by Alexa Davis
“He is active,” I said. “How is his big daddy?” I asked with a smile.
“He’s the luckiest man in the world. I have a wife that is gorgeous, sexy, smart, funny…and I know that you’re going to be the best mom ever to my son that I get to meet very soon. If everything else in my life was taken away at this moment, that would all still be more than enough.” He kissed me softly on the forehead. I reached up and put my hand on the side of his face and asked,
“Things are going okay with the EPA?”
“The EPA?”
“Didn’t you and Mac just have a meeting with them?
“Oh…yeah, we did.” It wasn’t like Adam to be absent-minded, just like it wasn’t like Carla to run errands during the day. Something was definitely up.
“Why is everyone acting so weird?”
“I didn’t notice anyone acting weird.”
“Why is it so quiet in here?”
“Everyone is hard at work.”
“Why is Nico in there prepping Alex instead of you?”
“You and I had an appointment. I thought I was leaving early to pick you up, so I asked Nico to do it.” As he talked, he was walking us through my office and out into the hall.
“I’m sorry you had to miss it because of the appointment. I could have handled that. I just want the doctor to ask this child if he’s ever coming out.”
“Think about it, he’s in his warm, beautiful Mommy’s tummy getting everything he needs, why would he want to come out. It’s cold out here.”
“Well, I’m ready to see him, and I promise to bundle him up.”
Adam chuckled and continued to propel me out into the hall way. He was leading me down where the conference room was. I still didn’t see another living soul. Surely everyone hadn’t gone out to run an errand or interview a client all at once. It was never this quiet in here.
“Adam…” He pushed open the conference room door and reached around to flip on the light. The room came alive with noise and people and color. There was a big blue banner that said, “Welcome to the world Little Lord Hanson.” That’s what our colleagues had taken to calling the baby growing in my belly. All of our colleagues were packed into the room. There were baby decorations and a three-tier cake and a table filled with gifts.
I rubbed my belly and said, “Look how loved you are little man. Look how many lawyers set aside their billable hours for you. Do you know how huge that is?”
Adam laughed. I felt him lean down and kiss the side of my neck. “When the boss says put aside your billable hours and go to a baby shower employees jump.”
“I see that. This is amazing.” I hugged him. “Thank you, baby. I’m going to go in and say hello to everyone.”
“There’s one more thing.”
“What’s that?”
“Turn around Alicia and let me see my grandson.”
I turned toward my mother’s voice. I talk to her nearly every day on the phone, but it had been over a year since I’d seen them. First she was sick and then Dad was sick and then I was too pregnant to fly. I’d had a few crying spells over it recently and as usual, Adam had found a way to make it right.
This is what love is. It’s not about a business or money. It’s not about being from the same background or believing in all of the same things. It’s simply about caring so deeply about another human being that you will take time out of your day to make sure theirs is special. Love is something that you’re willing to keep fighting for because you know that in the end it’s going to be worth it. It’s always looking forward and not judging the one you love by what’s happened in the past.
I felt Adam’s arms encircle my waist and he stroked his fingers gently across my swollen belly and buried his face in my hair. This is love. Adam is love and I’m the luckiest girl in the world.
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This book is a work of fiction. The names, characters, places and incidents are products of the writer's imagination or have been used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to persons, living or dead, actual events, locales or organizations is entirely coincidental.
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