„Lizzy just told me, your wedding will be the corniest I could ever imagine,“ Eve said to Silas.
She just left the bathroom and found him waiting outside.
Silas cracked a smile.
„Honestly, I don’t care. I’ll marry her on a back of an elephant, if this is what she wants.“
Eve laughed.
„I afraid, the back of an elephant isn’t the worst case scenario.“
Both looked at each other for a moment.
„M… I think we need to talk…“ he said carefully.
She came a step closer, stopped standing in front of him and cupped his face with one hand.
„I’m sorry, Silas. I’m sorry for all I put both of you through. This is all what needs to be said.“
Silas’s eyes begun swimming. He felt the urge explaining to her why things happened as they happened.
„I… I wanted to wait. I told her we needed to wait until she turns eighteen… but one day… I broke my own rules…“
„Please don’t do that,“ Eve interrupted him. „All what matters is now. I don’t want us opening this terrible wounds once again.“
Silas nodded.
„I love you. I even loved you when I hated you,“ Eve added.
Silas couldn’t feel more relieved as in that moment. He pulled Eve into a hug, holding her close tightly. She hugged him back, also fighting her tears.
Both released each other after some time.
„Si… there’s still one thing lying heavily on my mind…“ Eve said quietly.
„You mean Lizzy’s miscarriage,“ Silas replied.
„Yes.“
„Look…“ Silas begun explaining. „Lizzy and I talked about the whole situation. She didn’t know she was pregnant, as she passed out and woke up in the hospital. There was no time for her to bond with the idea becoming a mom. Before she even processed what was happening to her, the situation was already over.“
„But I kept her in the dark about the options,“ Eve replied.
„Trying to save the baby’s life was not an option, Eve. Lisa was relieved, that fate took the burden of making choices. She didn’t want having a kid in that early age.“
Eve was sorting her mind.
„I’m really surprised hearing you say that, Si. In my imagination there was no way she would have not wanted the baby, as it was yours.“
Silas smiled calmly.
„Looks like you’ve had a completely wrong idea about your daughter’s mindset. She was very mature for her age, exactly knowing about the consequences, if there was a kid.“
Eve nodded.
„You made the right choices back in those days. Not just for Lizzy, but for both of us,“ Silas added.
She sighed relieved.
„Thank you, Silas. It really helped hearing all of this.“
He smiled at her, being happy, that he made her feel better.
„Um… I know she will kill me for telling you… but the moment couldn’t be any better…“
Eve gave him a confused look.
„What are you talking about?“
He gave her a sheepish smile.
„Lizzy is pregnant again.“
„Oh my god, Silas…“ Eve stammered in pure disbelief.
„She missed her next birth control injection.“
Eve was shaking her head.
„Good lord… your preventing measures truly suck.“
Silas chuckled.
„Ya… I know… but we are happy it happened. Today everything feels right. It’s a blessing.“
Eve fell around his neck again, hugging him close.
„This is amazing… oh my god… I can’t believe all of this…“
Both released each other.
„Hey, you really need to keep quiet. We just made the test when we returned home, because she begun feeling weird.“
Eve nodded.
„I promise to keep our little secret.“
When the party was over, Eve collapsed next to Justin at the sofa, looking at him.
„You wanna tidy up the mess first… or…“
„Or what…?“
„I’m still waiting for being seduced by my sexy fiancé,“ she replied temptingly.
„Here?“
„I wished we could try this pretty new sofa, but unfortunately we aren’t alone at home.“
Justin sighed.
„Which of all kids we have are sleeping here? I lost track, to be honest.“
„All of them.“
„Awesome.“
„This big house left the impression, that they’re welcome at any time.“
„Be sure I’m gonna explain to all of them how wrong they are, when they wake up.“
Eve smiled at him. She thought it was cute, when he was working up unnecessarily into things.
„Let’s go to bed…“
