Winnie traveled back and forth each day. Carla elected to have me get her a lovely executive suite near the park.Colleen and Rebecca made the trip occ...sionally but disliked the dry climate.I hated it. The mountains of southern Missouri were just about perfect for me. The desert? Not so much. No one ever saw me without a bottle of water in my hand. Because my trust owned three-eighths of the club, I didn't feel beholding accepting the office suite. Three-hundred twenty four million dollars. " But what if we don't have a boy?" Then I'll teach the girl what I would teach a boy. I'd probably do that even if she had a brother." I mean, who will get her pregnant?"My breath caught. I looked to the left and then at the ground. I released Maria and stared at her. "Enough of the what ifs. Let's live one day at a time." But—" No buts. We'll do what we have to."I cupped her face in my hands and kissed her lips. Then I pressed my ear to her belly. She giggled."How pregnant do you think you. “None of those motherfuckers hurt you, did they?” she asks as she places her hand on my cheek, stroking it with her thumb while she looks deep into my eyes. “I swear, if anyone even so much as lays a finger on you I will kill them.”I smile at her. “No… no one has hurt me.” Once again her lips are on mine. She pulls down my skirt and moves her hand up to my shirt, slowly unbuttoning it while her tongue wrestles with mine. After she gets my shirt off, she takes off her own shirt, revealing a set. " Julia rolled towards him and curled against his side. There was no hiding the wide smile on her face as she felt his body shake with silent laughter."Give me a moment, hey?" Rob promised a second round."Take a moment, take two." Julia laid her head to rest on his arm. With a long yawn, she added in a mumble, "But not three." The body next to her shook again.A log shifted and fell in the fireplace. It sent sparks shooting upwards into the chimney. With another yawn, Julia fell into a very.