Page 92 of A Moment for Us
“I know. I just wanted to tell you as soon as you got home.”
“Oh,” Mom says again. Her eyes move to my stomach where you can see the bump if you look for it. Tears fall down her cheeks, and she rests her hand on my belly. “You’re pregnant.”
“I am.”
She looks up at me, both our gazes watery. “You’re going to be a mommy.” I nod, and she smiles again. “I’m going to be a Granny.”
“You are.”
Her hands move to my face, and she holds me still as she kisses my nose. “My baby is going to have babies.”
“Two of them.”
“Oh, what a . . . wow.” She laughs. “I don’t know what to say. I’m happy, and at the same time, I have so many things to ask.”
I break in quickly. “We’re not getting married.”
Her hands fall away, and she looks to Josh. “Is there some reason?”
He clears his throat. “For one, we are in no hurry.”
She raises her brow and looks to my stomach. “I would beg to differ. You have two reasons right there, and they have a clock going.”
“Mom, we don’t need to get married. Josh and I just started even being a couple two days ago. I’d like to . . . you know, take this one day at a time.”
Her hands move to her cheeks, and she just keeps shaking her head. “You’re four months pregnant, Delia, not two days. So, this isn’t new, and I don’t understand the problem with wanting to see you married.”
“People can have babies without getting married.”
“I know that happens, but I never thought you’d be one of those people.”
I let out a long sigh. “I’m sure you’ll survive once the twins are here.”
“Twins,” she says wistfully.
Then she looks at Josh. “You are a lucky man, you know this?”
His eyes meet mine. “I do.”
And just like that, he wins her over and leaves me feeling weightless.
Chapter 27
Joshua
Oliver, Alex, and I are doing a walk-through of the layout.
“I like this change, but I think this part should be bigger,” Alex notes.
“I’ll see if Odette can do it.” Ollie writes something down, and we keep moving.
“What about this section?” I ask.
Alex looks around, turning side to side. “This is the sitting area, and I wouldn’t adjust anything here. With the way the flow of the room goes, if we change this wall, it cuts off the view to the door, which then messes up the front desk area.”
I nod, I never would’ve seen that. “You know, you were always so good at this.”
“I would’ve been great at it if I were allowed to actually do what I went to school for.”
