Chapter 13
Waking up the next morning, I hear Juice over the baby monitor. "Hey buddy. Daddy's got you. Let's get you some breakfast." he says and I smile. I get up and walk to the nursery. Seeing him sitting there, feeding our son, I smile more. He looks up and sees me and smiles. "Morning Momma." he says. "Morning Daddy." I tell him, walking into the room, I kiss him softly and kiss the top of Carlos' head. "I'll start breakfast." I say. "I already started the coffee." he says. "That's why I love you." I say. "And here I thought it was because of my big Rican." he says smirking. "Oh, that's just a really good bonus." I tell him laughing.
A few minutes later, Juice walks into the kitchen and puts Carlos in his swing and sits at the table while I bring him his plate and coffee. I get my own and sit beside him. "You gonna be home for dinner?" I asked. "Yeah, guys got a small run to do but Jax told me to stay behind so that I could be here with you guys." he tells me. "Okay. Good. Any idea what you want for dinner?" I asked. "Whatever you are in the mood for is fine babe or we could order in." he tells me. "Maybe order in." I say and he nods. After breakfast, he gets his shower and gets ready for work. Before he walks out the door, he kisses the top of Carlos' head and then pulls me to him. "Love you baby." he says before kissing me deeply. "I love you. Be safe." I say and he nods before walking out the door.
I go through my day of cleaning the house, working on laundry and taking care of Carlos. Sitting down on the couch, I pull out my laptop and check my email. My phone goes off and I answer it. "Hello?" I answer. "Hey Sara." my boss says. "Hey. What's up?" I asked. "How's the baby doing?" she asked. "Good. But I'm guessing this isn't a social call since you never call. What's up?" I asked. "I hate to do this, especially since you just had a baby and all but we have had to do some layoffs and, I'm sorry Sara, but you were one of the ones laid off. Let me know if you need anything." she tells me before ending the call.
I am sitting on the couch crying when Juice comes home. "Hey. Hey. What's wrong?" he asked running over to me. He looks at Carlos and sees he's sleeping and then looks back at me. "My boss called. I lost my job today." I say. "Hey, it's okay. I can handle the bills and whatever else we need. Don't stress. Just enjoy being a stay at home mom." he tells me. "Really?" I asked, wiping the tears away. "Yeah. I was going to talk to you about quitting anyway." he says as he pulls me to him. I snuggle into his side as I start to calm down. I look over at Carlos and he's starting to wake up. I get up to get him a bottle and Juice says "I'll order dinner." He pulls out his phone and orders Chinese.
After the food arrives, we eat and I am getting Carlos ready for bed when Juice comes out of the bedroom, freshly showered. He walks into the nursery and puts his arms around my waist as I am changing Carlos into a sleeper. Kissing my neck he says "I love you." I lean back into him and say "I love you too." After getting Carlos down, we head to bed and lay there talking. "Are you okay?" he asked. "Yeah. Just sucks. I really liked that job." I tell him. "I know." he says. "Can I ask you something?" I asked. "Yeah." he says, looking at me. I sit up where I can look at him. "What would you say to me starting my own business from home?" I asked. "What kind of business?" he asked. "I used to love making clothes. Maybe start making things for little man and sell them online?" I asked. "Yeah. That could work. Then you'd be able to be home with him and still work. I know you don't want to just be home all the time and it would give you something that's yours." he tells me. "Really?" I asked excited. "Yeah. But under one condition." he tells me. "What?" I asked. "When the Carlos turns a year old, we start trying for another baby." he says. "Okay." I say smiling. I lean over to kiss him and he tells me, "I am off tomorrow so we can go get you a new sewing machine and get the materials you need. I'll have the prospects come and help get the spare room set up for your studio." he tells me. "Thank you." I tell him kissing him softly. "Let me show you just how thankful I am." I say as I start kissing down his body to show my man just how much I love him.