Risking Fate(3)

Ty just stood there staring at the screen. “Twin boys. Holy shit, Miranda, we’re having twin boys.” He leaned down and planted his lips on mine. “I told you I had super sperm, Baby.”

Aside from the super sperm comment, Ty did the best he could to contain himself. He made it out to the parking lot before notifying the entire family of our unexpected addition. Of course, I was pretty sure if he could have alerted the media, we would have been on the evening news when we arrived home that night.

We were still so excited from our news that I had forgotten to ask him about the name until I was climbing out of the car to head back into the salon. I leaned down and reached my body into the driver’s side for my kiss goodbye. “I love you.”

Ty kissed me twice before he spoke. “Can you believe this shit? We’re having fucking twins.”

“If they both weigh ten pounds I am going to kill you.”

He started laughing. “If your ass gets fat, I will still want to hit it, if that’s what you’re worried about.”

I smacked him on the shoulder. “Ty can you be serious? I was talking about the size of them coming out of me.”

“Once the first one comes out the other one will just slide behind him.” He seemed confident that he knew everything about childbirth. We shouldn’t have let him in the room when Christian was born. Now he thought he knew as much as the doctors.

“Now that we know what we’re having, do I get to name one of the boys?” I hadn’t even considered being able to name this one and refused to get my hopes up about names. Ty knew I had wanted Bella to be named Jacob, but he insisted it was his turn.

He startled me when he climbed out of the car and grabbed my hand. “What are you doing?”

He pulled us into the salon and got my bosses attention. “Amy, I need you to clear my wife’s schedule for the day. Is it possible?”

Amy was the best boss ever. She had given me a chance when I thought I would never have one. It was my job that helped me stay with Ty so long ago. She had done so much for me and our friendship had grown because of my appreciation for her.

Amy worked her ass off for her family, while her deadbeat husband refused to hold a job. He preferred getting drunk and lying around in his tighty whities all day. Amy would work ten hours a day, sometimes even more, to avoid going home to him. She had even taken on his daughter from a previous marriage. She was sixteen and loved playing with Bella. The thing was, her husband Rick was overbearing. There were a few times where Ty and I had even suspected that she was being abused. I had confronted her on several occasions, and each of them resulted in her giving me the silent treatment for days on end. I cared about her and her safety. I knew firsthand what it was like to be abused by a man.

Amy gave us a welcomed smile. “Is something wrong?” She seemed truly concerned, which I appreciated since she and I were so close.

“Not unless having TWINS is a big deal.”

Even the clients having their hair done gave us congratulatory comments.

“So, I was thinking she should take the day off and relax, in fact, I was hoping that she could start working a few hours a day instead of eight. Would that be alright? She keeps getting tired and I need her to be taken care of. She could be carrying the next Peyton and Eli Manning.”

I rolled my eyes, wondering if my husband was more concerned about my well being or his potential football star sons. At any rate, the room filled with laughter. Of course it did…we were talking about Ty.

“I don’t see why we can’t arrange for that to happen. It will take us about a week to get the schedule straight. I can take her afternoon appointments today if that’s alright?”

Once we got that all situated, Ty called his boss and told him he wasn’t coming back. They exchanged a few inside jokes before finally hanging up. We both had the coolest bosses and were lucky about that.

Bella was in school for a little while longer, so Ty took us to a restaurant outside of town. We sat down and he grabbed my hands. “Have I told you how much I love you today?”

“Not in the past hour.” I didn’t keep track, but I never forgot when he said those words to me. They still melted my heart.

“Forever, Baby, I love you forever. God, I can’t wait to tell Iz.”

We ordered our food and when the waitress left, I grabbed his hands again. Well, actually he stuck both hands on the table with his palms up and motioned for me to hold them. “Are you scared about having two instead of one?”

“Baby, I am having twin sons. We already have the most perfect daughter. As long as I have you, I know we can handle two little Ty’s.”