Montana moments Book 3- Boats and Babies

Chapter 1-

Elizabeth

As I walk into A cherry on top the first thing I notice is the smell. Its like sugar and spice and everything nice. I chuckle to myself and rub my belly. My little girls are moving a whole lot. The second thing I notice is a woman behind the counter. She is cute, a small blonde. Her name tag says Sarah. I order a iced decaf. I know odd being as its the middle of winter but I love it. Anyways I also ordered a large cinnamon roll and sat down. I needed to work up the courage to do this. I had been in Gaol for a week now and have walked by this place more then once. Too afraid to walk in. What if he does not want any thing to do with me? Or the girls? What if he thinks its about the money? My bank account says other wise but people tend to think what they want.

I decide its now or never. I walk over to Sarah and ask to speak to Harmony. She looks at me and yells for her. She comes out and I hold out my hand to her.

"Hi I'm Elizabeth Johnson. Is there a place we can talk? I have somethings to show you. I kinda need your help" I say to her. Hoping she wont reject me right off. 

"Can I ask what this is about?" Harmony asked me.

"Yeah umm I just. Umm I think, well I'm I need to sit down. I, umm its a long story. Anywhere really. Just wanted to give you some privacy. If I'm wrong and I could be" I stammered threw it. How do I do this. I have only known a little over a week myself. I packed up my house and moved here. On the hope that I am right this time. I feel it. I am right. I am so close to him. 

"Yeah, do you mind if my mom joins us. Its almost feeding time for the twins" She said leading me back to what I assumed was her office. She opened the door and inside were two babies. Maybe five months old. One a boy and one a girl. Both adorable and chubby. She draped a blanket over her shoulder and picked up the little boy and began to feed him. I can't help but smile. I hope to be doing this with my girls in about five months myself. A older woman walks in and picks up the little girl and begins to change her. I assume this is Harmony's mom.

"please take a seat. How can I help you" She said all business.

"I hope you can. I have some documents for you to look at. I am coming to you mother to mother. See I had crap birth parents. My mom abandoned me right out of the hospital. She decided drugs were the better bet. My adoptive parents were and are amazing. I learned that I had a brother and a sister about two years ago. I have tracked down my sister. Well tracked down her headstone. Cassie was killed in a car accident when she was a senior in high school" I tell her as I reach for my necklace that her parents gave me. Inside was a picture of my older sister. The one sibling I am never going to meet.

"i'm sorry to hear that but i'm a little confused" Harmony told me honestly.

"My brother was placed in foster care. He name is or was Calvin Seth Markson. He was born in Ohio. In September of eighty three I believe." I knew this from memory. 

"Are you saying the my husband is your brother? He only has one sister. Your not old enough to be her. I'm sorry. I cant help you" she told me. putting the papers back in the envelope. Shit I have to do something. I cant be wrong.

"Just a second. Would you at least look at my paperwork, really look at it. I did not want to go him first. I'm coming to you because your his wife. How do I tell a brother that does not know about me that I am alive and his sister that I bet he is looking for is gone and same for our parents. They both od'ed two days after I was born. The reason I bet he did not know about me is because I was not born in Ohio. I was born in Kodiak Alaska. My bio parents used fake names because they were wanted felons." I told her taking out the file I had. The ones i did not want to sow right off. I was trying to be delicate with this stuff. Its hard. I took out all of our birth certificates. As well as the death certificates of my sister and my parents. I showed her the records. Copies of how they figured out who they were by using finger prints. How I pieced things together over the last two years.

"Wow. You have done a lot of work. Why do you want to know Cal? I have to ask. My husband is a great man. Someone I love with all my heart. I wont let anyone use him or hurt him" She told me honestly.

"I see how when you told me that, then looked at your children. How you would protect them with your dying breath, how you would give them the best life possible. That's how I feel about my girls. I want them to know there family. I only have my parents. There getting older. From what I can tell Cal is the only blood relative I have left other then your children. I don't want or need money. My husband, well he left me in an okay financial state. Left us okay i should say." I told her taking a deep breath. It was still hard to talk about John. In my mind I was still married. In the worlds eyes I am a widow. A word I refuse to use just yet.

"Can I think this over? Its a lot to take in. I'm sorry if I come off rough. I'm not. I'm just protective of my husbands. How far along are you? And where can I reach you?" Harmony asked me.

"I am a little over five months. My girls are growing that's for sure. You may hold onto the paperwork. Those are just copies. I have the originals. My number is on the envelope. I want to thank you. Also I want to leave you with these. Please don't loose them. Its my only ones. I am willing to do DNA to prove it but there is something I want to ask you does Cal have mark on him like this?" I ask holding up the back of my hair showing her my heart shaped birthmark.

 "I heard from Cassie's mom that she had it. Apparently our dad had it. Also if you look at the pictures I bet you find that infant pictures of your son looks just like those. The oldest one is of my Bio father. The other is Calvin as the same age." I told her then walked out of the bakery and headed towards home deciding to stop off at the diner.