Chapter 3

Settling in to the new place

The Plain takes off and Christian falls off to sleep; sleeps right through the entire flight. The flight takes about 2 hours. So of coarse when they land he's going to be full of energy.

But Joe seized the moment to talk about the new account that they'll be working on in about a week. He said that they would be putting in long hours to get this new account going strong. Stella agreed "but what about the day care you said we would have in the new building?"

Joe replied "it being worked on as we speak; I can't have my top employees worried about their babies while there at work now can I!"

Stella got a sense of relief on her face, to know that her children were going to be able go work with her and she could take check in on them when she wanted to. Joe told her "I know your kids mean the world to you, that's why I created the day care room so you could put your mind at ease and to be able check in on them when you needed too."

Thanks Joe I don't know how to thank you enough. Don't worry about it the work you do for me is thanks enough and on top of that if we land the Chubby Chase account next week that'll be thanks enough.

The captain comes over the p.a. system and tells everyone to buckle his or her seat belts that the plane will be landing in a few minutes. Stella made sure the kid's belts were buckle and she was already buckled in so all that's left to do is wait for the plane to land.

They all step off the plane; they pick up what luggage they had brought with them,

Diaper bag and a few toys for the kids to play with. Joe made motion to go right where he had a car already to pick them all up and deliver them to their new apartment

When they get there Joe has Stella close her eyes before they entered the apartment, as they walk in Joe tells Stella to open her eyes and what does she see…

Not just an apartment but also a condominium on the best side of town. She looked at Joe and said" I can't afford this, not on what I make!" Joe looked at her and said now you can, cause I've got so much confidence in you I had my attorney draw up legal papers making you a partner in the firm! "Now how would it look at the office if my top ceo didn't have the best place for her kids to live. Well I got to go see you in the morning I'll stop by to pick you three up about 8:30 o.k. Stella agreed just as Joe started to leave Stella asked about her things from the old place back home, where were they? Oh they'll be here tomorrow sometime but I arranged for a crib and two new beds to already be assembled by the time we got here right down to bedclothes for the beds. See ya in the morning goodnight.

It had been a long flight and the kids were kind of fussy so she thought maybe a short nap might help before they went out looking for anything. Christian was still sleepy cause she found him sacked out in is new bed and little Gabriel was still asleep in her car seat so she put her seat and all in her crib and then lay her favorite blanket over her to keep her warm and give her sense of home until her stuff arrives tomorrow.

Well it is three hours later when the baby stirred awake wanting her mom Stella got up picked up her daughter and looked at her watch realizing she needed to get milk and something for supper she woke up her son and they all went for a walk to get some supper and milk for them. Once they were back home she got some lunch and changed her daughter diaper fed her son got the kids settled for a little while she could finally take a breather. The rest of the day was spent relaxing and spending time with her babies.

After lunch she played silly little games with Gabby and Christian she treated it just as if nothing had changed in their routine hoping when it came to bedtime the kids would be able to sleep in their new beds.

Joe got an idea to go pick up Stella and the kids take them out for supper.

So he did just that but not before cleaning up himself first. So he got ready put on his best suite got cleaned up good and left to go pick up the three of them.

Later that evening Joe showed up and asked if she wanted to go out with the kids and have a good hot meal and to celebrate her partnership in the firm. Stella said" give me a few minutes to get the kids ready and we can go, sure take your time. Stella came back with the kids and Joe took helped her get the car seat buckled in and got Christian buckled in and took off to go have supper

Dinner goes well the kids don't eat too much but they eat enough to get through the night. Stella and Joe just talk shop finalizing all the papers. The kids were exhausted from all of the excitement.

Stella was so excited about being a partner that she had to pinch herself to see if she was dreaming. They finished up dinner; on the ride back to her apartment Joe let it slip he called Stella "my Stella and only mine." Stella looked over at Joe and "asked him

What did you just say about me?" Nothing Joe" replied" thinking he covered his tracks; here we are at your new apartment.

He helped her in with the children and then he said good night see you in the morning Stella.

After he left and Stella had a little bit of quiet time to her self she got to thinking about what Joe had said to her, but she was too tired to pay much attention to it and she went on to bed.

The next morning Stella woke to a knock on her door, it was Joe saying" you ready for work?" "No I just woke up give me time to get ready for work." I still have to feed the kids before we leave.

As they walked inside the door Stella couldn't get over how huge the building was on the inside she thought, Joe took her by the hand and gave her a tour of the building starting with the day care showing her everything he had order. He already had the day care up and running, Stella was so impressed she left the kids in the day care center.

He made sure the day care center had everything an infant to the age of 10 years old. Anything that a child would need or want. It even has a room for the babies and young Children to take a nap without being disturbed by the kids who aren't asleep.

There's cribs, Bassinets, playpens etc. The refrigerator had things for the kids to eat and formula for the babies that were on baby formula.