Tia
I was between sleep and wake when I felt the bed dip and knew he got up. I opened my eyes a bit and looked at him moving around the room in the darkness. The moonlight barely illuminating his body. He came over to my side of the bed. I closed my eyes as I felt him touch me. After a few minutes I felt him move. He was checking to see if I was awake or asleep. what was he up to?.
I heard the vibration of his phone .
“ Hold your horses. Yea I'm coming she's asleep. Sam leave your phone home. Ten minutes I'll meet you at the back of our house. Jason already cleared it. Good”.
He and Sam were up to something and it couldn't be anything good. I heard the closet door open ,he was probably getting dressed. I opened my eyes and saw he was fully dressed. I saw him take off his wedding ring. He came back to the bed and I closed my eyes. He kissed my forehead.
“ I'll be back soon , I love you “.
I felt him move,I heard the door open then closed. I opened my eyes and sat up. Has he always done that?Whenever I'm asleep,does he always kiss me and tell me he loves me?. I got off the bed and went out into the hallway. I knew from there I could see the back of the house. I stood to the side and looked down. He was standing there with Sam. He turned around and looked up at the house and smiled. Why was he smiling?.
I watched them Walk further to the back of the compound, there wasn't anything there, just the concrete wall. I watched as they Both Jumped over the wall. I stood looking and saw a light. That looks like the headlights of a car. I went back to bed. I checked the kiddos and they were fast asleep. I checked outside and saw Jason and the others.
I didn't really care where he went. I know it was something to do with keeping our family safe. I went back to bed and laid there. It was one in the morning. I wouldn't be able to sleep unless he was back. I laid there listening to everything and anything,time moved so slowly. When he came through the door it was five thirty. The Smell of Oil filled the room. He went straight to the bathroom, and I heard the shower.
After a few minutes,He came out and got into bed and pulled me into him.
“ I knew you wouldn't sleep until I got back. I thought you were asleep when I left the room”
He knew I was awake. I hit his arm.
“ I can always feel when you're watching me, baby”.
“ So you knew I was looking at you from the window?”.
“ Yes , that's Why I was smiling and I told Sam you already knew I wasn't there. Don't you want to know where we were?”.
“ That's okay. No I'm not interested “.
“Okay. I love you Tia”., “ I love you too Dominic. You have to work tomorrow”.
“ Baby, Today is Saturday “.
Great,a week went by without me noticing it. We heard gunshots then yelling. He jumped off the bed and so did I. I ran straight to the kid's room. They woke up and started crying. I took them out one by one and took them back to our room.
“ Tia?”.
“ Our room”.
He came in and the minute she saw him she stretched her hands out to him. He picked her up. “ It's okay princess. Daddy's here “. He looked at me over her head.
“ Someone tried to break in .Jason has him”.
After he calmed her down ,we gave them a bath and I made their breakfast. Mia held onto the stuffed unicorn that Tatiana gave her. She was playing with the unicorn ears. She was anxious. I heard him talking to someone and she turned around looking for him. We paid attention to both of our kids. We didn't have favorites. When Gideon was anxious he wanted me and when Mia was anxious or scared she wanted Dominic.
We tried figuring it out but we couldn't. So we left it. I saw him in the living room. He saw me looking at him. “ She needs you ”. I said looking at Mia. He took a seat at the Island and looked at her. Stretched her hands out to him and he took her. He tried picking Gideon up but he just screamed
“ No”.. and continued eating and making a mess of his fruits and pancakes.
Dominic
Ryan would come over and handle it. Sam interrogated the guy. He said he'd make some calls and find out what anyone knew. I held her in my hand and ate . She was holding onto me tighter. I looked at Tia, She was too young to have anxiety. I looked at her, I've always spent the same amount of time with both her and her brother,I never played favorite.
She stayed with me throughout the day. She didn't want to let go of me. When Allie brought Maya over to play she didn't want to play. Allie looked at me. I just shrugged and told her to ask Tia. I was sitting with her on the swing when Sam came over.
“ Unc” , that's what they called him.
“ Hey buddy. Your mom's going to yell at you. You have sand in your hair”. He looked at me then Mia in my hand.
“ Don't ask . What do you have for me?“.
“ Well. According to Caius, it came through multiple different channels. But it came from him. He wants you dead”.
The minute the words left this mouth, Mia grabbed me tighter and started screaming. I stood up with her. I saw Tia coming around the corner. “ Why's she screaming?”.
“ Sam tell her , I'll Calm her down”. She didn't stop crying. I took her into the house and up to her room. She was one,well almost two , does she understand what is actually being said?. There was only one way to find out. I sat on the bed with her and put her to sit on my lap, I looked at her.
“ Princess,are you scared daddy's going to get hurt?”. She started crying, I looked at the door and saw Tia standing there.
“ It's okay baby. Nothing's going to happen to Daddy. I'm not going to get hurt. I promise. You don't need to be afraid. Daddy's always going to be here with you”.
She looked up at me as if waiting for me to reassure her. “ I'll always be here, baby girl. I promise, you don't need to be scared okay. Daddy won't get hurt”. I kissed her little head and she smiled. I took her back downstairs and she went to play with Maya.
“ Dominic,I think the kids understand more than we think they do. Don't mention anything. She's scared something will happen to you. Just Be careful okay “.
“ I will love”.
Tia
Despite being children they understood more than we knew. The rest of the day I kept an eye on her. Mel, Tatiana and the others came over around lunch time. I haven't seen Mel and Tatiana for days and they've been acting sneaky. It was during the conversation she dropped it on us.
“ I'm seeing someone. We've been kinda dating for the past two months. I'm officially in a relationship “.
“ Congrats Mel , I'm happy for you”.
“ I'm Also seeing someone, that's why I haven't been around “. I looked at Tatiana.
“ I'm happy for you guys really,I am”.