March 28th, 2006

Security was extremely significant now in the Malucci family. They put in a state of the art security system in their house. They made Dixie sleep in the hallway and keep guard. Dropping Ireland off at school was the worse. Randi hated to leave her there, but they had to. They made sure either Dave or Randi where there to pick her up. Even the school was taking better security measures. It felt good, but the fear was still there.

They tried explaining to the girls that they should never ever leave with strangers once again, but the girls once again told them they already knew that. Ireland still didn't understand what she had done wrong. Charles said he was a friend of Randi's so he had to have been good. Ireland was still getting nightmares about being locked in that closet. It broke Dave and Randi's hearts.

"I'm sick of snow." Dave said going into the house after shoveling the walkway. Randi nodded as she watched Ireland and Lyric play in the playroom. "Randi?"

"What?" She mumbled.

"Stop being mother hawk. They'll be fine in the play room." Dave said.

"We don't know that." Randi said looking at him, "Some one could come in here."

"No one will, Randi. I just set the house alarm and Dixie is prancing around here." He said, "We can't keep being afraid something is going to happen. We need to live our lives." Sailor started to cry from her bedroom. Randi glared at her husband.

"Do what you want, but I'm going to continue to worry about my daughters' well being." Randi stormed out of the playroom and went upstairs. Dave growled. She couldn't keep the girls on a leash forever. He walked up the stairs to Sailor's nursery.

"Randi, It's all right to worry, but watching them twenty four seven wont do anybody any good." He said, "You need to loosen up some."

"You don't get it. You don't understand what I'm feeling."

"I don't get what you're feeling!?" Dave snapped. "My daughter was taken from us."

"My daughter was kidnapped too!" She growled at him.

"But she's back and get it over it god damn it!" Sailor jumped in Randi's arms.

"Get over it?? God, Dave, you're such a god damn asshole." Randi said. Sailor started to cry. "Look what you did? You made Sailor cry." Dave shook his head.

"You're over reacting, Randi." He said, "it's not healthy for you to be doing this. You can't keep staying by their bedside while they sleep. You have a job, Randi, you have a marriage."

"I have three kids I need to protect." Randi said bouncing Sailor.

"You just don't get it do you? You're doing more damage by coddling them like this." Dave shook his head, "Let them be kids, not prisoners. I'm all for getting the security system and keeping Dixie downstairs and always making sure we pick Landsie up from school, but you're being ridiculous." Randi glared at him.

"Leave this room." She said.

"Fine." Dave turned on his heals. Randi needed to lighten up a little bit. She needed to let everyone live his or her lives.

April 11th, 2006

Things were getting better in the Malucci household after the spat Randi and Dave had a couple of weeks ago. They needed to get things on the table and talk about them.

"I quit." Randi stood in front of Dave; "I quit doing this Dave."

"Doing what?" He looked up from the computer.

"Being a mother. They're driving me nuts in there." She cried.

"They're three and four." Dave said.

"Don't forget Sailor. She's three months and a half and a holy terror."

"Sammi isn't a holy terror." Dave chuckled.

"I can't do this Dave. I love them dearly, but I'm going nuts." Randi said, "I need to get out for awhile. I'm going to do something I regret if I don't get out." Dave looked at her.

"Then go out. Call Elizabeth and the two of you go to Maginty's, get a drink, and play a game of pool." He said.

"What if a reporter follows us?" She asked.

"Go." Dave laughed. "You haven't been out for fun in a long time. Only work related outings." Randi smiled tenderly.

"Thank you!" She threw her arms around his neck, "Now Ireland and Lyric are fighting in the playroom. Sailor is in her swing fussy." Dave groaned. What was he getting himself into?

"Have fun sweetheart." He kissed his wife's cheek.

* * *

Elizabeth threw the dart and it hit the bull's eye. Randi placed a couple of beers on the table.

"I needed this." Elizabeth said.

"You and me both." Randi chuckled raising her glass. "To getting away from our kids."

"Here! Here!" Elizabeth chuckled, "You still breastfeeding?"

"Yes, but tonight I am not a mother or a wife. I am twenty five years old and single and skinny." Elizabeth chuckled.

"You're skinny." She said.

"Not like I once was." Randi said, "My turn?"

"Yup." Randi picked up her three darts and aimed for the bull's eyes. "There are a couple of guys checking you out."

"Don't distract me." Randi chuckled as she shot.

"But I'm telling the truth." Elizabeth said. Randi glanced over her shoulder and sure enough two men were checking out her and Elizabeth. Her three darts hit twenty, the bull's eye, and the backboard.

"Opps." Randi smiled leaning against the wall. "They're coming this way."

"Oh lord." Elizabeth tucked a curl behind her ear.

"Hey." A very good-looking brunette walked up to them, "My name is Alex and this is my friend, Nick."

"Hi." Randi smiled, "I'm Randi and this is my friend Elizabeth."

"Hello." Elizabeth smiled.

"Mind if we watch you girls finish the game?" Nick asked.

"We can play partners afterwards." Alex suggested.

"Sounds good to me." Randi smiled, "Right Elizabeth."

"Sure." Elizabeth chuckled as she shot. The man watched the girls as they finished up the game; "Looks like you win again."

"Beginners luck." Randi winked. Elizabeth rolled her eyes knowing she used Dave's dartboard all the time. Alex handed Randi a drink.

"You make red look incredible." He said. Randi chuckled softly.

"I made this shirt." She said.

"Well, it fits you well." He glanced down to her breasts.

"You like?" She asked with a smirk. Elizabeth chuckled softly.

"It's hard not to like them." Alex smiled. "I'm man after all. I love woman that could fit around me perfectly. You may be just what I'm looking for."

"Well, thank you." Randi winked with a slight laugh.

"They look very firm and tasty." Alex licked his lips nudging his body closer to Randi. She arched her eyebrow knowing Dave would freak ou ton this guy if he was here right now.

"I suppose so, You could ask my daughter." Randi said, "I nurse her."

"Nurse? I ah, I didn't know you had a daughter." He said.

"I have three." Randi giggled.

"Th-Three?" Alex asked.

"Yes, three girls. We want to try two more times to see if we get a boy." Randi said, "I suppose you've realized that I'm married too."

"Wow." Alex said, "I'm sorry. I didn't know."

"Yeah. See? Wedding ring." Randi chuckled, "But Elizabeth here is single." Nick smiled at her.

"I am, but I'm not interested." Elizabeth chuckled.

* * *

Randi giggled softly as she walked up the stairs. She was slightly buzzed.

"David." She said, walking into the bedroom.

"Don't wake up the whole house." Dave said, "You have fun?"

"Oh yes. I drank, played games, and I got hit on." She said.

"You got hit on?" Dave frowned.

"Yes. He was commenting on how nice my breasts are." She said.

"Want me to go over there and beat the shit out of him?"

"No. I handled it." She said, "It's amazing a woman can't even go out to shoot darts with out getting hit on."

"Well, you're hot." Dave smiled. Randi chuckled kicking her shoes off.

"Did you get the girls to be without any troubles?" She asked.

"We'll say that's what happened." He winked watching his wife. He wasn't sure how he felt about weird liquored up men hitting on his wife. She was his and no one else's. He would pound the shit out of every man in Chicago before they got to say something about her breasts again.