Evan had the biggest grin on his face. He was so excited. Dr. Townsend had printed out some pictures and handed them to Evan and I. I quickly dressed and Benny was waiting for us.

I got in the car and Evan pulled me close to him. He kissed the back of my head.

"Talk to me," he said. I guess he could sense something was wrong.

"It’s nothing," I said.

"There is something bothering you because you should be ecstatic about having two babies, especially with me," he said tickling me a little.

"Okay, okay, I will tell you." I straightened in my seat.

"When Dr. Townsend made the comment about not knowing my family history, made me realize I have no idea where my parent’s families are from. I know nothing about them. She was adopted and after her adopted parents died, she became a foster child. My dad was a runaway when his parents died so I never met my paternal grandparents. It almost feels like I’m alone," I said wiping my tears away.

"Awe come here," he said wrapping his arms around me.

"You have no control of not knowing who your family was or is. All we can do is look to the future."

"Can I share something with you?" He nodded and I pull my purse out. Inside was a wide velvet pouch.

"These are my most treasure family pictures. Here are the girls when they were born and that’s me feeding Ashley. Here is a picture of my father and this is my mother."

"Who’s the person in this picture," he asked pointing to the last picture I was holding.

"That’s...," I was a little hesitant. "That’s Lilly Monroe."

"Why do you have a picture of Lilly?"

"Because if you really look at the picture, we look like twins. I’m just a shade or two darker. And her hair is blonde."

Evan took the picture from my hand."Didn’t you wear this dress, the first time I met you?"

"Yes. That’s what attracted me to the picture. I found it in storage when Marci and I were looking for pictures for the last ball. The picture fell out with others and somehow I kept it."

"I definitely see the resemblance. Have you spoken to Lilly about this?"

"Of course not."

"So why are you keeping the picture?"

"Somehow I feel a connection to Lilly. Call me crazy if you like. One night I had a dream I was in the woods. I had no idea where I was. I walked through the area until I saw three men talking. One was pulling up his pants and when he moved back, I saw a woman lying on the ground with a long blue dress on. She wasn’t moving and I was screaming for them to leave her alone but they didn’t hear me," I said looking out the window.

"I ran up to the men but they were leaving. I tried screaming hoping they would hear me but they didn’t. I looked down at the woman and her body seemed frozen in time as her hair covered her face. I brushed her hair back and instantly I thought it was me. Then I really took a look at this picture of Lilly and it wasn’t me. It was more like her."

"So you are saying the woman in your dreams was Lilly?" He asked a little in shock.

"Yeah, crazy right?"

"There is an uncanny resemblance."

"I asked Lilly’s doctor, her childhood friend about the picture. He verifies that this is Lilly in the picture. He thought I was a cousin when he first met me that night in the hospital. But later on he told me, Lilly never had kids, so maybe it’s just a coincidence."

"Or maybe you could be a cousin," he said passing the picture back.

"Maybe. I don’t know. It could all just be a figment of my imagination because I miss my mother and I wish I could talk to her."

"Maybe so. I couldn’t imagine not having my mom around. It hurts me when you feel hurt. I wish she was here for you but I’m sure she is around especially in here," he said pointing to my heart.

"You always seem to make me feel better. You are the best medicine on the market," I said giving him a kiss.

He deepened the kiss as his hands pulled me closer. He pressed the button for the partition glass and the next thing I knew, my ponytail holder was on the floor and my bushy hair was falling in my face.

"Girl you are too sexy for words."

I laughed.

"Wait until I get you home, because you are all mine," he said whispering against my lips. "By the way I’m off the market and I only belong to you."

"You promise?"

"I promise," he said kissing my neck sending shivers down to my core. He slowly unbuttoned my dress but we had made it back home.

Moments later we were pulling in the driveway when I saw a white Range Rover parked.

"My mother is here," he said straighten up. I was buttoning my dress as things had gotten a little heated in the backseat.

Benny opened our door and we got out. Evan opened the door and we stopped at the foot of the stairs.

"I’ll be upstairs waiting on you, but don’t be too long," I said whispering against his jaw.

"Just give me five minutes," he said looking down at his watch. I could see a little frustration across his face. I headed upstairs in a seductive walk and looked back. His eyes were dark as a wicked grin spread across his handsome face. He held up five fingers and walked away.

Evan POV

I watched as Cadence headed to the bedroom. I could feel myself getting hard just thinking about the things I wanted to do to her. Our little interlude in the backseat had gotten my juices flowing.

"Hey mom," I said walking in the kitchen giving her a kiss. She had just baked some apple cinnamon muffins. She grabbed a plate and put one on it.

"Hey. Where is that fiancée of your?"

"Getting some sleep. She had a doctor’s appointment today."

"How did it go?"

"We are having twins!" Her eyes got wide and she came and gave me a hug.

"How did Cadence take the news?"

"She was shocked. But there is something else. They need to run more test. There is a possibility that the babies could end up being anemic. The doctor explained it to us but since it’s still early in the pregnancy she could take injections."

"Poor girl, my poor baby," she said hugging me.

"Just leave it in the Lord’s hands and He will take care of them."

"She’s leaving Saturday and I’m going with her. I wonder if Kara wants to come?"

"Kara has a very busy social life. She has two parties on Saturday and one on Sunday. Knowing Kara she is not going to miss them. I will take her and you go on to New Orleans."

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah, she will be fine. Yaz called me this morning. That’s why I came over."

"Why are you answering her calls, mom?"

"I didn’t know who it was until I answered the phone."

"What did she want?" I could feel myself getting aggravated.

"Too meet Karenna. She is technically her child. I know what she did was wrong but you need to let that little girl know that her real mother is here. I dislike Yaz as much as you do but I would hate to see Kara grow up and realize Yaz is her mother and you never told her. She could end up hating you."

"She will just have to hate me. I don’t want Yaz around Kara. Cad will be her new mommy."

"You are not being fair."

"Mom this conversation is over. The court gave me custody of Kara. Leave it alone. Yaz and Brian are doing drugs and Yaz is stripping. She has nothing going on for herself. Once Brian runs out of money she will leave him. By the way Brian and Yaz are married."

"Not surprising. But how would you feel if Cadence took those babies and had another man raise them? How would you feel then?"

"That’s different then this conversation. She is not the type of person to do that."

"How do you know? If she did I know you would be hurt. I know you are trying to protect Kara but don’t hide this from her. I know she likes Cadence a lot and I know she will be happy with you and Cadence, but don’t lie to her." My mom picked up her car keys.

"Just think about it. Talk it over with Cadence. I’m sure she wishes her mother was still alive as I do mine." She kissed me on the cheek and walked to the door.

"Okay, I will think about. No promises," I said. I remembered the conversation in the car with Cadence.

She nodded and walked out the door. I looked down at my watch and it had been twenty minutes. Shit!

I ran upstairs taking two stairs at a time. When I made it to the door I saw Cadence in the bed. She had changed clothes and had on one of my dress shirts. I admired her backside that was now fully exposed for my own personal viewing pleasure. I walked over and stripped down to my boxers and got in.

As soon as I got in, Cadence’s mouth was open and she was softly snoring. This couldn’t be happening! I tried to wake her but she was sound to sleep. I loved my mom but she had kept me too long. Now I would have to just sit up here with blue balls.

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