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read up on before Chloe woke up from her nap. If that failed, she’d spend
however long the nap time lasted searching ideas for arts and crafts projects
to do with kids.
Chapter 14
Taylor
Taylor genuinely cared about her friends, but she couldn’t deny that by
the time she got Adriana and Joseph back home, she was feeling nearly
hysterical about picking Chloe up. She didn’t quite understand what the
urgency was, other than that Chloe was her daughter and she loved her
more than anything in the world. Still. She knew that she was safe with
Christina. Whatever their differences, even if Christina didn’t have much
childcare experience, she seemed capable and Chloe did seem to like her.
Chloe didn’t just fall asleep against a complete stranger unless she felt safe.
Maybe Christina had bonded with Chloe during the day and things were
different.
Taylor wasn’t sure. She just knew that she was shocked to find her
daughter asleep like that earlier in the afternoon. It was late. Maybe that led
to her sense of urgency. She’d been home late before though, but never with
a sitter. Only when her parents were watching Chloe. Maybe that was it.
Adriana was going to be fine. Her neck was just sore, and after getting
checked out, she’d been free to go home. By the time Taylor dropped them
off, Juliana was already home. She’d been pretty frantic too. She hadn’t got
out of her meetings until after Adriana was already on her way home. Their
reunion was tearful and warm, and it made Taylor’s chest ache again to see
how much in love they were.
Adriana and Juliana’s house was quite far from Christina’s
neighborhood. Taylor had only checked her phone’s GPS a hundred times
after Christina texted the address. True to her word, Christina had Chloe
call when she woke up. She seemed excited to go to Christina’s house.
All of it should have added up to reassure Taylor, but she felt her
