Wanted by Her Lost Love

feet.”Her mother sighed. “I can’t help you, Kelly.Richard and I are busy and we just don’t have thespace.”Hurt crowded into her heart. She’d known this waspointless, but somehow she’d hoped… Quietly, sheturned the phone off without saying anything else.What was there to say anyway?Her mother had never been more than a resignedbabysitter.Kelly smoothed a hand over her belly. “I love you,”she whispered. “I’ll never begrudge a single momentI have with you.”She leaned back in the recliner and stared up atthe ceiling, hating the helplessness that gripped her.She closed her eyes in weary resignation. She wasexhausted.The next thing she knew she was being shakenawake. She yanked her eyes open to see Ryanstanding over her, a plate and glass of water in hishands.“I brought you Thai,” he said gruffly.Her favorite. She was surprised he remembered.She struggled to sit upright and then took the plate