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“Wow, that is amazing. I knew that using magic alongside the therapy would work so much better. I am so happy for you Riviana. This is so wonderfully amazing. I just don’t know what to say. This..this is perfect.”
I didn’t expect that Griffin would be so excited for this. If I didn’t know any better, I would think that he was being told that he was the one that could move their body again. That or he was some lucky kid getting a fully paid for shopping trip to a toy store or something. It was actually kind of cute. And I was happy that I got to see this.
“Alright. I don’t think that we should get too ahead of ourselves. Let me check you out and see where your muscles are with their recovery. You might still need to exercise regularly just to keep them in the shape that they are in. Until you’re back on your feet that is.”
“That is what we want to talk about, Griffin. When should she get back on her feet?” Joaquin was giving me a stern look. It was like he was saying, “come on doc, tell her to be a good girl and listen to me’.
“One thing at a time, Joaquin. Let me examine her first and then we will discuss that.
Of course, I didn’t have much of a choice right now. These two wanted to make sure that I wasn’t lying about being about to move perfectly fine. So, I had to endure Griffin checking everything as he went along. My arms, my hands, my fingers, all of it. My legs, my feet, my toes, all of that as well. I swear he would have checked my head, ears, mouth and nose too, if he thought that it would do him any good.
“Wow, I can’t believe this, your muscles are completely back to normal. I can’t even detect an issue like I could before. There is absolutely nothing wrong with you anymore.” He seemed so happy and delighted. I know that he was now happy that Joaquin called him here.
“I already knew that.” I laughed at him. “And now you can tell Joaquin that there is nothing to keep me off my feet. I am free to do whatever I want without consequences because I am so healthy.
“I wouldn’t say that, Riviana. You’re still pregnant with triplets. If you put too much stress on your body, you might go into preterm labor. I mean, chances are you are going to be delivering close to a month early and that is preterm enough for them, we don’t need to be adding to the stress we are already placing on them. I recommend that you stay off your feet. You can use a wheelchair and have someone help you to the bath and bed. That is all that I want you standing for. Moving from the chair to something else. And then, only if it’s less than ten steps. You need to let these babies get bigger, stronger and more healthy. And that means that you need to keep them in there for a lot longer.”
“Hahh.” I sighed in annoyance at his words. I was so certain that he was going to side with me. I mean, I didn’t have gestational hypertension like I did with Reagan and Rika. There was nothing that should be keeping me off of my feet like that time. I didn’t want to be in bed all day. I didn’t want to be stuck in a wheelchair and have someone needing to take care of me. That wasn’t fun at all.
“Sigh all you want, Riviana, but you just got the doctor’s orders. You were so adamant that we listened to whatever Griffin had to say about this subject. And I agreed with you. I told you that I would be following whatever he said. You agreed to it as well. And now that he has told you his orders, you cannot back on it now.” Clearly, Joaquin thought that I was going to renege on our agreement. He thought that I was going to pout and try to get myself out of this. And he was totally right. Only now I had lost my chance since he was throwing it in my face.
“And before I forget, since I know what happened last time, no intimacy. Absolutely none. It can cause too much for your body to handle at the moment and you might have the boys too soon. Your best bet is to just abstain from it altogether. Then again, knowing you two, you probably already did that.” I saw Griffin sigh and look dejected.
“Nope. I shut her down. She was like a crazed nympho, but I told her no.”
“OK, that was more than I needed to know, but good for you. Stay strong, Joaquin.” Griffin laughed at Joaquin’s words as he packed up his bag. “Now, if there is nothing else, I have other patients to attend to. I will see you later Riviana. Goodbye to both of you.”
With that, Griffin left the room and Joaquin started to laugh. I knew why too and that made me want to hit him.
“Screw you scruffy.” I stuck my tongue out at him.
“Sorry, you can’t do that Little Bunny. Doctor’s orders.”
“Oh my Goddess!” I rolled my eyes at him and threw my head back against the chair.
“No, you’re the goddess, not me.” He was having so much fun right now. “Now, I think I need to order you a wheelchair. I wonder how fast they can get it here if I offer them a massive bonus” He was enjoying this way too much.
Though, he did work quite efficiently. He managed to get a top of the line wheelchair delivered here within the hour. That was the power of money for you.
I may not have been happy with the decision that Griffin made, or with how overly happy that it made Joaquin to hear those orders, but at least it wasn’t all bad. I was fine, just pregnant. I could move and feed myself. And I wasn’t stuck in bed this time. I just needed to stay off of my feet. So, with this new wheelchair that Joaquin got me, I could move around the house. I could go down to the kids’ bedrooms and spend time with them. I could go back to the rest of the house and have meals with everyone again. I didn’t have to be stuck in my room the entire time that I was pregnant. So, even though it wasn’t ideal, it wasn’t the worst that it could be either.
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Riviana
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I tried to set a bit of a routine. I wasn’t back to work yet so I had a lot of time on my hands. I mean, there was no way in hell that Joaquin was going to let me do anything at all, aside from rot away with boredom. I wasn’t used to having this much free time. Not since I was pregnant with Reagan and Rika anyway.
I needed to have something to do everyday so that I didn’t waste away in boredom. So, I would spend the mornings with the kids before school and on the weekend. I would help them with their hair and just talk before they had to leave. We would also eat breakfast together as a family in the dining room. I also helped them finish their costumes for Halloween. And when that day came around, I was so happy yet sad at the same time. I couldn’t go trick or treating with them, but they looked so cute. They were going to have fun with Auntie Juniper and Uncle Paul though, I knew that for a fact.
I will admit, Abigail, Roisin, Gabriel and Peter were all happy to see me out of bed and moving through the house. Even if it was in a wheelchair. Of course, Mom, Dad, Noah, Nikki, Carter, Emmalee, Lila, Grandfather, Juniper, Paul, Acacia, Cedar, Trevor, Aunt Glory, Athair m貌r and Daciana were all happy as well since they were all still in the house. Not to mention Dietrich, Shane, Shawn, David and Vincent were happy to see me moving around as well. They were also back to work guarding me now that I was awake and finally moving about.
While the kids were at school, I would spend time with my friends, family and guards. I ended up eating lunch with them while Joaquin was either working in his office or working in the nursery.
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He was taking a lot of time off to work on the nursery again, just like he had done when I was pregnant the two times before. He had ordered so much stuff that I wasn’t even allowed to see until he was done.
I know that a lot of women would be worried about this type of situation, but I wasn’t. I trusted Joaquin for one. And for two, he had done the nursery for both the previous pregnancies. The nursery, which was the same room every time, looked gorgeous every single time that Joaquin put his time and effort into it. There was no reason for me to doubt him now when I hadn’t before. I was just eagerly anticipating what he was going to show me.
Through this time that I was spending with everyone, I found out that Nikki and Noah were going to be having another baby, they were due in late April. And Juniper was due at about the same time. The two of them were only having single pregnancies though. They weren’t doubling or tripling anything like I did.
I also found out something that I never thought would happen. I was going to have a new auntie or uncle that was also my sister or brother in-law. That was because Lila was pregnant. Grandfather was going to be a daddy again for the first time in a very long time. I don’t think that either of them had thought that this day would ever happen. I think they thought that they were both done with kids forever. Well, I guess this was a big surprise but a good surprise, nonetheless.
There had been so much that happened in the several weeks that I was asleep in this world. To me it didn’t feel like it was that long, but it definitely was to those that were here. The kids went through a lot, my parents, siblings, friends, everyone went through so much. And during that time, they all had to deal with the heartache of not knowing if I was ever going to wake up again. I can’t even imagine what they were feeling.
Well, I guess I could. I thought that I would never get home. I thought that I would never see my family and friends ever again. It might be a little bit different, but it was similar enough in my opinion. We all thought that it was all lost forever. And if you listen to the rest of them talk, I had it worse. I didn’t see it that way. They knew how much time was passing and I didn’t. I didn’t know that it had been months since I had last been awake. I didn’t know that they were all missing me so much.
I tried not to make all of the time that I spent with the people that I loved, and all the talks that we shared, all depressing and mood killing. I wanted to rejoice that I was awake again. I wanted to be happy to be back. And I wanted them all to have a good time too. Especially since I was including Rudy and Alexio in our gatherings quite often so that they could socialize and get to know people in this world better. I didn’t want to bring down their moods at all.
Slowly, after a week or so, everything seemed to be calming down and we were all laughing more than we were crying. I knew that they needed to heal and vent just as much as I had needed it when I first woke up. This was their time to do that.
After happiness started to be the dominant emotion, we were all getting excited about the babies that were to come. Aunt Glory was going to be delivering anytime now, so was Daciana. I was going to be seeing new members of my family come into this world in no time at all. And not too long from now I would be delivering my triplets.
