Page 64 of Daddy's Little Mama Bear

She picked up Eleanor and she quieted down for a couple of seconds. Janie let out a sigh and started to rock her back and forth.

“Do you want some cold water?” Janie asked.

Eleanor started to scream again and Janie slowly made her way towards the kitchen. She had placed several little sippy cups of water in the fridge earlier today and she was so thankful.

“Drink, baby,” Janie said.

Eleanor shook her head and started to cry and scream.

“No!” she yelled.

“Please, baby. It’ll make you feel better,” Janie said. “It’s delicious.”

Truth be told, Janie didn’t really like water, so she didn’t think it was delicious. But she needed Eleanor to start drinking so she didn’t get dehydrated, and it got worse.

She must have gotten some little bug from the doctors office. Hopefully, it didn’t take long for it to pass. The first thing she needed to do was get her temperature and see what it was at. She didn’t want it to get too high.

Eleanor had started to calm down and Janie could see her eyes closed.

“Such a good girl,” Janie whispered.

She walked over towards the floor where she kept several blankets laid out. Janie knelt down on the ground and slowlystarted to put Eleanor down. Maybe she was actually asleep and Janie could get a little work done.

Eleanor started to wail again and big crocodile tears streamed down her face. Janie picked her back up and held her close. Tears appeared in Janie’s eyes as she took several deep breaths.

She was exhausted and wanted to sleep, but she knew that while Eleanor was awake and sick, she wasn’t going to be getting much sleep. Maybe she should take her to the doctors to see what was wrong.

A knock sounded on the door and Eleanor started to scream. A sob broke through Janie. Maybe whoever was there would go away once they heard her daughter scream. She wasn’t expecting anyone today. She had told Mac that she was staying home today to get some work done.

Janie started to rock Eleanor, trying to get her to calm down.

“Everything is going to be okay,” her voice was strained as she tried to stop herself from crying even more.

Eleanor was still crying and screaming in her arms. Janie ran her hand up and down her back, trying to calm her down but nothing was working.

Another knock sounded at the door. Janie wiped her face and slowly made her way towards the door. She took a second and looked through the peephole.

Mac.

A gasp fell from her mouth and she opened the door without thinking. Mac was holding a covered dish of food.

“What’s wrong?” Mac asked.

CHAPTER TWENTY

JANIE

Mac stared at her, waiting for her to say something. There were so many things going wrong right now. How was she supposed to answer that? Give him the most pressing matter?

“Pinky,” Mac said. “Can you tell me what’s wrong?”

She smiled at him. “Nothing.”

“Janie.”

She sighed. “Okay. Eleanor might be getting sick, but nothing a nap won’t help with,” she said. That was if she could get Eleanor to go to sleep. She hadn’t had any luck yet. Well, besides that one time but she ruined it by trying to put her down.

It looked like she really wasn’t getting any work done today. Which was okay since she had already told her authors she wouldn’t be able to edit much. It just sucked because she was going to get a little further behind. Nothing a late night couldn’t fix.

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