Back in Brooklyn, Danny was at the bakery getting cupcakes for Max and April, they had been very good and helped Pop and Frank so they earned a reward. Kara was there to pick up her sister's birthday cake. Their eyes met immediately, Kara had thought about contacting Danny about the marital strife going on in Montana but she didn't want to upset Eddie's trust. Danny had through the same thing, to see how badly his younger brother screwed up, if Kara knew it was bad…
They each finished their purchases then the detective shuffled Kara into a private corner of the bakery. "Haven't seen you since the wedding," Danny remarked. "I missed working with you Walsh, congratulations on a job well done."
Maybe he didn't know? Kara thought. "Perhaps it was all Eddie." Kara smiled, 'You too, we did good work, I'm sure they are really happy."
Maybe she didn't know, if Eddie didn't call Kara maybe they got it fixed? Danny thought of how to push it, but Kara wouldn't betray Eddie and he'd never betray Jamie either. Kara sighed, if she asked in just the right way Danny would tip his hand. He was a good cop but he was also a guy, she was good getting guys to spill.
"I wonder how it's been going for them now?" Kara asked and hoped that Danny would bite.
"What do you know?" was his quick reply.
"What do you know? Kara countered. "I know Eddie called me, on her honeymoon so…"
"Jamie called me, he was…" They both sighed. "Our work is never done is it?"
"Apparently not," Danny replied. "Kid screwed up, he admitted it but he did one of his blow ups and now things are all crazy."
"Eddie's upset with herself, he got mad about the money, but they worked so hard, we worked so hard, we have to remind them of the path they took to get here, you know? They are both hanging onto so much crap, it's ridiculous."
"What do you have in mind?" Danny asked. "Have a seat, we need to plan…"
Over coffee and crullers, their Jamie and Eddie problem solving food of choice, Kara and Danny selected pictures from their phones to print, place in an album, and send. "I'll do the scrapbook part, I used to do that when I was pregnant with my kids and we'll make the note together. Can you overnight it?"
Danny agreed to help with that part of things. "I can't believe on their honeymoon, he couldn't wait to screw up until he got back to New York."
"I told Eddie this and I'll tell you, Jamie is still a victim, he needs help and they have to choose to get it. I told Eddie she has to hold on until, focus on the family and let go of everything else,' Kara replied "This album will help them, I know it will."
Danny paid the bill for them both and text Kara the pictures they liked from his phone including one of Jamie with Max and April the night before the wedding holding on tight. There was no division there, just pure love. Kara headed home to get to work, not aware of what was really happening back in Montana.
"Do you think they know why we didn't come out?" Eddie asked as they walked to the lodge for dinner.
"I'm pretty sure they know but I'm also sure that we aren't the first honeymooners to do that,' Jamie laughed. "We had something important to do…we talked about making a little Reagan, a brother or sister for Max and April, that was very important work."
"We didn't get pregnant tonight Jamie, it's not even my time to get pregnant," Eddie replied. "But I can't wait, since you are really on board with it I want to try, I surely want to try."
"We'll talk to the doctor when we get home and make plans to try then,' Jamie whispered gently.
"Yes, let's do that, oh yes…" Eddie laid her head on Jamie's shoulder as they headed to the restaurant.
They ate quickly, both hungry from working off breakfast and skipping lunch. "Do you want to do anything special tonight after you call Max?" Jamie asked. Eddie hadn't missed a call to their boy since the night he called her up crying.
"We do have the rowboat we rented,' Eddie reminded him. "You said you wanted to do that so maybe tonight. Tomorrow we'll ride horses I promise."
Jamie smiled, "Let's ride the horses together but tomorrow night…the rematch. You and me and a go cart!"
"you are on…I'll take you in strip poker again too,'
"I have to get a better poker face," Jamie laughed as he paid their check. "You want champagne for the rowboat?"
"No, you should never drink and row!" Eddie insisted. "Let's take a walk and when the moon is fully out we'll take her out. That'll give me plenty of time to sing to Max."
They strolled hand in hand back to the cabin then Eddie dialed Max while Jamie looked over the manual for using the row boat. "I love you so much Maxy. Are you snug as a bug?" When he indicated yes, Eddie began to sing, this time the song was Irish and familiar to Jamie.
Eddie's voice rang out. Jamie smiled and held her from behind as she sang. "Mommy and I love you so much buddy," Jamie told him on speaker phone.
"Love you," Max cooed then fell asleep.
April was easier, she was excited to speak and then wanted to go about her fun. Jamie smiled, "She's you…"
"She's us," Eddie countered. "You ready there Gilligan?"
"I am so not Gilligan," Jamie laughed. "I'm the skipper, no I'm the professor…"
Eddie decided singing the millionaire and his wife would be in poor taste but she definitely thought it.
Jamie handed Eddie into the boat, liking how her white skirt flowed in the breeze. "I took your sweater, you might get a chill."
He took such good care of her. Jamie shoved the boat away from the dock then started to row.
The moonlight glinted off of Eddie's hair, she looked so beautiful half sitting half lying in the base of the boat. "I feel like Ariel," Eddie laughed. "And you are Prince Eric and we're sailing in our own little pool of love."
"A pool of love, okay we have to go home because you are getting way too corny even for a honeymoon trip," Jamie laughed.
"Oh shut up," Eddie laughed. "You know that's my favorite movie, I'm heartbroken April prefers the Aristocats to it."
"Well, Abraham DeLacy Giuseppe Casey…" Jamie laughed. "She likes the songs, the one about the piano. Maybe we get her lessons and Max, maybe we step up his voice training?"
"Let's see on making too many demands on the kids," Eddie replied. "But if they want to do it, let's do it. Oh it's so pretty here, let's stop and just float a bit."
Jamie pulled the oars in and they did just that. The stars were immeasurable in the clear rural sky. "This was a great idea…it's so black out, you can't make out the mountains but these stars… Eddie was mesmerized. She had so much money, even as a child she could have anything she wanted, but she was mesmerized by a simple star. Jamie knew what he was going to get her for her birthday that year, and he also knew he wanted to hold her tight and make love to her right then and there under that blanket of stars.
Jamie moved to stand and cross the boat to hold onto his wife. Eddie saw the movement and tried to correct that, "Jamie no!" Eddie gasped. "You're going to …."
She was too late, the boat wobbled, wiggled, the tipped over dumping both Jamie and Eddie into the lake. "Tip us." Eddie laughed.
"Are you okay?" Jamie asked. "Did you…"
"I'm fine," Eddie laughed. "Just fine…" She swam closer to him and slid her arms around his neck. They laughed together, the soft sound mingling with the crickets and the breeze. Jamie stroked her hair and wiped the wet strand off his face. Eddie wiped the water out of Jamie's eyes, their magnetism took over and they began to kiss in the shadows of the moonlight.
Eddie's skirt was dragging her down so Jamie quickly unlatched it and let it float away along with their boat. It would show up a little bit later they were sure, right now the focus was each other.
They swam to the bank of the lake. Jamie got out first the pulled Eddie up to join him, both breathless from laughter. "I can't believe we flipped the boat, it's going to sink floating like that…"
Eddie shrugged, "Why were you standing up in a rowboat?"
"I saw something I wanted," Jamie replied "I was going to get it…and…oops…"
Eddie's eyes danced like the starts in the sky, "Good oops…" she whispered cupping Jamie's chin as he closed the gap between them.
The dirt and sand stuck to their wet bodies as Jamie finished what he started on the boat. He loved the way the water glinted off of Eddie's thighs, they were muscled and define but also feminine and gentle. He ran his hands over them, and pushed them apart. Eddie's hands stripped Jamie of his soaking wet shirt, she loved the way the white fabric clung to his muscles. She felt the familiar heat between her thighs, the desire for her husband that grew each time they lie together like this.
"Are you too cold?" Jamie whispered wanting her to feel warm and wonderful, but there was a nip in the night air.
"Never," Eddie whispered softly. "Never when I'm with you."
Jamie supported Eddie's head and neck in his arms then moved between her legs. Her hands were working on removing the wet pants and boxers but left the clinging shirt. When Jamie went to remove it, Eddie implored him. "Leave it on."
He didn't argue, the way she was panting and crying for him to fill her was too much for his fragile resolve, he wanted her hear and now, then and there…and she wanted him, the cries she was making evidence of that.
Once again, their bodies met, Eddie closed her legs around Jamie holding him firmly inside of her. She held his head to her breast where he suckled and licked her nipples to full attention. "OH…Eddie, you…tighter…" He loved the feel of her heels digging into his back as she urged him on, she made him feel like he was the best love she ever had, ever.
Jamie carried Eddie back to the cabin, she lost a shoe when the boat tipped and he didn't want her cut her feet. One already had a little cut that he kissed better. "That was probably the best accident," Eddie smiled as Jamie bathed the sand and dirt from their bodies. "Let's have more accidents like that."
"Yes ma'am, I'll be sure to make another bonehead move in the near future, I'm just glad no one got hurt…and I'm glad…"
Eddie stopped him with her kiss, "Me too. I'm so glad that we are able to keep finding each other…but I'm tired…can we just…"
Jamie smiled, "Of course we can snuggle under the blankets Mrs. Reagan, all through the night…"
"You'll be right here I love hearing you say that, you said it when I was in the hospital, after I got shot…" Jamie was absently touching her scar. "You meant it then…"
"I mean it now…" Jamie kissed Eddie's hair, it was nearly dry and silky smooth once more.
"I know…" Eddie sighed drifting off. "I know."