Page 37 of Winter Love

“Lukas, it’s good to see you. Okay, let’s get this going.”

“What’s wrong? Is something wrong with my Emma?” I blurt out.

“Just give me a minute and I’ll explain everything,” she says.

I’m gonna loose my shit soon. All of a sudden I hear a fast whooshing sound.

“What the hell is—” I start to say as I focus on the screen.

Holy shit.

“Is that what I think it is?” I whisper.

Doctor Hughes smiles at us.

“Lukas, Emmanuelle, that’s your baby. And baby looks good. Strong heartbeat, measures right at about three months like I thought. I’ll print you out some pictures.”

Doctor Hughes prints them out and hands them to me.

“I’ll give you two a few minutes. Come out when you’re done and we’ll get your next appointment set up. Congratulations to you both.”

“Thank you,” I say to her.

“Are you okay, baby?” Emma asks me as she sits up and hops off the table.

I drop to my knees and kiss her belly.

“We’re having a baby.” I sniffle and wrap my arms around her waist. “I’m perfect. How are you? Are you okay?”

Emma hugs my head.

“I’m perfect, we’re perfect. Now you know we need to hurry and plan our wedding. I need to be a Vandenberg before baby comes.”

“We’ll plan as soon as we get home. I love you so damn much, Emmanuelle Rousseau.”

We head out and make her next appointment. Then we get on the road to Lake Renegade. The drive will take us two days. We stop and stay at a hotel for the night.

Driving into Lake Renegade, it reminds me of Wintervale. It’s beautiful, we take our time and drive through the town. We finally get to the property and drive to the main house. The property that they live on its impressive.

Sebastiano is waiting outside as we park.

“You’re here!” he smiles as he comes over.

“Holy shit! Your town is gorgeous.” I smile as he hugs me then Emma.

Suddenly there’s so many people around that I can’t keep names straight. The only ones my brain will let me focus on is Domenico, Declan and Cillian. Chicago Redhawks. Holy. Crap.

“Let me show you to your room and then we need to get ready for the game. Dom, Declan and Cillian have to head to the arena now. But the rest of us are watching from here, so no rush,” Lorenzo tells us.

I’m really excited to watch the game with everyone. We agreed next visit we’ll go to a live game.

I see everyone wearing Redhawks jerseys, even the kids and babies.

“We got both of you a jersey. You have the choice of players, Dom, Declan or Cillian,” Sebastiano tells us.

I take Dom’s jersey and Emma wears Declan’s. She gets a high-five from Giovanna for that. I start to see everyone getting into cars.

“I thought we were watching here at the house?” I ask as I get the popcorn out. “I made a new popcorn for game night.”

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