Chapter 191

Alex takes a deep breath while she runs a hand through her hair, "Sorry doesn't make your hurtful angry words go away. It can't be fixed with a simple sorry." She took a deep breath before continuing, and answered him much more calmly this time around. " But you know what Ryan, I'm just so exhausted of constantly fighting with you. It's like you don't know that you have to think before speaking. I'm just going to let that comment slide." She said walking over to Ryan and hugging his waist. " And I just want us to get back onto the path where we were before so I'm really forgiving you Ryan. It's not going to be easy and it'll take work for us to get back to where we were but I am tired of living like we hate each other." She looked up at him smiling slyly.

"I'm really sorry sweetheart , and I'm going to start to thinking things through before saying them, you know that I'm not the smartest man on earth but I'm going to try and improve" he laughed a little kissing her forehead. " You're so far away from being the smartest man on earth, but I'm still sticking with you okay." She laughed when she saw the face he made. "You're really mean when you want to be, Alexandra, I didn't know you could be this cruel." he smiled down looking at her.

"So, unless you really hate my brother, I have a suggestion that we can decide on regarding Luca." Alex told Ryan who looked at her confusingly again. "Sweetheart, I don't hate your brother, I've just met him, we didn't start out on good terms but we will work this out. What is your suggestion?"

" Well I think he should move in with us, just for a little while, he doesn't have anyone else Ryan, our father is dead and his mom walked out on him, it's not gonna be permanent, just a couple of months, or until he can find a real job so he can pay for his apartment and he gets clean." Alex said looking at her at Ryan trying to read his facial expression but she wasn't sure if he was up to do it. "It's fine by me, I know he's not a bad person, and besides that we could use another person helping us out with Phoebe and with our little boy, once he gets here, and also you, since you're probably going to be at home for the rest of your pregnancy he could keep an eye on you for me." Ryan joked a little and saw Alex smiling at him. "I'm serious Ryan.."

"Me too, we have to find him now and tell him about our idea, and I hope he accepts it." Ryan said turning around to look out for his brother in law. Alex stood round in her brother's room until he and her husband came back.

"Luca, Ryan and I have a suggestion for you." Alex said looking at her brother who nodded his head indicating that she should continue. "We think you should move in with us, just for a couple of months, until you find your feet. And we really need someone to help us with Phoebe" she smiled at Luca, who laughed a little at the idea "But no, seriously, we want you to come live with us, you need help and either you come with us or I'm making sure you'll stay in this hospital until Phoebe is at least 20 years old." She talked seriously looking at her brother, who glanced at Ryan with a worried look on his face, which made Ryan laugh. " Yes Luca, you'll be very welcome in our home, and if I were you, I would come with because your sister is really manipulative and if she sees your doctor she'll make him never give you the discharge papers, she'll practically own you, but this will only happen if you DON'T come with us, your choice" Ryan said looking at Luca, who seemed even more scared now .

"So this is how the FBI works, alright I'll accept your offer. Thank you I would be good" he laughed causing his sister and Ryan to laugh too.

" Alright then, get ready Luca, we're going to get Phoebe, we'll be back in a minute" Alex said while she and Ryan left the room.

Phoebe was still playing on the bed with her grandmother and her youngest aunt when her parents entered the room again. "Look who's back Phoebe!" Theresa said when she noticed her son and daughter in law standing at the door.

" 'ello! 'ello dada! No mama!" Phoebe said waving to both her parents anyway.

"Phoebee! We need to go home now, we should give Nana some time to get some rest" Alex said extending her arms to get Phoebe but the toddler wouldn't have it. "no mama, I no go. Phoebe said, not even looking at Alex, " Nana, say mama I stay you".

"Phoebe, you can stay with me anytime you want but I think you should go to your mom and dad, Nana is really tired today, but you can come back tomorrow love." Theresa said as Ryan tried taking his daughter from her grandmother. "Come on Pheebs, don't make it difficult for mama and dada!" Ryan tried but their toddler soon started to cry holding her grandmother tight.

"No dada, no go you an mama. I stay wif nana!" Phoebe said as she cried, as Alex tried to get her daughter to come with them.

"Phoebe calm down please, bub. Do you remember Luca?" Alex asked as Phoebe, who's crying had stopped, nodded her head "So uncle Luca is going home with us, he's going to play a lot with you when we get home, and if you don't come with he's going to get really sad" Alex tried and this somehow has gotten through Phoebe who has agreed to come to her mother.

They said their goodbyes and waited for the doctors green light for Luca. They drove home and through their whole way home Phoebe and Luca talked with each other, Phoebe already had a favourite new person by now, and that made Ryan worry a little.

When they got home the first thing Phoebe did was showing her nursery to Luca. "Come Lukie, you c sleep me! Look ma bed" She said happily pointing to her crib.

"Wow! I appreciate that Phoebe but I think I don't fit into your crib anymore" Luca said smiling down at her.

Alex walked to the kitchen opening some of the cabinets looking for nothing in particular " Ryan we need to go grocery shopping, and I think we should do it now." She said looking at her husbands tired expression just at the mention of them having to go through the painful task of shopping.

"I now you're tired, I'm too, but if we do it now then we know it's done" Alex said looking at her husband who just walked in the kitchen "Alright, we can go, I'm going to get Phoebe and her new best friend" Ryan said turning around.

"Ryan, babe, are you jealous that Phoebe really likes Luca?" Alex asked laughing at how strange that is, and thinking about how Ryan is going to react when Phoebe starts dating "No I'm not jealous Alex, it's just that… forget it, never mind" He said trying to hide how jealous he is right now, and leaves Alex laughing at the kitchen.

"Hey you two, we're going to the grocery shop right now, you two wanna come?" Ryan asked as he walked in Phoebe's nursery "I think I'll pass, I mean I'm really tired." Luca dismissed the invitation not wanting to get in the way of the little family and their routines.

"I go with dada, bye Lukie" Phoebe said hugging her uncle's legs, as she ran out of the room towards her father who was standing in the hallway waiting for her to make up her mind.

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