This takes place 6 months after the end of "You, Me and He. Shantelle and Joe are busy raising their 6 month old daughter Patricia, whom they call Trish. Joe never told Shantelle about the letter he received, and when heartbreaking tragedy visits Jo...
Well, it's been 6 months since Joe and I welcomed Trish into the world, and I must say that motherhood has been a beautiful experience. Trish is a very happy and healthy baby. Did I also mention that she's a certified daddy's girl? I swear she has Joe wrapped around her chubby little finger. When we first brought her home from the hospital, Joe would get up with her every night, despite the fact that I had a live in nurse and nanny. If Trish started crying, Joe would pop up and run into her nursery, and it had been that way since, even tonight, the routine never changed. Joe heard Trish crying and off he went to her nursery.
"Hey my little angel, daddy's here." I heard him say on the baby monitor.
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Trish cooed happily at the sound of her father's voice.
"You know daddy loves you and mommy very much. You know that right? Daddy would give his life to protect you and mommy. I just love you so much my little lamb, my pet. I wish your grandma could've been here to...to meet you." Joe says as he broke into a sob, causing me to break down in tears as well, as I hear my husband cry all over again as if his heart would break.
Unable to stand to hear my husband's anguish, I went into the nursery and what I saw hurt me to my inner core. Joe was holding Trish close to him and weeping pitifully. I think Trish was confused at her Daddy crying that she started to cry too.
I came into the room and wrapped my arms around my husband and child....
"Baby it's ok. I'm here." I say.
"I-I miss her so much. It's not fair! It's not fair! My mother was robbed of watching me get married and start a family! Why?! Why did it have to happen?!" Joe asked rhetorically.
"I don't know baby, I wish I knew, but just know that I love you and Trish loves you too. Right baby girl?" I say.
"Da-da.....dadadadada." Trish said as she clapped her hands, having stopped crying.
"Thank you both for loving me." Joe said with a watery smile.
"No need to thank us. It's the truth." I say, as I took Trish and held her. As I held my daughter, she began to squirm and tug at my shirt.
"I think someone's hungry." Joe observed as he wiped his eyes.
"I think so too." I said as I sat down, opening my shirt and began to nurse her. As I breastfed Trish, Joe stared at me with a smile and shook his head.
"What's wrong why are you shaking your head?" I ask puzzled.
"It's just the most beautiful and amazing thing." Joe said pointing at me and Trish.
"What is?" I ask.
"The fact that you carried her around inside you for 9 months and now you are feeding her from your body is amazing. A woman's body is just so amazing and I'm so glad to know that our love helped create all of this." Joe said as his eyes started to water again with emotion.
"Awww Joe, my dear hubby and father of my child, I love you so much too and I'm glad to know that the threat of Darnell is out of our lives for good." I say.
When I said that, a strange expression came over my husband's face....
"Babe, what's wrong?" I ask noticing the sudden change in his demeanor.
"Oh nothing my love, I was just thinking why don't we look into buying another house?" He asked.
"Another house? Why? I like it here." I ask confused.
"Well I was just thinking, this house is really big and I was just thinking of something different that's all. But if you want to stay here, it's ok. I was thinking about a weekend or a vacation house." He says.
"Ok that sounds like an idea, because this can be our main house since we want to have more babies. I mean...you still want to have more children don't you?" I ask.
"You know I do baby girl. I wanna try for a son, a mini me, a little Joe." He said with a smile.
"Awww baby and I want to give that to you. In fact, I want to give you a football team of kids." I say.
Joe then got up and walked over to me and hugged me...
"And this is why I thank God everyday that you are my wife." He said.
In the back of his mind, Joe was worried. He had never told Shantelle about the letter, as he didn't want her to worry. But he knew he had to keep his family safe at all costs. So far it had been quiet, but was this the calm before the storm?
