All Chapters of Happiness Takes Time : Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

After cutting the cake and smearing Jack's face full of cake he suggested we take an early leave before anyone noticed us gone and go about our honeymoon to be alone for the next three weeks of heaven as he called it. Who was I to argue?We said goodbye to dad and Nicolene only and asked them to enjoy the rest of the evening since they would not be going on honeymoon but staying here and finally moving in together now that they were married. Nicolene also mentioned that she wanted to go back to school but that she had not yet decided what she was going to be studying. She was between healthcare and law which were both very good choices and with either, she would be set for the future if she wanted to practice either one. I was also thinking of going back and getting some other degree since Jack and I, well mostly Jack, decided that I would not be returning to the office after the honeymoon at all. I don't think I would be able to sit at home the whole day or even

After the last week we had off from work together, spending it just doing everything we wanted and could together it was finally time for us to return back to work. I don't know why but I was nervous to go back to the office. It wasn't like it was a new job with new people to get to know in the office. I was just scared that they would think that Jack used his connections to get me the job back after I resigned and that they would hold it against me because other people in my situation would have had to go through the whole interview process before they would possibly be hired back. Walking into the office hand in hand with Jack was the only thing keeping me from running away. Why did I want to come back here again?"You came back because this is what you love doing and it is what you are good at. If there is anyone that is mean to you or not respecting you then you tell me and we make them do the cases that nobody wants to do." Jack's words had

Opening the floor as usual so that the sick perverts could come here for their own enjoyment felt so routine-like. It's as if I was operating on autopilot just out of habit as I have been doing for the past two weeks just until I could finally go home and not have to be here. Safely back in Jack's arms where I know I am safe and I don't have to keep looking over my shoulder or sleep with one eye open as I am doing here. I didn't know whether there would be an extraction soon or if I would have to stay here until the end of the sting which could be going on for months to allow for information gathering from all sides. According to me the information that I had managed to gather from here would have been enough to get this whole section of the operation and have them tell us who the rest of the guys in the operation was but it did not seem that the higher-ups thought so. I haven't received any correspondence from them since I did the last drop of information. I wanted to let them know

Turns out Dad wasn't calling because Nicolene told him that I was pregnant but because she told him that she was expecting a baby. She didn't even drop any hints when I saw her this afternoon. I guess she has wanted to tell Dad first before telling anyone else as I had wanted to tell Jack first before telling anyone else about it. I knew Dad was not that old but I did not think that he would be young enough to still be a new father. I was scared out of my mind and worried that I wouldn't know what to do but having Nicolene tell me that we were in this together lifted a lot of that burden. I didn't have a mother in my life whom I could ask and although we might be going through this together I really did see and accept Nicolene as my mother as she is the closest thing to what a mother needs to be and mean to her daughter. Turns out I was two weeks farther along than Nicolene. She realized that she had more or less felt the same as I had described to her the

Arriving at Dad's party we saw that most of the people invited had already arrived and were sitting around on the couches, sipping on their drinks and chatting with each other. Jack helped me get out of the car as he had helped me get in the car at home before going back and getting the gift and our drinks. He had walked to the car and back twice and he still had time to come and help me waddle through the garden gate to the backyard where the party was being held. He helped me to sit down on one of the chairs next to Nicolene and then proceeded to hand me a drink from our cooler before wandering to go and talk to my dad who was trying to be everywhere and talk to everyone. Jack and Dad's relationship has really improved from what it had been at the start of our relationship and although I am happy about this they now sometimes team up against me when they want to discuss something with me. When Dad came past he stopped and hugged me tightly to him. I retur