Did I Mention It's 10 Years Later by Estelle Maskame

Author:Estelle Maskame [Maskame, Estelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781785302787
Publisher: Ink Road
Published: 2019-08-15T04:00:00+00:00

Eden

This bathroom stall is so small, Tyler and I are practically on top of one another, our legs entwined. My feet are in his lap and he’s gently massaging them, a giddy smile still on his face.

“It’s so hard keeping this a secret,” I admit, clamping my mouth shut again in fear of another wave of nausea.

I’m only nine weeks pregnant, and we’re waiting until week twelve before we share this exciting news with anyone. We’re planning to announce Baby Bruce number two at Tyler’s thirtieth birthday celebrations next month when we’re surrounded by our family and friends. In the meantime, it’s becoming increasingly hard to be subtle about my pregnancy. I’m pretty certain Rachael and Ella’s eyebrows were raised when I refused to touch the champagne.

“Just think about how happy everyone will be. Remember when we told them about Jaxson?” Tyler asks, cocking his head to one side. He gently reaches for my hand and goes quiet, silently staring at the rings on my finger. He touches my engagement ring, and then twists my wedding ring. He glances up. “I can’t believe how lucky we are.”

“We really are,” I say softly, a smile lighting up my face as I hold the gaze of the man I love.

The path of our relationship has been anything but conventional. I still, to this day, cannot believe that we are together. And not only together, but married, with a gorgeous son and another new baby on its way.

I still remember the thrill of being nineteen and running off to Portland to really make things work with Tyler, despite the fact that my father was so hostile, and the odds were stacked against us. I so badly wanted our relationship to work in the real world. We lived together in Tyler’s apartment for years while he ran his youth center and while I got my Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Portland State. We flew home to Santa Monica every once in a while, and our parents visited us in Portland a couple times, but it took a long time for my father to accept that Tyler and I wanted to be together. Somehow we won him over though, and I like to believe he relented when he saw how happy we made one another and that we were truly living our best lives. Our commitment was such that Tyler even supported me when I returned to Portland State for another two years to study for my Master’s degree in Social Work, before he whisked me off to New York as my graduation gift.

It was during that trip that he proposed on the home plate of a baseball field in the middle of Central Park. I’m still embarrassed by how readily I slid that diamond engagement ring onto my finger. I didn’t even give it a second thought.

We moved back home a few months later. It wasn’t the easiest decision, but we knew it made sense for us. There were more job opportunities for me

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