Drake Sisters 06 - Turbulent Sea

leaning heavily on her, looking down at his child. 'She doesn't want her, Joley. She can't forgive me for the things I did.'
    Joley patted his hand, looking up at him. 'I love you, Logan, but you're dense. She's crazy about you and desperately wants to believe she can be a family with you and the baby, but she's afraid. Take the baby and go to her, and for God's sake, eat your pride. Tish is the best in the world. They don't come better. If she accepts you back and takes Lissa as her daughter, she'll never look back. You'll never have anything thrown in your face. You don't deserve her, but if you really want her, I don't think it's going to be all that difficult to convince her. You've got Lissa, and who could resist her?' She smiled at the baby, bent her head and kissed the little forehead. 'She's so beautiful.'
    'If Tish doesn't come back to me, Joley, I don't know what I'm going to do. And now she'll think I only wanted her for the baby. I got here about five in the morning, and we've been passing Lissa back and forth since then. No one's complained, but I can't ask them to help me with her, and I sure can't haul her around the country without help. I don't trust anyone but Tish.'

    'Tish went into the bus, not back toward her car. Rent an RV or something larger for the three of you for the rest of the tour. We can make them comfortable. If we have to, I can bunk with the boys and the three of you can use my bus.
    We're family. We'll get through this together.' She handed him the baby. 'Go tell her you love her and that you're an idiot.'
    'Thanks, Joley.' Logan pressed a kiss to the top of her head.
    'I'm going running.' She always went jogging to clear her head. Physical exercise was a form of meditation to her.
    'Where's Steve?' Logan asked.
    'He drove the bus last night. He's asleep, but no one's around yet and I should be fine. Nikitin's security is already here and I noticed a few uniforms showing up.'
    Logan cradled his daughter close and nodded, although he still looked worried. 'Be careful, Joley, and don't go very far.'
    She glanced at her watch and then over to where Jerry and Brian had argued with Dean. Apparently the fight had broken up and everyone had found something to do. Dean was stalking across the parking lot toward the crew's bus, and Brian was nowhere in sight. She'd have to ask them later what Dean had said about the young girl. 'I've got about an hour before this place starts filling up. Jerry told me they'd call me for the sound check around two. That sound about right with you?'
    Logan nodded and went up the small steps to the bus. 'That's when everything should be ready.'
    Joley waved, mouthed good luck and took off jogging away from the stage area toward the trail leading up into the rocks. Logan was a lucky man. In spite of everything he had done, all the mistakes he'd made, Tish loved him. Even the fiasco with Lucy had turned into something wonderful. Little Lissa would be well loved by Tish and Logan.
    In the beginning the band had lived their lives together, and everything had been good. They'd been best friends and had people surrounding them who really loved them. As they'd climbed to success, everything had changed. All of them had been sucked into a life of excess, and they'd all forgotten what really mattered. As the years went by, they'd learned the hard way, and all were trying to find their way back. She hoped Logan and Tish could do it through the baby.
    And Denny. She had no idea if Lisa had stuck around to forgive him. Joley hoped so. Love wasn't always forgiving, but at least he'd found it, even if he'd been stupid enough to throw it away.
    Her sisters had been lucky. Sarah had found Damon. He was an odd man, brilliant and gruff, but he had embraced Sarah's family and they all had fallen in love with him. Sweet Kate had found Matt Granite, former Army Ranger and now a contractor. He was just what Kate needed. And Abbey was truly in love with her Russian, Aleksandr Volstov.
    Love seemed to happen fast to everyone but her. She obsessed over Ilya Prakenskii, but she wasn't in love with him.
    Just because he took her breath away and set her heart pounding - that was purely physical. Chemistry. They had it in abundance, but she wanted the kind of love her sisters had. Libby and Tyson. Libby was a natural healer, Tyson a renowned researcher for pharmaceuticals, and he looked after Libby, treating her like a precious treasure. And of course there were Jonas and Hannah. Jonas