Same Old Song by Brenda Dorantes

Author:Brenda Dorantes [Dorantes, Brenda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-03-24T16:00:00+00:00

Aidan

One Year Later...

Katherine is walking around the living room with Elizabeth in arms when I walk through the door. Elizabeth is unconsolable just as she was when I first left to go pick up the medicine my mother advised me to get for her fever. My poor girl has been battling her fever all night long and has had very little sleep as a result. Charlie sits on the edge of the couch, eyes glued on his sister who has not ceased to cry. Katherine looks relieved when I take out the medicine and take Elizabeth from her.

It’s a struggle trying to get her to take the medicine at first, but soon after I cradle her in my arms in hopes she will soon fall asleep. Katherine sighed, pulling her hair away from her face and sitting down beside Charlie on the couch. She looks exhausted. She was the first one up when Elizabeth woke up crying in the middle of the night and has not left her side since. I kiss the side of Elly’s head and hum to her as her crying ceases to quiet whimpering.

"Daddy, is Elly okay?" Charlie asked as he crawled on his mother’s lap.

"Yes, she’s a little sick, that’s all," Katherine said to him, pulling his hair from his face.

“She was crying too much.”

“Look, baby, Elly is just tired. You know how when you're sleepy you get really grumpy?” He nods. "Well, Elly is very sleepy right now and that has her very grumpy, but thanks to the medicine I brought her, she’ll start to feel better."

Charlie crawls out of his mother’s lap and tugs at my shirt, trying to pull me down toward him. I support Elly’s head with one hand and kneel down to his height. She’s calmer now. Just like my mother said that medicine works wonders. When I’m at the same height as him, Charlie puckers his lips and kisses the back of his sister’s head. I smile at my little boy. He has, in fact, the biggest heart any four-year-old could have. Kathy smiles at us from the couch and pulls Charlie back in her arms, raining him with kisses all over his face. My little boy squeals in delight and tries to fight his way out of her arms.

Unfortunately the moment is interrupted when my phone rings. I answer the call without having to look at the caller ID.

"Yes, Alex?"

"Hey, so apparently I'm a child-"

"You don't say," I interrupted him. Charlie's glasses fall down his little nose and Kathy pushes them back up.

"Shut up," he snapped. "Look, just because I don't want to get my sperm tested now means I'm a child because my wife is an impatient woman who expects me to pop a baby for her one day."

"I’m pretty sure even Leila knows that is not technically possible." He's always exaggerating with everything his wife says.

"Stop being an asshole. I told you to give me Elizabeth."

"And I told you that is not going to happen, Alex.

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