Jamie’s legs.

When the next contraction hit her, she pulled her knees up to her chest and pushed with everything she had. “Oh, God!” she screamed as the baby’s head slipped through.

“Don’t push now. Let me get the shoulders.”

“Breathe, baby,” he whispered in her ear. “Short, easy breaths. It’s almost over.”

“All right. One last push with the next one and we’ll have ourselves a baby. Ready?”

Jamie took one large, deep breath, pulling as much air into her lungs as she possibly could and with the next contraction, she bared down. Relief washed over her as she felt the baby slip free from her body and a healthy scream echo through the room.

“You’ve got a girl.”

“A girl?” she whispered in a ragged breath.

A warm tear wet her cheek as Wyatt murmured behind her. “A beautiful baby girl.”

“I guess that’s all you know how to make, eh, Daddy?” Jamie teased as the doctor started to clean her up and the nurse took care of their daughter.

“We’ll just have to try again, then, won’t we?”

“Ask me that in about three years. Let’s get this one out of diapers before we think of any more.”

“As long as we can practice numerous times between now and then, I’m all for waiting.”

“You are incorrigible, you know that?”

“Mmm…I happen to love my wife and find her irresistibly sexy.” He kissed her. “Is that a crime these days?”

“Nope.” Her face sobered.

“What’s wrong?”

“I just hope you aren’t disappointed we didn’t have a boy.”

“Why would you think that? I love our daughters—both of them, because they are a part of the two of us. We’ll worry about a boy later on and even if we never have one, that’s okay too.” His eyes held the truth of his words as his love shone bright for her to see.

“I love you, Wyatt.”

“I love you too, Jamie Crossland. Don’t you ever think I don’t. It doesn’t matter whether our children are boys or girls and I’m sure both of these two will keep us on our toes for years to come.”

“I’m so glad you came back to Laramie.”

“Me too, baby, me too.”

THE END

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