Illusions Chapter 24

Chapter 24

Two weeks later Nora sat in her office trying figure out if her clients were being honest. She didn’t really trust them. Someone knocked on her door.

“Come in”
Brent walked through the door.

“Hey! I feel like I haven’t seen you in ages.”
“Well if that husband of yours would let you leave the house once in awhile.”
Nora felt herself blush. Brent laughed.

“Hey it’s ok and very understandable. How is he doing? Remember more?”
“Very good! I think he remembers practically everything except the last four years of his life.”
“You mean your marriage?”
Nora frowned.

“Yeah, but he remembers most of the stuff from when we dated and were engaged. In fact we were at the palace and Todd Manning walked in, I swear could feel the hate rolling off of him.”

“That must be a good thing.”
“Very good.”
Brent nodded.

“Well I came over to discuss your new clients.”
“Oh yes, I am still trying to decide if I want to take them on, I don’t really trust them.”
“Yeah, I think you should steer far away from them.”
“Thanks, I needed to hear that. I will call them and have them find different representation.”
“Good!”
“So how have you been?”
“Good, I started to see someone.”
“Anyone I know?”
“Umm, actually she is Bo’s ex-wife.”
Nora laughed.

“Cassie!”
“Yes.”
“She is a nice women, I sure you two will be great.”
“I hope so. Well I better go, I just wanted to warn about twiddle dee and dum.”
“Thank you, I was on the edge of dropping them anyways.”
“Ok, see you later, say hi to Bo.”
“I will.”
Nora closed the door and began to look at her calendar.

“The 15th, ok that means I should be able to see the client on.” She stopped talking to herself she looked at the calendar again. “Oh, Oh, Oh!”
She ran out of the office and headed to her car.

About an hour later Nora was pulling up to her house with a brown paper bag next to her. She walked inside and found Bo sitting on the couch looking at pictures again. He looked up at her.

“Red, what you doing home. I thought I wasn’t going to see you for another four hours?”

“Uh you weren’t.”
She put her stuff all down.
“What’s that Red.”
She picked up the bag and handed it to him. He looked questioning but took the bag. He opened it. Nora saw the shock. He looked up at her then back down at the item in his hand.

“Um, why did you get this Red?”
“Because it is the 17th.”
“The 17th? I am lost.”
“That is 4 days.”
“Red you are talking in riddles here.”
“I am four days late.”
Bo face still looked confused then it hit him.

“Ohhhh. So you thought you should?”
“Yes.”

“Ok.”
Bo handed her the box and she left the room. Three minutes later she returned to Bo pacing the room. He stopped and looked at her.

“Well?”
“We have two more minutes.”
Bo nodded then continued to pace. Nora nervously ran her hands through her hair. Finally the bell went off. They both looked at each other. Nora walked back to the room. She back out after a minute. Bo looked at her with scared but excited eyes.

“Red?”
“We are having a baby Bo.”

Bo stood there for a minute then he smiled, the biggest smile Nora had ever seen from him.

“We are have a baby!”
Bo ran to her and pulled her to him and kissed her hard. Nora kissed him back, threading her hands through his hair. Finally they stopped, then they looked at each other and started to laugh. Bo hugged her whispering in her ear

“This is all I ever wanted Red, a child with you.”

“Me too Bo.”
They stood there hugging each other, both so happy and so shocked to be parents again.