Snippet #2608937

Peter rolled his eyes. "For a mob doctor, you still reek of the suburbs... how do you do that?" Maybe it was her way of speaking to others that made her seem harmless and an authority at the same time. They arrived at the mansion. A place he had once called home. Now it was just another house. Nothing looked familiar. Emily hit him in the shoulder and teased him about their tardiness. "Yeah yeah, I'll let you drive next time,"

He stepped on a lego and swore under his breath. "What the..." he had almost forgotten he was a father. Of course, he had a few children here and there. Well, possibly. It was difficult to tell with the kind of women he went after. This one was most likely his. As they walked inside, he caught sight of the kid. It was a little girl with his eyes and her mother's black curls. He didn't know what to feel. It was that damned Emily. She was always so concerned with people, it was rubbing off on him. He turned to her, taking her arm gently. He leaned in and with a whisper, he said, "I need you to stay here. Talk to my kid... maybe find out her name... It shouldn't be long," The scent of her caught him breathless for a moment. He shook it off and went into the office where he had shot Ryan.

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Ryan stroked her hair. "The crib.... I nearly forgot. I need to paint that room. Have you decided on a color yet?" Swatches of paint dotted the wall. They had many talks of the room and the colors and the themes. Even the guys at work had input. They teased him about being whipped but if this was whipped, he'd take it over anything else.

Absentmindedly, he wrapped an arm around her and rested a hand on her belly. She was only slightly showing but it was becoming more and more obvious that the swell of life was there. "You have a ways to go before you pop," he said with a grin. He shifted in his seat, leaning down towards Merian's belly. He rested his head against her stomach. He was only able to hear gurgling. "I think I hear him... I think he's saying he wants the yellow ducks on the wall... and to be called Ralph..."