It was another week before we saw Ms Racheal again, her and Mr Bob are dealing with Hope and their next steps with her legally. She was planning on coming over today for lunch. It's the weekend so the boys are home and they are excited to see her. When I heard the knock at the front door I tucked Vivienne into the crook of my arm and swung the door open. Ms Racheal greets us with a huge smile and hugs. I passed her the baby and she happily cooed to her kissing her forehead.

Moving into the kitchen I started pouring us glasses of ice tea, my beautiful new engagement ring caught the light and she gasped

"What is that missy!?" She exclaimed pointing to my hand

"What? This old thing?" I said flashing the jewel on my ring finger with a smile.

"He did it!" She squealed, "he talked to us about it as well as your dad you should know, but we didn't know when he was planning on asking! Oh my gosh! I'm so excited! This is exactly the good news I needed today". She goes on reaching for my hand to inspect it better.

"It's so beautiful Larkin, congratulations, really I'm so happy for you."

"Thank you," I reply, beaming. "Should we join Chris out back?"

As we head onto our back patio Chris steps away from the grill he was tending to greet his mom and me. We're having grilled chicken wings, a salad, fruit, chips, and popsicles after.

We have a very pleasant lunch, the kids are playing and Chris, Ms Racheal, and I settle in to talk about what's coming next for all of us.

"Hope has a hearing coming up that will hopefully tell us when her trial will be. I want you guys to hear it from us that we are seeking hospitalization instead of prison." She shares with us looking nervous. Chris looks at me and squeezes my hand, I'm not sure how I feel about that. I don't know if I believe that she has a mental illness.

"If that's what you guys think is best, thank you for telling us before the trial started." Chris answers for both of us. Ms Racheal honestly looks relieved.

We spend the rest of the afternoon outside enjoying the shade and the cool breeze that blessed us. Chris looked at the tree more that he wants to build the boys a treehouse in and made some notes about his plan.

"You know I could also build a playhouse for Vivienne out here too, real wood and shingles, none of that plastic crap," he tells me. I love him so much.

"Once she's walking sure," I laugh at him. He rolls his eyes and takes her from me. Whispering in her ear while they both stare at me he says, "Don't listen to her, I'll build you anything you want at any age princess." He kisses her forehead and they turn in a huff to go inside. Chuckling to myself I follow behind them.

"Mommy!” Noah calls once I cross the threshold.

"Yes baby.”

"Your phone called!" He shouted to me, that's his adorable way of letting me know I missed a phone call. A huge smile fills my face and my heart warms at him.

"Oh thank you for telling," I replied back. Looking at my screen I see it was Eric. My mood instantly falls as well as my face. I haven't talked to him since the kidnapping and his arrest. I thought he would have been in jail a while longer. While holding my phone it rings again, startled I look down to see Chloe is calling.

"Do you work every weekend or am I just a special case?" I ask her as I answer, "you know it's a Saturday right?"

"Hey Larkin I'm sorry to bother you, I know it's the weekend..." I cut her off at that.

"You are never a bother what's up?"

"I wanted to give you a heads up that Eric is out, he was fined for withholding information from the police but that was the extent of his law breaking in that scenario, which means that the divorce proceedings are picking back up. I'm sorry again I know you didn't really get a breather yet." She tells me. I guess that's why I already missed a call from him, he doesn't know where our new house is so he can't show up here and that's a relief.

"Once his lawyer and I work out a schedule we will have another mediation and talk about the next steps ok?" She asks me.

I hung up after saying goodbye and thanking her. I start to get up from the couch when my phone rings yet again. My goodness I sure am popular today. Looking at the screen my breath instantly hitches and I sit right back down. It's Eric's mom, Sarah. 

We haven't spoken at all during the separation and as Eric yelled at me about previously neither she nor his dad, David, have even met the new baby. Sliding the answer icon across my phone I take a deep breath.

"Hello?" I answer.

"Hi Larkin, how are you?" She asks curtly back.

"I'm doing ok now thank you, what can I do for you?"

"Seriously? Well you can let me meet my granddaughter for starters," she huffs out. Grinding my teeth a little bit I pinch my eyes before responding.

"Well we could plan to meet up for lunch or something soon," I offer back, "Do you want to plan for something this week?"

"Tomorrow, at the cafe on the corner of 9th and Carver." She demands back. I pull the phone away from my head to stare at the screen, just who does she think she's talking to? 

Chris walks into the room to look for me, they are starting dinner and I'm still stuck in here. I shrug my shoulders at him as he raises his eyebrows at me

"Sure, we can be there around 1pm."

"Great," is all she says before hanging up. Sighing, I stand to join Chris and the kids.

Later once the kids are all down for the night Chris and I talk about the lunch we have the next day, he's going to drive us all and drop us to run some errands in town, that way I have an out when he is done shopping. 

As I slip my nightgown on and walk into our bedroom Chris groans when his eyes land on me. Smiling at him a slowly walk over to his side of the bed, he reaches out and grabs my hips when I'm close enough.

“I like this night gown," he says, running his fingertips along the lace lining my cleavage. Goosebumps erupt along my arms at his touch.

"I like it better on the floor though," he says and before I can blink he has it up over my head and I'm suddenly sitting bare on his side of the bed. My nipples instantly harden at the motion and rush of cool air. Chris throws the covers back and pulls me onto his lap so I'm straddling him naked. I run my hands up and down his chest, letting my fingers glide over all the ridges and bumps of his muscles.

"Mmmmm," I groan out, moving my hips a little to tease him. He grabs my waist and lifts me up like a drag doll.

"Pull my boxers down," he instructs me, I do as he says and as expected his huge cock jumps out at me. Smiling, I stroke him gently as he sets me back down in his lap.

"You're so sexy, baby," he whispers to me. I smile again. I wasn't feeling my best after having my third baby but he makes me feel so beautiful and desired. I don't mind at all that my stomach is rolling over or that my boobs are floppy and big. He has kissed and loved every inch of me and I'm happy to share my body with him. I guess to the right person a 'mommy body' is more than perfect.

"I want you," I whisper back at him.

"You have me love,” he says, kissing my neck, he lifts me again by my waist and I grab his cock and line us up. We have only had sex once since she was born, it's still very tender but we have found a rhythm and it's still good.

Sitting slowly down I let him fill me until it’s too much. I stay at that point and bounce slowly on him, holding myself up on his chest. After a few more strokes down his length he flips us over so he's on top of me now. He pulls my arms up and holds both of them at the wrist with one hand. He enters me again and I moan in pleasure.

"Fuck Larkin," he groans into my neck, I clench my pussy around him and he speeds up the pace, reaching my first orgasm I arch off the bed into his chest.

"Chris, please, more" I pant out. In response he dips his head and takes one of my nipples in his mouth, rolling the bud around his tongue he bites down at the last second making me scream out a second orgasm.

"Yes!" I yell out into the room. He continues pumping into me until he's breathing is ragged and he stills looking deep in my eyes as he finishes. I stay just like that and catch my breath with him.

"We need to look at birth control if we're gonna do that as much as we are,” I chuckle at him. He laughs and kisses my nose.

"You’re right, we do need some time between babies," he says getting up off of me.

"Wait like you want to have another? We would have four kids here!"' I laugh, he laughs back but continues.

"I would like to have at least one more, we have an extra bedroom after all," he says, wriggling his eyebrows at me. One more baby? I wouldn't mind, I don't think, but that is absolutely it!

"Ok one more when the time is right,” I tell him, kissing his nose this time. He slaps my butt on the way to the bathroom and I smile back at him.