Just In Time For Love (Stanton Falls #1) Read Online Free

into missions and holier than thou, and
now here I come.  Single, never married mother bringing in my child for
dedication.  When they don’t see a father, I know what they will be
thinking and I don’t see any reason to do that to myself.  ”

 
    “Oh honey, your father
and I know that you aren’t a child anymore.  You have grown up a lot and
anyone can see that you are a woman now.  And a mother.  You don’t
have to be perfect to dedicate a baby to God.  In fact, you could never
be.  We would all be with you.  Your father, me and your sister.
 Altogether, just saying we are going to do our best.  Nothing more.”

 
    “I hear you mom.  I
just don’t know.  Besides, isn’t she too old for that anyway?  I
thought it was only babies that got dedicated.”

 
    “Now that is nonsense.
 Any time a parent wants to do that, it can be done.”

 
    “Alright.  I will
think about it, but no promises.”

 
    Her father spoke up.

 
    “Of course Emily.
 Now on a different note.  What is going on with you and Aaron?”

 
    “What do you mean by
that?”

 
    “Well when he was here
last week, your mother told me that you ran him off.  I know you two
aren’t together anymore but that seemed a bit harsh.  Did something
happen?”

 
    “No dad.  Not then.
 But when Liz and I took Ashleigh to the fair, he was there and when he
found out that she was my child, I can’t explain to you in words the look he
gave me.  There is no way that he sees me the same anymore.”

 
    “Did he say anything?”

 
    “Well no but…”

 
    “But what Emily?
 It sounds like you’re deciding for him.  Everyone isn’t going to love
you or even like you, that is true, but you can’t make the decision for them.
 If you are just assuming what people feel, that’s not fair.  If you
don’t want to talk to him, that’s ok too but don’t let it be because of what
you think he might have wanted to say.  He’s grown up to be a pretty good
young man.  He might surprise you.”

 
    “Yeah, or he might act
just like I expect.”

 
    “There is that too.
 All I am saying is you don’t really know, and if you keep thinking that
way you’ll never give anyone a chance.  No matter what you think honey,
you are never too far gone unless you believe that you are.”

 
    Her parents always had a
way of putting things in perspective.  

 
    She got up from the
table, and planted a kiss on both of her parent’s cheeks before doing the same
to Ashleigh--admonishing her to behave until she returned from work that night.

Chapter 4

 
    Aaron parked his car in
the general parking area of the small hospital and walked inside.  When he
stopped by her house earlier in the day, her parents told him that she was at
work.   So there he was at the hospital to
talk to her about the other night.  When he walked inside and asked for
her to be paged, she hurried from the back and immediately turned to go back
into the restricted area when she realized it was him.  

 
    “Wait Emily, don’t go.
 I just want to talk to you for a minute.”

 
    “I don’t really have
anything that I want to talk to you about Aaron.  Especially when I know
you will probably just look at me like I have the plague again.”

 
    There it was.  He
hadn’t meant to hurt her the other night, but he was caught completely off
guard.  

 
    “C’mon Em, I just need a
minute or two of your time.”

 
    He had called her the
nickname that he had used for her since the day that they had first started
seriously courting each other.   Until he
had broken up with her.  When she stared into his eyes, she could tell
that he hadn’t meant to hurt her.  She knew who he was and if she was
being honest, she knew it the other night.  She was just looking for a
reason to avoid interacting with him because she really did still enjoy his
brand of care for her and would rather not experience that again than to have
him