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I sent hi h, I fashionedlike an idiot If he was spoofingarms seamlessly I looked down at her and sucked in a breath

"Oh, " I was holding a baby, Garrett’s redheaded daughter "She’s so light"

I glanced up at Knox, and he grinned "And she’s probably doubled her weight since she was born"

He seeazed at his perfection a couple seconds too long before I cleared ain

She was adorable, even with her lip puckering and her tiny face turning red

A grumbly, baby complaint ru?" I turned to Knox for help, but he didn’t seery, tired, gassy, unco with her back and forth She seehed and held up a hand "Not quite so fast Nice, gentle, soothing" He swayed back and forth himself to shohat he meant, so I followed his lead I watched him as he watched o Perfect" His tone ly peaceful

I finally dug up the courage to look back down at the settled infant and grinned Yeah There She did see cute Yes, you are" I went in to rubI shoved her at Knox, unable to deal, and he fumbled to catch her

"Sorry, sorry," I burst out Once she was safely in his ared myself self-consciously "I told you I’d break her"

"She’s fine" He rolled his eyes, talking to her in a soft voice, and did the swaying thing as he plunked his knuckle into her ain

"Okay, you have a talent," I had to adlanced up "I’ve had practice It comes with the territory when you’re the oldest of six"

I felt like a big phony for being the youngest of three

"Is she basically a happy baby?" I asked

"I guess I don’t know She has her moments Mercy can lose her patience pretty easily Usually someone else will step in and help out, but there’s been a few ti in a house that size with eight other people, you gotta expect soine what his life was like I lived with four other people in a huge sprawling mansion--sometimes I wouldn’t see soet tense in our hoht in each other’s faces day in and day out, would be I didn’t even know I shook ets pretty hectic"

Knox leaned toward me and lowered his voice "Want to know a secret?"

I nodded, unable to look anywhere but into his eyes

He grinned "I escape a lot" Then the grin faltered "Soo back there But then, there will be a et the bills paid is because of the extra I helped bring in with "

I didn’t kno to answer I felt awful for hilanced atto clarify "My family, I mean Garrett For child support"

When he arched an eyebrow, I blushed and glanced away, guilty for suggesting such a traitorous thing against my own family But seriously, we had the ht that hed and looked down at the girl in his arms "I know," he finally aded "Too stupid I was a little surprised he’d even had the verve to store house before Bentley was born But that will be all he ever accomplishes over that Mercy’s all bitch andabout it, either Andfro at me, he winced "No offense, but I’m with her on that score"