Everyone having sex is at least 18. This is fiction, I made it all up. Warning: this is a self-edited story. I do use Grammarly to help reduce my ability to murder the English language. Special thanks to goducks1 for his help.
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Chapter 32 - Fast Forward
I am planning the two-year birthday party for Dawn (Beth's child). My son Edward is over a year old now, he can eat cake. Well, he can make a mess of a cake.
Everyone treats the kids very good, we have plenty of private time for ourselves with everyone wanting the babies for a night. Beth and I are pretty much retired. We do a few mother things now but it's not like it used to be. Ron has a sharp eye for new girls and has yet to be wrong. We keep busy training, coaching, and managing the models working for us and they love our experience and honesty.
The only negative part of our lives is Cindy. She quit modeling and we only hear from her via email and an occasional Skype. She doesn't share much so we are worried about her. Her parents say she is doing fine but they don't know much more than we do. I am pretty sure she is overseas somewhere, she calls us at odd times to say hi. She is happy but looks worn down. In not too long I am going to let Ron start looking for her. He has been worried for a while now, she calls just enough to stop us from looking.
People come and go all the time with the business flourishing, I just always ignore the doorbell.
Wilson surprises us, "Mam, I think all of you need to come to the door please." Now that is weird, who could be at the door that Wilson won't let in?
Ron has a serious look of concern on his face, while Beth seems amused by the mystery. I walk into the doorway and see Cindy, two toddlers, a mountain of luggage, and an airport taxi van leaving the house. I shriek, Beth screams, Ron is frozen. I run at Cindy and give her a huge hug while trying not to crush the children.
I ask, "What are you doing here? What's the matter? What do you need?"
She is still enduring hugs by Ron and Beth, she can't answer my questions.
Finally, she answers, "You said my room would always be here for me if I needed it. I need it again. May I stay here?"
Beth and Ron smile, I assure her, "We have not moved a thing. They clean the room every day and change the bed weekly. Looks like you might need some extra furniture though. You get inside now before these babies burn. Let's sit in the living room. Wilson, get her parents over here. We also need some help with the children for a bit, so we can talk."
I start my interrogation, "Who are these two beautiful children and why the secret?"
Cindy, "You always were direct. Everyone knows Dawn and Edward, this is Frank and Gwen, their twin siblings. They are getting ready for their two-year birthdays." She smiles knowingly.
I knew instantly what that meant.
Cindy shyly says, "Like others in this room, I never went on the pill like we agreed to. My first time was special in more ways than I thought. It wasn't until after the island trip I found out. Ron, you are a daddy again and again."
Cindy says sheepishly, "I was too ashamed of what I did, I could not tell you. I turned into a slut and dated every good-looking guy I could get, it was easy. They fell over themselves trying to be next. I had a blast, I saw a lot of things, experienced far more than I ever thought possible. However, they all pale in comparison to you Ron.
"Nobody ever treated me like our first night. They all seemed shallow and loud for attention rather than avoid it. Most were fun although I tired of them easily. They had to compete against my time and memories of Ron."
Beth smiles, "You were doomed, girl."
Cindy smiles, "Yes I was. I could not come back here because of the trust I had broken with you by not going on the pill. I wanted his baby so bad and I never did regret it. I do regret not telling you Ron, had I any character, I would have said something."
Wow, she sure has lost her self-confidence. This is not good. I need to discuss this with Ron.
Cindy continues, "The men kept coming and going, it was hard keeping the secret, hard being in shallow relationships. Then the depression started. I sat in a bathtub with water and a knife to slit my wrists a week ago. I was tired of my life."
Ron, Beth, and I are near tears. I had no idea I almost lost a lifelong friend.
Cindy is now almost crying as well, "One of the babies started to cry and it made me realize that I could not abandon Ron's children. I got up, dressed, and started preparing to come back, drop the kids off, and then I could kill myself.
"Now before you start calling shrinks, I am fine. This last week I thought about coming home and seeing you three. Thought about the life we might be able to have together again. If nothing else, my parents will take me in. I had a purpose, I had the hope of seeing you all. That broke my slump. I was happy again and now, I am here."