"Let's talk about it in the morning after a full night's sleep; we need to pick up and go to bed." I kissed her cheek and rubbed her neck with my hand...Alice cleaned the pan and our mess kits while I wrapped Rocky's remains in a plastic shopping bag and buried it deep in the hole I'd dug in the snowdrift. Food storage wasn't a problem. We lived in a walk-in freezer."We're not going to bed without a bath. You stink, I stink, we all stink," Alice said as she scratched under her boob. Scratching,. " Are you trying to turn this into a date?" she asked with a smile."Yes. I am," I replied seriously. "I have never taken you out on a real date and I want to spend tonight with you, not as a friend or a co-worker, but as my date. Does that sound stupid?" No. I think that's great. I would love to out with you as your date." Good, because all I want to do right now is be with you." Me too. I thought that we would never be together after I saw you and your sister last night. I was sure that I. ”“We understand, Daddy. We’ll make sure everything here is safe and that our sisters are safe too,” Hawk replied as he and Falcon bumped fists.Connie and Nora were awake when I went to our bedroom. Savana and Andrea were in the shower as I sat on the side of the bed and talked to the Cherokee cousins. “When are our babies due?”Connie answered as she rubbed her swollen tummy, “Less than a week. We were just talking about it – hoping you’d be back before they’re born.”“I’ll try my best to be back. I’ve loved you since and never stopped. All I want to do is just hold you and make you feel loved. I know we’ve had our obstacles in the past, but there’s nothing I want more right now than to just be with you. I ruined my relationship with Kylie, but I don’t want to lose you too”. Zoe took my hand and pushed her body over me with her head over my shoulder. She kissed me below the ear and pulled away revealing an illuminating smile. “I love you too” she replied softly. She continued holding my.