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was, her husband Rick was overbearing. There were a few times where Ty and I had even suspected that she was being abused. I had confronted her on several occasions , and each of them resulted in her giving me the silent treatment for days on end. I cared about her and her safety. I knew firsthand what it was like to be abused by a man.
    Amy gave us a welcomed smile. “Is something wrong?” She seemed truly concerned, which I appreciated since she and I were so close.
    “Not unless having TWINS is a big deal.”
    Even the clients having their hair done gave us congratulatory comments.
    “So, I was thinking she should take the day off and relax, in fact, I was hoping that she could start working a few hours a day instead of eight. Would that be alright? She keeps getting tir ed and I need her to be taken care of. She could be carrying the next Peyton and Eli Manning.”
    I rolled my eyes, wondering if my husband was more concerned about my well being or his potential football star sons. At any rate, the room filled with laughter. Of course it did…we were talking about Ty.
    “I don’t see why we can’ t arr a nge for that to happen. It will take us about a week to get the schedule straight. I can take her afternoon appointments today if that’s alright ?”
    Once we got that all situated, T y called his boss and told him he wasn’t coming back. They exchanged a few inside joke s before finally hanging up. We both had the coolest bosses and were lucky about that.
    Bella was in school for a little while longer , so Ty took us to a restaurant outside of town. We sat down and he grabbed my hands. “ Have I told you how much I love you today?”
    “Not in the past hour.” I didn’t keep track, but I never forgot when he said those words to me. They still melted my heart.
    “Forever, Baby, I love you forever. God, I can’t wait to tell Iz.”
    We order ed our food and when the waitress left, I grabbed his hands again. Well, actually he stuck both hands on the table with his palms up and motioned for me to hold them. “Are you scared about having two instead of one?”
    “Baby , I am having twin sons. We already have the most perfect daughter. As long as I have you, I know we can handle two little Ty’s.”
    “So is that the name you want? Tyler?”
    He grinned a kind of half smile. “Nope. Actually, I have an idea that I want to run by you.”
    I was still focus ed on his grin. Sometimes it was hard for even me to tell whether Ty was being serious or not. “Lay it on me.”
    “What about Jackson and Jacob? We can call them Jax and Jake for short and they are both strong football names. I can hear it now. ‘Starting quarterbacks Jax and Jake Mitchell’.
    Oh, for the love of God, help me.
    After I laughed at him, he seemed to get his serious face back on. The truth was, I loved the names and the fact that he had picked one of my favorites. “I love them, both of them. They’re perfect, Babe.”
    He pulled both of my hands to his mouth and kissed them. “Perfect just like their mother.”
     

Chapter 2
    Tyler
    After finding out our news, we planned a surprise trip to Kentucky. I could hardly wait to celebrate with the family in person. Miranda seemed to be just as excited as I was. Conner even seemed excited. He opted to stay at our place since we had a shipment of cattle that had just arrived. He needed to make sure the fences were secure and everything was in order. If something were to happen, my father and Harvey wouldn’t be able to handle things themselves.
    We packed up my J eep and got on the road early on a Friday night. Izzy was so excited to tell Noah about having two brothers instead of one.  I was surprised she hadn’t asked to video chat with him before we left. Savanna and Miranda had this schedule where they cooked dinner at the same times every night during the week. They would get the kids set up on the computers and they would chat with each other while the women could cook without