{ i knew you were t r o u b l e }
Elijah looked at her as she said that. “I think this is enough of a reason,” he commented and looked at her, letting a small sound escape. “You know how I feel about you. And why I left in the first place,” he remarked. “You were in danger and I had to go. And now – ” she was still in danger. Even more so.
Devon slid her hand over her belly, smiling at the memories of those few and far between nights - where he would hold her. But they’d been so rare, and so few and far between. She closed her eyes. “And now my three babies and I are in ten times more danger.” She opened her eyes and looked over at him, then patted the couch next to her. “Can I get a kiss or something?”