A little while later Des was being checked out at the hospital, with Sheelagh by his side. An hour or so passed before Des was finally allowed to go home.
"I just wanna take a quick detour on or way home there's a couple of my friends I want you to meet" said Sheelagh as they drove through the gates of Sweet Valley Stables.
"This is my sisters place" said Sheelagh as she parked the car and got out "come on"
"hey mum" said Sheelagh's daughter Siobhan as she walked towards them leading a horse.
"hi Siobhan" said Sheelagh "is Lilly still in the field"
"no I already brought her in" said Siobhan "she could do with a grooming though"
"I'll get started" said Sheelagh as she tuned to walk into the stable when she was nearly trampled by a runaway horse
"Catch that horse" said Sheelagh's son Declan as he ran towards them. Sheelagh wasted no time she ran into the stables grabbed a helmet and the nearest horse and leaped on.
"Declan what have you done" yelled Siobhan
"he reared and tore the lead out of my hands" said Declan
"right I best help mum catch him, you stay here with Des" said Siobhan leaping on to the horse she was holding
"So you're Des"
"and you are" said Des. "Declan, but people call me Dec" said Declan
Sheelagh was chasing the runaway horse edging closer and closer until she finally caught him.
"well done mum" said Siobhan
They started heading back to the stables. "Des seems like a nice guy" said Siobhan
"Yeah he certainly is" said Sheelagh. "Dad came in earlier" said Siobhan "he's gone back to Ireland with aunt Stephanie his been having and affair with her for years you know that don't you"
"offcourse why do you think I had the affair with Des I wanted to get back at him well at first I did anyway" said sheelagh
"but then you realised you love Des much more than you'll ever love him" said Siobhan.
"exactly" said Sheelagh smiling
"should your mum be riding while she's pregnant " said Des
"not really no but Treasure the horse she took is the best eventer in Ireland, he looks after her" said Declan the two of them were chatting while grooming Declan's horse Chopper. "How long has she had him" said Des
"Since he was a foal" said Declan "they have an amazing bond, mum loves him to bits used to win everything on him"
"does she still compete" said Des
"a little when she has time but on Lilly her other horse now that treasure's retired" said Declan.
"So dad's right you're moving in with Des and he's the father of your baby" said Siobhan as she and Sheelagh walked into the stables.
"yes he is" said Sheelagh "and yes I am moving in with him"
"that's great" said Siobhan
"yeah it is" said Sheelagh
"where's Siobhan" said a woman nearly identical to Sheelagh
"right there" said Declan gesturing towards his sister and mum as the walked towards them
"hey Sheelagh" said the woman
"hey Tegan " said Sheelagh
"so who's your friend Dec " said Tegan
"Des" said Des "and who would you be"
"Tegan, Sheelagh's twin sister" said Tegan "So you're the famous Des, Sheelagh told me all about you it's nice to meet you al last"
"Same here" said Des
"Siobhan can you still do the night shift with the babies tonight" said Tegan
"offcourse I was going to give them there five o'clock feed now" said Siobhan
"can Sheelagh do it because I need you to do something else for me" said Tegan
"sure corse I can" said Sheelagh "Des can help me"
"ok what do you want me to do" said Siobhan
"come with me to pick up a new horse" said Tegan
"cool sure I'll come" said Siobhan
"you'll be alright to feed them won't you Sheelagh" said Tegan
"offcourse" said Sheelagh
"the powdered mares milk is in the feed room just add some warm water to it" said Siobhan
"and it's quite cold tonight so put there little rugs on" said Tegan
"I've been thinking" said Sheelagh as mixed up some mares milk "since Patrick has hightailed it to Ireland with my sister, not Tegan my other one, instead of me moving in with you, you could move in with us. "
"sure if the kids are ok with it" said Des
"I've already okayed it with Siobhan and she's absolutely fine with it" said Sheelagh "what about the other two" said Des
"I haven't asked them yet" said Sheelagh
"well now's your chance" said Des as Declan and Fintan entered the room
"would it be ok with you two if Des moved in with us" said Sheelagh
"totally mum whatever makes you happy" said Declan
"when are you moving in" said Fintan
"well we have a day off tomorrow" said Des "we could do it then"
"great" said Fintan
"we've got to go feed the horses now" said Fintan "come on Dec"
"and we've got to feed the babies come on Des" said Sheelagh as she handed Des a bottle filled with milk. The two of them walked down the stable aisle until they came to the babies stall.
"you can feed Milo if you like Des, he's the brown slightly smaller one" said Sheelagh opening the door inside were two little foals only about a week old.
"cute" said Des "are they orphaned is that why we have to hand feed them"
"yeah there mum died shortly after they were born" said Sheelagh
"know how they feel" said Des patting the little horse "how'd she die"
"she was quite old, this was going to be her last foal, I guess giving birth to twins was to much for her" said Sheelagh sadly
"was she one of yours" said Des
"no she was Tegan's" said Sheelagh
"horses don't normally have twins do they" said Des
"no it's very rare" said Sheelagh "even rarer for them both to survive"
"I guess these little ones are very lucky then" said Des
"they sure are" said Sheelagh
"mum dad faxed these over for you to sign" said Fintan hading his mum the pieces of paper
"what are they" said Des
"divorce papers" said Sheelagh