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"Oh od, Iz! That was seriously hot!" Dee says fro of curses

"How’s the house hunting going, Dee?" He asks and I laugh at her puzzled expression

"We love having you here, Dee, but have you thought about finding a place yet?"

She looks down and goes silent

"Dee?" I prompt

"I don’t know if I can do it yet" She says after a few seconds of silence I give Axel a pointed stare and he gets it Dee’s been struggling since the Brandon scene She has trouble feeling safe and is usually stuck close to one of us She has been working more and more out of Axel’s desk in the hoet it Promise"

She looks over at me with a frown and I can see the fear in her eyes

"Stay as long as you want" Axel offers

She nods her head and then leaves the roorab her purse

"You okay with that, Ax?" I know he is ready to have his house back but he just gives reen eyes

We leave the house a few minutes later and make the short drive into town to the ultrasound clinic Axel holds my hand the whole way and a content smile plays at his lips I smile over at him and thank my lucky stars that he is back in my life

When we pull up in front of the office, I see Greg standing outside the doors with his phone to his ear He looks up when he hears the ruoodbyes I look over at Axel wondering if he caught the abrupt end to Greg’s call

"Stay out of it, Izzy He wants you to knoill tell you, yeah?"

I grumble but stay quiet while he walks around the truck and opensainst his cock

"Do not get hs but can’t disguise the strain in his voice

"Later" I pros back but coirl?" He asks with a suess on your niece or nephew?"

He sirl, that is definitely going to be a boy"

"Why do all of you seeh, loudly and Dee and I just look at each other with confused faces

"Baby girl, look at hiirl, no way" He is still laughing alk into the reception area and I sign in I shoot him a few dirty looks and sit down next to Axel and thuazine

We wait for about fifteen minutes before they call me back

"Is it okay if my family comes back, too?" I ask the technician

"Sure honey, thehallway before entering the ultrasound rooe recliner next to the ultrasound e projector pointing down fro When I sit down in the recliner I notice the large wall in front of o, place this sheet over your lap that e don’t flash everyone in the process" She laughs and helps me cover up I look over to Axel and can see the nervous anticipation on his face He srabs my outstretched hand

Love you He mouths to ht Ms West, let’s get you ready" I smile at Axel one more time when I see the frown on his face over the use of my last name He was not happy with me when I told hiot reed when I bribed him with sex It wasn’t that I didn’t want to be married to Axel, just the opposite I couldn’t wait to be Mrs Axel Reid, but it just felt right that our baby be there with us When I sat hi to wait he wasn’t so upset anymore, but that didn’tto do some measurements before we take a look and see if this little one wants to make an announcerossed with the ie screen in front of us Axel squeezes my hand and I hear hi" I hear Greg whisper to Dee who is too busy sniffling in her tissue to answer

When the baby’s heartbeat fills the room, we all seem to pause in amazement It never fails to fill

"You ready, mom and dad?" She asks us with a smile

"Yes" Axel says quickly before I can open ivesher attention back to the screen "Well, will you look at that? Sohs to herself and we sit there all looking at the e on the screen