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“I don’t know what I’m going to miss more, them or the ocean.”
“We’ll be back,” he assured her. “We’re doing this for all of us. If you don’t want to”
She spun around to face him and her long brown hair billowed out around her. “No, I want to go. I love the house, my studio, and D loves the guest house. I know it’s going to be perfect. You know me and change.” She gave him an uneasy smile.
“I know, baby.” He understood all too well what she meant. He had been in the Marines since he was eighteen and his life revolved around it. Now, six years after he joined and five years since he married Wyoming, his world was changing again. This time it was for the better. He was going to be a family man. Strange words for him, but that’s what he wanted now. He wanted to be home with his family and help raise their children.
His thoughts popped like a bubble around him as Wyoming’s face contorted with pain and she leaned forward. “Jeffrey…”
“What’s wrong?” He tightened his arm around her, keeping her on her feet.
“It’s time…” A moan stretched out in the stillness.
“What? Now?”
She didn’t answer as she breathed through the contractions but as they passed, she nodded. “It started before we left Lynn’s, but I didn’t want to spoil the evening. We’re about to be parents…”
Epilogue
I n the three months since they’d moved, things had been going smoothly. Wyoming and Jeffrey were closer than ever before, even closer than when they were first married. She came to realize that the man she fell in love with had more sides to him than he ever let on. He had an attention to detail when it came to restoring houses that she would have never believed if she didn’t see it for herself.
Larson and Rayleigh were the sweetest babies she could have asked for, and besides a midnight feeding, they slept through the night. Unlike all of the horror stories she heard about when she was pregnant, motherhood was turning out to be easy. Judy warned her that things could change in a moment’s notice and the twins’ sleep schedule could turn suddenly. Even if they were fussy babies, she wasn’t alone. Jeffrey was there any time she needed him, and he even got up with them in the middle of the night.
As she stood here in the nursery, she realized how lucky she was. A year ago, she thought her life was falling apart and that she was losing her husband. She never could have pictured that they’d be where they were and as happy as they were. She only wished that her parents could see her happiness and be supportive. While she doubted it was possible, she would hold out hope that one day her mother would go back on her medication and be part of their lives again.
“What are you doing?” Jeffrey came up behind her, slipped his arms around her waist, and nuzzled her neck. “I thought you were done watching them sleep.”
“I am.” She kept her voice low so she wouldn’t wake the kids.
“She’s okay. The doctor gave her a clear bill of health weeks ago. Stop worrying.”
Her gaze landed on their little girl. They knew they wanted to name their son after Jeffrey’s father and grandfather, giving them the perfect name of Larson, both of their middle names. They hadn’t decided on a name for their daughter and had thought they had time once he came home from deployment. Their children had a timing all their own and they were unwilling to wait another day.
The birth had been rough but she hadn’t realized how bad things were until Rayleigh was born. While Larson had been ready to come into this world, kicking and screaming, she was hesitant. She fought every push and managed to wrap her umbilical cord around her neck. They almost lost her.
As the sun broke over the horizon, Wyoming and Jeffrey had been forced to watch as the doctors fought to save their daughter. It seemed like the longest minutes of her life and her complete helplessness weighed on her
“I don’t know what I’m going to miss more, them or the ocean.”
“We’ll be back,” he assured her. “We’re doing this for all of us. If you don’t want to”
She spun around to face him and her long brown hair billowed out around her. “No, I want to go. I love the house, my studio, and D loves the guest house. I know it’s going to be perfect. You know me and change.” She gave him an uneasy smile.
“I know, baby.” He understood all too well what she meant. He had been in the Marines since he was eighteen and his life revolved around it. Now, six years after he joined and five years since he married Wyoming, his world was changing again. This time it was for the better. He was going to be a family man. Strange words for him, but that’s what he wanted now. He wanted to be home with his family and help raise their children.
His thoughts popped like a bubble around him as Wyoming’s face contorted with pain and she leaned forward. “Jeffrey…”
“What’s wrong?” He tightened his arm around her, keeping her on her feet.
“It’s time…” A moan stretched out in the stillness.
“What? Now?”
She didn’t answer as she breathed through the contractions but as they passed, she nodded. “It started before we left Lynn’s, but I didn’t want to spoil the evening. We’re about to be parents…”
Epilogue
I n the three months since they’d moved, things had been going smoothly. Wyoming and Jeffrey were closer than ever before, even closer than when they were first married. She came to realize that the man she fell in love with had more sides to him than he ever let on. He had an attention to detail when it came to restoring houses that she would have never believed if she didn’t see it for herself.
Larson and Rayleigh were the sweetest babies she could have asked for, and besides a midnight feeding, they slept through the night. Unlike all of the horror stories she heard about when she was pregnant, motherhood was turning out to be easy. Judy warned her that things could change in a moment’s notice and the twins’ sleep schedule could turn suddenly. Even if they were fussy babies, she wasn’t alone. Jeffrey was there any time she needed him, and he even got up with them in the middle of the night.
As she stood here in the nursery, she realized how lucky she was. A year ago, she thought her life was falling apart and that she was losing her husband. She never could have pictured that they’d be where they were and as happy as they were. She only wished that her parents could see her happiness and be supportive. While she doubted it was possible, she would hold out hope that one day her mother would go back on her medication and be part of their lives again.
“What are you doing?” Jeffrey came up behind her, slipped his arms around her waist, and nuzzled her neck. “I thought you were done watching them sleep.”
“I am.” She kept her voice low so she wouldn’t wake the kids.
“She’s okay. The doctor gave her a clear bill of health weeks ago. Stop worrying.”
Her gaze landed on their little girl. They knew they wanted to name their son after Jeffrey’s father and grandfather, giving them the perfect name of Larson, both of their middle names. They hadn’t decided on a name for their daughter and had thought they had time once he came home from deployment. Their children had a timing all their own and they were unwilling to wait another day.
The birth had been rough but she hadn’t realized how bad things were until Rayleigh was born. While Larson had been ready to come into this world, kicking and screaming, she was hesitant. She fought every push and managed to wrap her umbilical cord around her neck. They almost lost her.
As the sun broke over the horizon, Wyoming and Jeffrey had been forced to watch as the doctors fought to save their daughter. It seemed like the longest minutes of her life and her complete helplessness weighed on her
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