Page 51 of A Different Husband

“You’re right, and you need to figure out new words before our boys start to talk. There’s no way I’m dropping them off at their Grammy’s house one day to tell her all about the bullshit they got into at home.”

I quietly laughed with my wife until someone wrapped their knuckles gently on the door. I moved to open the it and found my parents standing there. “We weren’t sure if it was okay to come up or not.”

“Of course, it is. Come on in.”

“We found a straggler in the hall on our way up,” My mother said. I glanced behind my dad to find Reed there.

“Hey Reed, come on in. There’s plenty of room.”

“Oh, this is perfect,” Courtney said as she started to burp Ryker. I was glad she had finished up because I didn’t even think twice about the fact that she was breastfeeding. “Dads,” my wife called out. That got both of their attention. “We would like to introduce you to your grandsons.”

“What am I? Chopped liver?” My mom asked. I chuckled and held my finger up to my lips to tell her to be quiet for a minute.

“Courtney grinned at my mom, gave her a wink, and then turned her attention back to our fathers. “We want you to meet, Ryker William Robeson,” She called out and her father’s eyes immediately misted up.

I moved in closer to my own dad. “And this little guy is Rylan Jacob Robeson.”

“Are you serious? You named him after me?” My dad asked.

“Both of our boys got their middle names from their grandfathers. The men who helped to mold us into the people we are today.” My dad swiped at his eyes about the same time Reed did. “Do you want to hold your grandson?”

“Are you kidding? I thought you’d never ask!” My mother swooped in and stole my oldest son right out from under my dad.

“Snooze you lose?” I questioned.

“I know better than to stand between your mother and a brand new baby.”

“Smart man,” I told him.

“Happy wife, happy life,” He threw back at me. I didn’t miss the way Reed’s face fell at the declaration. The fact that his wife cheated wasn’t on him. That was a choice she made, but he obviously felt it deeply.

“Love you, Dad,” I heard my wife tell him.

“Love you too, baby girl. Real damn proud of you. These are some fine boys you brought into the world.” Reed turned to me then. “Maybe next time, you try for a little girl. I swear to you, she will be the joy of your whole damn life.”

My wife sniffled and then started bawling so hard her dad had to take the baby from her. I went to the bathroom and grabbed some tissues for her. “You okay?” I asked as thegrandparents pretended they couldn’t hear us while they all three fawned over the boys.

“Happy tears,” she whispered as she blew her nose and let the tears fall unchecked.

Our first night home,we stood over the boys crib staring at them, as if we were to look away they would poof out of existence. At least, that’s the reason Courtney gave me. I couldn’t believe we made two perfect little humans together.

“We’re going to need to buy a much bigger house.”

“Why?”

“Because I already want to get you pregnant again.”

My wife laughed, like I was joking. I wasn’t. Her dad’s comment earlier lit a fire in my brain that had already been on a slow simmer. When Courtney saw that I wasn’t laughing with her, she turned serious.

“I just gave birth to two of your children at once! I think we can wait a while.”

I smirked at her. “We’ll see.”

“Flynn, you’re going to see when you’re neck deep in shitty diapers and squalling babies.”

“I can’t wait,” I told her as I leaned in and kissed the top of her head. She wrapped her arms around my waist and snuggled close.

“I love you so much, I’m almost crazy enough to agree with you.”

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