Logan's Leap by JJ Ellis, TA Ellis Read Free Book Online

hospital volunteer stood by to push
them out to the van. Once mom and baby were buckled in safely, Logan got behind
the wheel. “So, how are you feeling?” he asked, looking at her.
    “I’m
sore as hell, but happy. CJ is such a wonderful baby.
    “Is
that true, kiddo?” he asked, turning to look back at the sleeping child. CJ
suddenly let out a cry then quieted again.
    “Okay,
okay,” Logan chuckled. “I’ll just shut up and drive.” A squeal sounded from the
backseat as he pulled out of the parking lot.
     
    **********
     
    Two
well-dressed men strode purposely into the admitting office of the hospital in
Harper’s Rock.
    “May
I help you gentlemen?” the dark haired clerk asked with a smile.
    The
taller of the two men stepped forward. “Yes ma’am I certainly hope you can help
me. I am looking for my client’s missing daughter.” He pulled a business card
out of his suit pocket. “I’m wondering if you could tell me if she has been
here.”
    The
other man stepped up next to his friend. “There is great concern for this
woman’s safety as she is heavily pregnant. Her name is Jayna McIntyre.”
    The
clerk put her pen down and removed her glasses. “I’m sorry gentlemen, I would
love to help you but I can’t release any patient information without a court
order. You know, HIPAA regulations and all.”
    “Yes
I certainly understand,” the shorter man said. “Thank you for your time.” The
two gentlemen turned and walked from the room.
    “She’s
been here, Frank,” the taller man said.
    “I
got the same impression, Joe,” Frank replied. “Just from the way she said it.”
    “Now
we just have to find out when,” Joe replied.
    They
walked down the hall and the smell coming from the cafeteria assaulted their
noses. Frank turned to his partner. “Damn that smells good and it’s lunch
time.  Let’s grab a bite to eat.”
    Joe
just nodded and they walked through the double doors marked as the cafeteria.
They grabbed trays and silverware and stepped into line behind a pair of young
nurses. A smile came across Joe’s face as he tuned into what the young women
were saying.
    “Can
you believe how adorable the Harper baby is?” one of the nurses asked her
friend.
    “I
thought the last name was McIntyre?” the other questioned.
    “No,
no, it can’t be, Agnes. It was Mr. and Mrs. Harper.”
    “Honey,
Logan Harper isn’t married. That man won’t give the time of day to any woman in
this town, or anywhere else for that matter.”
    “But…but...the
paperwork she filled out said they were married.”
    “It
was wrong then, Betty.”
    The
two women walked away with their food, but Joe and Frank had heard enough. They
hadn’t quite heard the man’s name, but they would eat and then call their boss.
     
    **********
     
    Logan
helped Jayna up the back stairs and carried CJ in his carrier. Once they were
settled on the couch he ran back downstairs to grab the stuff from the van and
return the keys to his cashier.
    Walking
into the apartment he was stopped in his tracks by the sight before him. Jayna
was lying on the couch, dozing while CJ suckled off and on at her breast in his
sleep. The vision of mother and son together in sleep, was somehow calming?
Life affirming? Logan was starting to have thoughts and feelings that he’d
never allowed before. It had been easy to turn them off and tuck them away. But
now…he felt anger building in his chest so he headed to the bedroom. Putting
together a bassinet with foreign language instructions should be a good way to
get rid of his frustrations.
    A
half-hour later, as he was forcing the last tab A into the last slot B, he was
even more frustrated than before. But the bassinet was together and sturdy.
    “Thank
you,” came a soft voice from the bedroom doorway. “I feel like I’m taking advantage
of you.”
    Logan
looked up from the cradle and smiled. “Don’t even think like that. You’re not
taking advantage of anyone.”
    “But
the car seat,”