Chapter Two

Philip got off the phone with his lawyer at around noon and smiled as Mimi came into his office at Basic Black. His mom had finally gotten him a job, afterall, he no longer needed to be a 'stay at home dad'.

"Well?" Mimi asked as she walked over and sat down on his lap. "Are you and Belle divorced and Shawn and I annulled?" She asked.

"Yes indeed." Philip smiled and leaned in for a kiss. "Time for our life together to begin."

"But what about our baby?" Mimi asked him.

"Well, I was thinking that maybe we could hire a detective to look into where the surrogate might have run off to. All we have is a name, and we don't know if it is really her name or not." Philip told her.

"Well, hopefully the detective can help us find her." Mimi replied.

"What if we never find our child?" Philip asked worried. "Will you still want me then?" He asked her, wondering if he was making the right choice by choosing to be with Mimi.

"Of course I will still want you!" She replied, shocked that he would think that she wouldn't want him if it weren't for their child. "You and me...we fit!"

"Really? I mean, you beleive that, you want me no matter what happens?"

"Yes!" Mimi kissed him again and Philip smiled widely.

"Well then, I will call the detective and you can just stay right there."

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Shawn and Belle brought the kids home, to the new house that they had purchased close by everyone in town. Of course John had helped, but Shawn had promised to pay for the wedding!

The house was nice, roomy, but felt very homley to both of them. Sami and Lucas had been unpacking for them while Shawn and Belle were at the hospital with baby Braden. Everything was going great.

Claire ate quickly and then Shawn took her upstairs to sleep. Braden was attached to Belle. At one point when she tried to hand him off to Shawn, he cried and cried until she took him back.

"You were the only one that could make Claire stop!" Belle told Shawn over the crying.

"I know and now its your turn to make Braden stop!" Shawn handed Braden off to Belle and the newborn finally calmed down. Eventually Belle got him to go to sleep.

"Thank God!" She sat down on her bed and spaced out for a minute. "One baby was so easy, so I thought two wouldn't be a problem at all but..."

"But its harder than it looks." Shawn gave her a back rub and she loosened up. Shawn placed a kiss on the back of her neck and she gave a little laugh. Shawn wrapped his arms around her and gave her a hug from behind. They were sitting on the bed, the kids were asleep, finally, and they had a moment to themselves. "I love you so much. I dont know how I ever lost you..."

"You never lost me," Belle began. "We just made some choices that we learned from."

"I agree." Shawn kissed her on the cheek and then gently turned her to face him. "And I learned that you are the only woman for me."

Belle smiled at that and they kissed sweetly. They then got ready for bed and slept. Doctors orders that she take it easy for about a month, and that meant no sex!

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"What did the detective say?" Mimi asked Philip when he walked into the loft that they shared. They had sold their apartments that they had owned when they lived with their former spouses and purchased a new one that was just down a flight of stairs.

"Well, he said that since she hasn't been gone for over a month, there is a good chance that she is still somewhere close by. So, there is a chance that we will find her and everything will turn out fine."

"But..." Mimi wanted to know what the downside to all of this was.

"But, he says that since it has been almost a month, once it reaches a month, she has a good chance of going someplace far away and we might never see her again. However, we get lucky in that the airport keeps track of who comes and who goes on a regular basis, so if she has left the state or even the country, chances are it was documented. I think we will find her." Philip's voice was hopeful as he poured two glasses of wine. He handed one to Mimi.

"Cheers." She said.

"Cheers." He replied and they clanked their glasses. "To how well life is going and to finding our child."

They both drank their wine and then Mimi started some slow music. "Let's dance." She grabbed his hand and they began dancing in the living room. The music slowed even more as the song drew to an end and she pulled off his jacket and started on the buttons of his shirt. She pulled that off too and then he pulled off hers', and by the time they knew it, they were both completely naked on the sofa. Philip gently but passionatley entered her, the kissing never ending between them and Philip hoping that she would magically end up pregnant right then.

As they gently broke apart, they just held each other on the couch, watching the expressions on each others faces. At one point Mimi laughed and kept on asking Philip what he was staring at. He was just thinking about how much he loved her was all he said.

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Up next, PHIMI search for the surrogate after they get a lead from the detective!