Page 48 of Alexander's Heart

“Alexa, would you like to meet Mommy’s sister tomorrow?” Alexander asks.

Alexa claps happily, “Can I, Mommy? Please.”

“Doc said he’s okay with it, and Caroline would like too, but only if you’re comfortable.”

I take some deep breaths and sip my water, is it too soon? My mom is ready, but is Caroline? I’ll take Doc’s guidance and trust that he’s right, he’s always had each of our best interests at heart and know he wouldn’t put any of in a situation that could any of us.

Maybe meeting Alexa will help Caroline like how she helped me when I first met her.

Alexander hands me the phone and I say, “Caroline, Alexa would like to meet her Auntie, do you want to give her the good news?”

I pass the phone to Alexa and she listens to what Caroline tells her.

“Hooyah, I’s going to makes you some of my special Elsa cupcakes, what flavaw is yaw favwit?”

Alexa smiles wide, “Uh-huh, Okays, vanilla, just like Mommy, I can do that. I will bwing stowies to wead and we can dwaw too.”

Dad and Betty can be heard a mile away bickering about what would be best in Alpha’s war room, and it makes me smile.

‘Now you listen here, Davies, if you want the HH to be undetectable, you’ll damn well listen to me,’ Betty is fired up about something, honestly, she is a sweetheart once you get to know her but she will voice her opinion loudly and not back down if she knows what’s best. When Betty speaks you listen, the more I’m around these men the more I have that feeling that Betty was in the military at some point in her life, I can see the similarities between her and the team.

‘Woman, pitch your idea to Harrington, but it might be too late to change the design, the roof is about to go on.’ Dad says, flustered.

I catch the tail end of Alexa saying goodbye and then she catches my attention again.

“Mommy we needs to go shopping, Doc said Auntie might like some new clothes, can we Mommy, I can call Auntie Lottie and she can help us.”

I laugh, I don’t feel like I could survive a shopping trip with Lottie, that’d be like running a marathon in my condition.

“I’ll call Auntie Lottie and see if she would like to take you, but Mommy needs to stay here and inspect our house and try to stay off my swollen feet Lovebug.”

“Okay, we’ll have Auntie-Niece day then.” Alexa claps her hands happily.

Lottie agreed to go shopping for me and I ever thankful, she’s just arrived to pick Alexa up for their shopping trip and she looks worried.

“So, meeting Caroline and your mom huh, are you sure about this, Lils?”

I hear the concern in Lottie’s voice and I understand her worry, if I’m being honest, this is monumental. I do not want my little girl to get her hopes up of having a Grandmother and Aunt and something happens and their mental health declines, it is such a difficult situation.

Alexa is my everything, a pure hearted little angel and maybe it’s just what they both need but I also don’t want anything to hurt her beautiful soul.

“I’m trusting Doc because he wouldn’t put us in harm’s way, I’ve been having daily visits and they are both doing extremely well, Doc thinks my mom is almost ready for release and Caroline is working hard daily on her mental and physical health.”

Lottie nods and is listening.

“Caroline is doing twice daily therapy sessions and following the psychologist and Doc’s treatment plan perfectly. After I saw her that first time she continued opening up and has been making remarkable progress because she wants to be better ever since she found out the full back story, she’s been different. She doesn’t show anger towards me, is she angry at times, yes, she’s still riding the waves but also using coping strategies to overcome them herself.”

Lottie’s face darkens, “Well, I suppose you can only try, but only if you want to, Lils.”

I can see it written all over her face, Lottie doesn’t shy away from expressing her feelings, I can clearly see she doesn’t like it, “Lottie, Doc, Tiny, and Alexander will be there, and I will also protect her with my life.”

“Yeah well, I know what that woman did to you, and I still have to process that, and your sister, she’s been through the worst hell imaginable. I swear to all that’s holy, Lils, if they come after you or my doll, I’ll happily be the executioner. You have come too far to have any bad crap come back into your life and I will cut a bitch!”

I giggle and pull her in for a hug, it’s awkward now with my tummy being so huge and it definitely gets in the way.

Lottie breaths out a resigned breath, “So, what am I buying for Caroline?”

“The complete opposite to me, think if your style and my style had a baby but a little ‘preppie’ in style, well that’s what it used to be.”

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