been with someone that complimented so much about me. “How can you be sure?”
“Because I’ve never felt this way about anyone else. I’ve never loved anyone before, not like this. I know I must sound like a broken record.”
I shook my head and smiled, feeling more happy than I could ever remember being. “No. You can keep sayin’ it.”
“Just know that I’m going to make this work. I’ll do whatever I have to. It’s you and me against the world, Ash.”
He kissed me one more time before taking his coffee c up and walking out the door. Immediately, I heard Eli crying. Beka was happy in my arms, but I was certain she wouldn’t feel the same way about being put down. “Be a good little baby for Mommy. I’ve got to go change your brother.”
She started wailing before I could make it to the next room. I didn’t want to spoil them, but I hated hearing either of my infants crying. After rushing to change my son, I hurried back and picked up his sister. It was difficult maneuvering them both, but getting them on the same schedule helped, especially at night.
I’d no sooner got them both on a breast when someone knocked on the door. It was quite a predicament to be fully exposed and unable to answer it.
I went to yell, but heard it opening. Alarmed, I turned and saw Peyton standing there with a bag full of fast-food. “It’s just me. Shayne left me a key under the mat, but told me to knock first.” She covered her face. “Do you need me to wait in the kitchen? Should I turn my back?”
I rolled my eyes and laughed. “Seriously? You do have breasts right?”
She looked down at her chest. “Last time I checked.”
“It’s not a big deal.”
I felt the couch move as she sat down on the other end of it and started pulling out the food. It smelled so good that my mouth began to water. Out of the corner of her eye I caught her catching my desperation to taste something so appetizing. “I got you somethin’. Shayne told me what you like. He sure does know a lot about you.”
“Yeah, he does.”
She took a bite of a hashbrown and turned her attention back to me. “So, supposedly I’m at your disposal. He says that if I piss you off, even one time, he won’t pay me. I guess I’ll be changin’ diapers and making runs to the store for you. I don’t clean toilets. I’m just tellin’ you that right now.”
I laughed when she said it, thinking about her bent over cleaning the toilet. Peyton was too prissy to even consider doing something remotely disgusting. “I won’t ask you for much. Mostly it’s helping me manage both of them. We’ve started supplementing the formula in case they want to eat at the same time at night, but as you can see, I can manage , it’s just hard.”
Peyton acted like she was too good to break a nail. After giving birth to twins, without pain management, I was pretty okay with cleaning a toilet, once I could squat and not feel like my vagina was going to catch fire.
Much to my surprise, she was actually a big help. It was nice having an extra set of hands to manage the twins. Plus, she was their aunt, and even though she wasn’t in the know about their real paternity, they were still her brother’s children, just not the brother she thought.
After a few hours she brought up the day before. I’d been reluctant to talk about it, not really knowing how bad her brother had laid into her for that unexpected visit.
“Sorry about yesterday. It’s just, well, I spend a lot of time over at Joey’s now, and Lacey lives there. She’s always been so nice to me and I knew that she hates how nobody talk s to Shayne anymore. I thought that if I could make you two be friends, everything would eventually start workin’ out. Shayne and Ford need to make up soon. He gets along with Joey fine, but it’s just weird. They were best friends growin’ up, ya know?”
“I was there when we were growin’ up, Peyton. I’ve been out on so many double dates with Ford and your
“Because I’ve never felt this way about anyone else. I’ve never loved anyone before, not like this. I know I must sound like a broken record.”
I shook my head and smiled, feeling more happy than I could ever remember being. “No. You can keep sayin’ it.”
“Just know that I’m going to make this work. I’ll do whatever I have to. It’s you and me against the world, Ash.”
He kissed me one more time before taking his coffee c up and walking out the door. Immediately, I heard Eli crying. Beka was happy in my arms, but I was certain she wouldn’t feel the same way about being put down. “Be a good little baby for Mommy. I’ve got to go change your brother.”
She started wailing before I could make it to the next room. I didn’t want to spoil them, but I hated hearing either of my infants crying. After rushing to change my son, I hurried back and picked up his sister. It was difficult maneuvering them both, but getting them on the same schedule helped, especially at night.
I’d no sooner got them both on a breast when someone knocked on the door. It was quite a predicament to be fully exposed and unable to answer it.
I went to yell, but heard it opening. Alarmed, I turned and saw Peyton standing there with a bag full of fast-food. “It’s just me. Shayne left me a key under the mat, but told me to knock first.” She covered her face. “Do you need me to wait in the kitchen? Should I turn my back?”
I rolled my eyes and laughed. “Seriously? You do have breasts right?”
She looked down at her chest. “Last time I checked.”
“It’s not a big deal.”
I felt the couch move as she sat down on the other end of it and started pulling out the food. It smelled so good that my mouth began to water. Out of the corner of her eye I caught her catching my desperation to taste something so appetizing. “I got you somethin’. Shayne told me what you like. He sure does know a lot about you.”
“Yeah, he does.”
She took a bite of a hashbrown and turned her attention back to me. “So, supposedly I’m at your disposal. He says that if I piss you off, even one time, he won’t pay me. I guess I’ll be changin’ diapers and making runs to the store for you. I don’t clean toilets. I’m just tellin’ you that right now.”
I laughed when she said it, thinking about her bent over cleaning the toilet. Peyton was too prissy to even consider doing something remotely disgusting. “I won’t ask you for much. Mostly it’s helping me manage both of them. We’ve started supplementing the formula in case they want to eat at the same time at night, but as you can see, I can manage , it’s just hard.”
Peyton acted like she was too good to break a nail. After giving birth to twins, without pain management, I was pretty okay with cleaning a toilet, once I could squat and not feel like my vagina was going to catch fire.
Much to my surprise, she was actually a big help. It was nice having an extra set of hands to manage the twins. Plus, she was their aunt, and even though she wasn’t in the know about their real paternity, they were still her brother’s children, just not the brother she thought.
After a few hours she brought up the day before. I’d been reluctant to talk about it, not really knowing how bad her brother had laid into her for that unexpected visit.
“Sorry about yesterday. It’s just, well, I spend a lot of time over at Joey’s now, and Lacey lives there. She’s always been so nice to me and I knew that she hates how nobody talk s to Shayne anymore. I thought that if I could make you two be friends, everything would eventually start workin’ out. Shayne and Ford need to make up soon. He gets along with Joey fine, but it’s just weird. They were best friends growin’ up, ya know?”
“I was there when we were growin’ up, Peyton. I’ve been out on so many double dates with Ford and your
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