Lots of hits, no complaints. So, here goes...
Now Jacob got two women and a whole house full of kids
And he schemed his way back to the promised land
And he finds it's one thing to win 'em
And it's another to keep 'em content
When he knows that he is only just one man
Little Rock spent a week in the hospital. The doctors told her that the cause was an old infection- something left behind by the only other man who ever took her, well before she was a woman. Her husband was beside her day and night, and her sister stayed by her as often as she could without leaving her own children unattended. The night before she was released, the doctors talked to Little Rock and Columbus, kindly but firmly warning that she might not conceive again, and that it would be dangerous for her if she did. When the doctors left, Columbus looked sad and troubled. He only looked more troubled when Little Rock smiled and said, "We can always beat the odds."
while her sister was recovering, Wichita insisted on abstaining, and was not entirely pleased when Columbus accepted it without argument. On the sixth week, Columbus took both wives back to his bed, and afterward, he had the talk. "The doctors think Little Rock shouldn't have more children," he said. "I think- maybe- they are right."
"No," Little Rock said. "I want babies. I always have. And I married you because there is no one I would rather have babies with."
Columbus sighed and glanced to Wichita. She was silent, and her face a blank. "Abbie... I love you, and I think you are a wonderful mother. I mean that: You are a mother, now, even if the kids aren't the ones you gave birth to. You should know that better than anyone. Krista isn't your sister by blood, but you are sisters, because you love each other. If you did have the same mother and father, you couldn't love each other more! I mean- how many sisters could even try to do- something- like... this..." He started to sink back under the covers.
Wichita reached across to her sister. "I love you, Abbs," she said. Little Rock only frowned. "I want you to be happy and well. I want you here for us, for Sammy and Dan..."
Little Rock darted off the bed. "You! Your husband, your kids, you! You you you! And easy for you to say, when you're putting out like an assembly line! What about me? What about mine?" She stormed out of the room, pausing belatedly to throw on a robe. Columbus looked expectantly at Wichita, but she did nothing.
They both came when they heard a baby's wail. They found Little Rock in Danny's room, holding him so tightly that he cried.
Now, go read something with exotroopers!