At work, I find Gabriel at his desk. “Hey, you left early this morning.”

“I sure did, asshole. I figured you were busy.”

“What are you talking about?”

Gabriel leans back in his chair and says, “I heard you in the shower, Liam.”

“Oh shit, sorry.”

“Yeah, well, I figured I better leave before you get me in more trouble.”

“Okay, Gabriel, now I really don’t know what the hell you’re talking about.”

“I woke up to Fallon throwing a pillow at my head last night. She said she couldn’t sleep and went looking for Avery. Do you know what she found? Nothing, Liam. She said Avery wasn’t in her room. Then she said she heard Avery screaming out, from your room.”

“How the hell did that get you in trouble?”

“Because, Liam, she wants to scream like that, too. What the hell were you doing to her anyway?”

I laugh because shit, it’s just funny. “Obviously, what you’re not doing to your woman.”

“Shut the hell up, Liam. It’s not like that. It’s just that she’s almost ready to have the baby, and I’m man enough to admit, I’m a little scared to hurt the baby. You know what I mean? I’m kind of large.”

“You’re telling me? We do have the same parents and build, Gabriel.”

“So, you see.”

“I don’t know anything about pregnant women, Gabriel. What I do know is if you’re worried, imagine the poor women who fuck Zander.”

“No shit!” Gabriel says, and we both start laughing. Right on cue, Zander enters Gabriel’s office.

“Hey, what are you two laughing about?” Zander asks.

I answer him, “We were just talking about your monster dick.”

Zander sits down and says, “Good, I love talking about my dick. Let’s have it, how jealous are the both of you? Give it to me.”

“Fuck off. We were just saying how Gabriel is scared now that Fallon’s ready to pop that his big dick is going to hurt the baby or her. I then made a comment about how I feel sorry for the women you fuck.”

He looks at Gabriel and says, “You do know you won’t hurt the baby, right? I don’t think even my size would. Women are made for that kind of stuff. So, what is it, she doesn’t turn you on being pregnant?”

Gabriel growls, “Fuck you, Zander. Of course she turns me on. I love her pregnant. I don’t know. I enjoy my wife’s body very much and I especially love it now. It’s hard to not touch her like I want. It’s my first baby, you’ll see one day what I mean. I guess I’m nervous, is all. She doesn’t want me going gentle, and I’m scared to go too hard. It just started. I love her too much to hurt her. If something went wrong, I wouldn’t be able to forgive myself.”

Zander then says, “So, I guess the screaming and shit wasn’t from you and Fallon then?”

Gabriel shakes his head no and points to me. “Damn it, could everyone hear?”

Zander slams his hand on my back and says, “I’m proud of you, little brother, but just be glad Mom’s downstairs and on the other side of the house.”

Gabriel shouts out, “All I know is you better keep that shit down, or Fallon’s going to kill me!” Then he changes the subject. “Why did Mom switch rooms? Why does she want to be downstairs on the back side of the house?”

I answer, “I figured it’s so she can sneak in her lover.”

Gabriel and Zander both say, “Her what?”

I laugh and say, “Come on, assholes. Have you seen our mother? She’s gorgeous even at her age. Don’t you see how men look at her and throw themselves at her? Neither one of you can possibly think Mom is celibate.” I go on to say, “I have a strong feeling that –”

Gabriel shuts me up. “Stop, ugh.”

Zander stands and says, “You can keep your fucking feelings to yourself. Mom wouldn’t do that. She wouldn’t bring just any man into our house.”

I shrug my shoulders and say, “Okay, boys, whatever you two want to believe.”

Gabriel waves his hands and says, “I don’t want to talk about it. Now get out. I have work to do and a wife to love when I get home.”

We leave, and I think about telling them about my suspicions. I’ve been having these feelings for a while. I think she has someone. I’m just scared of the possibility of who I think it could be. Zander will never allow that to happen.