I shook all thoughts of that man out of my head as baby tottered towards me, we were home in the apartment Baze's parents had had built for as at the bottom of the garden.
Lux was a gorgeous baby, every time I saw her shock of blond hair and her beautiful blue eyes I felt so proud, just like the first time I had seen her.
"Come on Cate, just one more push!" Baze shouted His face ecstatic at the thought of seeing his baby. I pushed harder than I had pushed before and there was my baby, I could see it as the doctors cut the umbilical cord and took her away to be washed. Baze kissed me on the head, I was euphoric, I'd done it and all of a sudden it seemed like the previous bustle of the room silenced as the spare nurses and doctors left and they brought in our baby.
"Cate, do you want to hold her?" asked the motherly midwife.
I nodded, tears welling up in my eyes, Baze pulled up a chair and sat next to me as the midwife handed me our squirming blond daughter.
"She's perfect." Baze whispered.
Lux fell into my arms, her proud laugh like a thousand tiny bells, she was learning to walk.
Baze walked in, he had the video game control in one hand and a can of Diet Coke in the other. His parents had a strict no alcohol policy, which I was pleased with.
I sighed and picked up Lux.
"Baze, don't even think about turning that thing on when your daughter is learning to walk." I raised my voice, trying to take the remote off of Baze.
"Chill Cate." He put the remote down and reached for Lux. She put her chubby little arms out. How was it fair that he bought her attention with the promise of biscuits and cartoons but I had to be the disciplining mom? Jealousy's a bitch.
I was so damn tired, Baze picked Lux up out of my arms and cradled her for the first time. I slowly drifted off into a well needed sleep.
But not for long.
"Cate, wakeup, I think she just smiled at me!" Baze shook me hard on the shoulder to wake me up.
"Really? I wonder if she'd do that for me?" I mused, not really bothering to try as exhaustion flooded over me again.
Baze passed me Lux again as his phone started beeping, he walked out the room, probably to speak to his parents.
"Hey baby, how are you doing?" I cooed to my daughter. She started whimpering then full on crying, Baze rushed back in.
"Ssh kiddo." He whispered to our baby. She immediately silenced at the sight of him. He took her off me and started jigging her up and down slightly to get her to sleep. Before I let in to the exhaustion I felt for the first time that unmistakeable green eyes monster rising up inside me.
I went to bed that night feeling tired and overwhelmed. Baze slept in an adjoining room to mine, however much his parents loved Lux, when they had built the apartment they had definitely made it so more grandkids didn't come on the scene yet.
Baze had a early morning team training so I had to take Lux to Valerie's all by myself. I kissed my baby goodbye on the doorstep and handed her over to Valerie, I had no qualms about this woman but her husband was a real piece of work. I knew they fostered kids but to even think of any kids living with them gave me the creeps.
As I walked back towards my car I felt a pair of eyes following me. I turned around and it might just have been my imagination but I thought I saw the upstairs curtains twitch.
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