Afraid to Love ✔

Part 17

(A/N: In case it wasn't clear, Mia is the baby of the family. The media are a few of Laurent's gifts for the triplets. Hope you enjoy.)

Mai

After a thorough check up, the babies and I are fine. This incident has brought out a whole new side of Larry. I can't say I like being on tour with Larry but he refuses to let me out of his sight even with security. At first I was not allowed to eat anything that he didn't prepare but after repeatedly explaining that wasn’t likely, since he wanted Mia Larry relented. (You can play media)
When we finally return to Paris in the middle of his family dinner, he starts singing to me at the table. After the first verse he got on his knees, placed a ring on my finger while singing, "But today, I won't be able to ask you loud enough. Please Mai, will you marry me? I swear that I mean it."
I accepted before he could say anymore and I kissed him so hard I knocked him, well us, to the ground. I'm just glad his brothers were there to help us up. Even if they were laughing the entire time they helped. I was 5 months then and I feel like I looked 7. I have been walking, uh wobbling, around more lately but Larry doesn't seem to care. He only hugs me from the side or back because I'm out too far to approach from the front.
Larry calls several times a day to talk to the babies, not that I'm  complaining. It makes me happy he is so invested in them. I have to admit I was scared he wouldn't when I first saw his reaction to the pregnancy.  If there's anything good to come from the whole poison incident, I know Larry loves us.
Larry tells me I'm beautiful every day. Yes I'm a beautiful whale of a woman carrying a rugby team that uses her bladder as a ball. It feels like they are always fighting inside me. They never sleep at the same time so someone is always moving around in there agitating the others.
Laurent has started talking to the babies too, he's always asking, 'how are us babies?' Larry quickly corrects him, 'my babies'. Great one more thing for them to fuss over, like they don't pick the silliest things to fuss over already. The babies get excited when Lau is around as well. I feel like the only time they are all calm is when Larry touches them and if he's near me and doesn't touch them, they reach for him. It would be cute if it wasn't painful.
Laurent hasn't been spending as much time with us since we came back to Paris. I'm not sure but I think he goes somewhere to listen to Mia's voice or watch old videos of her. I heard her one night in his room asking about his tour and she apologizing for not being able to get to see him. I almost burst in thinking he was talking to her but then she started talking about sand and the heat outside and it was cold almost everywhere in the world. He would  look anxious and sometimes irritated before he disappeared. For a minute we thought he was on drugs but Larry followed him once and he was alone watching a video of Mia while smiling.
Anyway, Matt and Draykov have taken a leave of absence.  Hopefully they are looking for Mia, but I can't reach them and they don't call me so there is no way to know if they found her. Unfortunately since there is no sign of her and she hasn't returned the police are talking about declaring her dead without a body. I'm against it. I have to believe she's ok even if every method they used to find Mia had failed.

Larry

Mai sent our Christmas presents the same time as our birthday presents to  Maman because Mai and my babies are spending the month in the bed something about elevated blood pressure (preeclamsia). She says it's just a precaution she feels fine but didn't want to take any unnecessary risks.
Maman gave us all Mai's presents on Christmas. Mai gave me necklace, watch, jackets and pants. Lau got watch, sweaters and scarves. He almost cry then he open a small gift Maman said was delivered this morning before we woke up. He still hasn't shown me what he got but he say it it was what he wanted. I think it from Mia but why would he hide it.
I wish Mia could be here for him and Mai.
I know I am blessed to have a family that shows they love me so much and accepts Mai and the babies. My brother hug me every time he see me, I no mind, much. I think he just happy nothing bad happen to me or my babies, and I try to believe him when he says he is fine, because he's been okay with her absence, nothing like last time she disappeared. He's acting like Mia's away at college instead of with her homicidal ex.