Eight Months Later

Alex approached the door and looked at the uniforms on either side of her. At her nod, the one on her left kicked the door in. She charged through the door with her gun drawn. Expecting to find a room full of perps, she pulled up short. This wasn't the office of the night club where drugs were being sold. She found herself in the dinning room of her new home. Bobby was standing in front of her with his arm stretched out holding a single red rose. He was dressed in a tuxedo and candles were burning on the table behind him.

"A beautiful rose for my beautiful wife."

Alex reached out to take the rose.

Bobby was standing by the window holding his newborn daughter. He grinned down at her and lightly traced each of her features.

"Daddy's going to take extra special care of you. There will be rules though. Number one: No dating until your 25 and then only after Mommy and I run a background check on him. Number 2: Well that rule supersedes all other rules and that is that Mommy is the boss of all of us.

Bobby turned to look at Alex laying in the hospital bed where she had given birth that morning after 28 hours of labor. She started to moan and he feared she was starting to have her nightmare. He walked over to the bassinet to lay the baby down. Before her could though Alex sighed in her sleep and when he looked back at her there was a contented smile on her face. Deciding against putting his daughter down, Bobby instead sat on the edge of the bed to watch his wife sleep.

Alex inhaled deeply, opened her eyes and grinned when she saw her husband sitting there with the baby snug in his arms.

"How are you feeling?" Bobby asked.

"Happy"

"How about physically?"

"Getting better, how is Daddy's little girl?"

"Anxious to see Mommy." He said as he handed the baby to her. "How did you sleep?"

"Beautiful dreams, not a nightmare in sight."

Tears started running down Bobby's face. "Thank You," he said hoarsely.

"For what?"

"Everything"

Alex reached up with her free arm and pulled him down to kiss him.

"What are we going to name her?" Bobby asked.

"We never did get around to choosing a name did we?" She replied.

"No we didn't before today and then you fell asleep right after her birth."

"You try being in labor that long and see how tired you get Ace."

"That's OK, I'll leave that part to you. You know as well as I do that if child birth was left up to us men life on the planet would come to an abrupt end."

"And they say women are the weaker sex."

"Not me. Your 100 times stronger than me."

"So any thoughts for a name?"

"How about Rose?"
"Perfect." Alex agreed then added "Rose Francis Goren"

"Mom would have liked that. I Love you Alex."

"I Love you too."

AND BABY MAKES THREE

END