When Maya came home in the evening, the house was a mess.
-"Am I in the right house?"
- "who would have thought that «three years old» would require so much attention?!"
- "three years old?"
- "Jordan is twenty-five months old soon, the twins are a little over five months... Between the three of them they're three..."
Maya's eyes had fallen on her wife.
- "Didn't you take your shower?"
-"I wish... Taking care of them with you seemed so easy... They ganged up on me because you went to work... For the first time in their lives, the twins didn't want to sleep at the same time... And when they fell asleep only once at the same time in the whole day... It was Jordan who wouldn't let me breathe..."
- "love ... Go take a bath... Go relax, I'll make dinner and take care of the girls."
- "don't think it's going to be easy"
- "love, go... I'll be all right."
- "do you really think you're going to be able to cook and look after them?... I haven't had time to eat... Believe it or not, I finished Jordan's lunch this afternoon because I was so hungry."
-"Love... Go take a bath," Maya replied, while coming closer.
-"Don't come any closer, I've got vomit all over my top, even in my hair... Oh and mashed peas and chunks of ham, courtesy of Jordan when she told me she wanted you to feed her and I told her you weren't there."
- "love... I'm sorry... Do you want me to-"
- "want me to what? That you quit?... The approved nannies make it... I guess I could do that... Besides... Technically, I love them, they're my daughters."
- "uh.... « Technically» ?"
-"Don't mess with me..." The Italian replied, giving her her Carina DeLuca look.
- "love... Go on, you'll be fine".
- "managing three babies is harder than a team of thirty firefighters"
- "but the difference is that I love them with all my being"
Carina had frowned in her wife's direction, before picking up her phone from the counter and heading for the bathroom.
Maya had wanted to follow, but Jordan had called her.
- "mommy"
- "Heyyy sweetie"
- "mommy"
The Battalion Chief had come to take the little one in her arms.
- "were you a little monster today with mamma?"
Jordan had laughed.
"You have to be cute with mamma, she loves you very much."
- "Ordan wants mommy."
- "and as hard as I'd like to spend my days with you sweetheart, I can't, I have to go to work"
- "mommy no amo Ordan"
- "yes, I love you with all my being. You're one of the reasons I breathe. That I want to be alive... You... Your little sisters... And your perfect mamma... I love you my heart"
- "Ti amo mommy" had replied the little brunette, tightening her arms around her neck.
-"and you have to be cute with mamma".
