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The Baby Gift
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The Baby Gift
Bethany Campbell
A good mother will do anything to save her child. Briana Morris is definitely a good mother.Josh Morris travels the world in search of its stories. Briana Morris's whole world is a single small farm. They met and married and divorced in little more than the wink of an eye. But together they managed to create one perfect thing–their daughter, Nealie.Now Nealie has been diagnosed with a rare and dangerous form of anemia. Her best hope for survival is a transfusion from a sibling. But Nealie has no siblings. To save her daughter's life, Briana must do the unthinkable–contact Josh and convince him to father another child.
“Briana, what’s wrong? Is it Nealie?”
“Oh, Josh, she’s sick. She might be—so sick.”
He had the sensation of falling toward a devouring darkness. “How sick? Is she in the hospital?”
“I don’t know how sick. It’s in the early stages. She doesn’t know yet. Nobody knows.”
“What’s wrong with her?” Damn, his hands were shaking. His hands never shook.
“It’s a—an anemia,” she stammered. “It’s very rare. And—and serious.”
“What can I do?” He sat on the edge of the bathtub, his head down. He felt as if he was going to pass out.
She seemed to pull herself together, but she still sounded shattered. “Can you come home? I mean come here?”
“I’ll be there as soon as I can. I’ll get on the first flight out. But what can we do for her?”
“Oh, Josh,” she said, despair naked in her voice, “I’ve thought and thought. I think there’s only one thing. One thing in the world.”
“What? I’ll do anything. You know that."
She was silent a long moment. He knew she was having trouble speaking. At last she whispered, “To save her, I think we have to have another baby.”
Dear Reader,
“Individuals in every generation must decide what they will preserve for those who follow.”
Those are the opening words of a fine book, The Heirloom Gardener by Carolyn Jabs. I bought two copies of this book, one for me and one for my dad.
My father taught me that to see a seed sprout, grow and change was a miracle. The Baby Gift is a story about miracles and how, in our time, miracles can get mixed up with science.
About the science, I tried to be accurate, but I have probably made errors, and for this I apologize. As for the art of growing things, I turned to the wonderful organization called Seed Savers. What I got right is due to them and the delightful Lyn Jabs. What I got wrong, I got wrong on my own, drat it.
Growing heirloom vegetables is a lovely and rewarding (and, okay, delicious) pastime. Anyone who would like more information about heirloom gardening can contact The Seed Savers Exchange, 3076 North Winn Road, Decorah, Iowa 52101. On the Internet, you can find information at www.seedsavers.org
Best wishes,
Bethany Campbell
The Baby Gift
Bethany Campbell
www.millsandboon.co.uk (http://www.millsandboon.co.uk)
To Howard Martinson Bostwick, with love and gratitude.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER TWO
CHAPTER THREE
CHAPTER FOUR
CHAPTER FIVE
CHAPTER SIX
CHAPTER SEVEN
CHAPTER EIGHT
CHAPTER NINE
CHAPTER TEN
CHAPTER ELEVEN
CHAPTER TWELVE
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
CHAPTER NINETEEN
CHAPTER ONE
THE LITTLE GIRL dreamed of her daddy.
He was the handsomest daddy in the world and the funniest and the smartest—he knew things that nobody else’s daddy knew.
He knew, for instance, how to escape from a giant octopus.
Bethany Campbell
A good mother will do anything to save her child. Briana Morris is definitely a good mother.Josh Morris travels the world in search of its stories. Briana Morris's whole world is a single small farm. They met and married and divorced in little more than the wink of an eye. But together they managed to create one perfect thing–their daughter, Nealie.Now Nealie has been diagnosed with a rare and dangerous form of anemia. Her best hope for survival is a transfusion from a sibling. But Nealie has no siblings. To save her daughter's life, Briana must do the unthinkable–contact Josh and convince him to father another child.
“Briana, what’s wrong? Is it Nealie?”
“Oh, Josh, she’s sick. She might be—so sick.”
He had the sensation of falling toward a devouring darkness. “How sick? Is she in the hospital?”
“I don’t know how sick. It’s in the early stages. She doesn’t know yet. Nobody knows.”
“What’s wrong with her?” Damn, his hands were shaking. His hands never shook.
“It’s a—an anemia,” she stammered. “It’s very rare. And—and serious.”
“What can I do?” He sat on the edge of the bathtub, his head down. He felt as if he was going to pass out.
She seemed to pull herself together, but she still sounded shattered. “Can you come home? I mean come here?”
“I’ll be there as soon as I can. I’ll get on the first flight out. But what can we do for her?”
“Oh, Josh,” she said, despair naked in her voice, “I’ve thought and thought. I think there’s only one thing. One thing in the world.”
“What? I’ll do anything. You know that."
She was silent a long moment. He knew she was having trouble speaking. At last she whispered, “To save her, I think we have to have another baby.”
Dear Reader,
“Individuals in every generation must decide what they will preserve for those who follow.”
Those are the opening words of a fine book, The Heirloom Gardener by Carolyn Jabs. I bought two copies of this book, one for me and one for my dad.
My father taught me that to see a seed sprout, grow and change was a miracle. The Baby Gift is a story about miracles and how, in our time, miracles can get mixed up with science.
About the science, I tried to be accurate, but I have probably made errors, and for this I apologize. As for the art of growing things, I turned to the wonderful organization called Seed Savers. What I got right is due to them and the delightful Lyn Jabs. What I got wrong, I got wrong on my own, drat it.
Growing heirloom vegetables is a lovely and rewarding (and, okay, delicious) pastime. Anyone who would like more information about heirloom gardening can contact The Seed Savers Exchange, 3076 North Winn Road, Decorah, Iowa 52101. On the Internet, you can find information at www.seedsavers.org
Best wishes,
Bethany Campbell
The Baby Gift
Bethany Campbell
www.millsandboon.co.uk (http://www.millsandboon.co.uk)
To Howard Martinson Bostwick, with love and gratitude.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER TWO
CHAPTER THREE
CHAPTER FOUR
CHAPTER FIVE
CHAPTER SIX
CHAPTER SEVEN
CHAPTER EIGHT
CHAPTER NINE
CHAPTER TEN
CHAPTER ELEVEN
CHAPTER TWELVE
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
CHAPTER NINETEEN
CHAPTER ONE
THE LITTLE GIRL dreamed of her daddy.
He was the handsomest daddy in the world and the funniest and the smartest—he knew things that nobody else’s daddy knew.
He knew, for instance, how to escape from a giant octopus.
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