Ella was crying softly, she pulled my head against her and kissed the top of my head.
"I'm so glad you feel like that honey. It's been a long road, for both of us, but……" She looked down at the chubby little boy grinning at us and smiled, "It's been worth it!"
"Yes it has!"
Ella heard the car door close and then the front door opened. She glanced at the clock. It was a little past 2 A.M. She slipped out of bed in the darkness and went to the cradle, bending down she scooped up the warm little bundle of joy and made her way to the door just as a soft knock sounded.
She opened the door and passed off the little guy, who was still asleep to Deshavi. Even in his sleep he recognized and smelled mommy. His little mouth opened and he started nuzzling around anxiously, as Deshavi softly giggled. She turned away to the spare bedroom. Ella smacked Trent on the butt, as he passed by and he gave her a cheeky grin and a kiss on the forehead before he too disappeared into the spare bedroom.
Ella closed the door and slipped back under the covers and I let my hand move suggestively over onto her. She turned her head to me and said teasingly, "Is there something I can do for you secret agent man?"
"Quite a lot actually. How do you feel about going undercover?"
"Sounds dangerous."
"Oh it is, it starts something like this." I said.
Ella giggled, as I pulled the covers up over our heads.
In the morning I found Deshavi sitting on the back porch gazing contentedly out at the sea, as she rocked Caleb Jr.
"Not going to Sunday service this morning?" I asked.
She looked up and smiled at me, "No, I think we'll just take the morning slow and catch the evening service. Are you guys going?"
"No there's something I want…… something I need to do today. Something I've put off for a very long time. We'll be gone overnight so if you don't mind lock the place up when you go."
She nodded.
I stepped forward and set a check down in her lap.
She picked it up and stared at it for a moment, but then held it back out to me, "I don't want the money anymore. I have everything I could ever ask for or need."
I nodded, "I'm glad you see it that way, but all the same the money is yours now fair and square." I said folding her hand around the check.
Trent came walking up and Deshavi handed the check to him. He studied it for a moment, but before he could say anything Deshavi said, "I already tried."