We're Not afraid of Him!

Only because they both knew Calleigh deserved a break from pregnancy, with Ethan now being 15-months-old the couple would be probably expecting another baby already. Furthermore because it would be a violation of basic rights, Rick couldn't have said or done anything to Calleigh or Eric if Calleigh was pregnant again just months after returning to the job. As a matter of fact, if being pregnant wasn't such a big deal or so physically taxing on Calleigh, the two would have possibly conceived that soon just to spite Rick Stetler.

"We're not scared of him," Calleigh said, feeling and sounding like a child, talking to Natalia. "If I wanna get pregnant, I will!"

Everyone else on the floor, right down to the cleaning staff loved to see the Delko children visit. Rick Stetler was in a class of his own.

"I saw your kids at the park with Calleigh's aunt," Natalia told Eric in the DNA lab. "Ethan certainly chases Chloe around."

Fifteen-month-old Ethan was pretty steady on his feet and already running. The couple couldn't complain; Chloe was usually good with her baby brother seemingly never leaving her alone. They made sure that even if he didn't like it at times, Chloe could be by herself and could do what she wanted and Ethan was kept from intruding on her space.

Eric smiled.

"Did he manage to tackle her to the ground this time? He did the last time we were at the park."

Chloe hadn't been happy about mom going to back. She had gotten used to having her around and liked it. It had really been the first time that she and Calleigh had got the chance to spend that much time together. Part of Calleigh was excited to be getting back to the lab, but the mom part of wasn't. She wasn't looking forward to leaving her children but knew she and Chloe would get used to the separation quickly, especially with Roberta there.

"You'll see mommy every morning and I'll be home every evening," Calleigh told her daughter as she wiped away her tears and rubbing her hair when the girl cried that she didn't want mommy to leave in the morning. "Auntie will be here with you and you'll get to play with your friends in the afternoon. The day will go fast and before you know it, daddy and I will be home."

Calleigh felt trying to hold back her own tears. She didn't like seeing either of her children cry, whether because it was because teething hurt or because she didn't want mommy to leave her. Eric gave his wife a hug after she left Chloe's bedroom.

"Look at me, querida," he said softly.

Calleigh looked up at her husband.

"You know you're both going to make out fine, right?" He said. Eric was just as sympathetic to his child's tears. After all, she was only four-years-old. "After a week Chloe will feel like the day always went like this."

"I know. I just hate to see her cry like that."

Chloe started crying again the next morning when Calleigh was getting ready to leave. Fortunately Roberta was a great comfort; she told Calleigh even through Chloe was crying not drag things out, to give her a hug and kiss, telling her she would be back and to leave. She was not at all mean to the child but assured the mother she would be fine.

"I know you're sad," Roberta said to Chloe picking her up when Calleigh left, giving her a hug. "But she'll be back. And we'll have fun."

Chloe sniffled and wiped her eyes with the back of her hands. She was all right a half hour after her mother was gone. Chloe didn't know but her mom called the daycare center when her daughter was there in the afternoon just make sure she was all right. The staff knew all about what it was like for moms during their first week back at work, especially the first day.

"She's fine," the woman told Calleigh. She said Chloe hadn't cried a tear since she arrived at the center. She was laughing, catching another child around with a puppet on her hand.

Calleigh smiled as she turned off her phone.

"Your baby girl is doing fine," Alexx said to her, smiling,

Calleigh nodded. "Yeah."

"I knew she would. Kids are like that. I know what you're going through, sugar," she said, giving Calleigh a hug. "But trust me, both of you will adjust in no time."

Translations

Querida - beloved