Mine (Book 2 of the His Series)

Forty-Eight

Leo

I sat there next to Ellie as she told her Survivor group about how she was doing and how much progress she had made. About six months had passed since the beginning of this journey and everyday was another small battle won. She had recently started seeing a therapist and after she had the baby, she'd be getting on meds if needed. She smiled more, she walked with more confidence and reassurance and I was so happy in seeing this huge change. 

I was proud to be by her side. 

She was strong that I felt even stronger as long as I was by her side. I listened to her testimony and looked across the room at the other Survivors that sat in a circle, intently listening to what she had to say. And once she mentioned the engagement, they all clapped and seemed genuinely happy for her. She introduced me, I waved and let the spotlight go back to her. 

After the meeting was over, I proudly grabbed her hand and quickly ushered her towards the car.

"Hey, easy, I don't want to shake the little one."

"Sorry Els, I just want to show you something. I think you'll love it."

"More surprises? You have so many surprises." She smiled

"You'll love this one baby, I promise. Come on, I want to hurry."

And hurry I did. I made her close her eyes on the last five minutes of the journey and parked the car. I opened her door and helped her out, careful of her protruding belly.

"I'm going to put a blind fold on you so that you won't cheat."

"This must be one huge surprise."

"It is sweetie. Just trust me." I murmured as I put her blindfold on

"I trust you with my life."

"As I trust you with mine. Come on, walk forward for me."

I grabbed her shoulders and steered her in the right direction.

"Step up beautiful." I softly 

She did so and I urged her to keep walking forward.

"I hear an echo. Are we in a building or something?"

"Something like that. Are you ready to see the surprise?"

"Like yesterday! You're killing me here."

I took off her blindfold and revealed to her our new place to live.

"Is this ours?" She asked in awe.

"Yes baby, it is. It's a four bedroom, three bathroom home. The beach is a block away and there are some really nice schools in the area. There's a huge backyard for the kid to play in, it's gated and our practice wouldn't be too far from here. If you want to live in Shellville I can find somewh-"

She cut me off with a kiss and wrapped her arms around my neck.

"Are you kidding!? I love the house!" She said excitedly

"Good. I'm also looking into getting another practice nearby. Build our empire up even more."

"Can we afford that? You know I can't go back to work yet." She asked, eyebrows scrunched up in worry

"Of course we can, our practice now is doing so well, I think we can handle having two."

"Maybe we should wait on that. After the baby is born, I still won't be able to help out around here until I they're a year old. Unless we got a nanny, which is out of the question."