Chapter 53

8 months later

I walk around the room as chains rattle, gloves hitting punching bags, arrows being shot, and a thousand other things go on around me. Christine crawls around in front of me, blabbering as she sits in front of me, reaching up for me to hold her. I pick her up and I sit her on my lap, smiling and bouncing her around as I play with her cheeks, making her laugh.

"You ready to see daddy?" I say, smiling at her.

"Dada!" she says back, putting her hands in the air.

"Yeah!" I say back. I start to play peek-a-boo with her and she laughs, making me laugh. She lies on my stomach and taps it.

"Bee-beeee!" she says, smiling.

"Yeah, your brother and sister are in there!" I say, sounding shocked.Suddenly, I hear laughing and talking and I smile. Amber and Riley walk in, as they hold their arms open to hug me.

"Dionne! You're about to pop!" Amber says.

"The twins are getting bigger by the hour, seems like." I say, laughing as she hugs me. They don't see me as much since they m