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He reaches down and picks up his phone and takes my hand pulling me inside. I sit down on the couch, tears streaming down my face as I listen to him talk while he paces the floor. “Yes. Okay. Thanks so much.” He squats down in front of me and my eyes search his waiting to hear what he says. “There’s a doctor not far from here that Dr. Phillip told me to take you to. The plane is on its way. Do you need help changing?” I shake my head but I can’t seem to move. He stands, lifting me in his arms and carries me to our bedroom. Setting me on the bed, he helps me remove my bathing suit and pulls a sundress over my head and I pull my arms through. He pulls a pair of my clean panties over my legs and I stand, holding onto his strong shoulder as he gets them in place. He then grabs my flip flops and I step into them and he lifts me into his arms again, carrying me through the house, picking up his wallet on the way from the table and I bury my face into his neck as he takes me down the long dock. As we walk I can hear the plane’s engines getting closer and we don’t have to wait long until we’ve boarded and he sets me into a seat, buckling me in. As we take off quickly he leans over, kisses the top of my head and pulls me close to him. I worry my hands together in my lap and thinking about why this has to happen to us, why our baby? It seems like only a matter of minutes before we land and then again when we arrive in a cab to a building. As I sit numbly in a patient’s room, after peeing into a cup and seeing more blood, I’m wondering what it would have been like to hold our baby, kiss it’s chubby cheeks and listen to it coo.

A male doctor enters the room, his smile warm but does nothing to admonish my fear. He sits down in front of me and looks at Bo then me. “Well, I hear from my friend Phillip that you’re expecting but there’s a little fear?” I can only nod and feel my tears returning. “Ah! Let’s see what’s going on, shall we? Have you been examined recently?” I shake my head, my body shaking as Bo squeezes my hand. “I see. Lay back for me, please, and we’ll take a look.” Bo helps me lay down, and I put my bare feet into the stirrups, my heart beating wildly as I look up at the ceiling and I jump a little as I feel a cold clamp and some warm liquid inside me. “You’ll feel just a little discomfort for just a moment, I’m sorry about that.” I turn my head when I hear a beeping noise and see a monitor. “How far along are you?”

I look at him and smile sadly. “A little over six weeks now. Is everything okay?”

He smiles and nods. “There can be a little bit of spot bleeding, it’s not uncommon but if you look over here at the monitor I think you’ll see why. If you look here you can see your baby. But then over here you will notice there’s another sac.” He points his finger to the monitor, and I can see a little blob, then another. “Here the beeps? That is your babies’ heartbeats, which are good and strong. As you can see your baby’s facial features are in the beginning stages of forming in this sac but in this other one, not quite as much yet. Again, very common with twins.”

I turn my head to Bo, his mouth hanging open with the news and I can’t stop my chin from quivering as my tears stream down my face. I tug on his hand and his face turns to me, his eyes wide and his mouth snaps shut. He looks over at the doctor who nods. “Twins? Really?”

“Yes, I hope this is good news.” The doctor looks back at me and smiles. “Congratulations. By the surprised looks on your faces I take it you didn’t know.” I nod and he laughs.

“How? How can we see this so soon,” Bo asks.

“Ah! Modern technology! An ultrasound can show all kinds of thing in the first trimester of pregnancy but only when you’re between six to eight weeks at the earliest. Luckily, they were willing to show themselves to us today.” I watch as Bo squints at the monitor as he studies our little babies.

“When can we find out the sex of our babies?” He asks still squinting at the screen and I’m so relieved and shocked that I still can’t speak.

I look at the doctor when he laughs. “Ah, well, that can be tricky even with only one baby but with twins it can be a little harder, at times. Sometimes, one sac likes to hide behind the other as they grow and move around but you can try to find out around seventeen to nineteen weeks into the pregnancy. I will print off some pictures for you two to take with you.” I watch as he presses some buttons below the monitor and look over at Bo, who’s also watching intently. “There. Are there any more questions before I let you clean up and get dressed?” We both shake our heads and I feel relief when he releases the clamp and then removes his gloves while standing. “Very good. I’ll be sure to fax this information to Phillip as soon as I leave here and he will in turn send them on to your OB.” He holds out his hand and he and Bo help me to sit up, Bo immediately moving the thin sheet around over my legs to cover me up better. Not like the doctor didn’t just have his hand inside me or anything but I stifle my laugh and let Bo do what he needs to. The doctor walks to the door, opens it and turns his head to us. “Congratulations again. No worries about the small amount of blood. Be rest assured that everything is just fine. Get some rest when you return and please don’t hesitate to call me if you need anything or have any questions at any time during your stay.” He closes the door on his way out and I snap my head to Bo, who’s got the biggest grin on his gorgeous face. I’m freaking out inside but filled with more happiness that I’m about to explode.

“Oh, my God! We’re having twins!” I shriek.

The End

Trusted

Touched Series #3

VICKI GREEN

‘Trust is the hardest thing to find

And the easiest thing to lose’

Pearl Dunaway is an aspiring painter and comes from wealth but you’d never know it by looking at her. She lives in her yoga pants, tank tops, tennis shoes and loves to wear her long dark hair up in a high pony tail. Her career takes a drastic change when she becomes owner of a new bar. Her life is a happy one, full of love from her family and friends but she feels like something is missing. Something important. The love of a man. Then ‘He’ walks into her bar.

Harley Sanders comes from a rough life. His parents abandoned him at a young age and being in several foster care homes that were not kind. Learning not to trust anyone, he’s always been a loner and since he was eighteen he started traveling to find a better life. Needing money he stopped off at a bar and a kind woman taught him how to bartend as well as other things. At the many cities he’d managed to get to, he would bartend at various bars to get the money needed to forge ahead. He needs nothing or no one until one day his travels land him in a Florida town and to a new bar, his heart beating for the first time when he meets the owner but can he learn to trust her?

A beautiful woman and a man who won’t have anything to do with her. Will Pearl get through to this hot and sexy man or can he ever trust her enough to let her in?

Coming in 2014!

Acknowledgments

These are the hardest things to write because there are so many people to thank and I’m always afraid I will forget someone.

Kathy
, my Editor, my friend. You’ve been with me on my writing journey since my very first book. We’ve been through a lot together but our friendship has grown stronger. I never thought when we started that we would end up being friends but I’m so thankful for that. I love our talks and thank you so much for your knowledge, your amazing editing skills, but most of all your love.

Kari
, my most awesomeness cover designer. Without you my amazing covers would not exist. You are beyond talented and I’m so glad to have found you. You’re so great to work with and not only do you do an exceptional job with my covers but we are so in tune with each other and I find that by just giving you a small clue as to what I want, you come up with the perfect cover, like your physic. I think you are.
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Thank you for being so talented and being my friend.

Vicki’s Vixens Street Team
, you all are so awesome that I can’t put into words. You’re always there for me, support me and my books, promote me and give me great ideas and suggestions. I am so proud to have you on my Team and value each and every one of you. Joy, Missy, Alexis, Maari, Dora, Christine, Theresa, Chatte, Kelly, Angie, Quimataz, Amy, Tammie, Ashley, Maurice, Jodi, Vanessa, Margarette, Valerie, LeAmbra, Jessika, Tracey, Thank you all so much for being on my Team. I love you!

Jasmine
, Jazzy my most awesome PA! I am beyond words of thanks to you for all you do. I love our talks, our emoticons, laughing, your ideas, our bantering, but most of all I love you for helping me and keeping me straight! Some days I think without you, I’d be lost.

AS101
, thank you all for your love and support. When I created this group I wanted it to help support each other on our writing journey’s but it became so much more. The love and support, guidance, laughing, and help you all provide is beyond my wildest dreams. I love you all and hope nothing but the best for all of you.

Katrina
, my dear friend. You’re always there for me and help me whenever needed without question or hesitation. You’re not only a great photographer and friend but I’m so proud of you in everything you do. I hope someday to be sitting beside you at a signing, as Authors, and sharing your books for all the world to read. Your endless energy gives me determination and keeps me going, some days. Love you, girl!

To my readers: Thank you so much for all your support and love! Without you, my stories would only be stories but with you, they come to life, fill you will all the emotions that are experienced by those who can dream and be taken away to another place, to another time, to feel what the characters feel, and follow their lives, hopes and dreams.

Last but certainly not least, a special Thanks to:

Golden
, your talent is beyond amazing and I’m truly thankful for your pictures and call you my friend. Without your talent there would be no place to find such great pictures for me and other authors to put on their covers. Thank you for all you do and #keepfit.
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BOOM! #Furiousfotog

Zac
, you are an amazing man! I admire your energy, help to others to keep fit and stay healthy, and wish nothing but the best and happiness for you. You have such an amazing journey already started and ahead of you. I’m so proud of you! Thank you so much for being on my cover and hope you will do me the honor of being on many more!

About the Author

Vicki Green grew up in Overland Park, Kansas and currently resides in Olathe, Kansas. Along with her husband and two teenage boys, she shares her home with her cocker spaniel’s Shadow and Mocha. She has been working full time at the same Company for 35 years. Her life has been filled with the most loving and caring parents, who are both gone now but are still in her heart and mind daily.

Vicki enjoys reading Romance books which is what inspired her to begin writing this book. She has always admired Author’s dedication and hard work. She had a dream that played out for over a year, came home one day after work and decided to put it on a word document to see how it read and that became ‘My Savior Forever’, the beginning of her Forever Series, and that’s where it all began.

Website:
http://www.vickigreenauthor.com/

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Twitter: @rileyks3

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Author page on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Vicki-Green/e/B00F2ZA9L8

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