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Chapter 21

They knocked on the Giannini's door and waited for either Enrico or Annika to open the door. Mikael knew that his nephew and niece would be away for the weekend. They were teenagers and made plans accordingly.

A frazzled Enrico opened the door, he looked sleep deprived and tired. Annika rushed to the door she was carrying a crying Aaron. "Oh you're here, there is a God. I am convinced now."

Mikael was amused, Lisbeth however was not, and she took a crying Aaron who took a look at her and immediately latched on her. The baby rested his head on Sally's breasts and slept.

Annika was bewildered; this was the same boy who gave her hell from early Saturday until now.

Friday night had been great, Enrico was happy when he saw little Aaron; he missed having small children now. Their children were old enough to need them but from a distance. Aaron and him played with a ball Lisbeth gave Annika; Aaron drank his milk and then slept through the night. Annika breathed a sigh of relief; she thought this baby would give them hell. It was too early to know that in fact her nephew would strengthen her decision to not have more children.

Aaron woke up the next morning at 6:00 AM, Lisbeth warned her so she was ready. Annika heated a bottle and gave it to the boy. He greedily drank it and stretched his hands to be picked up. The aunt did so; Aaron opened those big blue eyes and stared at her while she gave him his milk. Annika expected Aaron to fall asleep again but he stayed alert. She turned on the TV and managed to get Dora on; Aaron watched and exclaimed "bu, bu, bu." The blue monkey showed up on the screen. Aaron giggled and laughed.

The nightmare started after the show, Aaron did not recognize his surroundings. He knew aunt Annika but neither mommy nor daddy was there. He cried, he missed mommy, he wanted to go home now. Annika who had experience with crying babies did almost everything to calm the baby but he was having none of it.

Annika sang, rocked, and made faces and noises but nothing, Aaron kept crying. After two hours of wailing Enrico achieved the impossible, he found a photo of Mikael and Lisbeth. He gave the photo to Aaron and he quieted, Andreas and Arianna came down for breakfast, his cousins distracted Aaron. The baby became his bubbly self during the meal but went back to his fussy persona by the early afternoon. Aaron gave into another crying fit; this time there was nothing that could distract him.

A distraught Annika was about to call her brother when she remembered Lisbeth saying something about Elvis Presley and Aaron listening to him before sleeping. She turned on her laptop and googled some songs. Aaron stopped crying and listened to the songs. He particularly liked the jailhouse rock, after listening to The King for about an hour he napped for about five hours. Those were the best five hours of the weekend.

Late evening and the night were another suffering; if possible Aaron Blomkvist became even fussier when it was nighttime. Annika felt sad for her nephew, he clutched his teddy bear and kept crying, eventually he just slept. Both Enrico and Annika thought this was just because the little boy was tired from all the crying he did. This morning went the same way until Lisbeth picked him up.

"Why was my son crying? Annika didn't you listen? You forgot about Dora didn't you?" Lisbeth mildly glared at Mikael's sister. Annika looked helplessly at Mikael who limited himself to lift his hands in surrender.

"Lisbeth I assure I did everything you told me but your son is impossible. He made my husband and me glad we decided to stop having children." Annika honestly answered. Enrico nodded, he supported his wife; his nephew truly was something else.

Lisbeth glared at the couple, she ignored them and left the baby in the room for his needed nap. The adults went back downstairs Annika and Mikael started a late lunch. His sister asked, "how come you guys came early? I mean I'm relived that you did, but we were not expecting you until late evening.'' Mikael was dicing onions and plainly answered, "we missed Aaron."

Annika nodded, she suspected that was the main reason. "Mikael I'll be honest and say that when you guys got together I was scared for Lisbeth. You have a way of hurting women without meaning to and Lisbeth had this vulnerability around her. I am happy things are working out and that you are both well." She gave him a hug and he thanked her for her well wishes.

The two couples spent the afternoon discussing Millennium of all things. Since their latest business deal, the magazine was at the forefront of Swedish media. The magazine had developed into one of the most trusted sources of good journalism and news. Lisbeth gave her opinion, and some insight into the politics of media; she was at complete ease with these people. She knew Annika, Enrico was a very trusting and harmless guy. She did a background check on him when she first met Giannini, and the Italian was a very extroverted and friendly guy who was not deterred by her seemingly cold and detached persona.

Lisbeth heard Aaron crying and rose, Mikael went with her. Mikael changed the baby's diaper and talked to him.

"So, they tell me you misbehaved this weekend." Aaron gurgled and smiled at him. His daddy was making faces again; he wanted to play with daddy and tried to raise himself. Mikael laughed and finished the diaper change.

Lisbeth was sitting on the bed and waiting for Mikael and Aaron. The baby boy saw her and wanted to throw himself at her. He squirmed in his father's arm until Lisbeth embraced him. She kissed in the forehead and nursed him; it wasn't part of his routine but the baby immediately latched on and fed. "He missed you too." Mikael said. He still marveled at the fact that she stayed with them and was happy with them.

Lisbeth laughed, "Yes, he will suck me dry, you are just like your daddy. A greedy guy." Mikael frowned at her but she winked at him.

He couldn't help but laugh with her. The little family stayed upstairs until Aaron finished his meal. They said their goodbyes and went home.