Page 100 of Healing Hannah

He grimaced as Catherine’s face changed from red to purple. A knock on the door saved him. “We’ll be out in a minute.”

“Carol and Jake have the kids. She said Derrick needs to eat,” Saint spoke through the door.

“Please tell Mom to bring the baby here with his bag,” Kit Kat said, still seething at her husband.

A soft knock indicated Carol arrived with the baby. Catherine opened the door, took the baby and his bag from her mother, and shut the door again.

“Here’s your son. I gave you enough formula to last until tomorrow morning. I’m going home to puke my guts out and get some sleep. What happens when you spin up, Leo? I never know when you’ll return, and if something happened to you, I’ll have to raise four small children,” she said, tears glistened in her eyes, but she angrily brushed them away.

“Kit Kat,” Leo said softly. “We’ll figure it out. We always do.”

“No, Leo. I’m the one handling it and juggling the schedules, whether you’re here or not. I’m tired. You didn’t think of me when you cancelled the appointment. If it mattered, you would’ve done it.” She slowly opened his door and left.

Leo sat down with Derrick in his lap, crying, and held his eye. “Damn.” He screwed up big time.

Kassie entered and handed him an ice pack. “I’ll check on her this evening,” she said before leaving.

Taking the prepped bottle out of the diaper bag, Leo fed his son. His gaze roamed over his child’s features, and he frowned. His wife didn’t feel like his priority, and he didn’t protect her. The last thing he ever wanted her to think. Leo knew he sometimes went overboard, but he did it out of love. His stomach churned and he struggled with what he’d done. A dark sense of foreboding filled him as he stared at his innocent son’s face. Did little Derrick’s future not include him?

He picked up the pen and paper on the table beside him and made a list of things he needed to do before he left for the Middle East. His heart pounded in his chest as he squinted to write everything down. The same feeling he got before the mission, which killed his best friend and Catherine’s brother, stuck in his gut. This time, he knew he might not make it home.