Chapter 299\u00a0<\/p>\n
This was our time, our chance at happiness, and I was going to do everything in my power to\u00a0<\/p>\n
make sure we got it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Starting tomorrow I\u2019d increase security at both houses, would make sure the property was as\u00a0<\/p>\n
safe as we could make it, would do whatever it took to protect my family.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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But tonight, right now, I just wanted to hold Athena and let myself feel the joy and wonder of\u00a0<\/p>\n
knowing we were having twins.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Two babies, two little lives that would call me dad, two chances to get it right, to be the father\u00a0<\/p>\n
I\u2019d always wanted to be.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I felt tears prick my eyes and I blinked them away, emotions running high after everything that\u00a0<\/p>\n
had happened today.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Athena stirred against me and mumbled something in her sleep, her hand coming to rest on top\u00a0<\/p>\n
of mine on her stomach.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSleep, baby,\u201d I whispered. \u201cI\u2019ve got you, I\u2019ve got all of you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
And I meant it, with everything in me, I meant it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The next few days settled into a rhythm that felt like something out of a dream I didn\u2019t want to\u00a0<\/p>\n
wake up from.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Every morning I\u2019d open my eyes to find Athena curled against my side, her hair spread across\u00a0<\/p>\n
my chest, one of her hands always resting on her stomach even in sleep like she was already\u00a0<\/p>\n
protecting our babies, and I\u2019d lie there for a solid ten minutes just watching her breathe, watching\u00a0<\/p>\n
the way the morning light coming through the curtains painted gold across her skin.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sometimes she\u2019d wake up and catch me staring and she\u2019d smile that sleepy smile that made my\u00a0<\/p>\n
heart do things I couldn\u2019t explain, other times she\u2019d stay asleep and I\u2019d carefully extract myself from\u00a0<\/p>\n
the bed to go downstairs where Sarah was already making breakfast.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sarah had taken it upon herself to make sure Athena ate enough, claiming that since she was\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Chapter 299\u00a0<\/p>\n
eating for three now she needed proper nutrition, which resulted in breakfast spreads that could\u00a0<\/p>\n
feed a small army.\u00a0<\/p>\n
1482\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m going to be the size of a house by the time these babies come,\u201d Athena said one morning as\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sarah set down a plate loaded with eggs, bacon, toast, fruit, and pancakes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She was sitting at the kitchen table in one of my t\u2013shirts that hung off her shoulder and a pair\u00a0<\/p>\n
of sleep shorts, her hair was pulled back in a messy bun and she had that pregnancy glow everyone\u00a0<\/p>\n
talks about even though she was barely four weeks along.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re going to be beautiful,\u201d I said from my spot beside her, leaning over to kiss her temple.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re already glowing and you\u2019re not even showing yet.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s what you have to say,\u201d she said but I could see her trying not to smile. \u201cYou\u2019re biased.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not biased, I\u2019m observant,\u201d I corrected, stealing a piece of bacon from her plate. \u201cThere\u2019s a\u00a0<\/p>\n
difference.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s my bacon,\u201d she protested, but she was grinning now.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOur bacon,\u201d I said. \u201cWhat\u2019s yours is mine, remember? You agreed to marry me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m starting to regret that decision,\u201d she said, pulling her plate closer protectively.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNo you\u2019re not,\u201d I said confidently.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNo I\u2019m not,\u201d she admitted with a laugh.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sarah was watching us from the stove with this soft expression on her face. \u201cYou two are\u00a0<\/p>\n
disgustingly cute,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s almost annoying how perfect you are together.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThank you?\u201d Athena said, making it sound like a question.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s definitely a compliment, Sarah assured her. \u201cOrion and I were the same way when we first\u00a0<\/p>\n
got together, we couldn\u2019t keep our hands off each other and everyone said we were nauseating.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe still say that,\u201d Orion called from somewhere upstairs.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cShut up, Sarah yelled back, but she was smiling.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Lily came bouncing into the kitchen then, already dressed in a bright pink dress with her hair in pigtails, she was a morning person in the worst way, full of energy from the moment she opened her\u00a0<\/p>\n
eyes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cGood morning Aunt Athena,\u201d she sang out, climbing onto Athena\u2019s lap without asking. \u201cGood\u00a0<\/p>\n
morning Uncle Tristan.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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