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She closed her eyes to keep herself from letting the tears spill. She willed herself to be calm again, and then she fell into a deep sleep. She didn’t want to wake up this time. When she did open her eyes, he wasn’t there. She wasn’t surprised. As she did get up, she looked around and saw some of his things were also gone.
She just sighed. She went back into her room and then took a shower. She let the water hit her skin as she willed herself not to feel the searing pain in her chest. She then got dressed. As she looked at the time and saw that it was later than she had thought. She decided to change her outfit. Nothing could keep her in the house tonight.
When she had made herself up with her going out clothes. She was putting on a small amount of makeup on as she heard a sound. She didn’t think anything about it. Something must have shifted. “Planning on going somewhere?” he asked as he propped up on the door jam.
“Wha
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She stood there and looked at him with wide eyes. She was expecting him to leave forever, and instead, he was offering her forever with him. She couldn’t speak. She was in shock.“Bay?” he asked as he looked at her. “Please say something.”“Yes.” She said as she looked at him and nodded.“You will?” he asked, not really that surprised.“I will.” She said, and he pulled out the ring and showed it to her. “Max, this is too much.”“No, it isn’t.” he laughed. “I was wondering if it was too small.”“God no,” she said as he slid it on her finger.“Now, is everything better?” he asked as he pulled her closer to be completely in his arms. “You forgive me?”“Don’t leave like that again.” She said as she looked up to look at his face.
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“I was going to the bar.” She said as she looked at him. His eyes flew open.“To do what?” he asked.“To drink.” She said.“Not to get some numbers?” he questioned as he looked at her again from head to toe.“No.” she said, “That wasn’t the point of going out. I thought you left for good.”“God, damnit. I was so dumb.” He said as he kissed her. “I didn’t want to leave like I did. I thought about it after I got in the car. I should have said something else, but at the same time, I wanted to surprise you.”“You did that.” She said as she looked at him and the ring on her finger. “I really wasn’t expecting this. ““Well, Bailey, nothing you have ever done has been normal.” He chuckled as he brushed off some of her hair out from her face. “Since you look so nice, th
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“Good.” He said as he lowered his mouth to hers, “Now don’t make me wait too long.”“We will just do it.” She said.“I mean, I figured we would.” He said as he looked slightly confused.“No, moron.” She said as she smacked his arm, “I mean, next week, we will go get the license and get it over with.”“Really?” he asked.“Really.” She stated, and then he hugged her tight.“Well, Mrs. Darren, what do you want to do tonight?” Max asked.“I don’t know. Watch some television. Eat some food that you order for me. Maybe allow you to give me a message.” She said.“Baby, I love the way you think.” He said as he nuzzled into her neck. He knew this was just the beginning of a new chapter for them. He couldn’t be happier than he was when he was with her. Life had turned good. Even though she
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The two settled over time into everything, including being married. They found a total happiness that only comes with being with someone that you could be completely open with. They shared everything with one and another. When Bailey was not feeling well a month or so into it, Max knew that things had changed between them. Being together and being husband and wife were only the start. Being parents was on the horizon for them as well.When she grew, he had to think she was even sexier than she had been before. They even changed their sex life to meet each other's high demand but not as rough as they had gone at it. They had found their balance. He loved relishing in all of her curves that only got curvier as she changed.The day came that the doorbell at the house they had made their home, and he went to get it. As she was resting on the couch. When he opened the door, she got up as she heard the voices that were there.
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“I am glad you can see that, mom.” She said with a laugh.“Tell me it isn’t his!” her mother demanded loudly.“Well, I can tell you that it is my husband's,” Bailey said with a smile.“Husband?” her father finally asked.“See, I got married a few months ago to the most perfect man,” Bailey said. Max laughed.“And I got married to the most wonderful woman,” Max said.“No, no, no, This can’t be happening.” Her mother said as she shook her head. “Look, you two can get divorced.”“We could, but we won’t be,” Bailey said as she stared down at her mother. “This is our life, mother. Now I can’t believe you would like your grandchild to not have a father. So I will ask you nicely to leave.”“You two can’t be married.” Her mother said.“We are. Now that you for com
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The two family’s had always been close. Bailey Everleigh never thought too much about it until the summer that everything changed. She had been raised with her own family, and theirs was always nearby as well. They did almost everything together. She had always thought it was because both were large families. They understood the way things were done in them that people who didn’t have eight-plus kids could never.The day she moved out of her parent's house was the day she had broken free from the pack. She had watched the rest of them all end up running back to the fold. She swore she would never. Out of the seventeen kids from the two families, she was the third youngest, with only two from the other family younger than her. Ana and Lance, and she was older than then by six years or so. At least that was between her and Lance, who was the youngest.They had been family to her for most of her life. She had thought o
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Months later, well after the bombshell that was dropped to all the children of the two families, everyone went their own ways for once. There were hardly any phone calls. No one seemed to want to see each other. Small talk, if they ran into each other, was kept short and to the point. Bailey was finally happy with everything.The new job she got was paying off, and she loved what she was doing. Though it wasn’t all that tough, she knew she was helping make a difference in things. She could find the balance in her life that she had always strived for. Life was good.That was until she got home on a Friday night and saw a card in the mail addressed to her. It wasn’t a holiday or her birthday, so she was slightly confused. She went into the house and then sat it down on the counter. She looked at it and knew without a doubt the hand that wrote it. She wondered what the hell her mother was up to now.When she opened the card,
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Bailey watched the other group for a bit, and then she went on to dance with a few guys that asked. She was having a good time, and though she was drinking only soda, she was starting to feel the heat in the club as it was getting hotter with the night going on. A few hours later, she was sitting down when a slow song came on, and she looked over to see Max’s eyes widen and then he looked to her. That was her sign.She got up and walked over as she saw the other woman who was trying to be like a shirt to him with the way she was hanging on him. Bailey smiled at him as she walked up, “Max?” she asked in a louder voice. Gavin wasn’t there at the table, and as far as she knew didn’t know she was there. The woman turned and glared at her.“He’s busy.” She said as she looked over Bailey.“Bay.” He said as he took a step back. “I thought that was you.”
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