A Family Come True. Kris Fletcher

in his life right now, but I guarantee you this, he’s smart enough to know he’s not in any position to try to be more than a very part-time dad for a long time.”

      “I know. But...everything is happening so fast, and...”

      He waited for one breath, then two. “And?”

      “I...” She shook her head. “Nothing. It’s just me being—”

      Three short beeps interrupted her words and had her diving for her phone. Damn it. Of all the lousy timing.

      She pulled the phone from her bag, checked the display and frowned. It hit him that she’d been doing that a lot on this trip.

      “Someone text-stalking you, Darce?”

      “What? Oh.” Her laugh sounded strained. “No, I...well...I don’t want to jump to conclusions, but I might have a bit of a problem. With, um, Nonny.”

      “Is she okay?”

      “I don’t know.”

      “What’s that mean?”

      “It means,” she said bleakly, “that I left a message for her last night, but she still hasn’t called me back.”