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Debbie grinned as she handed Anna a diapered and dressed baby girl. She was swaddled in a pink blanket, wearing a tiny pink gown, with a matching pink knit cap. “Seven pounds, two ounces, and nineteen inches long. Congratulations.”
She had a full head of red hair, like her momma. He’d seen it. But now only a few tiny red curls peeked out from under the cap.
Anna could see the longing in Cades gaze. He was dying to hold her. “Emma Abigail Le Beau, this is your daddy.” Grinning happily, she handed Abbi to Cade and watched the most powerful man she knew turn to mush. Abbi’s little fingers wrapped around one of his, instantly claiming his heart.
They knew the Le Beaus would never be able to wait patiently for them to return home. Soon eight masculine men and several women would be fighting over their daughter. Passing her around like a gorgeous, little sack of potatoes. But for now, for this moment, she was theirs. Cade laid her in Anna’s arms and kissed them both. “She's absolutely perfect.”
“She sure is,” Anna agreed. “Just like her father.”
Debbie repacked her medical bag and paused in the doorway. “Congratulations again.”
“Let me walk you out,” Cade offered. “Anna could use the rest.”
That was when he realized the house had more people in it than the four of them. Emma and Isaac sat on the couch while Simon, Rose, Marcus, John, Stefan, and El sat in all the other available chairs.
“Really? All of you had to come?” Cade snorted as Emma rushed past him to get to the baby. “Easy there, Mom. She isn’t going anywhere.”
“I know, but I just need to hold her for a minute,” she pleaded.
“Fine.” Then he looked each of them in the eye. “Five minutes each, then I get her back, Anna needs to feed her.”
If Anna weren’t breastfeeding, he wouldn’t have touched his daughter for the rest of the day. His family was incorrigible.
The End
