Chapter 209

Ryan looked at Nadia still confused and worried and having a bunch of questions going through his mind, but yet he was grateful that she was safe. Somehow. He opened the door and allowed her to come inside, she walked over to the kitchen counter and sat down twisting her hands together while he put the kettle on as he decided to make her some sweet tea, apparently it helps, and he wasn't sure how much truth there were in that saying but he decided to go for it either way.

"Does anyone know you're here?" Ryan asked looking at her and she shook her head. "Okay, can you at least tell me what's going on?" He pushed again but she just shook her head.

"Not right now. Uuuhhhmm, can…can I stay here for tonight? Please Ryan. I'll go to the police in the morning." She pleaded but before she could continue Phoebe came sliding down the stairs on her butt and smiled when she saw Nadia.

"Naaaaadaaaa!" She ran over to her aunt but stopped halfway when she noticed the blue eye Nadia had. "Nada ouwie." She said and points towards her eye.

"Yeah, but I'm gonna be fine. Shouldn't you be sleeping already?" Nadia asked to try and steer the conversation into a different direction and away from her.

"Yes, but I not tired. I sleep wif mama." She decided there and then causing her father to look at her as this was not the arrangement and they weren't sure how much sleep they would be getting with a newborn in the same room, and they clearly weren't betting on having a toddler in the bed with them, not with his wife who was still in pain and uncomfortable.

"Pheebs, Mama's tummy is still sore and will be for a while. So you'll have to sleep in your own bed." Her father explained carefully.

Phoebe looked at her father and walked towards her room, only to return a few seconds later with her blankie and trailed it along the floor. "You no love me dada! I go Nana and Gwama." She stated and walked towards the door looking between her father and her aunt for one of them to open the door so she can go to her grandparents who loves her more than her parents does right now. "Hey you can stay with me. We can watch Barney." Nadia offered and the toddler shook her head.

"No Nada, Paw Patrol." She corrected.

"Well Paw Patrol it is then." Nadia said and walked over to the lounge and switched on the TV silently hoping that the animation would be on TV. This was also her excuse to not talk to her brother about what she had witnessed and why she looked the way she did – but she also knew that she could only avoid this for so long before he will start to lose patients and then she'll have to come clean. Ryan left the two of them and walked upstairs to check on his wife and son after he gave Nadia her tea.

Alex was having difficulty positioning Asher and trying to get him to nurse while she tried to remain comfortable. She also kind of forgot to take painkillers and didn't eat very much during lunch that her mom prepared but she had to take those painkillers. Now. Only problem being that they were on the dresser on the other side of the room, and had it been any other time she would've multi tasked and get out of bed on seconds to get it but no one warned her about the eight weeks thereafter that she will be suffering. She looked at her phone and contemplated texting Ryan to get it on his way up to the room but there was a knock on the door and he was talking to someone downstairs, so she settled to wait until he came to bed – surely the pain couldn't get much worse than it already was. And she had to pee, but feeding her child was more important.

Alex heard his familiar footsteps on the stairs and when he appeared in the doorway she asked him to bring the painkillers closer to her so she can have them by her bedside. "You didn't eat much during lunch, and haven't eaten anything since then but your taking pain medication." He reminded her as her walked towards her side of the bed.

"I'm not hungry. I'm in pain and I'm uncomfortable." She said irritated, as she was positioning Asher so could burp him.

"That's not an excuse. You weren't like this with Phoebe, I mean after a week you were up and walking around." He remarked not realizing what implications his words would have.

Alex looked at him, her eyes spitting fire after she laid Asher down when she was done burping him. "I had a normal birth with Phoebe! No one were cutting into my abdomen to pull a baby out and then stitch it back together! I can't do normal mundane tasks like sitting up or getting out of bed without pain. And if it's not too much to ask can you just help me up so I can use the bathroom?" She asked but the way she framed the last question made him realize that he has to help or he might have to spend the night downstairs. He helped her out of bed and she walked across the bedroom towards the bathroom. "I really hate your ass right now." She mumbled as she walked past him and he wasn't sure whether to take it personal or if it was just the pain and hormones talking at the moment.

So he stuck to the best sentence he always went to when he didn't know what else to say. "I still love you." He said looking into the bathroom where she sat on the toilet.

"Whatever." She mumbled running a hand through her hair.

Hey guys! This one is short I wanted to fit the case in here as well, but I need to study so I had to end it here. I read up on c sectins and it seems like a long road to recovery and I want Alex to be mood and grumpy for a few weeks and get angry at Ryan for no reason (but it will pass as all our dramas here does so I hope you guys like it.)

Lovies-S