BUNDLE OF JOY? - PART 2 - BY: BECKY ANNE
Chapter 5
The sun was peeking out from between the clouds, it was morning. Lizzie stopped at the front door of the building, her arms full of things and reached up to push the buzzer that would let her into the building. Martha was coming up behind her dragging a child-sized suitcase behind her. Lizzie looked at her and smiled, taking the suitcase from her and up the front stairs, "I want to push the button, I want to push the button," the little girl pulled on her skirt and Lizzie lifted the girl up to ring the bell. She was surprised to look up from helping Martha climb the stairs, to see Archie standing at the door. "you spent the night? Where's Katrina?"
She is still sleeping, come in. We packed last night. I do need to go back to my room and pick up my things though. And with that he picked up Martha and carried her to the elevator. Lizzie took the girl from him, 'We are fine. You go do that and I'll go wake Katrina."
With that the door shut. Upstairs Lizzie led Martha into the flat and sat her down on the couch in the lounge with a coloring book and crayons. She then went in search of Katrina whom she found on the couch in Emma's room feeding her a bottle. "I will assume you and Archie have come to an agreement? Are you coming up to Glenbogle with us today?
Yes I am going back, but I am not staying in the house. I am going to move back into my old cottage temporarily while I decide what I want to do. I see myself with two options, I can run for council or I can stay here and sign a contract for another year. I also made Archie call Lexie last night and explain to her the whole situation. I just do not want to do anything that could hurt their marriage. She had to know. Lizze, I do love Archie, I think I always will, but I also know that Archie loves Lexie and I am not going to change that. I watched him talk to her last night. I could see the love in his eyes as he spoke to her. You could actually hear it in his voice."
"How did she take the news?" Not very well I take it. "Archie spent an enormous amount of time on the phone with her last night first trying to explain what he was doing in my flat at that time of night and then trying to convince her that I am coming back with the baby to figure out the situation and not trying to get Archie back from her."
Lizzie heard Martha calling for her and called out to her to come to the room and meet her baby cousin. Martha came running at the sound of her mother's voice into the room. Martha came up next to the girl and gave her a kiss on her forehead. She settled herself next to Katrina watching her feed Emma. The two woman were talking lively about going back to Glenbogle, neither having been there in a while, when Archie walked into the room. I have five tickets on a sleeper to Glenbogle station. Duncan is picking us up there and taking us to the house.
Later that morning they packed up the hired car and left for the airport.
TO BE CONTINUED….
