“Same,” Bodie said. “Gemma is revealing our news as well. All the ladies are probably going to flip out with all the baby talk.” He gave us all a glance. “We’re having twins.”
My brows threatened to hit my hairline, and my eyes widened with shock. “Wow, no shit?”
Bodie chuckled. “Yeah, no shit,” he said with a huge smirk on his face.
“This is awesome, congrats.” Rowan smacked Bodie on the back. “Just don’t ask me to babysit.”
Bodie decked him in the arm. “I'll call you up first.”
The streets echoed with the roar of laughter, and I was shocked the ladies hadn’t come out to see what the commotion was, or the whole neighborhood more like it.
Rowan got serious, giving us all a sappy look that we should probably give him shit for, but we were all too damn excited. “I’m really happy for all of you.”
We thanked him and then congratulated one another. Itwas still hard to believe that I was right smack in the middle of this awesome bunch of friends.
“Okay.” Rowan slapped his hands together loudly. “I’ll try to help you all get inside.”
“Now we’re talking!” I yelled.
Chapter Forty-Seven
PATIENCE
Even as late as it was, we were all still wired.
Carson had made it out of the house unscathed. We ate, talked about wedding plans, and shared our baby news.
I couldn’t believe that Gemma was having twins—boys to be exact—at the start of January, and River was expecting a little girl less than two weeks later. They both were in their second trimester, and we understood their reasons for keeping things quiet; no one was upset.
Gemma hadn’t been feeling well; she’d been worried about how things would go, pregnant with two, and needed to get through the first part before revealing her exciting news. She wouldn’t be able to hide it much longer, not that I thought she truly wanted to. The woman was growing two babies inside her, and when she pulled the baggy shirt off her tiny frame, she had a small baby bump.
River had the slightest start, looking more like a little pooch in her belly—it was adorable. I couldn’t believe we hadn’t all caught on before now. River had some morning sickness, but not telling us sooner had been more about soaking in the fact she could really be this blissfully happyand have what she did after the haunting past she had grown up in.
Due in February, a bit behind them, I wasn’t showing yet. I couldn’t wait to see my belly grow with mine and Jett’s child and feel them kicking me. Even Griffin was so freaking excited he could barely calm down these days. Knowing both my friends had blood tests and knew the sex of the babies, I was longing to do the same.
“Patience, are you listening?” Ruby asked, grabbing my attention.
I bit my lip, shaking my head. “Sorry, I was in baby land.”
River and Gemma nodded in understanding. “It’s an easy place to get lost,” the latter said, laughing.
“That’s for sure,” River added.
“Okay, I get it,” my sister said. “Back to wedding planning, though. Is there anything else we haven’t nailed down?”
Tilting my head, I thought about it for a moment before answering. “I don’t think so.”
I was giddy with anticipation for the actual wedding and saying vows with my husband, with all our friends and family in attendance. My marriage to him would have always been because I loved him, but it all started out in a weird way and without the people we cared about most around us.
“Is Dusty coming?” Summer asked.
A huge smile broke out across my face. “She said she wouldn’t miss it for the world.”
With the mention of her, I decided to give her a call—on speaker. Not thinking about the time, of course, which she commented on in her classic Dusty way when she picked up after a couple of rings.
“This had better top a triple orgasm after a session of hardcore sex with a hot schoolteacher with the body of a football legend if you’re waking me up at…”
After a pause, she was back.
