“The two lima beans are two babies. Y’all are having twins. ”
Twins? Holy hell. We’re having twins! I stared down at Heather with tears in my eyes. She was looking up at me with most beautiful smile I’d ever seen on her face. Twins.
Chapter Thirty-Two
When I heard Ellie scream, I ran into the kitchen, trying to get ahead of that bastard dog of hers. Of course, he cut me off and got to her first.
If he didn’t watch over Alex like he did, I swear I’d…I’d…ah hell. I love that damn dog.
“What’s wrong?” I asked.
Ellie turned around and gave me the biggest smile I’d ever seen. I smiled back at her just because I couldn’t help myself.
“That’s so wonderful, sweets! Don’t worry. He’ll snap out of it soon enough. Just splash some cold water on his face,” Ellie said with a laugh.
Reaching down, I started to rub Gus on the head as I listened to Ellie’s side of the conversation.
“Okay. Heather, honey, it’s all going to be beautiful, so please don’t worry! Okay…see you in a bit. ” She hung up the phone and walked over to me.
As she kissed the shit out of me, I placed my hands on her hips and pulled her closer to me.
She slowly leaned away but not before she let out a small moan.
“Damn, Ells…what was that for?”
She smiled and scrunched up her nose. “Do I have to have a reason to kiss my husband?”
“No, but I sure as hell want to know what I did, so I can do it more often. ”
She laughed and gave me another quick kiss. “That was Heather on the phone. ”
“I gathered. I take it from your smile that everything turned out good?”
She started to giggle. “Yep! Except Josh nearly passed out. ”
“Pussy. ”
“You’re one to talk!”
“I tripped!”
“Uh-huh. Well, anyway, Heather had a bit of news to share. ”
Her smile grew, and this time, she began hopping up and down. I couldn’t help but laugh at how giddy she was acting.
“Are you going to tell me? Or do I have to kiss it out of you?”
“Oh! I kind of like that idea…but I can’t wait another second. They’re having twins!”
Wait. What? “Ellie…did you just say they’re having twins?”
She shook her head and started to clap her hands together.
“Oh my god, Gunner! We’re going to have five kids all around the same age. Five! I can’t wait to tell Grace and Emma. I would give anything to see Elizabeth’s face when they tell her they’re having twins. ”
“Shit, I’d have given anything to see Josh’s face when he found out they’re having twins!”
She threw her head back and laughed. “Heather told me the nurse had to hold up Josh, so he wouldn’t fall over, and the whole way home, he just kept repeating the word twins. ”