Am I Really Alone?

Chapter 18

2 years later

Daniel's POV

"Baby baby, I'm so glad you're mine."

I sang as Arielle and I swayed back and forth to the song Baby Baby by Amy Grant and Tori Kelly.

"I love you my beautiful wife."

"I love you too my handsome husband."

I gently placed a kiss to her plump lips.

I pull away and place a hand on her swollen stomach.

I look at her with admiration and pride.

I can't wait to meet our bundles of joy.

Yes, I do mean bundles of joy.

We are having triplets.

I know you must be thinking that is a lot.

But no, it's not.

I've been waiting for this moment for a very long time, and at one point I thought it would never come. I thought she couldn't conceive.

About a year ago on our one year anniversary.

We went to dinner and talked about the future.

We ended up on the subject of kids and decided it was time to start a family of our own.

So later that night, you know exactly what went down.

About a month later.

She conceived.

We were ecstatic.

I was so happy, I was finally going to be a father.

But sadly the happiness did not last.

Two weeks after finding out, we had a doctors appointment.

When we got there they did test to make sure she was fine.

Then they moved us to a room to listen to the heartbeat.

But it wasn't there.

Arielle took that information harder than I did.

She broke down as soon as we got home.

She blamed herself.

For weeks she wouldn't let me touch or kiss her.

She wouldn't eat, didn't sleep.

She just stared at the wall and murmured repeatedly "it's all my fault."

There was nothing I could do but pray and hope that things would get better.

Two months later, she got over it and finally let me in.

I eventually convinced her that we should try again.

So we did.

This time it took 3 weeks for her to conceive.

Sadly our twins didn't survive and it took four months for Arielle to recover.

That was the second saddest year I ever had besides the the year my parents died.

Now here we are today and Arielle is 5 months pregnant with triplets, getting ready for a doctors appointment.

I couldn't be any more elated than I am now.

"Babe, do I look fat?"

I smirk and roll my eyes.

I walk to the bathroom to see her looking at herself in the full length mirror with tear filled eyes.