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Reece
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It was almost two in the morning. I was sound asleep in the penthouse suite of a luxury hotel in New Your City. I had wrapped up a late night meeting with that group of old stiffs that wanted to basically rob me blind. They took one look at my young appearance and instantly forgot that I was in my thirties and have been running this company for over fifteen years now.
Honestly, when the phone rang, I thought it was one of them calling back to tell me why I needed to up their budget or to give them this grant or whatever else it was that they wanted from me.
I didn't even look at the phone when I picked it up, pressed the answer button, and growled into the ear of whatever asshole woke me up at this time of night.
"What the fuck do you want?" I spoke a lot louder than I had planned on, but I didn't care. Whoever that person was, they were now on my shit list.
"Reece, it's Vincent." That voice, and hearing that name, both clearing that fog of sleep from my brain.
"Vincent? What's wrong? What happened? Are the kids OK? How is Trinity?"
If Vincent was calling me right now, then it must mean that something bad has happened. I was already hopping out of the bed and grabbing for my clothes that I had sitting nearby.
"The kids are fine." That was the only question that he answered. He remained silent after that and it made my heart stop completely. Something was wrong with my Little Bunny. Something had happened to my wife. Something that was bad enough for Vincent to be calling me and telling me about it.
As I shoved my legs into my pants, the phone sitting next to me on speaker, I asked him the only thing that I was capable of saying at the moment.
"What happened to my Little Bunny? What happened to my Little Bunny?" I asked him the question twice, I had intended to ask if she was OK with the second time I said it, but those were literally the only words that my mouth was capable of saying at that moment.
"I don't know. No one knows what happened to her at the moment. She won't wake up."
"What do you mean she won't wake up?" I froze in place as I went to pull on the clean shirt that I had just grabbed out of my suitcase.
"I found her laying in the hallway near the throne room. She was supposed to be napping at the time because she almost fell asleep at her desk. But when I went to wake her after lunch she wasn't in her room. That was when I looked for her and she was just laying there like she was asleep."
"So, she's just sleeping off all of that exhaustion that she has been suffering from?" I started to feel just a little bit of relief at that. She needed to sleep. This was probably good for her.
"I wish that was all that it was. She hasn't woken up since I found her. She's had blood drawn, a needle poked into her foot, and a slew of other things done to help wake her up, all to no avail."
With every word that Vincent said, I felt myself freezing over. How was she not awake after all of that? I mean, the needles alone should have woken her up.
"Is there anything else you need to tell me Vincent? Anything else that I need to know before I leave?"
"Yeah, just one more." I was hoping that he would say no. I was hoping that this was the extent of what was going on.
"What is it, Vincent? What else is wrong?"
"Trinity is pregnant, with triplets."
"How is that possible?" I couldn't understand how that was possible. How could she be pregnant. We haven't been intimate since just after my birthday, right when she was starting to get exhausted. Right about when.. when.. when she started to smell of nothing but that exhaustion.
Is it possible that she's been pregnant this whole time? Did her exhaustion mask it from me? Did the pregnancy make the way she's been feeling all that much worse? What was going on with her? How could I have missed all of this?
"I'm leaving here as soon as I can, Vincent. I will be back by morning."
"Yes, Sir." I could just imagine Vincent nodding his head a little as he responded to me.
I ended the call then and finished getting dressed. I hadn't unpacked much so I just needed to throw everything into the suitcase and leave the bedroom. I was already calling out across the room as I hurried to carry my luggage toward the door.
"NOAH! GET UP AND GET DRESSED! WE'RE LEAVING!"
I heard him startle awake and jump to his feet. He was out the door in less than a second and I was just glad that he slept in more clothes than I did.
"What happened?" He looked like I had taken him completely by surprise.
"Something is wrong with Trinity. We need to hurry." I saw the fear and worry hit his face when he processed the words.
"What? What do you mean? What happened?"
"Get dressed, I will fill you in on the way to the airport."
Noah got dressed and we were at the airport before two thirty in the morning. I had time to reminisce about the first time that I went out of town and needed to rush home to get to my Little Bunny. That first time I didn't have a private plane and needed to charter one. And I was not able to land in Colorado Springs, I needed to drive over an hour to get back home.
This time though, I just needed to fly home in my private jet and drive the short distance from the airport to the castle. This time it was going to be a lot quicker and easier. And I didn't need to wait for clearance to take off, I was able to take off as soon as I requested it. That was part of the perk of being the richest man in the country.
It took just over six hours to get me back to Colorado Springs. The departure time was quick, and I had called ahead to have a car waiting for me. Still, as quick as it all was, it felt like it was all taking way too long to get home.
I stepped out of the car and ran through the door of my castle before we came to a complete stop. It took me less than two minutes to run through the castle, to the tower, and up to my room where my wife was laying in the bed.
"I'm here. Tell me what is going on." The words were out of my mouth before I was fully through the door.
"What happened to my sister?" Noah asked as he ran through the door behind me.
"I've run every test that I can without bigger equipment." Griffin was in the room with Vincent. It was just the two of them, Roisin, and my Little Bunny.
"And? What have you learned?" I was already kneeling at my wife's side and taking her hand into my own.
My Little Bunny's hand was warm and soft to the touch. It wasn't like she was sick at all. To me it looked like she was just sleeping.
"There doesn't seem to be anything wrong with her. I have found absolutely nothing wrong with her so far." Griffin looked like he was at his wits end as he answered me.
"I don't know what to say or how to explain this to either of you, but Griffin is right. There seems to be nothing wrong with Trinity right now, but she simply will not wake up." Vincent looked like he hadn't gotten a wink of sleep last night. He seemed like he was going to try and stay by my wife's side until she woke up. What he didn't understand, though, was that that was my job. I was going to be sitting with her until she woke up.
"Who all knows?" I asked Vincent, certain that he was the one that would be able to answer that right now.
"Just us. No one else knows what is going on. I told them all that Trinity was just resting because of the strain she has been under." That was good. So far no one else knew what was going on.
"And the kids? What do they think is wrong with their mom?"
"The same. They think that their mom is just sleeping." Vincent had done good while I was away. He had handled everything perfectly.
"Good. Thank you, Vincent. And you as well, Griffin."
"Here, Reece, I printed these for you." Griffin handed me a series of ultrasound photos before he headed toward the door. "Get some rest. I need some rest as well, we all do. I will come back later and check on Trinity."
With that Griffin left the room and so did Vincent and Noah. It was now just me and my Little Bunny in the room. I was alone with her and the babies that were growing in her belly. The babies that I could see in those pictures. They definitely were a lot bigger than I thought they would be by now.. These three little babies that would be here before I knew it.
