Two Weeks Later
Rosy is doing fantastic with her PT, but she is still not ready to go home, and I am dealing with my first baby crisis. No one else can help, because we don’t want the other babies to get sick. Logically I understand, however I am elbow deep in dirty diapers and baby boogers for the last three days. I have been praying for some sort of relief.
I feel as if I never should have taken them to the hospital, but that was not my call to make. With taking care of all three babies, I haven’t really slept, showered, or eaten in the last seventy hours. To be honest and fair, I am sick too.
Selena and Max have just gone down in their cribs to sleep. Thankfully, they seem to be on the mend. Dale, however isn’t getting any better. I am covered in all manner of substances and decide it would be easier to take a bath with Dale, since he will not let me put him down at all.
Every fucking thing in the house needs to be cleaned with Lysol and bleach.
A quick bath and Dale is redressed, but I have only my towel wrapped around my waist. I am about to lay Dale down for a minute, when there is a soft knock at the front door. Changing course, I head to the door and open it. At first, I am not sure my eyes are not playing tricks on me or I am in shock at who is standing there.
Penny. My woman.
I am pissed. Do not misunderstand me, I still love her. But there are too many emotions going through me, right now. The biggest one is I am confused why she thinks she can traipse back in here, after leaving me like that? Hell No. Her little gasp makes my cock hard, but I cannot let that happen again.
“Jace. Hi. How are you?” She says, awkwardly.
“Penelope.” I say. I must force the pretty words I want to say to her beautiful ass, back down my throat. Looking down I notice she has a bag, but I cannot believe she would seriously be thinking of staying here. Fuck that.
“Is that all I get?” She says, her eyes swimming with tears.
Fuck.
I already know her tears are going to be my kryptonite, but I do stay strong.
“What do you expect, Penelope? Open arms. You have made your feelings for me and what we shared together, perfectly clear when you stole out of my bed in the middle of the fucking night.” I say with gruffness in my voice.
Right at that moment, Dale power barfs all over me. Damn. I just got clean. “As you can see, I am dealing with a bit of a situation and you should just go.” I say, motioning as I go to close the door. My chest is congested, and my eyes hurt, I am sure causing me to look like the train wreck I feel. Even though I could use the help, right now the pain is too raw to be rational.
“You’re sick, Jace. Let me help you, baby.”
“You better be talking to Dale with that baby shit, because you have lost the right with me, Penelope.” Her eyes go around making me hate myself right now.
“Jace. I can and will explain, but not right now. Give me the baby. Go get cleaned and then into bed. Your mama has said he cannot be without you, so as soon as you are in bed I’ll bring him to you. It smells like death in here and because it’s quiet, can I assume Max and Selena are sleeping?”
“They are. For about twenty minutes now. They should be out for a while, unless they need a diaper change.” I say, reluctantly opening the door further for her. I glance down at her bag again and take it from her. No matter what has happened, I am still a gentleman after all.
Telling myself I need the help and I am too tired, I am hoping will hide that I know I am lying. Shit. I am still pissed, but even I know to thank God for answering prayers. No sooner than I hand him over to her, he immediately starts crying.
“Follow me.” I say as I shut the door behind her. He is still fussing, but at least he is not shouting the place down anymore. Dropping her bag in another guest room and then I take her to the nursery and show her where everything is.
“Ok. I have it. Go and get in the shower.”
I take a few minutes to get clean, again. When I go back out, I slide on some pajama pants and crawl into bed. After a few minutes, she brings Dale to me and then I am out. Right before I fall asleep, I could swear her lips were on my forehead and there was a soft whisper of “I love you.”
Sometime in the night she took Dale again, but I immediately passed back out. I have a vague recollection of this happening several more times, throughout my time in bed. When my eyes finally pop open and stay that way, it is almost dusk again. Damn, I needed the sleep. Heading out into the living room, I see it is clean. Really clean and there is no smell…
Each baby is in their own pack-n-play sleeping. How the fuck did she get Dale to sleep alone? There are ocean sounds playing through the surround sound and she is sitting on the couch, curled up reading. Reading! I barely had time to take a leak, but she has time to read. Amazing. It is then, I realize for the first time in days, I am starving. It may have something to do with the scents wafting in from the kitchen.
“Penelope?” I ask.
“DAMN IT! Jace, you scared the shit out of me.” She says, clutching her chest and hopping up.
“Sorry. How did you perform a miracle?” I ask, gesturing to the pack-n-plays.
“You have been asleep for almost two whole days. I was starting to worry. I found only one pack-n-play, so I called Ham and had him bring me two more. In the baby book, I read they should do tummy time and they love it. The ocean sounds are close to the sounds in a womb and then they were out.”
I am in awe of her right now. Her hair is in that sexy bun and she is wearing the cutest glasses. I didn’t know she wore glasses.
“Wow,” is all I can manage right now.
“Um. I made a shepherd’s pie, if you are hungry.” She almost hesitantly tells me.
“Oh yeah, I am hungry.” I say, and she licks her bottom lip so quickly I almost didn’t see it. Damn. I stifle a groan because I may be mad at her, but her tight pussy is still all I think about.
“Let me dish some up for you.” She says as she starts to stand and go into the kitchen.
“Thanks. How long are you staying?” I ask, a little bitterly.
“Indefinitely.” Comes out with a slight shrug of her shoulders.
“What about school?” I know how much it meant to her.
“I’m over it.” I almost believe her too, but her eyes give her away every time.
“Well, I am up now, and you can head out. Thanks for your help. I am sure your grandmother or Ava would like your company.” That sounds dickish to me, but when she squares her back I know I’ve hurt her. She turns to me with a bright smile, before she lays the bomb on me.
“You misunderstand. I am staying here in this cabin with you. Helping you with the babies is my only priority for now. We can work out a schedule that will allow us to sleep too.” She says as she hands me a plate of food. When she pulls out my favorite beer, I know she has somehow been to the store.
“You’ve been shopping?” I ask with awe.
“Online. I had Ham and Ava go into St Paul and pick it up and bring it to us. There were only six diapers left.”
“Well, that wouldn’t have lasted long.”
“No, it wouldn’t have.”
“So, about this schedule.” I ask as I take a bite of the best shepherd’s pie I’ve ever had. I cannot control the groan that escapes my mouth. Her big smile almost has me pulling her onto my lap.
Almost. I am fucked.