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"Oh my God, what did you do?" Autumn asked existed as she saw all the bags on her bed while I helped her with her pillows so she could lean back. "I told you I had a surprise for you." I said as I first handed her the flowers. "Thank you, they are lovely." Autumn smelled the flowers while I started taking out books from the bag. "How many did you get?" She asked as the pile in front of her only grew. "Apparently these are only the essentials, there's a lot of things to know about babies." And a little time to get prepared to welcome one. Autumn is already twenty-two weeks pregnant which if I'm right is almost half the way there. "And what is in these other bags?" She wanted to get up to look at it herself but I stopped her. "This is the surprise, I was walking by and I couldn't help myself and I got these..." I say as I take out a yellow onesie and the baby rattle as Autumn's face lights up and she takes it out of my hands. "This is so adorable, oh my God look at how small it is
A part of me tells me to enjoy it now and worry about it later, but I know Richard isn't going to like this wedding idea and I'd rather say it to him now in private than later when Autumn says it to everyone. So as I left the room as Autumn stayed reading while I went downstairs in hopes of finding him but Mrs.Hendrics told me he left. I'll just have to get him before dinner. I have to admit I also wasn't used to having this much free time on my hands. I've spent years working for my father and my clubs and it felt unnatural for me not to be immersed in numbers and contract deals. But being with Autumn is more fulfilling for sure, and learning about her pregnancy and the baby has really opened my eyes as to the changes she is experiencing. The hormones that were developing inside of her as if the amnesia wasn't enough. Nothing I do will ever compare to what she is doing in a day. I could do a page in Excel while she was out here forming arms and legs inside of her. And the amount o
"Are you sure you dont want to join me?" Autumn asked as I massaged her feet while she lay in the bathtub. "I have a hard time controlling myself as it is, besides I don't think your father would approve. He would rather have Mrs.Hendrics help you with your bath." The last thing I want is to disrespect him in his own house, especially not with Adam breathing down his neck for allowing me to stay here in the first place. "But that is ridiculous, it's not like you haven't seen me naked already, you had to put this baby inside of me somehow." Yes but that was before things went to hell, the things you don't remember. That is why all of this is hard for them to accept but they do it for Autumn's sake. And that is why I am scared to tell him about the wedding, they all see this as temporarily expecting her to remember and kick me out like she did last time before the accident. "I know, but we never did it under his roof." It's the best excuse I could find at this moment. "Ohh, and wher
"I dont know what were you thinking Domenic, but my answer is no." Richard said determinedly. "Give me a chance to explain, I wasn't expecting this either. Autumn was the one who suggested it." Nice, I was putting the blame on her. "You're telling me my daughter who up until a few weeks ago didn't want anything to do with you wants to marry you? She doesn't remember her life, she is in no state to make that kind of decision for herself." I don't know why was I upset by his reaction, I knew perfectly well that this was going to be his reaction. "It seems Adam was right, I shouldn't have allowed you to stay so close to Autumn." I have to fight the urge to roll my eyes at the mention of Adam's name. I'm not even surprised he didn't want me near Autumn so he could step in. "Autumn may not remember our past but she feels the same way she did before. It's not for nothing that she is so drawn to me. She said it herself, even widout the past she wants to have a future with me, and the baby
"But what does she have to do with Autumn since she hasn't even met her?" I ask, not understanding the situation. "Rachel doesn't need reasons to hate, she just does. And now my daughter represents the fixation of that hatred." That still doesn't explain anything about who that woman was. "I'm sorry Richard but I don't understand." There has to be something that she wants, she came here for a reason, at first I thought it was money but now it seems like so much more. "Rachel is my father's daughter, one he had out of wedlock with his secretary. He never gave her our name or our position in the society. She grew up away from us and over time she came to resent Eloise and me. After her mother died I offered her my help and my brotherly love but all she took was the money." Well I have to give it out for the Cromwell family, usually people don't get to hide a secret like that for so long. It comes out one way or another. The truth comes out whether we like it or not, and thank God it
One month later "I hope this time we get to know the baby's gender, I want to start cooling our baby by its name." Autumn said as she lay on the hospital bed waiting for the doctor to come in. "As long as the doctor says the baby is okay and everything is moving on great I'm more than happy." There shouldn't be any bad news, Autumn has been feeling good this past month, taking her medications and resting a lot. We spent our days together reading and talking, laughing and entertaining the best we could. Playing cards and memory. Summer came by every once in a while when she could catch a break from the restaurant. Father said he would come by today for a visit, we haven't seen each other in a month but he would often call to check up on us. There was no news from Alice, and I don't know if that silence is a good sign. I avoided going out and practically stayed in all the time so she wouldn't get a chance to follow me again. Adam however came by every other day, saying he came for bu
Alice was here, just a few feet from me. Autumn was so close to the person who hurt her without even realizing it. I had to steady myself, I couldn't react in front of Autumn otherwise she would suspect something."Why don't we go to the front desk, there was a computer glitch so I didn't get the appointment date." I say as I dig into my pocket as Autumn moves in front of me."Go ahead, I'm going to give Miguel the keys to bring the car up front." She nods her head as she slowly makes her way to the nurse's desk while I stand so I can see her waiting for Miguel to come stand next to me."Alice is here, in the hospital. She had the nerve to speak to Autumn in the restroom." I say as my blood boils."The restroom is connected from both ends of the hallway, she is probably gone by now." Miguel says as he points to the hallway leading left where there is another door into the restroom."Go to the hospital security and get the security cameras tapes. We need to look over them." I say as I
"It seems we have a lot of guests today." Autumn says as we pull into the driveway where the other cars are parked at. I recognized my father's and Summer's car, the other one I didn't recognize. "I didn't know Summer was coming." I say as I unbuckle her seatbelt."Neither did I, but it's nice she did. This way we can share the news with the entire family at once." Autumn was so excited to tell everyone the news, as was I. If only I didn't have to think about Alice at a time like this."Well let's go inside then." I got out of the car and met Autumn on the other side and walked slowly by her side.We went into the house where we heard people talking in the living room so went in to join them."Autumn, hey. How are you? What did the doctor say? Do we know the baby's gender?" Summer bombarded us with questions as soon as we stepped foot into the living room."Summer at least let her sit down first, then start the questioning." I tease Summer as I help Autumn take a sit in the middle of