Ch 19
Later that night, Rita woke up to pump and went in the kitchen when she was done. She grabs some paper and a pen.
'My beautiful Sammy girl,
Happy first day of first grade. I know you're going to be one of the smartest ones in the class. I love you so much. I can't wait to see you in your dreams so you can tell me about it.
I love you..
Love,
Mama'
Chris wakes up and reaches over for her. "Rita?"
"In here."
He gets up and goes over to her. "What are ya doing?"
"Wrote Sammy another letter while I was pumping. I'm going to try and get all the way to high school done. But not tonight."
"Good. Come back to bed."
"Gotta put the milk up first."
"Ok."
She bags up the milk and puts it in the freezer and heads back to bed.
"Why are you writing letters?"
"Just in case my aneurysm pops. I want her to know that I'm there for her no matter where I am."
"I can understand that. When do you want to take care of it?"
"Sooner the better."
"Ok."
He wraps his arm around her and kisses her neck.
She smiles and cuddles close the him.
"You good?"
She nods. "Yeah. Let's get back to sleep."
"Ok."
She lays her head on his chest. "Chris.."
"Hm?"
"Thanks for coming back to me."
"I was always coming back to you. I would've moved heaven and earth to find you if you had moved away." He holds her close. "I love you."
"I love you too."
She drifts back to sleep.
Sammy walks down the beach and sees Rita. "Hi Mama."
"Hi pretty girl. You enjoying your night with Grandpa and Grandma?"
"Yes."
"Good. We'll be home by the time you get up from your nap tomorrow afternoon."
"Ok. Where's Daddy?"
"Watching me sleep if I know him. Do you know how lucky we are that we got him back?"
"What do you mean?"
"He left us when I was pregnant with you. Someone mean shot him. Two bullets thru his vest. He should've died."
"Oh no."
"Yeah. But he went into a program and I had to think he died."
"Oh Mama.."
"I know. He came home the night before you were born."
"I'm glad. He's the best."
"Yeah he is. We're pretty lucky."
The next morning, Rita wakes up and sighs. She grabs the pump and starts pumping.
Chris wakes up and kisses her shoulder. "Hi."
"Hmm good morning."
"Did you see Sammy again?"
"Yeah. She asked where you were."
He smiles. "Watching you."
"That's what I thought."
She finishes pumping and takes the bottles to the kitchen to bag up.
"Hungry?"
"Yeah. What do you want?"
"We got anything?"
He opens the fridge. "No. Guess we are going out to eat."
She smiles. "Guess so. Might as well pack and head home too."
"Yeah."
She goes over to him and wraps her arms around his waist. "What's wrong?"
"Just don't want to loose you."
"What brought that on?"
"I was just thinking about what you said about the aneurysm last night."
"Do you remember what I told you when we were at the loft after that car explosion?"
"The night we got Sammy?"
"Yeah."
"You said a lot of things."
"After you said I scared you.."
"You said that you can promise that I wasn't going to loose you."
"I meant it then and I mean it now. I'm not going anywhere."
He turns around and holds her close.
She kisses his cheek. "I'm ok. I promise."
He nods and lifts her up in his arms kissing anywhere he can reach.
"Chris…"
He smiles. "Yeah.."
"We need food. Then we can pick this up."
"I guess."
"You guess?" She pokes his sides.
He laughs. "Ok. Let's go eat then come back and pick this up and then get home to our girl."
"Gotta get ready first."
"Shower with me?"
"For sure."
He takes her to the bathroom and sets her down. He adjusts the water to a temperature they both like. He undressed and steps in the shower.
Rita undresses and looks down. "My cast. Forgot to wrap it."
"You're due to get it off tomorrow. Don't worry about it"
He helps her in and lifts her up in his arms. "I've missed this."
"Me too."
She kisses him softly.
