Page 42 of Fated Redemption
She looked down when her phone vibrated again.
Be visiting soon! Don’t hog all the hot men. Xoxox C
“Camille said she’s visiting soon.” Abby put her phone on the table.
“Yay! I haven’t seen her since…” Rebecca’s voice trailed off and Abby leaned over to wrap an arm around Rebecca.
“What is it, Becca?” Aleks asked, placing a concerned hand on her leg.
“She hasn’t seen any of us since her father died. It was the last time the five of us were together,” Abby said softly.
Rebecca wiped a stray tear with one of Aidhan’s bibs.
“He’ll never meet Aidhan or Aleks. I wonder why I’m thinking of that now?” Rebecca took a deep breath and stuck her tongue out at her Aidhan, whose bottom lip had started to tremble.
“The ones that leave before us are never truly gone, they are further ahead on the trail watching over us as we catch up,” Rhys said.
Abby looked over to see that Moe had casually wrapped his large arm around Rhys. She felt the tiniest moment of insecurity. They had been together longer and Moe had been there for him through his darkest moments. She wondered if they had roomfor her. Moe must have caught a look on her face because his smile turned to a frown.
Determined to ignore how she was feeling, she turned to face Rebecca smiling brightly. “Rhys is right. There’s no way ole Mr. Morgan would want you feeling down either, missy!” Abby grabbed Rebecca’s nose and wouldn’t let go.
“Ow, Abby, okay, okay let go already.” Rebecca turned her head this way and that, laughing, which set off the babies.
Abby released Rebecca’s nose and looked around. Damn, there were a lot of kids around. She looked at Kate’s table and felt her eyes bug a little. Did she have four?
Ma chuckled at the look on her face and put food down on the table.
Immediately Moe dug in. Rhys started small with a french fry.
“You’ve never been around a lot of children have you?” Kate asked taking in her expression.
“I mean, like, one or two here and there. But you have the start of a basketball team.” Abby had to admit they were all freaking adorable.
“You should see Rhys, he is an absolute wonder with children.” Kate smiled at her mate.
“Yeah, when you come up preggers I have a feeling you are going to be spoiled by those two.” Rebecca stole a fry off of Abby’s plate.
Moe began to choke. Abby wasn’t too concerned until she saw how red his face was getting.
“Rhys!” Rhys looked over and whacked Moe hard on the back. A piece of french fry flew across the table. Breathing hard, Moe stared at Abby as if she had two heads.
Wonderful. I’m not even pregnant yet and he’s choking on food. Thank god I have Rhys.
She looked at Rhys, who had gone so pale she was tempted to check under the table for a femoral cut and blood loss.
“Guys, I’m not pregnant. Relax.” Abby shook her head and grabbed a french fry. Stupid men.
“It only takes once,” Rebecca sang, waving her fork about.
“No way tater tot, you’re just saying that because misery loves company.” Abby smiled at her mates and continued.
“New topic. Since Moe and Rhys have agreed that we need to move since the bar loft doesn’t have enough space for the three of us…”
“Maybe four,” Rebecca chimed in. Abby ignored her.
“I was wondering about the house down the road behind the diner. I saw it driving in.”
“No. No way.” Aleks shook his head.
