When she snuggled up to him I could swear she was asleep when I heard her snore a few times but then she said: "The doctor said Careen needs total bed rest, and Carl needs to be home with her."
"Don't worry honey, I will speak with dad, now try to relax."
"Uh, huh," as she kisses my hand making herself more comfortable. Knowing she cannot fall asleep on his bed just in-case someone came looking for him. or her.
Making himself comfortable just as she did, 'This feels so good the way her body touches his.'
When she stopped moving, Torren knew she had fallen asleep, she must be really tired, 'I will let her sleep and wake her up in a while,' just hugging her.
***
The first week in June Torren wake up and Shawney wasn't in bed. We have already been married for six weeks.
And the secret remains only between the three of us here. But every night we sleep together except that first night we got married.
Hearing the pounding on his door, Happy and thankful Shawney is not on the bed. Torren hurry and open the door, seeing Candis standing and waiting, wanting to know why she was knocking, "Candis, what seems to be the matter?"
"It's Careen, she really needs Shawney, and I am knocking on her door and she isn't opening."
"Candis, it is Sunday, she must be by the pool or somewhere in the rose garden, go and check."
Torren, checking the time it is only after eight, Saying to Candis, "Look I am going back to bed."
In the bed, Torren closes his eyes trying to go back to sleep, but only thinking, 'Where she could be? Feeling his sleep cut.'
Turning and twisting when the two children came to his bed. With their distraction trying to get them to settle down, it took a while.
But all the time the thought of where Shawney was, was in the back of his mind, although he try to ignoring it.
When he finally fall asleep, not knowing for how long. Hearing the knocking on the door as it came to disturb his rest once again.
This time it was not on my room door. Listening carefully only to realize it was on Shawney door.
"Oh Lord, haven't they found her yet?'
With that in mind, Torren, gets off the bed seeing the time was ten-o-clock.'
Concerns build-up, 'Where could she be? She slept here during the night, but sometime during the morning period, she slips out.'
Standing outside her door-knocking, calling out to her, "Shawney are you in there?"
But she answers from downstairs, turning only to see her in a beautiful pink flowered dress.
Walking with her bible under her arm, and a bag with fresh vegetables. "Shawney you went to church?"
"Yes, what is wrong?"
"Candis said, Careen needs you."
Observing she went to the kitchen, and put the bag, then she runs up to Careen's room.
Shawney observed how Lasandra and Candis were panicking, but she know it wasn't her due date yet.
"Aye come on, take some deep breath and try to relax? You know you still have two weeks, but I will still call the doctor just in case?"
Holding her hand, "Now let me help you up, you need to do some walking, your muscles must be stiff with all that lying down."
After half an hour of walking, Shawney said, "Very good, I am sure you are feeling much better now?"
When she said, "Yes!" Shawney, went and straighten her bed, putting fresh bed linen and fix a warm bath for her.
Lasandra and Candis just stood and look on, when I ask, "Careen when will Carl be coming home?"
Hearing her say, "By Wednesday," then she asks, "Shawney how come you know what I should do? I have gotten, a great relief."
"We should praise the Lord and give thanks."
"But Shawney, how did you know what I should do?"
"Careen, when I was on the road traveling, I met a friend, her doctor had instructed her to do half an hour walking, and practice her breathing exercise.
I have learned so many different things on the road, and when I visited different villages.
I met people who cook differently, they teach their children differently. Their wearing are different and they have different cultures and traditions. Yet all these methods are efficient and workable."
Helping her with the breathing exercise. Saying to Lasandra, "You should learn this, it will be helpful to you also."
Observing how relaxed she was, asking, "How is the back feeling now?"
"I am feeling so much better, thanks you so much Shawney."
"Okay, lie down and let me put the hot towel on your back, then I will squeeze your feet for a few minutes."
Shawney, had only alighted the stairs when Gretta came running and grab hold of her legs saying, "Foodie"
"You haven't eaten any foodie yet?"
"Tea!"
"You only drink tea?"
Seeing her nod." Okay, let see what Aunty Louise has for our baby to eat."
"Me baby?"
"Yes, honey you are daddy, pretty baby girl," entering the kitchen "Aunty Louise, what it have for our baby to eat?"
"I am not done yet and thanks for the fresh vegetables."
"No problem, when I saw those, it reminded me of home, how fresh and nice the vegetables used to be."
Shawney seeing the macaroni draining took some of the hot ones from the bottom and put it on a plate.
Then went and get a piece of cheese and grate it, all the time Gretta never left her side. Mixing it up quickly so the cheese could melt. "Honey, let us get your brother."
Tired and hungry herself, she called Tray and the three of us eat.
Hearing the laughing Torren came out of his office seeing her feeding them, his children was happy with her.
Asking her, "Shawney, how is Careen doing now?"
She didn't raise her head as she focuses on feeding both of them, but she said, "She will be okay."
"Did you went to church?"
"Yes!"
"So why didn't you tell me, I would have like to arrend Church with you."
When Tray said, "Me to daddy."