Chapter 48
I float in on a cloud of joy. I had all my wedding details done. My dress, my shoes, and my jewelry were all purchased.
I almost teared up again as Rose drove me home. I still remembered everyone's faces as they watched me step out of the dressing room and up onto the pedestal to look at myself in the three way mirror. Their faces matched my own, and I knew without a doubt I'd found the dress.
I was exhausted, but so thrilled. The recent lack of exercise of any sorts had sure made me lazy. So lazy that a day of sitting on my ass, eating and looking at dresses made me tired. I wanted to go back home, put on my huge nightgown and get in bed.
Rose's car pulled up in the driveway of our house, and I was out of the car and half way up the sidewalk when I realized the lights were off inside, all of them. In fact, not even the porch light was left on for me to see to get up the steps. That was very unlike Edward, he was so militant about those sorts of safety things since he had moved back in. In fact, he never even let me walk up and down the steps by myself. He was always there to hold onto when I entered or exited the house.
It was late afternoon so maybe he had the kids with him in the backyard and didn't even know we were home yet. Besides, I wasn't an invalid; I could walk on my own. And it was going down steps that made me nervous and not going up, so I made my way up carefully, with my hand on the railing in a tight grip.
My key slid into the lock and I opened the door to my dark house, my almost ransacked bare house. My heart stuttered and I felt the adrenalin hit my blood stream. "Oh my, God!" I shouted. Rose immediately was by my side and holding my hand. I could see the fear in her eyes as well. "Rose, what do we do?" My mind immediately went to the possibility the people that had ransacked my house might still be here. I tugged Rose back toward the open front door and what I thought was to safety, when a note drifted off of the kitchen island.
Dearest Bella,
I'm sure you're confused and worried right now. Don't be! See this broken shell of a house is not our home anymore. We lived there once, happy and thriving, then times changed and we drifted apart. It is a place where our kids know strife and sadness. I don't want that anymore. I want all four of our kids to know love, happiness, and laughter. So, come home to our new house and let our new life begin!
All my love,
Edward
I gasped and Rose pulled the paper away from my hands and skimmed it quickly. When she looked up at me, her eyes were filled with happy tears. "You read the man's words, let's get you home." She smiled and held my hand as we marched out of the broken shell of our former home together.
I threw open the door of our new home and gasped immediately. It was us, it was homey and my family stood just inside the door to welcome me for the first time.
Edward stepped forward and took my hand. "Welcome home, Sunshine." I followed him to the couch and watched as he pushed me gently down onto the super comfy cushions. Drew slid a brown leather ottoman up and propped my feet upon it.
I longed to walk from room to room and explore, but that would have to wait. Right now, I needed to sit and rest. "I'm so happy to be home!" I kissed his adorable, yet pensive face. "What's wrong?" I asked.
"Nothing's wrong, exactly. I'm just worried about you and the bambinos here." His large hand spread out to cover about half of my stomach. His placement was rewarded by a swift kick to the flat of his palm pressed against me. "Let's get you in bed and rested, then tomorrow we can do a tour of the house?" He asked as she cocked his bushy eyebrows at me.
"Perfect idea, Mr. Cullen." I stood with the help of his proffered hand and pulled him close to me so I could kiss him.
"I really wanna be patient and let you rest tonight, but if you talk to me like that, the patience will go right out the window and you will find yourself at the short end of a good fucking, you feel me?" His last question was meant as an inquiry to the understanding of his point, but he ground his hard cock against my ass as he asked it, so my mind immediately went into overdrive.
"Yes, Edward, I do feel you. In fact, I feel you so well I'd like to feel oh so much more, okay?" I winked at him over my shoulder as I walked away with a little extra sway in my hips.
"Okay kids, time for bed! Make it quick so I can help Mommy get ready for bed too!" He shouted as the kids ran past me and into their own bedrooms.
I made my way to our room and prepared for a shower. I wanted to feel Edward's skin against mine and I didn't want it to be through a layer of the city's dust. Maybe he would hurry and join me in the shower as well. I didn't care either way; the anticipation of it all was a great form of foreplay for me.
E/N:You know what happens when you think you are fully prepared don't you? Life happens!
