“I don’t know what we’d do without her,” I told Colt, then shook my head. “I can’t help but worry about our boy.”
“I know what you mean, but he’s okay, Angus. Stressing out won’t help.” Leaning in, he kissed me.
“I don’t know what I’d do without you, either,” I told him. It was the God’s honest truth. In a short amount of time, Colt and Ben had become everything to me. And we were having a baby. It didn’t seem real.
Chapter twenty-six
Colt
“Carter called last night, and we talked for a long time. He said Jackson’s fallen into a depression about being away from all of you,” Maddox told us.
We were seated at the kitchen table having dinner. A couple of months had passed since the incident when Ben wouldn’t wake up, and I’d finally stopped worrying every time he slept, although I wasn’t sure if Angus had.
Laura had been so busy lately, she hadn’t had time to examine Ben since then, but she promised she’d do it soon. Ben’s belly was huge, and I’d resigned myself to the fact that we had to be having twins. Angus wanted to believe it was just a really big baby.
“Poor Jackson,” David said. “He doesn’t have any omegas near him.”
David, Ben, and Trey had become very close to the omegas at the Borders’ ranch, and vice versa. Laura felt sure it was omega bonding at work, and I was inclined to agree since Ben was now able to visit them for several hours at a time without needing meor Angus. Jackson had met the other omegas by phone, and it had worsened his feeling of loneliness.
“What can we do to help him” Ben asked.
“Now that Carter has stopped working, he said he doesn’t see any reason not to move out here. It would take Jackson away from his parents, but they can always visit. They agreed it would be best for Jackson to move here,” Maddox said with a grin. Ben and David screamed so loudly with happiness, Angus covered his ears and Ollie looked startled before bursting into tears.
“Daddy’s sorry,” David said, picking up his son. “I’m just so excited! Uncle Jackson is coming to live close to us!”
“He says he’s started trying to find a place,” Maddox said. “Not a ranch, of course, but a house.”
David clapped his hands. “This is so great!”
Squealing, Ollie copied him, clapping his hands, too.
It was so cute, we all broke into laughter.
After helping to clear the table, I went out to the barn where I was building a crib big enough for two babies. Ben and David were busy painting the extra room in our wing a light yellow to use as the nursery.
It was September and thirty-two degrees outside. I’d shut the barn door, so, with the warmth of the animals, I was able to take off my coat to work. In the distance, a coyote yipped and then several others took up the call until a regular cacophony echoed in the woods. They were troublesome animals. After two had dug their way into the chicken coop last year and killed a couple of David’s beloved hens, Maddox fortified the base with cement so it wouldn’t happen again. But they were always on the lookout for a young goat or calf.
I couldn’t help smiling when I thought of how David had given all the hens names like “Beverly” and “Maisie.” He was too funny. And he was so good for Maddox, who was grounded andhappy to stay on the ranch now. I was sure that Ben had changed me and Angus for the better, too.
As I hammered another nail into the wood, my mind wandered to how my cabin sold last week. It no longer felt odd not to live there. These days, I couldn’t imagine not sleeping in our big bed with Angus and Ben. Ben was in his second trimester now and no longer sick to his stomach, so the edging sessions to give him pre-cum had let up. Instead, Ben was horny all the time. Thinking about what the three of us did that morning had me pausing with the hammer to adjust my pants.
The barn door opened with a whoosh of cold air and Maddox and Angus walked in, quickly shutting it behind them.
“Looks like that’s coming along really well,” Angus said, looking over the crib as Maddox continued down the right side of the barn checking the horses in their stalls. He eyed the size of it. “You really think we’re having twins?”
I nodded.
“I should be finished with this in a few days, and then I’ll sand it down,” I told him.
“You’ve done a good job.” Angus caressed my shoulder, and heat rose up my neck to my face.
I murmured, “Thanks,” and picked up my hammer again.
When Maddox joined us again, Angus asked him. “What do you think? Is Ben carrying twins?”
“Have you seen the size of him?” Maddox said. “It’s pretty obvious, Gramps.”
Angus sighed. “Guess I’d better get used to the idea. Before you get back to work, Colt, I want to talk to you and Maddox about something.”