Mark drove half the way. He had forgotten how long the drive really was. They had stopped to grab gas. Roman and Nala walked into the store to pack up on snacks and drinks.
"So um, we need to talk about a few things babe", Mark said to Kathan.
She was putting her sweater on. It was colder now that it was getting later.
"Like?", she asked.
She wondered if he was about to tell her about the custody battle.
"I would rather do it when we're alone at the cabin and warm", he said, rubbing her arms.
"Please tell me it's not this cold all day", she said, resting her head against his chest.
"Its not, it gets this cold only at night", he said.
She nodded and wrapped her arms around him.
Roman was watching Nala carefully. She seemed a bit nervous around him and didn't say a word in the car ride. He knew her secret, but he didn't want to let her know he knew.
"Sweetheart", he said softly.
She quickly turned to look at him.
"Are you ok?", he asked worried.
She just nodded her head.
"Are you worried about being caught? No one knows us up here", he said.
"Its not that", she said softly, while she reached for a snack.
"You can talk to me you know. If something's bothering you", he said.
"I know baby", she smiled.
"Its not healthy keeping whatever it is in", he said, following her.
"I know that too", she nodded.
"So you aren't going to tell me?", he asked.
She wrapped her arms around his neck.
"I will, just not here", she said.
He nodded and leaned down to kiss her.
"Now come on, Kaye and Mark are waiting for us", Nala said, turning towards the cash register.
Nala rode up front with Roman. Looking back, Kathan was resting her head on Mark's shoulder and he was fast asleep.
Nala reached over and took Roman's free hand and he gladly let her. She watched him, looking over his face. The shape of his jawline and lips. His nose and she smiled. She hoped if they had a boy that he would look exactly like his daddy.
"I love you", she said.
He glanced over at her and saw the peaceful look on her face. He smiled.
"I love you too beautiful", he replied.
Finally turning onto a dirt road, Nala admired the beautiful huge trees that made a pathway towards the huge cabin. She smiled, knowing the rooms were going to have a beautiful view.
"We're here", Roman announced as he parked.
Mark and Kathan woke up and stretched.
"Oh wow, it's beautiful", Kathan said as she noticed the view.
The moon reflected off of the lake. Kathan looked over at her best friend.
"This is amazing", Nala said.
Kathan nodded, agreeing. Roman wrapped his arms around Nala and Mark did the same to Kathan.
"We're glad you love it", Mark said, before kissing the side of Kathan's head.
"You girls go and make yourselves at home. Mark and I will bring the stuff in", Roman said.
The girls nodded and Mark handed Kathan the key. She opened the door and noticed sheets covering the furniture.
"He did say he hasn't been here in a long time", Kathan shrugged.
"Lets clean up a but", Nala said.
Kathan nodded. Thankfully it wasn't as dusty as they thought it would be. Nala threw the sheets into the laundry room. Roman and Mark walked in with the last of the things.
"Roman and Nala, you'll be down here and Kaye and I will be upstairs.", Mark said.
"But first, let's eat because I'm starving and I know Nala is as well", Kathan said.
Nala glared at Kathan.
"Sounds good", Mark nodded, before walking into the kitchen.
Once they were done eating, each couple went to their rooms to unpack. The master bedroom downstairs was huge, with a master bath and closet. Nala was right about the view, the bed was facing the window and had a beautiful view and the french doors that led out to a wrap around deck had a beautiful view of the lake.
"Mark had this place made a long time ago, before he met his wife. All the guys and I would come down and we'd go fishing", Roman said.
"Two master bedrooms for guys?", Nala asked.
Roman chuckled.
"You didn't let me finish. After he met Michelle, she didn't like it that he came up here with us and so he knocked down all the bedrooms and made two master bedrooms and stuff", Roman said.
Nala nodded. She looked back out at the lake.
"Are we going to talk now?", he asked, sitting on the bed.
She sighed and nodded.
Kathan let herself fall back on the bed and Mark chuckled.
"You and your ex didn't", she couldn't finish that sentence, but she also couldn't have sex on the same bed he did with her.
"No", he replied.
She nodded.
"She's only been up here once and I had to redo the entire place because she didn't like it. So I did and she didn't even want to come up and see the finished product. I come up here almost every summer", he said.
"Well it's beautiful", she said.
"I'm glad you like it", he said.
He sat beside her and took her hand.
"We need to talk about a few things", he said.
"Does this have anything to do with your custody battle?", she asked.
"And why you didn't tell me you and your brother also own a law firm", he said.
"You didn't ask", she said.
He raised a brow. She shrugged.
"I mean, I don't know I guess I didn't have a reason to bring it up. Eventually I would have told you", she said.
He nodded.
"Now why didn't you tell me about the custody battle?", she asked.
He had to tell her Michelle knew about her.