Forgotten Awakenings (Awakenings #2) (33 page)

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Forever Awakenings,

Book Three of the Awakenings Series

Prelude

“What’s taking so long?” Elle muttered, mostly to herself, but when she felt Sadie’s hand slip in with hers, she knew everyone around her had heard.

They were sitting in the waiting room outside of Ivy’s hospital room. She’d been laboring all day. At forty-one weeks, she had been more than eager for the birth of her baby. Nick had been by her side all day, never once wavering in his support of his wife.

“Not everyone has a quick labor, sweetheart,” Helina said.

Elle shifted her attention to her mother, who was rocking five month old Willow. “I know.”

Her relationship with her mother had only strengthened over the last handful of months. They talked on the phone almost every day, and Elle had finally gotten her mother to start texting, which had been comical in the beginning.

Once again, their family had shown up to support Nick and Ivy. Helina and James were there, of course, preparing to welcome a new grandchild, but so were Claudia and Bruce, Samuel and Lydia. Felicia and Carlos had told them they would fly out as soon as possible, and Nick’s mother Regina had been over the moon to hear she was becoming a grandmother. Gabriel was thrilled to be a great-uncle. Lucia and Aaron were there, along with Jonas and Abe, Leigh, Thomas, and Tyson, Nate and his boyfriend Zeke.

“Mama,” Flora babbled tittering toward Elle with her arms up in the air. She’d been walking for a few months.

“Hey, pretty girl,” she murmured, scooping up the fourteen month old.

“Elle.” She turned and found Dr. Kemp standing in the entrance of the waiting room. “Ivy would like to see you, Sadie, Callum, and Derek first.”

“Yeah, okay.”

Elle placed Flora in Samuel’s waiting arms, before following her lovers across the hallway to Ivy’s room. Nick was propped up on the side of the bed, one arm around Ivy, while the other was holding their newborn baby.

“Hey,” Elle said, bracing herself against the side of the bed before releasing her cane and reaching for Ivy’s hand. “You okay?”

“I’m . . . I’m tired, but I’m good,” Ivy whimpered. “Nick and I wanted you to be the first to meet your nephew. This is Elliot Reid Fisher.”

“Oh, Ivy,” Elle cried, accepting the infant as Nick placed the baby boy on her arms.

“Elliot’s after you, of course. You’ve always been so strong, so brave. We wanted to honor you.”

Elle sniffed back her tears as she gazed upon the baby. “Welcome to the family, Elliot.”

Author’s Biography:

Obsessive, compulsive, slightly crazed, but enough about her personality. First and foremost, Lisa Bilbrey is a mom to three and a wife to one. She loves to write, and spends the majority of everyday writing. It's who she is, and what she's meant to be doing. Words are her life, the air she breathes, and the nutrients of her soul. Finding a love in the written word, Lisa Bilbrey started writing as a way to express herself and let her voice be heard. From the first word she wrote, she'd found her heart and soul.

Always willing to learn, she's spends much of her time trying to improve as a storyteller.

You can follow her work at:

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Her works Include
:

Life’s Unexpected Gifts

A Season of Change

The Apartment

Broken Hearts & Dusty Dreams

Whispers of Time Gone By

The Journey Collection:

• The Journey Home
  
• The Journey of Champions
  
• The Journey to Forever
  
• The Journey to a New Life
  

Angel’s Heart Series:

• Angel’s Heart: The Keeper
  
• Angel’s Heart: The True Enemy
  

Awakenings Series:

• Forbidden Awakenings