A Life Unplanned by Rose Von Barnsley Read Free Book Online Page B

throttle all four of them.
    We didn't see Maylene or Trent on Thursday at all, because they had gone to Livingston to get the house ready. I didn't know what all that'd entail. I hadn't done more than wash the bedding when Maylene came to stay with us. I hoped she felt the same. She didn't need to do any more than that.
    Friday came too fast. I hadn't told Dr. Coust why I needed to get off early, but I sensed she knew there was something big going on and wasn't going to get in my way.
    My parents were going to follow me down to Livingston to be sure our cars made it all the way there without incident. The cars were fine for driving around town, but we hadn't taken them on a long trip in some time.
    When we pulled up to Maylene's home, I felt embarrassed about having made her stay in my crappy little apartment. I should have let her go to a nice hotel, while Meredith was waiting for her baby to come, and Trevor could get their third bedroom set up for her. I guess it used to be his office and still had his desk in it. I didn't know what Trevor did for work, but his home was nice, not extravagant like Maylene's, but definitely upper-middle class.
    I felt like white trash. No wonder Trent thought I was going after him for money. Maylene came rushing out, with her arms open as wide as her smile. "You've made it! Come in, come in and have some dinner. I'm so glad you've arrived safely."
    A tall thin man who could have been Trent's double, but older, stepped out onto the porch. "Well now, what do we have here?" He looked over at Tyler with a big grin. "I heard we had a handsome man coming to visit, it's obviously true."
    "I strong," Tyler flexed, showing his manliness.
    "This is my husband, Roger. He's been busy at work when I've been in Waco. He'll be working from home this weekend, so he can spend some time with us," Maylene introduced him.
    "I hear you like to fish," he spoke to my dad, who grinned like a fool.
    "That I do. I hear you have a boat."
    "Yup, and a lake just out behind the house."
    "How far behind the house, could Tyler reach it if he wandered off?" I asked worried.
    "We have a fenced backyard. We put it and a playground in as soon as we learned Meredith was pregnant. It should be fine."
    "Tyler is going to go fishing with us big boys, right, buddy? I got a special lifejacket just for you," Roger said with a smile.
    I wondered if they would let Tyler wear it all the time to reduce the risk of drowning.
    There was no need to wonder, though. As soon as Roger showed him his Elmo lifejacket, he wouldn't take it off, and they didn't bother to try and remove it from him.
    We were halfway through dinner, when Trent came rushing in. "I'm so sorry I'm late," he apologized to my parents and me. "I had a baby to catch," he grinned widely, "A healthy little girl."
    "Trent, dear, you need to change your shirt. Did you have it on under your scrubs?" Maylene asked confused.
    "I was about to leave and was mostly redressed, when the mother came in. She was going to deliver using a midwife at home, but she changed her mind last minute. They came in when she was dilated to ten. The nurses were hollering for me to get in there and catch. I just made it. I didn't have time to get my shirt back off." He pulled it away from him to look at the collar.
    "Just grab one of your father's shirts, dear, and leave that one in the hamper. I can get the stains out of that one for you."
    "Thanks, Mom," he leaned in, kissing his mom's cheek while trying to keep his distance.
    "There's peroxide under the bathroom sink, dear. Let it soak in that."
    "Will do."
    "Well, now that we have that settled, how about some dessert?" Maylene asked.
    I really didn't want to give Tyler any sugar this late. There would be no way he would go to bed. It was going to be challenging with him being in a new place as it was.
    "It's sugar free gelatin," Maylene winked at me, like she'd read my mind.
    Tyler really didn't care if it was sugar free or not, he just wanted some.