Book 2: In the Life of Mia: College Chapter 43(ii)
Sharene had knocked on my door before walking in with a Madeline fresh from a bath and now ready for her final bottle before bed. “Maddie looks like we came in at the perfect time to say night-night to Mia…” she nuzzled Madeline’s cheek coming at me with a bottle and Madeline in her arms. I didn’t complain since it was one of my favorite things to do when she was around and gave me peace which settled something in me but I still was not sure if it was me or my girls who surrounded us. “Maddie you are so perfect… beautiful just like your mommy and just such a good little baby” I whispered to her and softly kissed her little cheeks and bounced her a little before feeding her. I just wanted her life to be more than what it was now as her mother was traveling across the country with her and my parents and I just did not want to disappoint any of them. Sharene smiled as I spoke to Madeline as I laid her in my arms, and she gripped her bottle the second I lifted it towards her. “Yep she is getting really good at that too. They totally grow up way to fast, my ovaries are already on over load and…..I know neither of us are ready for even talking about that area right now” her eyes went big when I sighed and did her best to keep me calm. I smiled and shrugged “Yes they do grow up really fast… shoot even in my dreams with my little girls…. I am right now keeping them little just to have that time with them…even though I know on the other side they are technically as full grown as you and I” the room had grown in size with my dead loved ones surrounding us and watching the 3 of us.
Sharene had watched us as we bonded like we did and she loved it from what I could see with her mind all over the place from another baby to her career and if she was willing to put it on hold yet again. Once Madeline was completely asleep I carried her to the bedroom where she now had a crib set up against the wall next to the bathroom. “Now sleep tight little girl and mommy and I will see you in the morning. I love you please have sweet dreams, and hopefully you don’t ever grow out of this because not sure I’d be able to just give this part up” I admitted out loud. Sharene held my hand as we both looked in at the little princess. “She’s going to grow up that’s why you have to take what you can get now and I have to pray that I’m doing the right thing, not only for her but myself too” she whispered softly into my ear as she held me tight. I didn’t want to miss a single thing but knew it was impossible unless I asked for her to move there and that was what she was waiting for. “You could have this every night… put her to bed, give her baths, and of course never have anyone over, a life going out and being questioned for staying out to late with your study buddies or GODs forbid you want to go out for drinks or dinner. You don’t have a baby sitter in case you both go out and remember what Leona said about right now not really being the perfect time, and even everyone over here doesn’t think it is a good idea right now” Ethan refused to let up as he got inside my head even more and all without taking a breath.
Dinner was again great with everyone enjoying their time getting to know Leona and talking about my mother’s pregnancy and about Sharene and Leona wanting more children and finding the right person to have a baby with. “What about you Mia, any children in your future….” “Umm that is…” “Leona I was a mother at one time, my twin girls died in womb and I am not able to have any more children of my own….” I knew cutting my mother off mid-sentence was the right choice so that she didn’t feel the need to protect me. I downed my wine and started cleaning up the table with Leona standing with me and helping as she apologized for asking. “I hope I didn’t stir up some old wound and am going to regret it for the rest of my life…” she was feeling bad and sympathetic as she followed me to the kitchen. “Nope, might make them uncomfortable…as for me I’m just I deal with it and roll with the punches” I smiled at her scraping the food into the trash and rinsing off before placing them in the dishwasher. My father grabbed the wine bottles and placed them in the recycle bin and then moved to my study for the after-dinner drinks. “Now this is what I’m talking about… as for this shit here this flavored bourbon that just doesn’t sit right with me” my father was nit-picking bringing in the flavored bourbon I had bought. “Well let’s just say I had accidently mixed a bourbon a couple of times and actually it doesn’t taste all that bad. Now if you want to keep turning your nose up at it that’s fine but maybe grow some balls and try a sip of it” I could not help having a little of an attitude.
By 10pm I was exhausted and needed my rest for sure since the weekend was to be spent with family and thinking about what the hell I was going to say and do if they had decided to stay for the next two months or more. Sharene had stayed up with my parents and Leona laughing and having a good time while I was doing my best to get comfortable and finding a way to help Violina and catching her killer sooner rather than later. I was making progress every night with training, working on the recordings from the pub and Violina was slowly moving closer to her new side instead of being afraid of what she was becoming or where she was going next. “So, we are down to the minutes of what happened but all I can see is a car and then a man in a dark coat or shit a woman I really can’t tell. I’m doing my best to remember and you here night after night telling me what was on the recordings don’t seem to be helping anymore” Violina was not starting to get restless again. “Ok…I’m sorry I’m just trying to get this done before they put it on a shelf as a cold case when I know we can do this…” I shouted a little too harshly. I flipped through a possibility of just how easy it would be not to go back and instead taking her back but instead of her being there having me there.
I woke in a cold sweat gasping for air as I was so in thought in my own dream stream blocking everyone out as they told me not to even think about something that could do more harm then I realized. Sharene had been in the bed and knocked out so cold she never even felt me get up, I found Madeline wide eyed and wet so gave her a quick change at 4:00 am and put her back to bed with her nuke. “I’ll see you later sweet pea….I hope you know I’d do anything to make you and mommy happy even if that meant caving in and asking her to stay here” I whispered and kissed her before laying her back in the crib. I slipped into the living room finding Leona on the couch sleeping after I figured was a long night drinking with my father and going over the case. It did not take but my footsteps in the kitchen to get the security team worried and wondering why I was up already. “You usually sleep until 4:30 almost 5am…. I take it you had a restless night?” Lola asked as she grabbed a bottle of water and a banana ready to go whenever I was ready.
We headed out the front door a little after 4:20am with Lola behind me ready to drive behind me as I ran and then running with me when she couldn’t drive any longer. “You do know that you need to start thinking about taking Leona up on her offer….it is a whole lot safer than this and you wouldn’t need to worry about your parents or worrying the rest of the security” Lola just wanted us all to have a stress-free time while in another country. I took a deep breath and slowed a fraction of my speed “Lola, look I’m doing my best here and it doesn’t help that I have my parents breathing down my neck, a girlfriend who’s waiting for me to ask her to move here while I continue with my schooling. I will take it into consideration to take Leona up on her offer, but I need the rest of you to relax and realize that I am a growing woman and can take care of myself more than you all give me credit for!” I can’t help but smile when she makes frustrated sounds letting me know that she’s not done with the discussion about switching up my routine to something safer. I put it at the back of my mind for the mean time and if it were needed, I would do what was necessary too keep us all safe.
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