Chapter 3 – A second child for Chris & Debbie
Two months later and with confirmation that Debbie was once again pregnant! When she told me, it was with some hesitation as if she was scared to tell me. I moved to reassure her quickly and told her it was marvellous news. I asked. "Are you sure?"
"Yes, I'm fucking sure. It must have been that night in the alley because that was the only time that I didn't have my diaphragm in!"
"It was good though, wasn't it?" I asked.
She grinned and said. "Yes very, very good. I still get wet just from thinking about that man and just how much he saw."
"Now that the damage is done, maybe we should revisit the alley again some night?" I suggested more in hope than anything else.
"No, never again! I was drunk that night and you took advantage of me!"
I left it at that and we got on with our lives. The prospect of another child meant that we now had to find a bigger house and it was Granny Jean who came to our rescue. She asked us over to tea on a Sunday after we had announced our news to the families.
She came straight to the point and said. "I've been to the Doctors and have been told that I need to have some day nursing or consider moving into a home. I can no longer get up these stairs and they're scared I may fall and injure myself. So here's what I propose! Debbie, Chris and Erin all of you, move in with me."
Looking directly at me she said. "Hold on before you jump to reject my proposal. This house has two public rooms as well as a bathroom, kitchen and dining room on the ground floor. I will need you to set up one of those public rooms as my bedroom. That will save me having to negotiate the stairs and leave you the whole upper floor to yourselves. In return, I get to stay in my own house for however long I have left, I'm seventy seven now and won't be around too much longer plus I'll have my family around me to watch over me. I was leaving the house to you two anyway, Debbie, your parents will only want to sell it and get their hands on the proceeds. I never intended to leave it to them, it was always destined to be yours."
This time, I could not refuse the old lady. She was right about many things in relation to our marriage and I was growing to love her just as much as I did her granddaughter. So I looked a Debbie and she nodded back and we both said. "We'd love to move in with you and we would like to accept your generous offer.
So it was that we decided to rent out the flat fully furnished and moved our small family in with Granny Jean. It proved to be beneficial to all parties and over the next few years we settled into a pleasant routine. Liz was born right on schedule and was soon dominating our lives, just as her big sister had. Our sex life suffered a little as the added pleasure and strain of two toddlers demanding attention did sap Debbie's energy. She was still working at her Interior Design business and quietly gaining a good reputation locally.
I was still working as a foreman in the same plastering business but had a hankering to branch out on my own. Erin was just five and Liz barely three when the chance came along to buy out my old boss, I jumped at it. At first it was hard going, I struggled to find enough work to keep my four employees busy and had to let two of them go. New house builds had slowed down in our area, so I started concentrating on refurbishment projects and managed to keep our head above water for the next three or four years.
By the time Erin was seven and Liz nearly four, my business started to get busy and I was employing three full time plasterers and a couple of guys I used on a casual basis. Money was no longer a major issue, I was making enough to put some away each month and Debbie's business was if anything more profitable if you took the hours worked into the equation. It still bugged me a little that in every other way, Debbie was my loving and cherished wife, but she still never ever told me that she loved me. I dismissed it as just her way as in all other respects she and I were like soul-mates.
I no longer had the time to play rugby and missed it more than I thought I would. I started to put on the pounds. Debbie on the other hand was still as beautiful and sexy as ever. Having two kids had rounded her shape a little, but her breasts still stood proud with barely any sag. I started to use the Gym attached to the rugby club and resolved to lose the pounds gained. It was slow work, but gradually they came off.
Granny Jean was a godsend and used to baby sit for us when we went out. Debbie was careful not to drink more than a couple of glasses, she also realised the effect it could have on her libido. The one thing we did do every year was to attend the Hogmanay Party at the Rugby Club. It was always good fun and over the years, Debbie had come to enjoy the company. We had a lot of friends from my playing days and we always block booked our table every year.
At the bells, Debbie and I would always seek one another out and share a kiss or two to welcome in the New Year.
This time was no different from the others, but when I kissed her she thrust her hips at me provocatively. I realised immediately that she was well drunk. I asked her what was with her tonight, this was the first time in years that she had over indulged.
She smiled at me and said. "Chris, I've been thinking about that dark alley a lot tonight. Want to try it out?"
I could not get her out the door quick enough. As we walked down the street, she said. "Let's not try the alley tonight, I hear that car-park by the playing fields is the place now a days!"