My Husband's Girl

2.26 - A Day with Emily

"I'll be going to the grocery store, will you and the kids be okay?" Marie asked me. I gulped down the piece of pancake and nodded my head at her. "We'll be fine. Take your time." I replied. It was a Sunday morning anyway. I was planning to spend the entire day at home and spend some time with the kids. It's been so long I have heard them rant about the events in their school.

"Okay, kids! go to your room and play for a while. Mommy will be there after she finish doing the dishes." I said. The kids yelled happily and ran upstairs while I began the chore. After completing my task I walked towards the kid's room but was interrupted by the ring of my phone. I entered my room and picked up the phone from my bed. A frown made its way on my forehead when I saw an unknown number. I answered it and kept it to my ear. "Hello?" I asked

"Oh! Hey, I'm Emily" a feminine voice answered me. After thinking for a few moment I realized who it is. "Ah! Emily. How are you?" I asked and resumed my walk towards the kid's room. The kids were sprawled on the floor racing with paper fishes. "No! I'm going to die of boredom!" She sighed heavily. A chuckle escaped my lips at that. "Is that the reason why you called me?" I asked. "Yes! Drake's gone out with the boys to have a boys day out. Why do they call it a boys day out anyway? All of them are men, two of them are even fathers. Men, I tell you!" she sighed again. "Anyway, as I was saying, I'm getting bored and I fear that I'll die of boredom even before I remove this boy from my tummy. So can you please come here so we can have a girls day out," she said.

"I actually have to watch over the kids," I said sounding apologetic. "Don't worry, bring the kids too. They can play with Sienna, she'll too have a sister to play with now." She said the last line in a low voice that I was unable to catch her words.

"What was that?" I asked. "Nothing! Come by 10:30. Bye!" She chirped and disconnected the call before I could protest. When I saw the time on my phone, I couldn't help but roll my eyes. Currently, the time was 10:26 and she was expecting me to be there in four minutes.

"Okay kids! We are going to aunt Emily's house." I announced with a clap of my hand. Raine and Ryker looked confused at the name while Nathan's face instantly brightened up. "Emily aunt?" He asked and started bouncing up and down. "Yes! Now go wear your jackets, it's chilly." I said.

"Aunt Emily is mommy's friend. There you will meet another girl your age. You can be friends." I told the twins. Their frown disappeared and a smile replaced it. "Okay, mommy!" They replied and ran to get their jackets. I walked into my room and took my coat after wearing some sneakers over my socks and tied up my brunette hair in a messy bun. I shoved my wallet and phone in the pocket of my coat and walked downstairs with the kids running ahead of me.

We ended up hiring a cab that dropped us to the penthouse of the hotel Emily's husband owned. It felt like déjà vu as I rode up the private elevator towards the penthouse. The only difference was that last time I had Caleb with me and now there are three heirs of Satan who wouldn't stop fidgeting with the buttons.

After stopping at all the floors we finally reached the topmost. "Finally!" I couldn't help but sigh in relief.

"You're late!" Her voice greeted me as soon as I stepped my foot on the tiled floor. "Seriously? You asked me at 10:26, do you really expect me to be here in four minutes and that too with this three..." I got cut off mid-sentence when I saw Ryker almost dropped the vase placed beside the huge plasma TV.

"Ryker!" I yelled angrily. "It's alright. Nathan take the twins and go to Sienna's room to play. She's waiting for you." Emily said. Ryker just gave me an apologetic look and dashed out of the room before I could scold him.

"What am I going to do with this boy?" I exhaled heavily before following Emily towards the couch. Her belly was grown from the last time I saw her. It looked like it's going to pop any second now.