Chapter 135 Skin To Skin
Chapter 135 Skin To Skin
Maddie's POV
It has been two months since the twins were born and the men that were caught. Every operation was shut down. Our twins are now our priority, we were by their side every day. They were growing and every organ that needed development was doing what was needed. There was so much improvement in them than when they were born. I'm just grateful that my babies are strong enough to face another day.
"Hey, are you excited about holding them?" Mariko asked as he crouched beside me while I sat on a recliner close to the incubator. The nurse was busy with them. They still had tubes attached which helped them.
"Yeah," I smiled, knowing that I was going to hold them any minute. Skin to skin method.
Finally, the nurse came with the one and she placed Marielle against me. I had a little blanket that covered my front section. I held my baby against me, she was so tiny, but she was moving, and the nurse helped with the tubes so that Marielle's arm didn't get caught in it. Mariko remained crouched beside me and he stroked her cheek. I cannot describe the love that just oozes from me. Marielle was wearing a yellow knitted little cap.
"Would you like to hold Mikayla?" The nurse asked Mariko.
"Of course," he stood up and sat in the other recliner as the nurse went to get Mikayla for him to hold. He removed his t-shirt. The nurse carried Mikayla in her arms as she made her way to Mariko. I looked down at Marielle, her eyes were closed, they no longer had the cotton wool over their eyes. She clenched her fist and then unclenched, I touched her tiny hand with my index finger and that is when she wrapped her tiny hand around it. She was strong while being in a fragile state.
"Hi, little one," I heard Mariko say to Mikayla, and I looked over at them. He was smiling down at her and my heart just melted at the sight of them together. He held her against him, and he closed his eyes, just being content with her. He has more experience with kids than I ever had.
I have yet to see what Bella thinks about them, for all I know is that she dislikes their names. She wanted Sparkles and Cloudy. Those were cute names, but then you find bullies at schools who would make fun of their names and, since Angel got bullied at school, I don't want my kids to experience that same thing.
I know for a fact that Bella won't allow anyone else to steal her shine, she has her mother's personality. More outgoing and doesn't give a crap. I only hope that my kids look up to Bella one day when they are all older. I have no doubt that Bella will be the best big sister. I know that she will be hands-on too. I love her just like my own.
Mariko's POV
I held one of the twins in my arms for the first time. My heart was swelling because we made these two little beings. As tiny as they both are, they are strong, and I know that they get that trait from their mother. I stared at Mikayla in my arms. She was asleep, she had a pink knitted cap on her head. She was the cutest little thing.
I don't know how I would have it at home with all the girls having me wrapped around their little fingers. I will have a house full of girls and a granddaughter that is going to make her way into this cruel world. I don't know how I will have it. But I continued to smile down at my little one. They are all my pride and joy.
"I wanted to ask you something," I said to Maddie. She was already looking at me when my gaze found hers.
"What is it?" she asked with her eyebrows furrowed.
"Don't worry, it's nothing bad. But I was thinking of expanding our family," her eyes widened.
"Please, don't ask me to get pregnant again because I will not." she made that clear and I agreed with no more kids.
"It's not that, and I promise that I won't be expanding our family that way again. What I had in mind was adopting Angel legally, not to just have her under our roof and be her guardian. I feel that we should adopt her," I said. "You can think about it."
"Well, since she is already under our roof, I mean...why not? She deserves to have a family that loves her, and we have a loving home, and she has to move with us when we go back to Seattle. She will have a new life and I want to teach her all about sketching fashion and being there for her when she wants to pursue something else. I want her to be part of the fashion line that I want to have with Bella and, hopefully, she can be in a fashion age group too. I have so many things that I want to do when we get back to Seattle. That is home and everything that I know is there right now," she said as she looked down at Marielle. "It's where our kids will grow up."
"Thank you for allowing us to adopt Angel. You do know we still have the house that I purchased that is left empty before all this happened?" I smirked at her.
Her face lit up, "I literally forgot about that house. I cannot wait to be a family in it," she smiled.
All we are doing now is wait for our twins to be discharged when the time comes, and we can all move back to Seattle and live our lives the way we had been before all this happened twith regards to Lucky's men. I cannot wait to see my friends who are like family to me, and I'm sure that Bella will be thrilled to see Amber if she isn't busy traveling. Everything works out for our good.