Sleeping with a lie

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Theo managed the kids while he buckled them in the car. I took the wheel.

"Where are we going?" I ask again.

"Out of Texas to Georgia."

He gets in the car, and we drive off the Rocky concrete.

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You are now in- Atlanta Georgia

I smile at the sign. Insurgent was filmed here. Theo chuckles at my reaction.

"Memories, eh?" He smirks. "How are you feeling?"

"I have a head ache." I rubbed my left temple. "A few more miles, and we will be gone."

"Out of?"

"Georgia. I plan to be in Tennessee at 3 o'clock. It's only 8."

"Why in such a rush?" He asks.

I stop the car slowly at a stop light. Turning to him, I gaze at his pearly white teeth.

"I need you to take care of the kids for a week." My sunglasses peer off the bridge of my nose. "No questions- Just take care of them."

"So you just leave like that?"

Okay. Now Theo was making me angry.

"Why does there always have to be these explanations every time I try to ask you for something?"

Theo now tightening the grip on my hand, arguing with me.

"Why can't I just have some time alone?" I put the car In drive again.

"Because once you die-"

I cut him off short. "Excuse me?!"

"STOP THE CAR!!" He screamed. The tires screeched unto the side of the rode.

"Mama?" Belle questioned rubbing her eyes.

"Stay here, okay?" I nod to her. Oliver and Carson Rae were still asleep. Wow.

Theo and I both storm out the car, shutting the doors. I left the car on and the air running.

He pondered in circles. Tapping his left foot, I caught his evil glare.

He was pissed.

"What I am trying to say is, you are going to die. With me already taking care of the kids, for how many weeks you may want to take a break from us, that's decreasing the amount of time we have left." He softened his expression. "I'm afraid to lose you."

"I wasn't going for a break." I sigh. "I am going for the treatment. Dr. West sent me a letter saying that she had a treatment plan for me. So I was going to be in London for one week, then come right back."

"That's all you had to say."

"But with you pressuring me into answering your stupid questions- I can't deal."

I let him inch to me. With the hands of my husband touching my waist firmly, pressing me against the car, he dips his head in for a kiss. I stop him mid-way, smiling.

"Just say you love me." He tickled me, my laughs echoing through the loud cars brushing past us.

He chuckles it off. "I love you. And I am sorry."

"Thanks, man." We do a fist bump.

Back in the car, Belle threw her bottle in my seat before I could even buckle my seat belt.

"Juice?" Her sweet voice carried.

"Um.. when do we ever throw things?"

She covers her mouth. I raise my eyebrows at her sternly.

"Now you aren't getting anything until we reach our destination." Shades on, and car fully in drive,

Oliver and Carson Rae wake up.

Perfect.