Luci's Lullaby by Leaona Luxx

Author:Leaona Luxx [Luxx, Leaona]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-10-01T18:30:00+00:00

We follow Charlee to the door, watching as she leaves. Luci’s busy chugging her bottle when I glance at her. “Did you hear her? She thinks I want her to leave.”

Luci grunts again. “No, I don’t like her that way. We’re friends.”

I gaze at Luci and all I can think of is Charlee holding her. She does it with such care and love. “I can totally just be friends with her.”

I sit down with her on the couch, putting my feet up. She stares at me with wide eyes, and I’m taken aback by how beautiful Luci truly is, so much like her mom. “You not only remind me of your mom but of Charlee. You could pass for being our daughter, you know that?”

Luci wraps her finger around my pinky. “Look at you, before long you’ll be holding your own bottle.”

I sit up, grabbing my phone.

Guess who just held my finger?

The Easter Bunny? ~C

Smartass

Language! ~C

She can’t read.

What are you saying? ~C

Luci’s the smartest baby ever in the history of ever. ~C

That she is.

You in bed?

I roll my eyes. “Why would you ask that?”

I am. ~C

You? ~C

Naw, she’s still eating.

She’s gonna drink the whole thing this time. ~C

It looks like it.

How much is left? ~C

Hang on, I’ll send a pic.

I flip the camera and snap a shot of Luci in my arms. Hitting send as soon as I approve of it.

Awe, look at y’all. ~C

See what you’re missing out on.

I know, wish I was there. ~C

Stop running away.

Stop pushing me. ~C

Luci finishes her milk, so I shove the cell in my pocket and take her bottle to the sink, rinsing it out. My messages go off several times as I walk to my bed, laying down with Luci beside me.

Are you still there? ~C

I didn’t mean to imply anything. ~C

Alden? ~C

I thought we were bickering… ~C

I didn’t mean anything by it. ~C

No worries, I put Luci to bed.

Oh. I hate I missed it. ~C

I flip the phone around again and take another picture of us in bed. I hit send and wait on the little dots to show up.

Perfect. ~C

She is.

I hesitate my next words but decide to send them anyway.

You’re pretty great yourself.

So you say. ~C

Stay with us tomorrow night.

Luci’s a little young for a sleepover. ~C

I’m not.

Go to sleep, you’re delirious. ~C

Goodnight, Charlee

Kiss Luci for me. ~C

Night, Alden. ~C

I roll over, placing my phone on charge. I snuggle next to the pillow barrier between Luci and me. She catches her breath and sighs. “I hear ya, I feel the same way. Now, what in the hell am I gonna do about it?”

I fall asleep watching Luci and thinking of Charlee. For the first time in months, I sleep more than two or three hours at one time. We actually get in five hours before we need a change and a bottle.

There’s a light tap on the door as Luci and I hang on the couch for this feeding. The doors still locked, so I wallow out of the seat and go to open it.

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