Chapter 12
"What if they don't believe they're yours?" My voice quivers against the sound of the engine. "What if they think I'm lying?"
"Oh Roza, no one is going to think you're lying. Lennon looks just like me and we've been together the night I came back . Besides I know they are both my children so what does it matter what everyone else thinks?"
"I guess you have a point, I just would love for Lennon and this baby to have a grandmother and since mine decided she didn't want anything to do with us well this is really their only chance."
"I promise they will love Lennon and when we tell them about the detka they will be ecstatic." he brings my hand to his lips gently kissing it without taking his eyes off the road.
Before I can say anything else we pull into a little town with old homes scattered across the cobble street road. Dimitri follows the twists and turns until he pulls up to a house at the end of the road. Dimitri has just opened my door when Olena bursts from the house dish rag and all. Before he has a chance to say anything she pulls him into a deep hug, softly murmuring in Russian. I stand back letting them have their little moment, taking the opportunity to get Lennon from the back seat. As we come around the car Olena takes a look at Lennon pulling us both into a hug. "Rose it's so good to see you again, and who is this little one?" Lennon practically jumps behind Dimitri being uncharacteristically shy.
Dimitri laughs as he leans down crouching beside her " Sweetheart this is my mom, theirs nothing to be afraid of I promise."
Cautiously Lennon makes her way toward Olena holding one of Dimitris hands the whole time. "You're my daddys mommy?"
"I am, that makes me your grandma."
Lennon takes a moment to think about it before giving Olena a big hug finally letting go of her dad. "I never had a grandma before but I have a grandpa and he's the best so a grandma must be good too." I laugh quietly at her logic as she continues babbly letting Olena take her inside. Dimitri grabs out bags motioning me forward. I follow them. I kid you not we have been inside maybe three second before a familiar dark haired Morio practically throws herself at Dimitri. He barely has time to respond past the shock before she tries kissing him. Why does Tasha have to be here? Isn't she meant to be in court pioneering the Morio training program? I swear Sparky spends as much time at court as at home helping her.
Still a bit taken back Dimitri manages to pry himself away from her grasp "Dimka I'm so glad you're alive." her eyes are shining with lust.
He must pick up on it because he chooses this moment to pull me forward, slipping his hand around my waist. " Thank you Tash, I'm glad to be back."
Her eyes move from him to my waist to him then to me before she has a chance to say anything however Lennon bounds toward him hands reaching up "Daddy, grandma said she would let me help her make black bread! She said it's your very favortist and I can learn to make it so we can have it together." her eyes are twinkling with excitement waiting for his approval.
"That will be so great princess." He hugs her tight he's only been in here life a few months and I see by the way he holds her he still marvels at the fact she accepted him so readily.
Tasha has been stunned into silence until this moment "Daddy? How is that even possible? How did the blood-"
Dimitri cuts her off "Lennon, why don't you go back into the kitchen grandma for a minute." He kisses her head before sending her toward the kitchen. "First off I highly recommend you do not finish that sentence, second I know that Lennon is my daughter it's not that hard to see if you open your eyes, and third if you ever talk about my family in the way you were just going to you can forget our friendship." he pulls me past her not statued body toward his sisters who welcome me with open arms. Sonya is the only sister I haven't met yet and while she seems to be the one who needs the most convincing, eventually her face parts into a smile. We spend the next few hours talking in the den while Olena makes dinner in the background. Dimitri explains what happened and where he has been the last few years, he's just telling them about proposing when the smell of dinner waffles through to my nose not dinner as much as the onions being fried. My stomach lurches and I dart for the bathroom once again emptying the contents of my stomach. When I've had a chance to calm down and rinse my mouth I wander back into the hall only to bump into who I assume is Yeva. "Child, you must not fret everything will end as it should, you must not lose hope." What the hell?
Feeling a little frazzled I make my way back to Dimitri who is sitting under the amused graze of his sisters. Sonya is the one to speak first "So Dimka anything else you want to share?"
He grabs my hand looking almost scared. I have to bite back a laugh. He can face Abe but his sisters scare him? "Actually yes." I answer him a smile spreading across my face "I'm pregnant."
All fun and games aside, the room seems to go silent for a moment before Karo decides to break the silence "Do we need to go over the talk again? I thought I made it pretty clear what causes that?" she teases Dimitri.
Olena comes in from the kitchen, smiling wide she hugs me "So many miracles to be grateful for…my son comes back from the dead, he brings me a new daughter who gives him not one but two miracle children. I am truly a blessed woman."
The last to congratulate us is Tasha who until now has been settled in the corner behind Karo. Her smile is tight as she offers congrats and I have a feeling this isn't the last I'll be hearing from her.