Our destiny

Alone

I just came home from training and I'm now in the shower washing my body. I hear one of the boys crying downstairs and then a few minutes later the crying stopped. I love to know that Ellie can always calm them down. I step out of the shower and get dressed. I'm looking forward to spending the rest of the evening with Ellie. As I walk downstairs and walk past the crib where James is sleeping I quickly stop and give him a kiss. Ellie is standing at the kitchen island making something. I sit at the opposite side of her and watch her.

"What are you making?" I ask as she is kneading something with her hands.

"Pizza." She says.

"Oh nice." I love when she does that. "Can I help you?"

"No, you can go and change Henry. That would help." She says instead. Henry is chilling on the floor with a plush toy in his hands. I go over at him and pick him up to bring him to his room to change him. I place a few kisses to his head while walking. While I change him, I look at the pictures on the wall above the changing table. There are all these pictures of us with them when they were just a few days old and now they are so big already. They grew up so fast and I really wish they would stop. I love to watch them learn things and everything but I fear that they won't be my cute little babies someday. I pick Henry up and press him against my chest tightly. I place a long kiss to his little head.

"Please always stay mummy's little baby." I whisper at him. I place some more kisses to his head. "I love you, honey."

We go back to the living room and I walk to the kitchen island next to Ellie. I kiss her cheek gently.

"What took you so long?" She asks while stroking over Henry's head.

"We had an important discussion." I say.

"Ah. Is that so?" She playfully says at Henry. He moves in my arms and presses himself more into my chest. I love when he does that. It's so cute. I go back to the couch and move Henry gently in my arms. He keeps looking up at me. I can't even believe how much love I have for these tiny humans. There is nothing I love more. I would do anything for them to keep them save and I would never let anything happen to them. Henry closes his eyes and grabs my finger. I watch how he slowly falls asleep in my arms. As he sleeps, I bring him over to lay him beside James in the crib. I keep watching them for a moment and then go over to Ellie again. I stand on the opposite of her and watch her.

Suddenly my phone that is laying next to Ellie lights up. She looks down which doesn't bother me. As she looks down her face changes. I don't know what it is. Surprise or anger or disappointment. Definitely a negative reaction. She looks up at me again and doesn't say anything for a moment. What is going on? What did she see on my phone?

"You are cheating on me." She says. What? I am what? Cheating. Why is she thinking this?

"What? No. No I'm not." I immediately say.

"Yes you are." She is talking a lot louder now and almost throws my phone at me. I open it and look at the messages that she just saw. They are from Kate. Fuck. As I read them I instantly know why Ellie is so mad.

Kate: I need you, Leah

Kate: I miss your body

What the hell is wrong with her? Ellie keeps looking at me with fury on her face.

"Are you fucking kidding me Leah? How could you do this? With her. I'm here at home taking care of your babies while you go and fuck another woman at work?" She screams at me. She is so mad. I never saw her so mad before.

"I didn't." I say.

"I'm not that stupid. Apparently you think I'm stupid but I'm not. I should have known it. You were so distant lately and you came home late so often. I just thought you had training. I trusted you and you were shagging this bitch somewhere. She isn't even hot. Why her?" She starts crying.