I Found the Babies

Chapter 21

(Its unedited. If you please point out the mistakes, I'll be glad.)

I froze.

"Your father called?" I frowned as he buried his head deeper into my hair. "Does he know?"

"No." He took in a deep breath, "It doesn't seem like he knows. If it had been the case, he wouldn't have postponed their return for another month. They would've had been back within a day without prior notice."

I pulled away, "Then why did he call?"

"Just wanted to vent out his frustration, I guess." He shrugged, "Larissa's been giving him a hard time."

I snorted, "As if that's anything new."

He frowned, "Apparently, Larissa refuses to talk about what happened during her delivery, and the loss we all faced. It's worrying my dad. He even talked about trying for another baby but she refused."

"Of course, she did."

He slowly pulled away and sighed, "Said that she won't be able to bear another loss like that. She needs more time and isn't ready."

He sat on the edge of the bed, and I climbed in behind him. I started massaging his shoulders and his back, and after a few moments, I asked:

"So...I gather you didn't tell him anything about the twins."

"No, I didn't. Do you want me to tell him?"

"No."

"I don't want that, too. It's been nine fucking months and it still feels that the time went by too past. I want more time with you, with our twins before shit hits the fan and we have no idea what's going to happen."

I wrapped my arms around him and pressed my cheeks to his, murmuring, "Everything will be fine."

And just like that, he kissed me, murmuring, "Lord, I need you so much."

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That month, I had spent my every waking, and sleeping, moment with the twins and Terrence, shadowing them everywhere to the point where I felt like I was annoying them with my hovering presence. Though, I could see that Raine and Ryan were enjoying the constant attention Momo was showering them. Terrence, too, enjoyed how I kept clinging to him time and again, and how I was growing insatiable when it came to sex.

"Even though I love how much you stay around, Alyssa, I need you to stop worrying," Terrence said before leaving for work that day, "The both of us need to be strong enough now, to fight for Raine and Ryan."

But the strength I had somehow gathered in the morning went out for a vacation and my hands shook as I kept the intercom back in its place.

Larissa and Vincent Powers were here.

They were really here.