Hope for Us (Hope Series Book #3) (22 page)
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Authors: Sydney Aaliyah Michelle
Jackson returned from practice and found Carrington lying on the floor in the office in their new house in Paradise Valley. Her feet propped up on the couch opposite the bay windows that looked out onto their back yard.
She rubbed her stomach as tears slipped out of her blinking eyes and rested on her cheeks.
His heart sunk, but plastered a smile on his face and called her name.
"Hey Carr." She had a doctor’s appointment this morning.
She turned to him. Wiped her tears and said, "Hello."
"You ok?"
He knew the answer before he asked it. They had been trying to have a baby for over a year and while there was no physical reason they couldn't have one, Carrington somehow knew this would happen.
He walked in and stood over her.
"Come here," Carrington said and waved.
He laid next her, propped his feet up.
"What're doing down here?" Jackson asked.
"Just checking out the world from this perspective."
"Okay. What do you think?"
She rubbed her stomach again and although he couldn't see her face, he imagined the tightness in his chest came from her. They were so in tune with each other's emotions, the good as well as bad. He took her hand and kissed it. Hoping she would feel how sorry he was. They had been through this before.
He hoped his emotions conveyed that if it didn't happen, that was ok. She blamed herself no matter how many times he told her, it wasn't her fault.
She pulled her hand away. He followed it as she pointed across the room.
"I think we should put the crib over there."
Jackson propped up on his elbow. "What?"
“Yeah, it has great light this time of day. Over here is too dark.”
"You mean?"
She noodled and smiled.
I reached out and touched her stomach, leaned over and kissed it. "Hey little guy."
"Hey no. It's going to be a girl," Carrington said as Jackson reached up and kissed her.
"I don't care. I just hope it knows how much it's going to be loved."
Turns out they were both right.
Justin and Jessica Mitchell were born nine months later and everyone is doing fine.
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Hope for Us (Hope Series Book #3),
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Sydney's News
First and foremost, I want to thank God. So blessed to be able to call myself a writer.
Huge thank you to the readers who stuck with me through the entire Hope Series. I started this journey with Carrington, Josh & Jackson a year and a half ago. I love them as much now as I did when I wrote the first word in the series.
I
HOPE
you enjoyed how it ended ... and you never know, I might check in on Carrington and Jackson in another seven years (that's one year in book writing years).
Thanks to my family for their love and support.
Thank you to the New Adult Street Team, my girls who offer support and an encouraging word. I love you ladies.
Thank you to my beta readers who have been with me throughout the series, Emily, Kelly & especially my new reader Ms. Kellie, I loved everyone's feedback.
Thank you for sticking with me through the long haul.
You ladies are awesome.
Sydney Aaliyah Michelle is a Adult Contemporary Romance writer, a voracious reader, and movie fanatic who hails from Texas.
After surviving 5 1/2 years living in China, she had the courage to finally pursue her passion and become a writer.
Sydney has been blogging at sydneyaaliyah.com for three years, where she interviews people about their tattoos, discusses her favorite movie quotes, reviews books (New Adult & only the ones she loves) and journals about her writing and editing process.
An active tweeter, she is also a JuNoWriMo (3x) and NaNoWriMo (2x) winner who notes the sci-fi action flick “The Matrix” as the best representation of her life in the past. She is blessed to be awake now and doing what she loves.
She can recite the entire script for the 80’s teen comedy/drama The Breakfast Club and loves any and everything associated with the Avengers movie, especially Tony Stark.
When it comes to books, Sydney reads many different genres, but some of her favorite writers are Stephen King, Cora Carmack, Alex J. Cavanaugh, Cassie Mae, & Emily Bronte. The Great Gatsby, Under the Dome, Losing It, CassaStorm, Switched, & Wuthering Heights are her favorite books.
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