EPILOGUE: Part 1

After checking in on the baby, he headed to his bedroom. She was already in bed but was still awake. Climbing into bed, he wasted no time—he started kissing her neck, lightly sucking and making her moan.

“Mrs. Smirnov, my beautiful wife.”

As tired as she was, feeling his lips on her, the flame of desire was lit. She could never resist him, nor did she want to.

“Dmitry, oh God, that feels so good.”

The way he was kissing her neck and the way his hand caressed her body had her wet. Pulling his head up, she kissed him. It was a passionate one—one that let him know how much she loved and wanted him.

Then, when he started talking to her in Russian, she got so turned on that she pulled him on top of her. Spreading her legs, she took a hold of his manhood, placed him at her wet opening, and let him enter her in one hard thrust.

An hour later, they went to sleep in each other’s arms. The next morning, after feeding and changing David, they went down to have breakfast with Tabitha and Dennis.

When they were done eating, Dennis asked David if he could have a word with him in the office.

Dmitry stood up, went over, and kissed Danica on the cheek.

“Excuse me, my love. It appears I have some business to take care of.”

When the two men entered the office, Dmitry sat down behind his desk.

“What is so important that has taken me from my family?”

“It’s about Rudy.”

Raising an eyebrow, he stared at Dennis.

“What about him?”

“I was approached by two men who wish to talk with you about him. It also has to do with Lawrence Brown.”

“Lawrence Brown, Danica’s stepfather—what about them?”

“The two of them have been kidnapping some young girls and forcing them to strip and perform sexual acts with the clients, then selling them to the highest bidder. Word got around to what you did; now, others are trying to do the same thing. Only they are using the girls as sex slaves. I’ve been asked to speak on the two men’s behalf as they are too afraid to speak to you in person. They each own a home, and one has a business. They want to know if you will help free their daughters and the others in exchange for everything they own.”

With his elbows resting on the arm of the chair, his fingers holding up his chin, he thought before speaking. He knew he should have had Lawrence killed instead of just beaten up. He was a nasty piece of work that didn’t deserve to live.

As for Rudy, he was always scum. Yes, it was true he bought Danica, but for a specific reason and not to use her as a sex slave. Now Rudy was making money in human trafficking. He was not about to let that happen.

“Tell them it will be done.”

“Okay, should I tell them to sign everything to you?”

“No, tell them they owe me nothing. I will call some people and have them take care of this problem immediately. Tell the two men their daughters will be returned to them within twenty-four hours.”

While Dennis made the call to the fathers, Dmitry made the other call.

Meanwhile, back to Danica and Tabitha:

“Would you watch David for a few minutes?”

“Of course I will. Are you feeling okay?”

“I don’t know. Suddenly, I don’t feel so well, so I’m going to go upstairs and lie down for a few minutes.”

Half an hour later, Tabitha laid David down for his nap and thought she should check on Danica. Knocking on her door and getting no answer, she entered the room and heard a noise from the bathroom.

“Danica, oh my God, what’s wrong?” she asked when she saw her friend on the floor by the toilet bowl.

She looked up at Tabitha and wiped her mouth.

“It must have been something I ate.” She got up and went to the sink to rinse her mouth. “I think I’ll be all right after I lie down for a little while.”

“Danica, is it possible that you’re pregnant?”

Going over to the bed, she lay down, looking up at the ceiling.

“Maybe. I did forget to take the pill for a few days when we were on our honeymoon.”

“I have an extra pregnancy test. Let me go get one for you, and you can find out for sure.”

Danica sat up and looked at Tabitha with a grin on her face.

“You have a pregnancy test?”

Tabitha blushed.

“Last week, I thought I might be pregnant, so I bought a couple, but it turned out I’m not. Wait right here and I’ll go get it for you.”

When she returned fifteen minutes later, she handed the test to Danica.

“Here you go. I’ll wait until you get the results unless you want me to leave.”

“No, I want you to stay. I’ll be right back,” she said, taking the stick from Tabitha’s hand and entering the bathroom.

A few minutes later, she came back and sat on the bed.

“The waiting for the results is the hard part. If I am pregnant, it must have happened the first few days after we arrived in Cancun. I’m not sure how Dmitry will react if I am pregnant.”

“Oh, he loves you and he’ll be thrilled to bits.”

“I hope so.” She looked at her watch. “The results should be ready now. I’m too nervous to look. Would you go look for me?”

Tabitha nodded her head and walked into the bathroom. She came back a second later carrying the pregnancy stick.

“It’s official; it says you’re one to two weeks pregnant.”

A small smile crossed her face.

“I guess I better tell Dmitry. I’d better do it now and get it over with. I think he’s still in his office.”

He was sitting behind his desk, thinking about the order he had placed, when he heard a light tap at the door.

“Come in,” he said and smiled when he saw it was his bride. “Come over here, baby,” he said, patting his lap for her to come sit on.

She went over and sat on his lap, putting her arm around his neck.

“I hope I’m not interrupting you.”

“No, sweetheart, you’re not. You look like you have something on your mind.”

“I do. I have something to tell you.”

“I’m listening,” he said, moving his hand up and down her leg.

“The first couple of nights when we arrived in Cancun, I forgot to take my birth control pill. I just took a pregnancy test, and I’m pregnant.”

He stopped moving his hand.

“You can’t be. It’s too soon for you to get pregnant, and David isn’t even a year old yet.” It’s not that he wasn’t happy about having more children; it was the fact that he was worried about what she had gone through with the first pregnancy.

When she didn’t get the happy reaction from him that she was expecting, her feelings were hurt, so she jumped off him.

“I thought you would be happy. I thought you would want more children.”

He pulled her back onto his lap, putting his arms around her waist so she couldn’t leave.

“It’s not that. I’m just worried about you. When you had David, I almost lost you because you were bleeding internally, and you had that infection. It’s way too soon for you to have another baby.”

“Well, there’s nothing we can do about it now. I’m pregnant, so we’re going to have to deal with it. I wish you could be a little happier,” she said as tears rolled down her cheek.

He immediately wiped her tears away.

“I am happy, I am. But we must make a doctor’s appointment for you right away. I want to ensure you’ll be okay because I will not lose you.”

He was serious when he looked at her.

“You must give me your word that you will follow the doctor’s instructions and take it easy for the whole pregnancy.”

She managed to smile at him.

“I promise I’ll do whatever it takes to have a healthy baby. So you’re happy about this?”

“Oh yes, I am very happy, and I love you with all of my heart.”

He gave her a long and passionate kiss.

“I shall make a doctor’s appointment for you, and we will get you checked out. But for now, young lady, I want you to go upstairs to bed, lie down, and get plenty of rest.”

“Aye, aye, sir,” she said jokingly as she saluted him and started walking out of the room.

She turned back to look at him.

“So that you know, it’s going to be a girl this time.”

The next day, he booked an appointment for her with the doctor, and they went together.

He waited in the doctor’s office while she was being examined.

When she came into the room, she sat down next to him and held his hand as they waited.

The door opened, and the doctor walked in carrying her chart and sat down behind his desk.

“Well, you are pregnant, and everything looks fine, so we will schedule regular appointments to see you. Do you have any questions?”

Dmitry cleared his throat.

“I have some questions. As you know, when my wife had our first child, we were involved in an accident, and she needed to have a C-section, and she was bleeding internally. I almost lost her, so I have to ask you, is there any danger with this pregnancy?”

“There is always some danger with every pregnancy, but what happened before should not affect this pregnancy. But I know how worried you are, so we will do biweekly checkups to ensure everything’s okay. Your first child is not quite a year old yet, so the only problem I see in the future is that you will probably get tired more often and need plenty of rest and a well-balanced diet. We will keep a close eye on you, so I don’t want you to worry, and if you have any concerns, please call me right away.”

Dmitry stood up and shook the doctor’s hand.

“Thank you. We’ll see you in two weeks then.”

For the next two weeks, he hovered over her like an old mother hen, making sure she had plenty of rest and lots of good food to eat.

He would not take any chances of losing her, even though he was terrified that something might go wrong.

Her appointment went well; she was healthy, and except for being tired a lot, she felt good.

David was growing like a weed, and Tabitha was a big help with him even though Danica mainly did everything for him except when she was overly tired.

The time came for the scan that would tell them whether they were having a boy or girl, which they both agreed they wanted to know this time.

The gel was put over her belly, and the procedure began.

“Okay, let’s see what we got here. Oh my, I never noticed this before.”

“What, what is it?” Dmitry asked, suddenly feeling worried that something was wrong.

“I’m so sorry that I never noticed this before. It does happen from time to time.”

“What the fuck is it?”

She placed her hand over his arm.

“Dmitry, do not swear at the doctor.”

She looked over at the gray-haired man whose face had turned white.

“Please forgive my husband; he’s just worried. Can you please tell us what you are seeing?”

He cleared his throat and smiled back at her.

“I’m seeing two babies. You’re having twins. Do you still want to know the sex of them?”

Danica and Dmitry looked at each other with wide eyes.

Neither could believe what they were hearing.

They were speechless, so turning to look at the doctor, they nodded their heads.

“Okay, it’s girls; you’re having twin girls.”

She grabbed his hand, and a wide grin appeared on her face.

“We’re having two girls.”

When she noticed that he wasn’t smiling, she got worried.

“Are you not happy about us having twins?”

“Of course I’m happy; I’m just worried about your health.”

“You heard the doctor say that this is a totally different pregnancy. What happened the first time was an accident that caused all the problems. It will be different this time.”

“You’re right, my love; I’m sorry if I did not appear happy, but trust me, I am over the moon with happiness. David will have two little sisters to take care of.”

He looked back over at the doctor.

“You may think I’m being overly cautious, but I want to make sure that this pregnancy and my wife are healthy and that nothing will go wrong. I will insist that she gets the best care money can buy.”

After giving the doctor the list of what he wanted, they left to go home to give Tabitha and Dennis the excellent news.

“It looks like we’re going to have to get a nursery set up for the twins.”

Putting his arm around her, he kissed her, telling her how much he loved her and thanking her once again for coming into his life.

When they got home, he insisted she go upstairs and lie down, and he went into his office, Dennis following behind him.

“Wow, twin girls, you must be so excited,” Dennis said as he sat across from Dmitry.

“Yes, I am. It’s a miracle, even though I didn’t expect her to get pregnant so soon, but I’m happy.”

“Boss, I got a call from one of the fathers whose daughters we rescued from Rudy. They both want to thank you again for rescuing them. Both girls are doing well and recovering from their ordeal.”

Dmitry smiled.

“Yes, with Rudy and Lawrence six feet under, they won’t be hurting any other women again.”