My wife and kid, that was all I thought about on the tour bus with Lil Don. It had been difficult opening his concerts, especially knowing he had feelings for my wife. I didn't know exactly what transpired during their publicity stunts some years back, but he talked about her in some intimate type of way that made me want to punch his face. He never really admitted his feelings for her, but I could sense it and he knew that I knew about it.

I got out and closed the car door when I drove into the driveway. I went straight through the door ignoring the luggage in the boot, I needed to see my wife first. No one was in the living room as I entered so I went to the playroom. I saw my daughter playing with her nanny and stood against the door frame, waiting for her to notice me.

I watched as she placed an ambulance behind her truck. She looked so small in a brown bodysuit with her hair styled in two large puffs. The nanny didn't say anything after I signaled her to hush when she noticed me. She smiled and my daughter looked towards the door as she sensed my presence, the truck she was playing with was forgotten as she ran towards me.

"Little princess," I said and lifted her from the floor.

She giggled as I threw her into the air, again and again. My heart was bursting with so much love and joy as she said, 'Dada' when I settled her in crook of my arm.

"Yes, Dada is back home." She touched my stubble and giggled again when it scratched her palm. "Where is mummy?"

"Mama," she said.

I looked at the nanny. "Wasn't she saying mummy few months ago?" I asked.

"Daycare," the nanny explained.

I felt sad for leaving my family behind at home, missing all the great moments with my daughter hurt more than a punch to the gut. I couldn't have taken them on the road with me though, they were no fit for the turbulence that came with touring over thirty states.

"Where's my wife?" I asked the nanny.

"She's upstairs."

I took the stairs with Robyn still in my arms and she was smiling as she kept touching my stubble.

"Daddy loves you," I said to her and kissed her forehead.

"Loof you too," she replied in her baby voice.

She was as sharp as tack at only two years old and I was so proud of her. I entered the bedroom and saw a form buried under the black duvet. I went to the side of the bed and removed the duvet, Jade opened her eyes and looked at me then blinked.

"Babe?" she asked and sat upright.

I dropped Robyn on the bed and sat beside my wife. She was crying as I hugged her.

"I miss you so much," I told her.

"I miss you too. Are you back or visiting?"

"Back, I'm not going anywhere until the twins arrive," I said and touched her belly. It had grown two times larger than the last time I saw her. "How are you, sweet face?"

"Fine, I can't move much though," she said.

She dialed the phone on the bedside drawer and the nanny came in to carry Robyn. Jade slept back on the bed and I removed my shoes and slept by her side.

"How was the tour?" she asked.

"Fine. I couldn't stop thinking about you, I still think I shouldn't have joined him."

"You needed to," she said.

She had convinced me to join Lil Don on his tour. It was good for business but she was already two months pregnant with the twins by then, and I had been hesitant to leave her by herself going through it alone. After she reassured me that she could handle herself, I joined the tour and spent six months moving from one state to the other. It hadn't been worth it, most times I stayed awake at night video calling my wife and wishing I could be there with her and the kid.

"Dave said you're opening the other store today, why aren't you there?"

Jade had opened a store for her clothing line when the demand got higher and she was opening a second one.

"I can't," she said.

Dave had been in charge of Styled Up for a while now, and he was apparently also taking care of the stores for the fashion line. I noticed she was breathing through her mouth and I stood from the bed in panic.

"Are you okay? Why are you breathing that way?"

"I'm fine, I'm just tired."

I helped her sit up and I stroked her hair. "Who's going to open the store if you're not there?"

"Agnes."

"My family friend?"

"Yes, she's the new face of Prints N Patterns."

"Oh, that's quite a development. What else have I missed?"

"Not much. Your daughter can recite all the alphabets, and she can also write from number one to hundred."

I smiled and brought her head to my chest. "I missed you, I'm not leaving you again."

"I won't let you, I shouldn't have encouraged you to go on tour. The timing was wrong."

I brought her face close to mine and kissed her, her tongue danced with mine and I took my mouth off hers to kiss the mole on her neck.

"I love you," I said.

"And I love you. I feel like there is a wrestling contest going on in my belly right now, the babies are kicking," she said and placed my hand on her belly.

I grinned as I felt them kick. "So active, I hope they're not going to be trouble makers like their mummy?"

Jade poked my chest and laughed. "You mean like their daddy? Help me get to the shower, I've not had my bath today."

I tried not to think about all the things I should have been there to help her with if I hadn't been on tour. I took her hands and helped her from the bed, then unbuttoned her pajamas top. She got out of it then the bottom followed. I removed my clothes also and joined her under the shower spray, I washed her body and tried to think of something nonsexual as I got to her heavy breasts.

"I have a surprise for you," I said.

"I don't want another car."

"Not a car."

"I don't want another house, we just moved here and I actually like it."

"Not that either."

"Then what?"

I stopped scrubbing and turned off the shower. "I'm opening a kitchen for the charity. Everything is ready, we have a building with a storage, cafeteria, several large kitchenettes and cooking utensils. My manager is finding cooks as we speak."

"Do we have the money for that?" Jade asked.

"Yes, I've it taken care of."

She still fully didn't know how rich my parents were. I've had a black card since I was born, but I stopped using it after I left university because I preferred to work for my own money. The money was just there increasing from the dividend of the many shares my parents had my name in. What better way to spend my parents' money than to use it in feeding the hungry?

"How can I help?"

"It's all settled, you just have to show up on the day we're launching."

"Okay, but I can tell Dave to add charity boxes to the stores."

"You could do that but it's not necessary."

"It's is. I'm proud of you, sweet face," she said.

I smiled. "Oh, sweet face is calling me sweet face? That's your name to keep."

She laughed and her fingers touched my chest. "You got leaner."

I tried thinking of something else to say to take my mind off the sensation her fingers were inciting as they roamed lower. "Babe?" I asked, unsure.

"Hmm?"

"I don't think that's a great idea, you need to rest."

I knew every comfortable sex positions for her situation and the doctor had given his approval on the matter but she looked tired.

"Do I?" she asked and she stared down my abdomen as I got harder. "I'm starved."

I took a towel and quickly dried our bodies and locked the room door. I led Jade's naked form to the bed and bent over her thighs when she laid on her back. I heard a knock before I could start and we both sighed.

"Not now, damn."

I gritted my teeth and left the bed. Jade clumsily left the bed also and went to the closet. I quickly wore a dressing robe and opened the door. I saw a teary eyed Robyn sucking on her thumb in the nanny's arms. I lifted her into my arms and we went to the ottoman at the foot of the bed.

"What is it, little Princess?" I asked when tears kept streaming down her face.

"Dada," she said and I hugged her.

Jade came into the room dressed in one of my shirts and took Robyn from me. "Daddy isn't leaving," she said.

"Dada?" Robyn asked.

"I'm not leaving," I reassured her.

Her mum cleaned her face and danced with her. When I saw Jade breathing with her mouth again, I took Robyn from her.

"Mama has to rest, let's go downstairs and get some yogurt."

Robyn looked at her mother and stretched her hands out to her.

"Let's just all stay in bed together," Jade said.

"Do you like that, Robbie?" I asked.

She smiled and we all got into bed. I placed her in the middle of I and Jade and I stared at my wife as Robyn looked on contently.

"I love you," I said silently to Jade and she repeated it.

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