That's What Love Is, LaCont'e [no david read aloud TXT] 📗

that. He never questioned her at all about it, not one time. He had confided in his dad about his feelings, but dismissed the idea all together. The love they shared would not allow for another to intervene. As far as he was concerned they were completely complete. He was convinced that their marriage was rock solid.

Damon decided to take his wife on vacation to Jamaica for a week. In all of the time that they had been married, except for the three days for the honeymoon, he had not taken any time off work. Now he felt that he had to do something to save his marriage if it was indeed in trouble. Julia fell in love all over again with her husband and remembered the reason she said yes to his marriage proposal.

He was hoping that they would be pregnant by the time they returned home. Damon knew he had done the right thing by this vacation, because of the way that her eyes sparkled whenever she looked at him. He had not seen that sparkle in years, and had forgotten about it. He had hit the jackpot when he took his wife to Jamaica for a week.

One day, after delivering her Avon orders to clients, she quickly went home to take a long hot bubble bath before her meeting with Carmel, for dinner. Carmel told her that he was fixing prime rib with new potatoes and asparagus tips. Of course they had a nice bottle of wine to finish it off. She could not wait to see him, and enjoy that home cooked meal.

She opened the front door, and there was Damon in the kitchen. He had soft music playing, candles lit, and he was pouring the Chinese food out of the carryout boxes onto the dinner plates. Oh yeah, there was a bottle of arbor mist chilling in the wine bucket.

She could not believe this, and asked “what are you doing here?” and he said “can’t a man come home to surprise his wife with dinner?” She smiled and nodded yes, hesitantly. They had a wonderful evening and ended it with a long night of lovemaking.

Waking up the next morning, the only thing she could think about was how she missed Carmel, and that wonderful meal.

Damon was still home after nine a.m. and she was curios as to why. He informed his wife that he had taken the day off to spend it with her and tomorrow too. She quickly told him that” she was meeting with her Avon representative tomorrow afternoon, and would be busy the rest of the evening”.

She told him that he was very sweet for even considering her, and that she loved him, but next time tell her in advance, so that she could cancel any plans that she had.

He decided to take Tippy out for a walk, and that gave her time to call her lover and apologize. He told her that all was forgiven, and he was a patient man, so he would wait for her. By the time Damon got back with Tippy he was tired, but was ready for sex with his wife. All she wanted was to be left alone, so she could go to Carmel.

Things seemed to be back on track now, as she made it back home from spending the morning with her lover. She pulled into the drive way, only to find her mother-in-law sitting in her car patiently waiting. “Where have you been?” she asked, “just hanging out with some friends” Julia said. She wanted to ask her what are you doing here anyway but did not dare do it.

Julia quickly invited her in for a cup of tea, and to catch up. She was so ready for her to leave so that she could take a nap, and get ready for Damon to come home. “If I did not know better, I would say that you are having an affair on my son”. “Why would you even think like that?” she said. “You are glowing uncontrollably, I might add”.

“Why won’t you and Damon have a baby anyway?” she asked her. Julia responded “we are not ready for a baby yet”. Damon’s mom gave her a look of disappointment, and that ended the conversation.

Mom picked up an Avon book, and placed several orders with Julia. Evidently he and his mom had talked, because for the rest of the week all he talked about was having a baby.

On Monday, she was not feeling well, so she stayed in bed all day long. Carmel surprised her by bringing some soup over. She never invited him to her house because that would be inappropriate to say the least. She was ill, so he wanted to do something for her. She was not feeling any better on Tuesday so she went to the emergency room.

Whoa, she was definitely pregnant. Who should she tell? Whose is it? Is this Damon’s baby? All of these thoughts were going on in her head, nonstop. After she finished up, she got home, and immediately called her husband and asked him” to come home”.

He immediately came home to her, and she ran outside to the car before he could get out and told him that they were pregnant. She told Carmel that” she was pregnant, and she had to end their relationship immediately”. He told her that” he would step away for now, but things were far from over, because that baby could very well be his”.

She and Damon enjoyed their pregnancy, and welcomed their little baby boy into the world. They were home now, and enjoying DJ. They both prayed and thanked God for this little bundle of joy.

Damon’s mom asked them” who the baby looked like? Because she saw no resemblance to her son”. Neither one of them responded, pretending not to hear her. Damon heard loud and clear.

After bathing the baby, and putting him to bed, Damon asked his wife” if there was anything that she needed to tell him?” Of course she said” no honey”. He said “are you sure?” and she replied “no” shaking her head also. He let her know that he wanted a paternity test done, and she cried, because she did not want him doubting the fact that he was this baby’s daddy.

Damon let her know that there was no secret, because he knew about the affair she was having. She was shocked, and hugging him tight, she apologized over and over again. He told her that “he loved her so much, and there was nothing that she could do to change that fact”. Of course, he forgave her, because he knew that she was bored, and he was her first, so she probably needed to do that.

“I love you more than you will ever know, and if DJ is not mine. Nobody will ever need to know but us”. “Damon I love you, and you will never know how sorry I am about that stupid decision I made”. Damon really loved his wife and their baby, and would do whatever it took to make things work.

They did have the test done, and Julia was just sick about what the result could be. The truth was that she just did not know who the father was, and this was driving her crazy. The results were back, and Damon told his wife that” whatever the outcome, she was his wife, and he would never stop loving her”. Julia suggested that they hold hands and pray.

The envelope was opened, out came the results and……..


They got home and celebrated their baby, and their love for each other. Carmel came back into the picture, and wanted to know if this was his son. Damon let him know” in no uncertain terms, that this was his baby, and his wife. They were both off limits to him, and that he needed to go and find a suitable mate for himself”. He let Carmel know” that he was not under any circumstances, willing to share his family, any more than he had”.

Carmel came back one more time to bring some gifts for Julia and the baby. She was hesitant about accepting them, but he begged her to keep them and enjoy them. She hugged him and” thanked him for everything that he had done for her. She let him know that she did love him, but she loved her husband more, and needed to remain faithful to him”.

DJ was one year old now. Damon, his brother, and his dad decided to take the baby on his first fishing trip. They took turns teaching him, the art of fishing.

Julia went to Carmel one more time and spent the night with him. The next morning they said” good bye”, and went their separate ways. She tried to return some of the expensive stuff he had given to her, but he would not take it back. He let her know “that he loved her, and those things were expressions of his love”. She thanked him and vowed never to look back.

By the time she got home, he was already in the house, and waiting for her. He asked” if it was over now?” and she told him” yes it is, and I love you and only you”.

Their dad turned the business over to Damon and his brother, but his brother wanted no part of it, so Damon bought his part from him. Now he and Julia owned the car garage. The business was booming, so they bought a bigger house with a white Pickett fence. This was perfect timing because they were expecting baby number two.

Now they had DJ and Deanna, and their family was complete. Julia and Damon decided to put the children in daycare at least two days a week, to give her a break. She would work at the garage with her husband on those two days as the receptionist. This went well for about two years.

She took Tippy and the children to the park to play for a while. She looked up from her phone messages, and there he stood, Carmel, and he was looking so good and very sexy to her.

All of those old feelings came back like a flood, and took over her common sense. He asked” how everything was going?” and she could not stop stuttering and stammering over every word. And the bad thing was, she could not stop it, no matter how hard she tried.

“Sounds like somebody could use a vacation” he said and then she replied “this body could definitely use one” and they both laughed.

DJ came over and asked” who he was?” and she told him “he’s just an old friend baby”. He turned and walked back to Deanna and Tippy. Carmel gave her his phone number, and left quietly.

Julia told Damon that” she wanted to go to Memphis with her sister for the weekend” and he called his parents, to ask” if they would keep the children, because he worked