by Diana Orgain | Jun 28, 2021 | Maternal Instincts Mysteries, Sneak Peek, Uncategorized
From Killer Cravings Chapter One My stomach rumbled and my mouth watered. Thoughts of jelly filled donuts danced in my head, only to be pushed aside by a chocolate-covered old-fashioned. No. A sprinkle-laden maple donut. Ugh! Stop. I couldn’t get these sugar-encrusted thoughts out of my head. Cravings when I was pregnant with Laurie weren’t particularly strong, but every once in a while, I’d go nuts for something; usually something salty. One night, I’d eaten two jumbo bags of pretzels for dinner, but that was about as far as it went when pregnant with her. Pregnancy number two, however, was a totally different story. Currently, I was sitting outside a small suburban home, my car parked with the lights out. I was supposed to be working a case, but all I could think about was getting something sweet. And, what made it worse, was that I couldn’t quite figure out what sort of sweet I wanted. But, it was bad. Like, really bad. I couldn’t concentrate to save my life. My phone buzzed, so I put the light on dim to check it. I am undercover, after all. It was a text from Kenny, our next-door neighbor teenager turned nanny. I laughed out loud to see a picture of Laurie fast asleep in her crib with her finger up her nose. She was six months old now. Six months old, and I’m pregnant all over again. This pregnancy wasn’t exactly planned, and the mind-boggling fact that we were having another baby before Laurie was even old enough to walk put me into full panic-mode. Even so, Jim and...
