Entering the room, Scarlett’s eyes rounded. She could not help but beam at the romantic room set-up. After her eyes scanned the room, she remarked, “Oh my god! I honestly thought they had forgotten!” “No, kitten. I just asked them to prepare the honeymoon compliments on the evening of our first day,” Kaleb revealed. There were battery-lit candles forming a walking path to the bed and one on each bedside table. The lights were purposely dimmed. At the center of their king-size bed was a bottle of red wine in a bucket of ice, two glass wines, and two bars of dark chocolate. Rose petals were scattered on the bed, as well as on the floor, and a sweet scent of jasmine easily filled Scarlett’s nostrils. She realized how jasmine incense had been lit on each corner of the room, adding to the mood of that night. Scarlett commended, “I love it." Kaleb took the initiative of opening the wine, and he filled each glass. As he hand the other glass to his wife, he proposed a toast, saying, “To

“Are you here to mock me? To laugh at me? To make me beg?” Lisa asked. She winced as she sat in front of the table, inside a police station’s interrogation room, two days after her arrest. Kaleb just shook his head and replied, “I wish one day you would learn your lesson, Lisa. I never wanted this for the mother of my son, but you did this to yourself.” “You knew, the moment you attempted to communicate with Liam, you would get in trouble.” Kaleb turned in the other direction before shifting his gaze back to her. He added, “And then, what is this liquid you put into the shake you wanted him to take?” “Clearly, you are a danger to Liam. You don’t deserve to be his mother -” “Shut up! Shut up. Do you think I care?” Lisa asked, her voice rising. “Right now, all I wanted was to get back at you for everything! For all my suffering -” “You blame me?” Kaleb countered. He sighed in disgust and resumed, “Please, Lisa. Look at yourself and reflect on what you have done. If you can’t see it,

“Mother, father. Thank you for coming. You both really didn't need to,” Scarlett said, giving her parents a peck on their cheeks as soon as she met them at the hospital lobby. “We would not miss this for the world, Scarlett,” Philip remarked, his arm extending to her, warranting a hug. “Especially since you are having twins. I think we want to see them this early on. Congratulations, Scarlett. I look forward to having more grandchildren.” “How are you feeling?” Cindy asked while taking her turn to embrace Scarlett. “I’m okay, mother. I feel better after eating a little of that salty crackers,” Scarlett replied. She had earlier relayed to her mother how she had been feeling sick over the past week. Cindy told her it had something to do with her pregnancy and her sisters, from Kaleb’s side, had already warned her the same. Two weeks after the couple found out about the pregnancy, they were back for another check-up. It was to confirm a healthy pregnancy. “Grandma, grandpa, I’m ex

“Where is my wife?” Kaleb was panting as soon as he reached the nurse's station on the same floor as the delivery room. “Mister Wright, please, this way. You need to scrub first before going inside the delivery room,” one nurse called him. As they walked, the same woman updated Kaleb. “Your wife’s labor progressed really fast. When she arrived, she was already in the full labor phase at six cm. It took just an hour for her to reach the second stage of her labor. It won’t be long now before the first baby would come out.” When Kaleb entered the delivery room, Scarlett had sweat all over her face. She gave out varied frown expressions as she went through the pain. Her brows were constantly knitting the entire time. “Kitten, I’m here. I’m here,” he announced. He was quick to stand next to Scarlett and peck on her forehead, his other hand holding hers. “I love you, Scarlett. I’m here for you.” “Kaleb, it.” A tear fell down her cheek as she said, “It hurts so much.” “Shhh. I’m sorry,

“We both know that’s not an airplane,” Scarlett read the bib after opening Joy’s gift in front of everyone. Laughter easily filled the air, knowing how many adults often referred to a baby’s food as an airplane. Scarlett said, “Nice one!” “This is Kenzie’s gift. Please let this be a decent one,” Scarlett begged, and that encouraged more laughter in the air, especially from Kaleb's family. When Scarlett found herself staring at a jar of Tylenol, she frowned, asking, “What is this?” “That covers for lack of sleep, Scarlett. You're gonna need an entire year of supply after getting so much headache,” Kenzie laughed. “Trust me. Ask Gaby. She is an expert on lack of sleep. She had triplets, remember?” More hoots and giggles echoed throughout the venue before Scarlett opened the next gift, “The next gift is from Rachael - aww, thank you, Rachael, you did not have you. You got Luca to come to the party.” From the far-end table, Rachael just smiled. She was sitting next to Luca. Scarlet