A Case Reopened [Book Two]

Ten

After the younger Houston kids got out of school, Liam drove them up to the hospital. Lena was already up there and soaking up as much time with Hunter as she possibly could. 

"Is everyone decent?" Liam asked, as knocking on the door. The twins groaned at their brother's attempt at humor, as Adam and Emma just rolled their eyes.

"Oh stop it. Just come in." Olivia sighed. The door opened and Olivia's siblings came into the room. Olivia was laying on the bed with her body held warmly by her wife. Lena sat in the rocking chair with Hunter, as Serena slept awkwardly in one of the hard chairs.

"You should have sent her home." Liam breathed, as he moved over to his mother and adjusted the light blanket that was covering her body.

"She refused to go home. We tried, trust me." Olivia spoke before she got many hugs from her siblings. Then the kids moved from their sister and to where their niece was sleeping peacefully in Lena's arms.

"Did everything go good?" Katy asked, as she gently caressed the few curls that Hunter had on her head. 

"As best as it could... your niece couldn't wait as long as we needed her too. She decided that she wanted to be born in the back of our car." Amanda spoke. Everyone looked at them with wide eyes.

"The car was parked on the side of the road. Amanda wasn't driving when this was happening." Olivia laughed, and everyone seemed to be calmer after hearing that.

The kids enjoyed meeting their niece and the room was filled with comments about how absolutely adorable she was. But then it turned to a sad topic.

"Liv?" Emma asked. Olivia looked at her sister and gave her a tired smile.

"Yeah?" Olivia questioned.

"Daddy would have loved to meet her." Emma breathed. Tears sprung into Olivia's eyes as soon as those words left her baby sister's mouth. Olivia closed her eyes tightly as she thought about Dwayne. 

"He was an extraordinary man. He would have been more than excited to be a grandpa." Serena spoke, from where she had finally woke up. Olivia opened her eyes and looked at her mother.

"I wish he was here." She whispered.

"I do too... but he's watching over us all. And he was there last night and that's why we were safe on the side of the road."

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Olivia and Hunter were released two days later and both were still doing amazing. It was a little daunting for Olivia and Amanda because bringing home a brand new baby was a little foreign to them. Olivia had raised two newborns before, but that was different. She wasn't the one that had just had the baby, Lou was. So she had all of her wits about her, but it was different this time. She was exhausted and felt like as soon as she fell asleep, Hunter was up and ready to eat again.

"Hey, is she done eating?" Amanda whispered as she walked into the light gray nursery. Olivia was sitting in the glider as she patted Hunter's back.

"She is," Olivia whispered.

"Is something wrong?" Amanda whispered back, as she moved to the other side of the room. She squatted down in front of her wife before gently placing her hands against where Olivia's stomach was still swollen, just not nearly as swollen as it had been when Hunter was still nestled inside.

"I'm just so tired." Olivia breathed.

"It's going to get better, darling. Now, want to give me the baby and go get some sleep?" Amanda asked.

"I have stuff to do, Mandy. I have to take a shower and I need to try and pump as much as possible. I want Hunter to be able to eat even if I cannot nurse her for each feed." Olivia breathed. She was on the verge of tears, and Amanda could tell. She stood slowly before leaning close and pressing several kisses to Olivia's lips.

"Why don't you go take a shower. You can pump when you are done and then nap. Miss Hunter and I will spend the next few hours together. I can give her a bath and tell her how cute she is. She'll be fine." Amanda spoke. Olivia looked at her wife hesitantly before nodding.

"Okay... but get me if she gets too much to handle. Okay?" Olivia spoke.

"Deal, darling. Now, get going before she gets sick on me or poops on me and I'll need to take a shower." Amanda smiled. She took Hunter from her wife before cradling the baby close to her chest.

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Olivia took her time in the shower and everything else she had to do. She kept looking at the security cameras and checked in on Amanda and Hunter. Amanda was doing amazing with Hunter which made Olivia realize she hadn't done much for herself lately.

She wanted to accept the help of her wife because Hunter is their child. Not just hers. She was going to make sure that Hunter knew that she had two mothers, unlike how Mathias, Nicole, and the other girl had.

"Oh, tell Mommy that you are hungry." Amanda cooed, as she opened the bedroom door. Olivia was just finishing up rubbing lotion into her arms, and she quickly stood up to wash her hands so she didn't get it on Hunter's sensitive skin.

"How was your time with her?" Olivia asked once she came out of the bathroom before taking the whimpering baby into her arms.

"It was amazing. I love being a Mama." Amanda spoke. Olivia looked at her and smiled as she moved her shirt around so she could nurse Hunter.

"When I was with Lou... I felt like I wasn't a mother to Mathias and Nicole. Like because she carried them, I wasn't anything to them. But with you... you make this all real. Like we are really a family. Not just me being the mother and you being my wife. We are both Hunter's mothers and it makes me so happy. It's a dream come true."

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