Nickolas-1 (26 page)

“Morgan, I love you. I should have said that to you long before now. I should have said a lot of things to you long before now. I want you to come home with me, build a life with me, for me. I want you to help me raise our children. I want to have more babies with you.”

“I don’t know how to love anyone, and I’ve no clue about children. I don’t know if I can do this.”

“Morgan, you gave your entire savings, house, and everything you own to our sons. What does that say about you?”

“It says that I’m barely making a dent in what you have to give them. It’s all I had, all I thought I could leave them.”

“Yes, baby, it says you love them. No matter how hard you tried not to, you still fell in love with them. You were going to leave them a part of you, something of you, from you. That’s love, and that’s why I love you.” He kissed her again. This time, it was with love. She could feel it.

“I’m going to go and have the nurse bring us our babies. Then Mom is going to bring us some dinner and we’re going to have a huge family discussion.” He hopped off the bed and was striding toward the door.

“Wait! What kind of family discussion? Nickolas, what are you talking about?”

“Why we have to name them, don’t we?”

Morgan looked at him, really looked at him. Name them? She glared at him as he came back toward the bed.

“You’ve not named our sons? Right now they are laying down there in that nursery and people are calling them Grant boy one and Grant boy two. Oh Nickolas, how could you?” She was trying hard not to laugh; the expression on his face was priceless. “What do you think the other children are going to say to them? They will be teased and teased. Is that what you want?” Nick put his fingers over his lips and seemed to contemplate her query.

“Maybe they won’t notice they don’t have names. Maybe they’ll be so overwhelmed with our combined beauty in them that the other children won’t notice. I’ll go get them and we’ll make sure they aren’t too scarred.” His quick kiss had her reeling.

Morgan sat up a little more in the bed as soon as he left. She was sore and tired, but she was suddenly filled with…love, she realized. She was filled with love. When the door opened again, a nurse was pushing a large bassinet at her with Nickolas right behind her. Morgan couldn’t help the happiness she felt at seeing her sons. Hers and Nickolas’ sons.

When the nurse handed her the first little bundle, she didn’t know what to do. Terror at hurting him, dropping him, nearly had her pull away. But the moment he was settled in her arms, it was as if she’d come home. And when Nickolas settled down next to her and was handed his blue bundle, everything came together. Family.

Morgan leaned back against her husband and held her little boy in her arms and knew what his name was. “This one is Anthony Patrick Grant and his little brother is Nickolas Markus Grant. They’ll be called Anthony and Markus. What do you think?”

“I think, love, that is perfect. Absolutely perfect. I love you.”

“I love you too, Nickolas, and I always will.”
About the Author

Kathi S. Barton

I woke up one morning and decided to give play time to the people in my head who were keeping me awake. Little did I know that they would be so relentless and want their time right now! I wrote for the pure joy of it and to entertain my family and friends. But mostly it was to get more than an hour of sleep without a story playing out. Of course, the more I write, the more they want. So…well, as a result of sleepless days (I work through the night as a gun toting grandma – nope not a vigilantly but an armed security guard) I have lots of stories written.

Hello! My name is Kathi Barton and I’m an author. I have been married to my very best friend Sonny for at times seems several lifetimes – in a good way, honey. And together we have three wonderful children and then the ones we brought into the world - Paul and Dale Barton, Jason and Wendy Barton and Danielle and Ben Conklin. They have given us seven of the greatest treasures on Earth. They don’t live at home seven days a week! No, seriously, seven grandchildren – Gavin, Spring, Ben, Trinity, Sarah, Kelly and Kian.

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