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Chapter Twenty-four:
Lita is up in her room with Jeff as they are snuggled into each together.
"I can't believe he would do that. He is not just messing with us he is messing with two children." Lita sighs as she lays her head on his chest. When they all calm down to think clearly, they assume that Edge could have given the information to Child Services. They don't have proof, but he is the only person they know would do that.
"I know. I guess this is his revenge for you dumping him for me. He was embarrassed that someone dumped him instead of the other way around." Jeff tries to make sense of Edge's actions. He is defending him, but try to put reason to it.
"He can have his revenge, however, why does he have to include Joan and Johnny? They are innocent in all of this." She rubs her eyes to keep tears at bay.
"I don't know why they are involved, sweetheart. Don't worry we will show Child Services that we are fit to raise both of them." He assures her. "Nothing will get in the way of that."
"I trust you, Jeff that this is just an obstacle in this adoption journey."
"That is all it is an obstacle. Now, how about we look for houses so they can live there?"
"I thought I was picking the houses." She turns her head to look up at him.
"You are. You have the final say on which houses we live in." He lives up to his word.
"So, even though you don't agree with my opinion, I have the final say."
"That's correct." He agrees.
"And if you like one, but I don't like it we don't buy it."
"Yup."
"And you will pay for both houses?" She asks casually.
"Correct, wait what?" He does a double take at her.
"Too bad you already agreed." She chuckles.
"You tricked me, I revoke my decision for you to have the final decision." He lets her go and huffs.
Lita giggles. "You can't you made a scene in front of our future children. It will set a bad example for them." She smiles.
"Fine, I'll pay for both houses." He gives in with another huff.
"You will I was just joking about that." She crawls out of the bed to walk to her laptop.
"What? You are evil you know that." He joins her at her desk.
"What are you talking about, I am an angel?" She grins so innocently.
"Yes you act like one, but you don't like one. You always make me think dirty thoughts." He hugs her from behind.
"That is not my fault. I wear a shirt and jeans just like everyone else does." She leans back o lay on his chest.
"You wear them skin tight that shows off your tight, curvy body. No one can resist you like that." He kisses her neck.
"So you want me to wear sweaters and sweats?"
"Outside yes, inside our home you can wear nothing at all if you want." He rubs her sides as well lay his head on her shoulder.
"And our children?" She inquires with it being uncomfortable for them to see her that way.
"Right, shirt and jeans will be appropriate. Now, stop distracting me I am going to look for houses for us to live in." He changes the subject putting the blame on her.
"This is distracting you I am not even trying. If I was, you would be on my bed taking me to pleasure-ville all night long." She rubs his hands.
"Damn, that sounds like an incredible place to visit. We can visit there every day if you want." He moves his hands inside her pants.
"I would love to travel there now, however, we need to find houses like you said." She uses his words against him as she takes his hands out. Afterwards, she sits on her desk chair to begin the search.
"You are so evil." He fixes himself up. "You know you are sitting in my spot." He whispers in her ear.
"Then make me move out of it." She replies back.
Jeff carries her up to place her on his lap. "There is where you belong forever." He pecks her.
"Correction, I belong inside you forever." She moves around to get very comfortable.
"Again so evil. My personal evil girl." He bites his lip to prevent a moan to slip out.
"Your one and only." She guides his arms around her.
"That is right. Anyways, which area do you want to search up first?" Jeff asks.
"Let's search up the area close to my parent's house first." She requested.
"Great." He types in the area. Two full pages of house listings appear. "How much are we willing to pay?" She asks him not wanting to go to expensive since it is temporary.
"Not anything too fancy because we will be finding another home after everything is finalized.
"That's correct, how about we write down the addresses of the houses we prefer and check them out tomorrow. We can also get a relator to help us find even more houses to fit our needs." Jeff suggests.
"Wow, I'm dating a smart man." She compliments.
"You also love the is smart man who has an equally smart woman."
"I agree on both accounts."
After an hour of looking, Lita's mom calls them down for lunch.
"So how is house hunting going?" Mrs. Dumas questions.
"A bit difficult. We are a bit picky with what we both want, but also consider that we have a week to find one." Lita replies putting some veggies on her plate.
"What are your conditions?"
"Well, we want houses close together, near schools, have a backyard, and have them close to you guys." She puts two pieces of children next on her plate.
"Near us?" Her father inquires.
"Yup, you two have welcomed me ever since we've got here. I know there were some curiosity, but you have accepted me to date your daughter. Plus, Johnny and Joan take a liking to you. We thought it be fair to them that they stay near people that they are familiar with." Jeff responds.
"I thought you might have trouble with this-" Mrs. Dumas look at her husband for clarification. "Your father and I have decided together that one of you can live here, so you only have one house to find here." She offers.
"Mom, you don't have to do this we will each find a house to live in. We just in time." Lita declines the offer.
"Sweetie, this house is too big for us. It was okay when you lived here, but you are starting a family of your own. Your father and I have already decided to look for an apartment. Now don't worry we will still live close to each other."
"Mom, really it is okay. You don't have to do this." She feels awkward kicking her parents out of their own house.
"We want to, sweetie. We want to help you two, especially you and Joan. Ever since you two have arrived here, I have seen a new relationship between you and Joan. I want to see my daughter happy. You adopting Joan makes you happy I can see it in your eyes. So please take this offer." Mrs. Dumas pouts like her daughter.
"So that's where Lita gets her pout from." Jeff acknowledges the similarity as he eats a spoonful of his food.
Lita gives him a glare. "Mom, it won't work." She looks away.
"Oh come on Lita, you have to accept it. If you don't you can't say I didn't offer you anything." She repeats the words Lita said when she bought her parents a car from her first pay cheque.
Lita just let her jaw drop. "You can't say that you stole my words." She huffs with crossed arms.
"Fine, I was just being nice." Her mother huffs back with also crossed arms.
"There it is the adorable huff with the crossed arms." He chuckles.
"Stop it, Jeff." She utters, but blushes that he acknowledges the similarities between them.
"What, you should take it as a compliment." Jeff smiles to try to get out of trouble.
She sighs. "Okay, we will take the house, but you will take the furniture." She requests not wanting her parents to start completely new.
"Oh I see, hunny our furniture is not cool enough for her and Joan." Her mother titters.
"Fine, we will keep the furniture as well." She gives in to finish this conversation.
"Love you sweetheart." Mr. Dumas expresses.
"I love you too; the both of you." She gives them a big smile.
"Now for Jeff's house, we thought-" Their daughter gives them an 'are you serious?' look. Just kidding we don't have a plan for that." Her parents both laugh.
"Haha." She is still mad at them.
"Oh come on, sweetie. We love you and want you to be happy with your two future children along with your hopefully future husband." She smiles at Jeff.
"I hope so too, Mrs. Dumas." He pecks his girlfriend's cheek.
"Excuse us we need to look for a place for Jeff." She tries to rush them out of this situation.
"Actually, Jeff I know Lita wants us nearby, but what about your folks? I am assuming they want to meet Joan and Johnny as well." Mrs. Dumas wonders for it is not fair that he stays here with them.
"No worries Mrs. Dumas, my parents are okay with having grandchildren. They are planning to visit all of us when we finalize everything. They know the whole situation." Jeff assures both of them.
"Wow, you told your parents everything." Mr. and Mrs. Dumas are in disbelief.
"Yup, I am tight with my parents. I like to be honest with them in everything." He replies back.
"Lita, I am starting to officially like your new, future husband." Mr. Dumas is impressed at his loyalty.
"He isn't yet, but he will be. Hopefully when this finalize, we can analyze our relationship to see where we are."
"And I can't wait for that." He pecks her again.
"Okay, we really need to look for houses." Lita tries again to rush out with Jeff.
"Of course, we will be at the bank to have the house transfer to your name."
"Great." She smiles big.
At first, they look at houses nearby, but got interrupted when Jeff starts kissing her neck.
"We need to find you a house." She stretches her neck for more access.
"Come on your parents aren't home you can be as loud as you want. I know you love to scream out my name in pleasure. I don't have to silence you this time." He continues to kiss her neck.
"And what about you, mister? You make cute little pleasure noises that keep me turned on, plus you scream my name out as well." She grins into him.
"We can do that all right now."
"We have a deadline, Jeff." She tries to stay focus.
"It is time to take a break; a romantic break." He inserts his hand again into her pants to move aside her underwear. "I want you without any distractions or boundaries. I want you like we were when we became a couple."
"That was a perfect night, we keep intensifying that moment each time."
"And I want to intensify it even more now if you let me." He fondles her to persuade her.
"If I let you, you will focus on the search afterwards." She offers her condition while she tries to keep her moans in.
"If we are naked while we are searching?" He gives her his own condition.
"Why naked?" She raises an eyebrow.
"It is for when we need another break, we are all ready." He smirks.
"We have a lifetime for that and you want to cram it in now."
"Yes because I love to make my future wife happy. Will that be a problem for you?"
"Only if it is with me than no. Come on future husband, take me to the place of pleasure."
"I will be honoured to every day until, I don't know, forever." He lifts her up to lay her on the bed.
Today is the day, Child Services is going to interview and evaluate their lives separately. Jeff did find a house and have furniture delivered today, in hope, before Child Services arrive. Everyone is at the shelter to give Michelle the addresses for when they call.
"Are you two nervous?" Michelle asks as they wait for the phone call.
"Yes, I know we will do great, but there is a doubt that this might not convince them." Lita nervously expresses.
"You shouldn't doubt yourself. You two will do fine. This is just a precaution because someone opened their big mouths." She offers some confidence to them.
"Did you ever find out who it was?" Jeff asks to prove their suspicion right.
"Umm… Lita, Jeff I'm sorry for this." She hangs her head down in shame.
"Sorry, Michelle this is not your fault. We know you didn't deliver them that information." They are confused of this reveal.
"I am, not physically, but I am an accomplice. You see Edge came back here to adopt a child. I was suspicious about why he wants to, although I didn't show it." She starts.
"Who did he want to adopt?" Jeff asks as Lita is in shock.
"He was undecided at first. Then he wanted to adopt Johnny or well get to know him to be in good graces with the other children. I denied him without an explanation. Afterwards, I offered him Jamie instead."
"Good." Lita expresses with a harsh tone. "Jamie is the stubbornness and most protective girl they have at the shelter."
"She stayed true to that and gave him a run for his money. He almost caved multiple times."
"He deserves it."
"Okay, I still don't get how he knows about our adoption." Jeff wonders.
Michelle sighs. "When I want to get Jamie's file, apparently he lifted himself to see the adoption papers. I don't know how because I covered them both with other papers. When he left, he probably went to child services to tell lies."
"Michelle, this is not your fault it is his. He can't accept that he got dumped. This is his revenge. He can't break us up, so he is trying to ruin this for us. Does he know about Child Services?" Lita asks.
"I don't know about that. Maybe he did this to caution them to official ruin your chances. It is a good thing he doesn't know your new homes." She wipes her brow.
They both look at each other. "Oh no." They stand up quickly. "Michelle, just call us when Child Services calls."
"Why? What is happening?"
"I think Edge is going to sabotage one or both of our houses." Jeff informs her as they quickly head out.
At Lita's home, they barge to see her mom crying over her father's body on the floor. "Mom!" She rushes to them.
"Oh Amy, Edge was here. He knocked your father unconscious when he wanted to trash the place. He said it was a message to the both of you."
"Thank God daddy is not badly hurt. I want you to go to the hospital. We will take you two there." She offers.
"No sweetie, you have an interview and plus you have to clean up as well. Edge could have hide something to ruin any chances for you to adopt Joan.
"They will understand. My family is more important right now." She rubs her father's hair.
"Yes your family is more important. I will take your father to the hospital. You two prepare for the interview." Mrs. Dumas tells her.
"You will tell me when he wakes up, right?" She wipes tears off.
"Of course I will, please stay by him while I get my purse." Lita takes her mother's spot with his head on her lap.
"Oh dad, why did you do that? You always act so tough and brave." She kisses her head.
Jeff blames himself for this. If he didn't date Lita then everyone would be safe now. As he looks on, the doorbell rings. He answers the door to have a man and a woman in front of him. "Hello."
"Hello, is this the Duma's residence?"
"It is may I help you?"
"We are with Child Services. We are here for an interview and evaluation to see if she is fit to adopt Joan." The woman worker explains their presence.
"I am sorry she is preoccupied."
"We gave her a week notice. I guess we can reschedule." They both write something down.
"Jeff, who is at the door?" She joins him.
"Are you Lita Dumas?"
"Yes that is me, may I help you?"
"We are with Child Services."
"Oh, do you mind coming back later? I am pre-occupied right now."
"Your friend told us that. May I ask why?" They need a valid reason to why they have to reschedule the interview.
"My dad is going to the hospital. He was knocked unconscious when I got here." She looks towards her parents to see her father awake. He is holding her head as he has a major headache. They want to take him just in case.
"Oh I'm sorry for that. We can come again tomorrow." They offer her time for this unfortunate event.
"That would be perfect thank you." She appreciates.
"You are welcome. I hope your father is okay."
"He will be." She thinks positively. Just as they about to leave, Lita gets a phone call, she puts it on speaker for Jeff to hear. "Hello."
"Hello Lita, did you get my message?"
"Why did you to this, Edge?"
"I did this because you don't deserve to be happy. You have everything; a nice house, parents that love you, a career, and now you want to adopt children with your boyfriend. When I found out about that, I went to Child Services to tell lies, so they can put a barrier to both of your application. If they see the mess and your father passed out, they might evaluate that you are an awful person. By the way, tell Jeff that I am trashing his place next when I find out where he lives."
"You will not get away with this." She warns him.
"Oh I am, say goodbye to adopting Joan." He sinister chuckles before he hangs up.
"Sorry." Lita hangs up the phone.
"That is the same man that came to deliver the information about you two. Is he in the picture?" They recognize the voice and hope he is a regular visitor to them.
"No, not all. He won't leave us alone." Lita expresses.
"In light of this new information, we need to console our boss. We will be back tomorrow for the updated process of your application." The guy worker informs her.
"Thank you." Jeff closes the door as Lita sighs.
"You did great, sweetie. You are quick on your feet to expose Edge." Mr. Dumas smiles at her daughter's quick wit.
"Oh dad, you scared me." She runs to hug him.
"I'm sorry, sweetie. This is our house I am not going to just let him trash the place without a fight.
"That is very noble of you, Mr. Dumas." Jeff compliments.
"Thank you, now let's clean up the mess."
"Nope, you are going to the hospital for a check-up." Mrs. Dumas orders.
He looks at his daughter for assists. "Sorry dad, I agree with mom."
He takes a chance on Jeff. "For my safety, I agree with the women."
"Good man, let's go." They all laugh as they walk to the car.
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