I rated this chapter M for language, just in case!

MYOB (Mind Your Own Business)

Chloe's parents didn't know why some people couldn't just mind their own business. Neither saw a problem with carrying the three-year-old, although Calleigh did it less being now that she were close to twenty weeks pregnant. Even though Chloe was still small, people would tell the couple (and Horatio who seemed to have Chloe in his arms constantly, it was a dotting uncle act) things like "there's nothing wrong with that child! You should make her walk!" Contrary to what these people said, Chloe often did walk. Their girl was a bundle of energy and sometimes her parents had a hard time keeping up with her.

With less 'baby' talk, Chloe was feeling secure again. She was sleeping again and no longer waking up crying. No one was more glad about than her parents. Nana and pop-pop had said "sorry" to her for making her think the baby was going to be more important than her and she liked to see them coming again.

Mother of god, Calleigh thought, feeling somewhat sick to her stomach. She so regretted turning on the Discovery Health Channel. A Baby Story was on. The woman on the episode had decided to have her baby without drugs. "I'm so getting an epidural," she muttered.

Later when Calleigh was giving Chloe her bath Eric saw a different episode of the show. He only saw the first half of the show and was disgusted by the husband on the show. This guy wasn't planning to present at the birth of his child. He gave a variety of what Eric thought were utterly pathetic excuses; first he said he wouldn't be able to stand to see his wife in pain. That certainly would be gut-wrenching but suck it up, man. It ain't about you! Eric thought. Sure, seeing Calleigh in pain was going to be difficult for Eric but he still wanted to be there more than anything in the world. Then the guy said he was afraid that seeing "all that" would 'ruin' their sex life afterwards then the show had an expert try to validate that. Even with the expert, Eric thought that's juvenile BS. And of yes, the topper of them all, his wife was going to have her mother and sister there, her sister also had children. He thought just the three being there minus him would be a 'bonding' experience for the women.

"Oh that's rich! For fuck sakes', grow a set of balls, man!" Eric said to the t.v..

He didn't realize his daughter may have heard him. Calleigh and Chloe were just coming out of the bathroom, Chloe holding her mother's hand, wearing her yellow duck bath poncho. Knowing Chloe's tendency to repeat phases she heard but hoping she didn't heard that one, Calleigh called out to Eric in a warning tone "Language, dear!" as she and the toddler passed the doorway.

"Sorry, querida," he called back, grinning.

Translations

Querida - beloved