Page 144 of I Loved You First

She paused as she reached for her purse. “You can?”

“Well, no. But we can pretend that I do.”

She glared before she grinned, swatting at his arm when he laughed. “That’s not nice.”

He pulled her against him, kissing her as he wrapped her up in a hug. “You’re going to have a gorgeous baby belly soon enough.”

She returned his embrace. “Yes, I will.”

He kissed her again. “Let’s get out of here so I can get to work before I pick Big Brother Brady up from school.”

Cam opened the front door, letting Brady inside after an exceptionally chatty ride home. Not long after Brady had filled him in on the latest kindergarten highlights, he’d told Brady that their family needed to chat about something important.

Brady dropped his backpack as they both toed off their shoes. “I’m going to like what we talk about?”

“I think so.” Or he hoped so. Because ready or not, it was showtime. “Are we good?” he called to Fiona who had spent the last little while setting things up.

“We’re good.”

Brady hurried down the hall, stopping as his gaze wandered to the pink, blue, and confetti balloons attached to the basket of gifts on the coffee table. “Wow! I get to have presents?”

“In a couple of minutes,” Cam said. “Let’s sit on the couch and talk about some stuff.”

Brady hopped onto one of the center cushions. “Okay.”

Fi smiled, sitting on one side of Brady as Cam sat on the other. “Welcome home, buddy.”

Brady returned her smile. “I had a good day at kindergarten. Show-and-tell was so cool.”

She brushed his hair back from his forehead. “I can’t wait to hear all about it.”

“I can tell you after we talk about the important news?”

She nodded. “Sure.” Then her gaze met Cam’s.

He tossed her a wink as he signaled for her to go ahead. Because it wasn’t hard to tell that they were both growing nervous as the seconds dragged on.

She cleared her throat. “Um, we want to tell you about something very special that will be happening in our family.”

Brady perked up. “Are we getting a puppy like Danica’s family? ’Cause she got to bring him in for show-and-tell. He was so cute.”

Cam shook his head, worrying a little. A puppy was tough competition, especially when Brady’s surprise wouldn’t be here for several more months. “Unfortunately, we’re not getting a dog. Or at least, not right now.”

Fi glanced at Cam, clearly worrying, too, when Brady’s shoulders sagged. She grabbed the small box wrapped in pale-blue paper. “How about you open this?”

“Okay.” Brady tore through the paper, frowning as he stared at the ultrasound picture Fiona had framed after the early afternoon appointment. “I don’t know what it is.”

“That’s your new brother or sister.”

Brady’s eyes grew huge as he looked from Cam to Fiona. “I’m having a brother or sister?”

Fiona nodded. “A teeny tiny baby is growing in my belly. When I went to the doctor today, they took that picture of him or her.”

Brady looked at the picture again. “I’m going to be a big brother?”

Fiona nodded again. “When it’s springtime.”

Brady’s brow furrowed as his gaze wandered to Fiona’s stomach. “It doesn’t look like you have a baby in your belly. Bellies that have babies in them are really big.”