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I nod my head. “Text me what you want. I can bring it to the studio.”
Her eyes light up. “That’s perfect! I want to get everything ready for next weekend.”
“Let me know what kind of help you need from any of the guys, and I promise to make it happen.”
“I know you will.” Her smile and her confidence in me has a smile pulling at my lips. I lean forward, press a kiss to her forehead, and turn to my bike. I wink at her before revving the engine and taking off towards the pawn shop, where I know for sure I have a shitstorm waiting for me.
The obsessive thoughts are eating me alive as I picture never having to leave her at that house alone again. If I had it my way, I would already be living there with her, helping her build a nursery fit for fucking princes. Because that’s what our little men are going to be. Princes. And their mama is going to be my fucking queen.
I make a vow to myself that, even if she decides she can’t handle a relationship with me, I will never treat her like anything other than the queen that she is.
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Dance with Me Academy
“You look so good today, Heather,” Sophia says over her tea cup.
“I feel good,” I say shyly and smile.
“Catch me up on what’s been going on since we talked last week.”
I spend the hour appointment telling Sohpia all about the club building me my dream studio. Even though it happened before our last visit, our last appointment was spent dealing with a lot more pressing things, so we never got around to discussing the studio. I tell her all about Trigger taking Winnie and I to the birthing class. She helps me work through my feelings of jealousy watching Trigger with Winnie, but she helps me realize that I kind of did it to myself. He was trying, but I just couldn’t bring myself to do it. After some processing with her, I realize that’s okay, and I’m happy that she helps me accept the fact that it’s normal to feel the way I felt.
She’s happy for me when I tell her how excited we both were to find out that we’re having identical twin boys.
“How is Jamie dealing with everything?”
“I can tell he wants to be with me. It seems like he’s acting like it already.”
“He acts like you two are together?” she asks.
I nod my head. “Kind of. He always makes sure I’m taken care of. I feel like he just acts how a boyfriend would act.”
“Have you ever been in a serious relationship before, Heather?”
I burst out laughing but slowly regain composure when I see the serious expression Sophia is sporting. “Uhm, no.”
“I see. Do you think the things Jamie is doing is because he feels obligated to take care of you because you are pregnant with his children? Or do you truly feel like he is doing it because he loves you?”
Her question catches me by surprise. I have to think about it for a minute. I think Trigger would treat anyone that was having his children with the utmost respect. That's just the kind of guy he is.
Do I think he would be going above and beyond the way he is for me if he didn’t love me? Would he bring me lunch everyday, text me every morning and every night, help design an entire studio with the knowledge it was my dream? I don’t think so.
I truly think he does love me, which scares the absolute piss out of me. That’s exactly what I tell Sophia.
She smiles softly at me. “That’s good.”
“How so?”
“Last appointment, I told you that I thought you were afraid of becoming your parents. It seemed to truly upset you. Did you think about that at all after you left?”
I nod. “I went and talked to Maria right away. She knew my mom the best. They were best friendsbeforemy mom became a monster. She agreed with you.”
“What did she say about it?”
“She told me that I’m nothing like my mother and that Jamie and I are nothing like them at all. She said that, if I wanted it, she knows Jamie and I could have a good life together.”
