Lockwood Creek Book Two - This can be read as a stand-a-lone.
A Why Choose Story.
Maddy Lockwood was the Perfect Daughter and to save the Lockwood family she agreed to a marriage she did not want, but now she will learn the hard way that no matter...
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~ ~ Maddy ~ ~
Riley Jo was waiting for me, in her car chewing on a salted caramel Pretzel. It was her latest pregnancy craving.
"How'd it go?" she asked having kindly picked me up from my appointment with Dr Mills.
"All's good." We'd talked about Logan and Jackson—a lot. For these past two weeks, every night they'd slept in my room. And every night before going to sleep, they kissed and loved me just like they'd promised. Dr Mills had been right. Relaxing and feeling comfortable made a huge difference, although I still tensed up with the mere thought of intercourse.
Her advice was to let it evolve naturally.
And never once had they tried to take it further. Even when I tried to touch them. And oh, man did I want to touch them. It was starting to ache, bordering on torture.
Popping the rest of the Pretzel into her mouth, Riley Jo started the engine. We were visiting Nana Em today. She'd been discharged from Mercy Heights two days ago. Her injuries were more or less healed and Dr Chambers had sworn to us she had many years ahead of her.
Nana couldn't remember how she'd fallen off the ladder. And I know this might sound terrible, but I couldn't shake the feeling my Mama had a hand in what happened. Riley Jo aired the same thoughts.
But would Mama do that? Hurt her own Mama?
I didn't know anymore. I never thought she'd turn her back on her own flesh and blood.
When Howard had fetched Nana home from the hospital. We'd organised a small homecoming party. I'd told Stella to invite my parents and shocker - they turned up. But ignored me and Riley Jo. Mama, however threw some hateful glares at Logan and Jackson, which did nothing but make them smile.
I felt bad for thinking she might be behind the accident but then I heard her say to Daddy that "stubborn don't die," and I had to bite my tongue, not wanting to upset Nana.
"Are you listenin' Maddy?" Riley Jo hummed. "Or I am talking to myself here?"
My head snapped around. "Ooh, someone's grouchy today. What's crawled up your butt?" I smiled.
"You try sleeping with tiny feet digging into your bladder all night." She shook her head, blowing out a breath. "I swear I was up no less than fifteen times last night."
Riley Jo had hit the thirty week mark. Pressing my hand over her stomach I felt a small kick. "I can feel them shifting around." I waited for another nudge to my hand and wasn't disappointed. "You go easy on your Mama little one." I leaned over, whispering, "Your making her grumpy."
"Laugh it up Maddy Lockwood. This will be you someday!"
Oh, God, I truly hoped so.
But how would it work? This whole sharing of me and me living with two men might sound ideal, and in some ways, it was.
