“Why are you leaving so early?”
“I have a lot to do.I’m leaving work early to meet my father at my mother’s house this evening, and I have clients I need to meet with.”
“Why are you meeting your father at your mother’s?”She rolls on her back, her head on the pillow.
“I’m going to tell them about you and the baby.”
“Was that today?”
I nod my head yes.
“Are you sure you don’t want to wait?”
“Till when?”
“Hmm, when the baby’s born.”
I smile and pat the side of her leg.“No.”She pouts like a child, and it makes me smile wider.She doesn’t want me to tell my parents, because we agreed we would tell Chris after.
“What do you think they’re going to say?”
“I don’t know and I don’t care.What they think doesn’t matter.It doesn’t affect the decisions we make or what I want.”
“You don’t think they’re going to be upset you’re having a baby so soon with me after what happened with Kate?”
“Honestly, the only thing my mother will truly be upset about is if I get married without telling her.”
“And your father, what would make him upset most?”
“If I even entertained the idea of not having an ironclad prenup, my dad would put my balls on the chopping block.”I play with her fingers in her lap.She smiles at me, and I smile back.
“Who is this lucky lady you’re going to get married to one day?”
“I never said I was going to get married.”
“Well, if you were ever to consider getting married, what would she look like?”
“Aha, well, let’s see.If I marry, the woman I choose will be smart, about this tall”—I hold up my hands to about her height—“with eyes I can stare at for hours, that’s a must.”
“Why’s that?”
“I’m going to work long hard hours to keep her satisfied, so I need to have some motivation to keep her barefoot and pregnant with the ten kids she’s going to have for me.She won’t have time for a job.Her job is going to be inside the home taking care of my kids.”I watch with amusement as her eyes widen.
“You pig, here I thought you were a man of the world and you believed in equality for women in the workplace and at home.”
I hold two fingers up and sincerely say, “On my honor as a Scout, I absolutely believe in equality for women at work and in the home, as well as in the bedroom.”
“You were never in the Scouts.”She squints her eyes at me.
“I know, this is why you can’t hold me to what I say.”She slaps me on the arm and I grab her hand, pulling her to me for a kiss.
“You’re lucky I know you’re joking, or I’d knock your block off for being a male chauvinist.”
“Baby, I can’t help it, you bring it out in me.That sweet little ass of yours makes me want to keep you tied up in my bed forever.Plus our kids are going to be the cutest little bastards alive.”I kiss her again on the lips.
“Would you forgive me if I cheated on you, Nick?”
“Where did that come from?”I look at her and raise a curious eyebrow.“Is there something you want to tell me?”
