Forlot: Thunder Will Come Down - Book Twenty-Seven

Chapter Six

I expected my husband to faint. He usually faints or passes out when he gets news that affects him. I was able to carry him to our bedroom upstairs and tucked him in. As soon as I pulled the covers up to his chin, he started snoring. I wiped sweat off my forehead, relieved that he was fine, and kissed him on the lips again.

Cal came in with Tamara. They had played in Tamara's room and were now wondering if their father was alright. I reassured them that he would be fine and that he was catching up on his beauty sleep. I added that it was time for bed. The children were not happy to hear that.

"Let me know when you are ready for bed, Cal. And kiss your daddy."

Cal quirked an eyebrow. "You want me to kiss Daddy on the lips?"

"You may, but you do not have to. You can kiss him anywhere on his face."

I took Tamara from Cal, and he walked to the bed and stood on his tiptoes, gripping the edge of the bed. He pressed his lips against his dad's cheek, and Caleb smiled and went back to snoring. Tamara pouted and kicked her little feet, for she wanted to kiss one of her favorite people in the world. I carefully set her down next to Caleb, and she crawled and kissed him all over his face. I was surprised that he was not awakened by the kisses.

I picked her back up. "Bedtime."

The baby girl never likes bedtime and gave me the puppy eyes.

"Sorry, Tamara. Unlike Daddy, the puppy eyes do not work on me. But I will happily read you and your brother a short story before I put you two to bed. How does that sound?"

She cooed excitedly and clapped her hands. My son jumped up and down and said that it was okay as long as it was not a princess story. He is not fond of princesses.

Fast forward to two hours later. I had finished reading the story and realized that the kids were asleep in my lap. Since that we were already in Tamara's room, I placed the baby in her crib and set her stuffed hedgehog next to her. I then carried my son to his room and tucked him in his bed. After they were sound asleep, I quietly returned to the living room and snatched up my cellphone that had been lying on the table.

I had planned on making a couple important calls, however, I thought that it would not be good to make them while everybody else was awake, so I waited until I was alone and dialed the first number. I let out a whoosh of air and raised the phone to my ear.

"Hello? Yes, it is. I am calling you because I just thought that you should know that I want a baby, so do not be surprised if I show up one day with a big belly. Well, Caleb has not actually said that he desires another kid, but I am sure that he will once he has the chance to think it over. I promise that I will let you know first thing. Thank you for your time. Bye."

The person on the other end was my doctor. I checked in with him last month for an appointment, and he gave me the good news that my body was healthy and that I could have and carry a baby. I would have been pregnant at this moment if Caleb and I had this talk during our honeymoon. And we would have had the talk if Caleb had not gotten sick and cut our honeymoon short. His stomach was hurting that night and...I will leave it at that.

The next and final call was to Kara, Wendow and Triso's mother. Kara loves spending time with Tamara and Cal and does all kinds of favors for us mainly because she thinks that she owes Caleb for saving her life. She said that she would do whatever he wanted since that he and I are in a relationship.

I will be honest with you that I was not fond of Kara when she and I first met. She praised Caleb like a god - which he is not - and kept reminding me how much she loved him and would do anything to make him happy. I understood why she acted like that. Kara and her daughters were aliens and trying to blend in with the human crowd, so I guess that I could let her behavior fly by. Maybe. But it was not until what I found out that caused me to hold a grudge against her.

Kara kissed Caleb! On the lips!

I did not and still do not blame Caleb for the kiss because he is not the kind of person to kiss a girl who was not his girlfriend. I was furious and confronted Kara about the situation, trying to be as calm and collective as I could, for I did not know the whole story. Kara felt both embarrassed and ashamed and explained to me that she had no idea until after the kiss. She claimed that Caleb was uncomfortable by the kiss and told her that he was already in a relationship with me.

Kara hugged me ever so tightly and hoped that I would never find out about the kiss and begged for my forgiveness. At first, I did not want to forgive her, but I soon realized that the kiss was only an accident. She would have never done it if she had known that Caleb was taken. She was not evil. She was sort of like me and Caleb in a way.

I contacted her and asked if she could babysit Cal and Tamara, and she accepted since that she had nothing else to do the next day.

Tomorrow would be grand.