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millionaire?”
“I’m going to build that house up to how I always wished it was going to
look and then I am going to get on with life and if that means leaving Point
Arena again, then it means leaving Point Arena for good.”
With her piece said, Austin left her brother and jumped into her own car
and drove home knowing Tom would be right behind her.
Life would resume just how it always should have done – With or without
Tyler.
Chapter Twelve
May 2006
“HEY Baby ,” Tyler’s voice sang
to her from the voicemail, the sweet octaves dancing in her ears causing her to
smile. “ I’ve been called out to the bar again to meet our newest recruit.
Apparently, I could be the sheriff over him in the next year. How great would
that be, Aussie, Baby? Me, sheriff! This does mean I will be an hour or so late
home, but when I get back I will be showing you just who the daddy is in our
household. ”
When she had first heard that message she grinned from ear to ear,
especially seeing as she had just taken a pregnancy test and would have shown
him exactly how he was already the daddy. She had put the phone down and stared
at the white stick clutched inside her palm and she knew she couldn’t just
spring this onto him, not now, not with the job prospect and his excitement.
That was three days ago and still no one knew about her being with child
and she was losing her mind. She had to tell someone, she had to share this
news and be able to get excited with someone and that someone had to be Tyler.
Grabbing her phone, she decided to call Tyler once more to get him to
come home after he failed again to come back to her. They had barely had two
minutes together these days and she needed to tell him now or be eaten alive.
Selecting his number she pressed the phone to her ear and as each ring rang out
she got more and more excited about telling him how perfect their life was
going to be.
“Hey, Babe! Sorry I haven’t called, it’s gotten manic down at the station and now
old man Brandon has me at the bar once again!” Tyler shouted over the loud
cheers, “You should come down, Sunny. They miss seeing you.”
Austin felt a burst of unease wash through her, jealousy rupturing
through every part of her. “Let me guess, Natasha will be there?” It wasn’t
what she wanted to say, but usually when he was at the bar, Natasha was too.
“Of course she will be, it’s her father who helps run the police
department,” Tyler commented and his tone became taunt all of a sudden and
huffed in irritation. “We are not having this argument again.”
“What argument?” Austin asked dumbstruck, “Oh, you mean the one where
she gets to see you more than I do? How about you have fun with her and have
equal fun sleeping on the couch, Ty, because I am sick and tired of feeling
like all I do in our relationship is act like the jealous one and am here to
keep your bed warm.”
“Oh well look at that, you went there again,” Tyler stated. He knew he was
tired and stressed with the demand of being the best in the local PD, but he
hated arguing with Austin. It just caused him even more stress. Arguing with
her was one of his biggest hates.
“Yeah, well I miss you, Tyler, and I think that says more about you than
me,” she told him and hung up. She refused to cry over this but it appeared
that baby hormones took over and killed her ability to keep a latch on sobbing
her heart out.
With tears still streaming, Austin got up, grabbed her keys, and walked
to her brother’s house. She wrapped her knuckles upon the wooden door and wiped
her face clear of the tears and took in a deep breath.
Tom answered the door and his face illuminated, “Well, what did I do to
be graced with my little sister’s appearance tonight?”
“I have some news,” she stated and found herself drawn into the house,
she couldn’t wait for him to probe for answers. “I’m pregnant,” Austin finally
told someone and she began to grin
“I’m going to build that house up to how I always wished it was going to
look and then I am going to get on with life and if that means leaving Point
Arena again, then it means leaving Point Arena for good.”
With her piece said, Austin left her brother and jumped into her own car
and drove home knowing Tom would be right behind her.
Life would resume just how it always should have done – With or without
Tyler.
Chapter Twelve
May 2006
“HEY Baby ,” Tyler’s voice sang
to her from the voicemail, the sweet octaves dancing in her ears causing her to
smile. “ I’ve been called out to the bar again to meet our newest recruit.
Apparently, I could be the sheriff over him in the next year. How great would
that be, Aussie, Baby? Me, sheriff! This does mean I will be an hour or so late
home, but when I get back I will be showing you just who the daddy is in our
household. ”
When she had first heard that message she grinned from ear to ear,
especially seeing as she had just taken a pregnancy test and would have shown
him exactly how he was already the daddy. She had put the phone down and stared
at the white stick clutched inside her palm and she knew she couldn’t just
spring this onto him, not now, not with the job prospect and his excitement.
That was three days ago and still no one knew about her being with child
and she was losing her mind. She had to tell someone, she had to share this
news and be able to get excited with someone and that someone had to be Tyler.
Grabbing her phone, she decided to call Tyler once more to get him to
come home after he failed again to come back to her. They had barely had two
minutes together these days and she needed to tell him now or be eaten alive.
Selecting his number she pressed the phone to her ear and as each ring rang out
she got more and more excited about telling him how perfect their life was
going to be.
“Hey, Babe! Sorry I haven’t called, it’s gotten manic down at the station and now
old man Brandon has me at the bar once again!” Tyler shouted over the loud
cheers, “You should come down, Sunny. They miss seeing you.”
Austin felt a burst of unease wash through her, jealousy rupturing
through every part of her. “Let me guess, Natasha will be there?” It wasn’t
what she wanted to say, but usually when he was at the bar, Natasha was too.
“Of course she will be, it’s her father who helps run the police
department,” Tyler commented and his tone became taunt all of a sudden and
huffed in irritation. “We are not having this argument again.”
“What argument?” Austin asked dumbstruck, “Oh, you mean the one where
she gets to see you more than I do? How about you have fun with her and have
equal fun sleeping on the couch, Ty, because I am sick and tired of feeling
like all I do in our relationship is act like the jealous one and am here to
keep your bed warm.”
“Oh well look at that, you went there again,” Tyler stated. He knew he was
tired and stressed with the demand of being the best in the local PD, but he
hated arguing with Austin. It just caused him even more stress. Arguing with
her was one of his biggest hates.
“Yeah, well I miss you, Tyler, and I think that says more about you than
me,” she told him and hung up. She refused to cry over this but it appeared
that baby hormones took over and killed her ability to keep a latch on sobbing
her heart out.
With tears still streaming, Austin got up, grabbed her keys, and walked
to her brother’s house. She wrapped her knuckles upon the wooden door and wiped
her face clear of the tears and took in a deep breath.
Tom answered the door and his face illuminated, “Well, what did I do to
be graced with my little sister’s appearance tonight?”
“I have some news,” she stated and found herself drawn into the house,
she couldn’t wait for him to probe for answers. “I’m pregnant,” Austin finally
told someone and she began to grin
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