Devastating Secret™

A New Enemy?

"I think I'm gonna like country living," Noah remarked as he laid his head on Eva's lap. The Decker's were having a cookout to welcome their new niece and Skylar's recent divorce.

"You would." Eva remarked dryly, "Getting a beer gut, going fishing, barbequing. You'd love this life."

"The little woman, barefoot and pregnant, bringing me beer," Noah teased, "Good times."

"Does it bother you that much?" Eva asked, "Not having any more children."

"No!" Noah assured her, "I was mad because you didn't ask me, but not why you did it. Besides you're rich, we could adopt." Noah jokes.

"You want more babies," Eva whispered.

"I like having babies with you, that's all." Noah clarified, "You're a great mom, Eva. You should have more babies."

"We can reverse it. Or have artificial insemination if you want. We can have more."

"Do you want more?"

Eva was silent for a moment then she whispered, "No. I'm sorry, but I just never envisioned myself with a brood of kids. Three is plenty, but if you want, I can try..."

"Three makes you happy. We stop at three. End of." Noah declared, "We are about making you happy, no more sacrificing."

"Making babies with you makes me very happy," Eva stressed and used her wide brim hat to shield them from prying eyes as she kissed him.

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"He never looked at me like that," Skylar remarked as she watched them.

Sam glanced in Noah's and Eva's direction then sipped his beer saying "You get used to those two. One minute they're at each other's throats, the next you're praying they keep it PG-13."

"They fight!" Skylar asked in shock.

"Literally some days." Sam answered offhandedly then caught her look and corrected quickly "They play fight. Eva's trained. It usually ends in the bedroom. You don't have to worry about that sorta thing with them."

"Oh," Skylar responded, relaxing as she watched Eva feed Noah, "They're so normal."

"For President and First Lady. Yeah! For ordinary folks, no!" Sam pointed out, "He's an insane workaholic that never knew or cared about anything other than a case and she's ...well I haven't quite pinned down what she is, but she isn't what she seems to be and like you she had men hit her a couple of times. She just fights back now. Together for some strange reason, they work."

Skylar watched them for a while and Sam whispered, "You can have that too you know."

"I'm not letting another man near me!" Skyler declared, turning away, "Knowing my luck, I might just end up with another Declan!"

"Not if you looked in the right places," Sam pointed out as he watched her intently. Even through her bruises, he could see she was beautiful. With a little TLC, she might even outshine Eva.

Skylar blushed and Sam smiled as Eva remarked to Noah, "In a year, I'm going to be planning Sam's wedding."

Looking in Sam's direction Noah remarked, "Fixing him up with your newly divorced cousin."

"I don't have to," Eva countered, "Just look at them. He'll be good to her too."

"Sam's a good guy."

"I want to bring the children to meet everybody." Eva gushed while watching around, "I have so many cousins and an aunt and uncle and a grandmother. She keeps calling me Suzie though...What was my mother thinking? Leaving her family for him?"