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Elliot had finally gotten to sleep for the first time in 2 days. That's how long it had been since he had returned home, only to have a note found by his four children. 2 days of hundreds of phone calls made to her cell phone with no reply.
He had spent countless hours in those 2 days trying to think of where should have gone. Why she even left in the first place. Part of him was heartbroken, and wanted to find her and bring her home. The other part was furious!
He just didn't understand how she could up and leave. Not just leaving him, but their 4 children. What mother is selfish enough to do that, especially with two of those children barely being able to understand mommy's gone. This rage he felt towards Olivia was beginning to over come the heartbreak.
All of these thoughts and emotions were running through his head when he finally fell asleep. Not long after was he awoke by two voices.
"Daddy?" Myra and Tati whispered through tears.
Elliot quickly sat up in bed, responding to the voices that woke him.
"Yes girls." He said in a groggy voice.
"Where's mommy?" Tati asked, the hurt coming through in her eyes.
"Come here girls." Elliot said, gesturing for them to come sit on the bed.
Elliot's heart broke seeing his two youngest children with tears in their eyes. Myra and Tati both climbed onto the bed with their father, sitting on either side of him. They both clung to their favorite stuffed animals. Myras being a fluffy pink teddy bear, and Tati's being a fuzzy penguin.
"Now my little lady bugs, I just want you both to know how much your mother loves you." Elliot started, trying to find the right way to explain this to them, without letting his anger show. "Mommy, well mommy went on a little vacation."
"A vacation? Why she no take me sissy, and brudders?" Myra questioned.
"Yeah, that no fair!" Tati said crossing her little arms over her chest.
Elliot couldn't get over how much the girls looked like Olivia. They were not only her spitting images, with their light auburn hair, chocolate brown eyes and olive skin. But they both had her stubborn attitude.
"Well it was a grown up vacation, and she will be home soon." Elliot said thinking on his feet.
"Daddy grown up. Why you not go too?" Tati asked, as if she was interrogating him.
"Well this trip was for mommy only. She needed some time to... Think." Elliot telling them, not knowing how much to tell two 4 year Olds.
"Why didn't she say good-bye to us fore she leave?" Tati said more tears running down her face.
"Yeah, she not love us anymore daddy?" Myra asked, crying along with her sister.
Elliot thought he couldn't get anymore heartbroken. Boy was he wrong. Seeing both his daughters crying, because they thought mommy didn't love them anymore, was pure agony. He wrapped them both up in his arms, pulling them flush against his body. He kissed both of their heads trying to comfort them.
"Girls, I don't ever want you to think mommy doesn't love you. You two, James and Logan are your mothers whole world. She loves the 4 of you with all her heart, and nothing can ever change that." Elliot told his daughters, tears now in his eyes.
"We love mommy too, and we really miss her. Without mommy, no one do our hair." Tati said speaking for, Myra and herself.
"I'm sure mommy misses you guys too. And I promise your girls that she will be back soon." Elliot said hoping he didn't just lie to his daughters.
Hearing that mommy would be home soon, put a smile on the girls faces.
"Now my lady bugs," Elliot said, climbing off the bed and throwing Myra and Tati over his shoulders, as they break into giggles. "It is 2am and time to go back to bed." Elliot said, as he brings them to their room and places them in their respective beds, giving them each a kiss on the forehead.
"Night Daddy, love you." Both girls said I'm unison.
"Night girls, love you too." He said on his way out of their room.
As he made his way down the hall back to their master bedroom, he poked his head into the boys room. They were both peacefully asleep, both snoring softly.
Content that all his children were asleep in bed, he walked back in into the master bedroom and laid down, hoping to get some sleep himself.
Once he laid down on his back and starred up at the ceiling, he couldn't help but think about Olivia. His mind kept going back to the same thing. What did he do to make her leave?
He knew they had been having their problems lately, but he never thought it would make her leave. She had been very emotional lately, and seemed to be all over the place. One minute happy, the next sad and crying, saying how he paid no attention to her anymore.
When they went to bed at night, they wouldn't even touch each other. There was no kisses, no holding, touching or cuddling. There definitely was no love making. He thought back to the last time they made love. It was two months ago, and happened after an argument they had. It was great make-up Sex, but didn't have the same connection they used to have while making love.
It seemed as if there was no pleasing Olivia. She would tell him to at least try and spend some time with her, and when he would try and touch her or please her, she would brush him off and ignore him. Eventually he just gave up trying.
The morning before she left was great. Being able to hold her in his arms, and help her while she was sick, felt like old times. That was the first passionate kiss they had shared in months.
Thinking about all of his actions and behavior finally made him realize why she left. Tears began to sting in his eyes, he was the reason.
He had treated her like a roommate, instead of his lover and wife. That was something he vowed not to do to her. They day they got married, he vowed to love her cherish her, hold her and never let her go. That was everything he hasn't been doing.
He now realized how much he loved Olivia, and how he knew he didn't want to loose her. 10 years of marriage isn't something you just give up on. Especially when that 10 years resulted in 4 kids. There was no way he could do that to their kids, they didn't deserve to be stuck in the middle of their problems.
He had to get her back home to their family, he needed their normal life back. No matter what it took.
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