Raising my brow, I retort, “What do you think?”
He chuckles then nods. “I suspect with Phoebe being pregnant that Ella will be around a lot more than normal,” he concludes.
“What’s with the two of you?” Psycho questions.
“Not ready to talk about it,” Data retorts.
“Can we focus? With Prophet and Phoebe hitting the road, we need to make sure everything is in order,” Rebel decrees. Turning to me, he says, “We’ll keep you in the loop as far as the tattoo shop and gym go, but you’ve got good men in place for the classes, and your artists are top notch, so focus on your woman.”
“You gonna make an honest woman out of her?” Ash asks, grinning at me.
“Y’all are like a bunch of nattering hens,” I retort. “She doesn’t want anything fancy since she was married before.”
The thing is, I want to give her the fairytale dream, especially since she did go to the courthouse the first time around. Not only that, but this is the only time I plan to get married, so I kind of want all the bells and whistles. Not that I’ll admit that to these assholes.
“We can always do something here or even out at Esther and Paul’s place,” Rebel says.
“I’ll talk to her,” I promise. “Anything else?” I ask, eager to get home to my family.
“Yeah, we’re done. Data will make sure your laptop can handle the programs you’ll need for the bookwork for the gym and tattoo shop,” Rebel advises.
I don’t waste any time, practically running from the room. I’ve got a lot to take care of before we leave and the sooner I get home, the better. The RV is already there so I can start the arduous process of getting it packed up for our trip. I won’t lie, I’m equal parts anxious and excited about hitting the road with my two girls and Kevin. Grinning, I hop on my bike and point it in the direction of our home.
“I think this will work, don’t you?” I ask Phoebe as she stands next to me.
The RV has one dedicated bedroom which is ours, of course, but I took one of the bunk areas and created an enclosure of sorts for Cami. In fact, it kind of looks like a giant playpen now, which has me grinning.
“It should,” she replies, her hand rubbing my back. “Now, show me what you’ve figured out for Kevin.”
Chuckling, I lead her to the loft over the driver cabin and she starts laughing. With the exception of his automatic litter box, which I have in a furniture enclosure for aesthetics, everything else for our cat is in the loft. There’s a huge bed, which I suspect he won’t use since he typically sleeps on Phoebe’s pillow, as well as several interactive toys. His food and water are in the kitchen area, already anchored down for the times we’re moving.
“He’s going to like it,” she teases. “Now, we’ve got a little more time before Cami wakes up from her nap. How do you feel about helping me out with something?”
“What’s going on?” I ask, now worried.
“Nothing much, just have hormones coursing through me so I thought we could christen the bed in here,” she teases, running her hand down my chest.
I don’t waste time answering her, instead I scoop her up and stalk toward our bedroom. She giggles as she bounces on the bed, but those giggles turn into moans when I follow her down, my hands and lips already moving.
Fuck, life is good these days and it’s only going to get better.
CHAPTER
EIGHTEEN
Phoebe
“Look at you, little mama!”Ella squeals as she runs toward me.
We’re in another storm torn community and as wild as it sounds, I’ve got a baby bump already, even though it’s my first one. Maybe it’s because I didn’t know I was pregnant for quite a few weeks since my period has never been particularly regular even with the implant. Who knows? Regardless, I can’t help the smile that crosses my face as my hand cups my abdomen.
“I think I’m going to need bigger scrubs,” I admit as we hug.
We got into town just a little bit ago and now that Eli has the RV set up for us to live in for the foreseeable future, it’s time to find Thelma and get the lay of the land. Working alongside Ella again promises to be a lot of fun and having Thelma nearby to help me start studying for the national NP certification test will be beneficial as well.
She shrugs then grins. “Good thing we can receive deliveries here,” she teases. “Where’s Eli?”
“He took Cami into town to pick up some groceries,” I reply. Since my appetite has been all over the place, he figured it would be easier to wait until we got here to see what kind of food I was craving.
