Indefinite Love

Chapter 28

He stayed the night and we had sex, and then he had to leave again.

He's been having mostly away games. The house is coming along great. The downstairs and upstairs are put together. The walls are up and everything is in it's place. They're putting the flooring in.

It's right.

It's been two months now, and I haven't seen Noah. I'm showing a lot. I swelled quickly because it's my third time being pregnant. I haven't seen the family since the kids ran off that night in March.

It's August 1st.

Everyone knows I'm pregnant. Noah is really sad he's not been here.

The guys working on the house said the whole thing is going to be done in the next three days because of how many people we have.

When you stand outside, it looks the exact same.

The kids are really sad without Noah around.

"Mommy?" Rosie asks. We're at the park and the kids are playing.

"Yes?" I ask.

I'm sitting on the ground with my legs stretched out. My swollen belly is touching the ground because of the way I'm sitting. We're having a baby girl. I told Noah and he got so excited. I've been sending him snapchat videos of her kicking.

He's really sad he's not here.

I miss him.

"Does Daddy still love us?" Rosie asks, leaning against me.

"Of course he does." I frown.

"I miss him." She says.

"Do you want to talk to him?" I ask.

"Can I?" she asks.

"Yeah."

I dial Noah, and I wait.

"Hello?" he asks.

"The kids want to talk to you."

I give the phone to Rosie. Her and Caden talk to him, and they let Rowan talk to him too.

She can say some words and understand a few things.

They sit there in the park on the phone with Noah.

Emma sits with us.

"I want to see you Daddy."

They start gasping.

Confused, I look down.

Noah turned the camera on.

I put the camera on my phone.

"Mommy! Mommy, look!"

"I know." I smile.

They talk to him a while longer, and then Rosie sets the phone in the grass and they go running off.

I pick it up.

"Hey." I say.

"Hey." He says.

It's nice facetiming him. I can study him.

"How's the house?" he asks.

"They said it won't be done until after Halloween."

"What?" he asks. "No, it was supposed to be done this month!"

I'm lying, obviously.

"Yeah. I know. I'm really fucking mad about it. I already bitched, and I hired more people. They're working on it."