Valen POV
We were finally going home, and I was beside myself with panic and I think that this was the slowest I had ever driven in my life. Cars were honking their horns behind me, and I glared at the driver in my mirror. Does he not see the baby on board sticker?
“Valen 50kms is already too slow for this strip. You’re doing 20 under,” Everly hisses at me as cars overtake me.
“We have fragile cargo in the car. What if their little heads wobble?” Just saying that has me reduce my speed more. It wasn’t worth the risk!
“We are more likely to get hit with you going this slow,” Everly scolds, and I sigh.
“I’m serious, Valen. Speed up or let me drive. They’re more durable than you think,”
“They are newborns!” I catch Everly rolling her eyes.
“I get this is your first newborn, and you want to wrap them in cotton wool, but seriously, they are durable, geez. Valarian fell off the bed once, screamed his damn head off, but he is perfectly fine,”
“You dropped him off the bed?” I ask, horrified.
“No! Of course not! He rolled off. Damn near had a heart attack.” She laughs.
“Why are you laughing?” I asked, outraged. She was not holding them if she was going to be dropping them.
“Nothing. Just something your mother said when she raced to our room because I was screaming like a banshee thinking I killed him.”
“What did she say?” I asked, curious.
told her what happened, and her reply was. He’s screaming. He’s fine. It’s when they don’t make noise that you worry.” I
was he?”
I smacked the kids head on the door frame lifting him into his car seat. He turned out perfectly fine.” she states while all I could think was
OCD.See what dropping him did?” Everly sighs and
he gets that from. I bet the entire
not genetic,” I tell
would debate
have OCD,” I argue.
the entire
opening the mind-link. She shakes her head and
“All the baby proofing
replies and
Just do as I ask, damn it. I am five
says, and I cut
the names you picked?” Everly asks, leaning over to
tell her, and she hisses, clutching her stomach as she turns back to
as I pull into the parking
I am driving!” she states, shoving the door open. Now, to master these capsules, they were a real bitch to get in. I had to get my father
all gave up and let Zoe and Macey handle it. Everly plucks a capsule out, then the middle one while I was
handle. The red button
becoming flustered. Everly clicks her tongue and walks around to my side, one baby capsule in each hand. She sets them down and pushes me out of the way with her hip. I glare at her when it takes
was just
mule carting it all up. When the elevator doors open, Marcus opens the mind-link as I step inside. “How do I get the toilet things
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