The Mitchell Family Series BoxSet 1-4.5 (71 page)

The nurses brought our little girl over to us, wrapped in a blanket. Her fuzzy head of black hair was covered in a little cap to keep her head warm. Little eyes were open and looking out at us. Savanna held out her arms and looked to me when she was placed there with us. I couldn’t stop the tears and honestly I didn’t want to.

Our family was all just standing there taking us in, most with teared eyes themselves.

“She’s beautiful,” I said as I leaned down to kiss my baby girl.

“She’s perfect. Thank you, Colt Mitchell. Thank you so much for this life.” I stood there with my two girls, accepting the slew of pictures being taken. The doctor finally finished with Savanna and left the room.

I looked up at my family and then back down to my little girl. “Meet Christian Mitchell!”

The family began filling the room with excitement. Christian was a name that Savanna and I had picked out that was both for a girl or boy. We both loved it and loved the nickname Chris for both a boy and a girl. To make our decision easier, Noah had finally requested the name Chris. Being that it was the only normal name he suggested, it all worked out.

After a few hours the room cleared out and just Savanna and I were there with our little girl. Savanna had already breast fed her once and she was sleeping so peacefully. While Savanna fell asleep herself, I held my little baby and just watched her sleep. A nurse came in and insisted I get some rest, so even though I didn’t want to, I laid her down in her little hospital crib and slept in the recliner next to my wife.

“When can I see Noah?” I woke up to Savanna nursing Christian. She was playing with her full head of hair as she talked.

Of all the things, she already missed our boy. “My mom said she was goin’ to wait until the roads were more clear before bringin’ him out.”

Just as I finished talking the door swung open. My mother came in first, followed by Conner with Noah on his shoulders. “Man, this kid was itchin’ somethin’ fierce to see.”

Noah came running to me and I pointed to his sleeping sister. “She’s sleeping, so you have to be extra quiet.”

Noah crept up on my lap and looked at his sister for the first time. “She’s so little,” he whispered.

“She is only seven pounds and three ounces. That is pretty tiny for sure.” Noah smiled when I explained her size. He didn’t know much about weight, but he knew she was the smallest little baby he had ever seen.

“When can she play with me?”

“Not until she is older, Sweetie. She is still too little to play. We have to teach her to eat, and crawl and walk first.” Savanna gave him a pat on the head after she explained.

He looked sad at first studying the little baby in his mother’s arms. “Can I hold her?”

I looked to Savanna who just nodded. “Noah go sit in that chair with Grandma.” I waited for him to get adjusted. “Hold out your arms, but don’t squeeze her too tight.” Gently I placed little Christian in my son’s arms. He held her perfectly, studying her little face.  The room got real quiet. “I think I might love her, Dad.”

And that there was the most beautiful thing I had ever heard in my entire life.

Epilogue

Savanna

“I can’t believe we have a daughter.” We’d been home for a week and Colt still couldn’t stop saying that. The ranch could have been falling apart and he wouldn’t have noticed. He’d spent every waking second with me and the kids.

When Colt said that he didn’t want to miss anything with Christian, he wasn’t lying. That man gave her the first diaper change she ever had, the first bath, and her first tour of the house. He begged me to pump, so that at night he could get up with her and give her a bottle while I got some sleep. Several times I would wake up to an empty bed, only to find him rocking her in her nursery, singing softly to her.

As if Colt wasn’t enough, Noah followed them around like a lost puppy. The three of them stuck together, watching television and just generally being entertained by a week old baby. Noah had adjusted to having a sister much better than we anticipated. He no longer even spoke about having a brother. Instead he had changed his mind and was now the ‘official sister protector’.

After my parents had finally gone home, everything started to get into a good routine for us. Colt did work for a couple hours in his office at our house, but he never left us alone. If I needed a nap he would take Christian into the office with him.

I couldn’t have asked for a better father for my kids. Colt was perfect in every single way. How I ended up with him was something I will always wonder. His love for me was indescribable. His devotion to our family was unconditional.

Over the holidays’ we got to see the family again. It was nice having Noah home from school for so long. He was always such a helper with his sister. Her face was starting to light up when she heard her big brother talking. In addition, when he gave her all of his attention she would smile from ear to ear.

I remember watching the two of them interacting and feeling so satisfied. Colt came up behind me and witnessed what I was seeing. Noah had Christian’s little fingers in his. He was talking to her about how pretty she was. “Remember that time when he said all he wanted was a brother?” Colt’s voice vibrated off of my back.

“I remember.” We both let out a laugh.

“So, I was wonderin’ if you meant what you said at the hospital.”

I turned around and wrapped my arms behind Colt’s neck. He gave me those beautiful green eyes to look right in to. “I said a lot of things at the hospital.”

“Well, it was somethin’ like you didn’t want to go through havin’ anymore children. I was kinda hopin’ that you would change your mind. Darlin’, I’m not askin’ for eleven, but I would like three or four.” Colt had a calm but determined look on his face. I turned back to look at our two kids. They were both perfect and I loved being their mother.

I brushed my lips over his and looked back into his eyes. “If they all look like that, we can have eleven.”

He smiled and kissed me full on the lips. His mouth found my ear and he kissed it with his tongue. “Sugar, you just let me know when you want to start tryin’.”

End of Book 3

Risking Fate

Book 4

Preface

Tyler

“Baby, just tell me what it says.”

Miranda stood in the bathroom just staring at the little white stick. She knew I was bouncing off the walls in anticipation. I slid in behind her and reached my arms around her tiny waist. She tried to prevent me from seeing the results. “Would you just wait a sec? It takes time for the pee to get to the end of the stick.”

I nestled my face into her neck, placing small kisses over her smooth skin. She smelled of peaches from some lotion she was trying out. I wasn’t sure if it made me hungry, but I found myself wanting to lick her skin. “This is torture. Can’t you hang the fucking thing upside down or something?”

“No, you can’t taint the test. It needs to lay flat on the counter. Chill! It’s three minutes!” She turned around and wrapped her arms around me, distracting me by slipping me her magic tongue.

Ha ha ha….She just said taint…

I knew what she was doing, so while I continued enjoying her kisses, I opened my eyes and tried to look past her. She caught me and pushed me against the bathroom wall, finally breaking her lips away from mine. “Hey?”

Miranda gave me those eyes she always gave when she was trying to get her way. Seduction was her specialty and her secret weapon. There was no need to restrain me, or tie me up; she had me at her disposal. If Miranda said jump, she knew I would do it. I’d do anything to make her happy.

It wasn’t as bad as it sounded. Of course, Colt and Conner claimed I was totally pussy whipped. The truth was that, I was crazy about my wife and my life. Miranda was my best friend before we had anything going on between us. In fact, it was our friendship that brought us together. It wasn’t like I was her love slave or anything like that. I was just one hundred percent satisfied in every aspect of my life. No other woman could ever give me all the things that Miranda gave me, and for that, I was forever grateful.

Miranda got quiet as she looked down at the stick. She turned around and held it behind her back, preventing me from taking a look myself. “Baby, please. I am dying here.”

She looked down to the floor, appearing disappointed. A knot formed in my stomach. “It’s just the first month. You know we are goin’ to keep tryin’. The doctor says it could take us a while.”

It was important for me to keep her hopes up even if I was disappointed.

Damn, I wanted her to be pregnant.

I grabbed her chin and pulled it up so she was looking me in the eyes. Her sad eyes began to change as her lips curved into a huge smile.

No fucking way…

The knots started turning into butterflies again. I knew that look. I picked her up and spun her around our bathroom. She started screaming and smacking me on my back to let her down. I slowed the spin down and stood her up in front of me. “Say it. I want to hear you say it, baby, please.”

She backed up against the sink and ran one finger down my chest. “It’s positive. I’m pregnant.”

I don’t even remember if I pulled her into my arms, or she pulled me, but our lips met with the best celebratory kiss that anyone had ever had. “Baby, I love you so much.”

She giggled and tossed the stick into the trash. “I know you do.”

I smacked her ass and reached into the trashcan. “Don’t throw this away. I am carrying it in my pocket.”

“Ty, that is disgustin’! It has my pee on it.”

Several consecutive knocks on the bathroom door got our attention. We had been getting ready to leave for a weekend in Kentucky. Miranda was already brushing her teeth, in her bra and underwear when I opened the door. Izzy stood on the other side of the door. Her hands were on her hips as she looked up at me with those pretty green eyes.  “Can I help you?” I teased in a foreign accent.

“Daddy! When are we leaving? I want to play with Noah.”

“Honey, you know Mommy takes forever to get ready.” I felt a smack on my ass as I walked out of the bathroom toward Izzy.

I helped Iz get her bags together and loaded them into the car. She went running over to say goodbye to my parents, while I hurried back into the house.

Miranda came up behind me and grabbed the stick out of my pocket. “We aren’t takin’ this to Kentucky. We can’t tell anyone for a while. You know we have to wait till I am further along.”

Not what I wanted to hear. I was ready to run out the damn door screaming to the whole world that my wife was pregnant.

“How the hell do you expect me to keep a secret like this?”

She kissed me again and handed me a bag to carry. “Please, babe. Just keep it between us for right now. Just to be safe.”

“But I want to tell Iz.”

Miranda rolled her eyes. “Tyler, seriously, can you please just keep it a secret between us?”

I grabbed the back of her pants as she was leaning down to pick up a bag. “Secrets suck. I want everyone to know my seed is inside of you.”

She shook her head and started laughing. “This is going to be the longest nine months of my life.”

“I have to tell Conner first.” I was joking, but Miranda’s eyes got huge anyway. She dropped the bag and shook her head. I pulled her into my arms and squeezed her tight. “I want everyone to know that you are carrying my spawn.”

She reached up and kissed my nose. “If you tell my brother that your spawn is growin’ inside of me, you may not live to see it being born.”

“I ain’t scared of his pussy ass. They all know we were just waiting for the go-ahead from the doctor. Did they think I was going to just wait a while? Baby, I wanted to impregnate you since I first laid eyes on your naked body.”

She started gathering up the bags again. “Can you please just not tell anyone? Not even Colt! Let’s just get through this visit and when we go back for Van’s shower we can tell everyone.”

I rolled my eyes and stuck out my bottom lip. “But I want everyone to know.” Even with her arms full of bags, I pulled her toward me. “Aren’t you at least a little excited?”

Once again, the bags dropped and I felt her hands cupping my cheeks. She looked me straight in the eyes. “I have never wanted anything more than I want to have your baby, Ty. You are already the best father I could ask for and I know you love bein’ one. I may not be runnin’ around screamin’, but I am so happy about this. My last pregnancy was rough. You have no idea how much I look forward to you bein’ there for this with me. I just don’t want to tell the family yet. Can’t we just share this together for right now?”

Don’t give me the puppy eyes……Don’t do it!

I kneeled down in front of her and removed her shirt to expose her bare abdomen. My lips pressed against her stomach and I held them there. “Our little secret,” I whispered. “Daddy loves you.” I stood up and grabbed the bags out of my wife’s hands, and stole a little peck. “I got these; now let’s get on the road.”

I was already a father, and a damn good one at that, but hearing that Miranda and I had created another addition to our family, well it was one of the happiest moments of my life. Izzy was going to have a brother or sister and Miranda and I were going to make our family even bigger.

My life used to be full of parties and fast times, like I was always trying to fill a void I could never figure out, but when I realized what that void was, I finally felt like I was complete.

My girls had given me happiness and our new addition was just going to make it even better.