32- Visiting Harlow

Sadie laid in bed watching Antonio sleep, softly sliding her fingers through his hair. He opened his eyes and smiled when he saw Sadie looking at him. "Morning beautiful." he says, in a deep morning voice.

"Morning." she replied quietly, kissing him.

"I have to be in court today, are you going to be able to handle hanging out with my mother today?" he asked, grinning.

"We will be just fine, we had a very nice talk yesterday." she says, rolling on her back smiling, thinking about how she whacked her across the face.

"What are you smiling about?" he asked, propping his head up with his elbow, and chin in the palm of his hand. He looked down at her growing belly, and placed his hand on her stomach, waiting to feel movement.

"I was just thinking of the talk with your mom and how well it went."

"Yea, about that..." he sighed "I noticed that she had a nice welt on her face. What happened there?" he asked, curling his finger under her chin, and turning her to look at him.

"She pissed me off, asking me if I was only with you because of your money. I had enough and got upset... I am sorry about that, she just had me so angry. I also warned you that I wasn't going to take her crap, and with all these hormones that I have going on, I even warned you that I can't help what I would do or say if it had come to that point." she says, taking a deep breath.

"Well whatever you did or said to her, it worked. I talked to her last night and she said that you two had a nice talk, and that you were going to be starting out fresh. Believe it or not, she actually told me that she liked you." he says, sliding her in his arms.

"I stood my ground with her. I told her that I'm not this way, and that she brought me to that point. Must have woke her up when I knocked her to the ground." she giggled.

"I do give you credit, my mother is a very stubborn person... promise me, that you won't ever hit her again, even though I know she may have deserved it." he says, caressing her arm.

"You don't have to worry about that, I won't be doing that again, I got it all out of my system, and I think we're on the same page now."

She rolled over on top of him, giving him a kiss "As much as I want to continue on with this, I should get ready for work." he grinned, rolling her off him, and to her side. He smiled while caressing her cheek. "I'll see you later."

"Try and get home early or as soon as you can, I planned on making Chicken Marsala for dinner." she smiled.

"Excellent." he grinned, kissing her once more before getting out of bed. "I'll do what I can to come home as soon as I can, I can't pass that meal up."

******

Antonio was at the courthouse all morning, during recess he decided to go to lunch by himself, and to think about life, where he is at now, and to what his future holds. He could barely eat, as he was thinking about Harlow. He thought of her and what they would be doing right now, if she were still alive. The more he thought of her, the more Sadie came to his mind. He still believed in his heart, and mind that someone brought him to her. He wasn't sure if it was someone from up above, or if it was Harlow's spirit herself.

Whichever way it was, he was happy that they were united. If it weren't for Sadie, he wasn't sure where he would be today. He felt that he was just as in love now, as he was during the time he was married to Harlow.

After he was done with court, he took a long time driving home. He made a couple stops along the way, and on his last stop, it was a visit to Harlow. He cleaned the headstone off before placing flowers in the holder, and sat down staring at her headstone. Remembering the days and years they spent together.

"Oh Harlow.... There's not a day that goes by that I don't think of you, I thank you every day for what you had given me while you were here, and now I'm thanking you for everything that you have given me since you left. I miss you more than anything, and I know I haven't visited you lately, and I apologize for that, your favorite person is in town, and she has been a real treat, if you know what I mean." he says chuckling, stopping to think for a moment. He laughed again "You would have loved it if you were here, Sadie left her with a nice welt on her face.... We have found all your letters, videos, and your journal. I want to let you know that I appreciate all of it. You have such a big heart, and what you did for our girls is amazing, it took love and courage for what you did. It was very special, and I can't wait to see what you did for them each year. I really want to thank you for what you wrote to both Sadie and I, it was such a selfless act. What you did there, I don't know of anyone who would have done what you did. For you to have Ethan try and set us up, your letters of your wishes of us to be together, it meant a lot knowing that it came from you, and in your own words. You wanting us to give our girls siblings and for me to marry Sadie. To this day, I just cannot believe that this is what you want. I thank you for everything. Sadie has been wonderful and yes, like you said she is a lot like you. I want to let you know that I have fallen very much in love with Sadie, I'm so very much in love with her, and I have you to thank for that. Your wishes have and will all be coming true. I love you Harlow, thank you again for everything."

Antonio sat there for a moment, and talked some more to her. He then kissed her headstone before standing up and leaving, and walked back over to his car feeling free, while taking a deep breath of the fresh air before getting in the car.

******

Isabella and Gabriella were in the music room playing songs on the piano that Sadie taught them. While Giorgia and Giovanni were in the room with them watching them play. They were in awe thinking that they played very well, for only being five years old.

Sadie was in another room, worried about Antonio. He missed dinner that he was excited about having. She looked at the time, and saw that it was nine in the evening, she hadn't heard from him since before he left for work, and wasn't sure what she should do. She kept calling his phone, and it kept going straight to his voicemail.

She then called Ethan thinking maybe they had gone out drinking, but he hadn't heard from him either. She hung up in a panic and decided to call the hospital thinking the worst. She was on the phone with the hospital when Antonio walked through the door, looking drained.

"Antonio!" Sadie loudly said, dropping her phone, and running over to him, and wrapping her arms around him. "I've been worried sick about you."

"I'm sorry." he whispered, running his fingers through her hair, and kissing the top of her head.

Her arms were still wrapped around him, and rested her head against his chest, happy he was home and that nothing bad happened to him. "I've been calling you for hours, and kept getting your voicemail. I even called Ethan looking for you. I was just on the phone with the hospital thinking something bad happened." she says, sounding upset.

"I must have forgotten to turn my phone back on, after court." He says, pulling his phone out of his pocket to look.

"Where have you been?" she asked, pulling back to look at him. Her heart was still pounding from being scared, and was still trying to calm herself down.

He gave her a tight squeeze, feeling bad that he worried her.

"After work, I did some running around, I stopped at a few places, then stopped to visit Harlow, and was there for a couple hours. I had to talk to her, and apologize that I hadn't been there for a while.... I also went there to thank her."

"Thank her?" Sadie questioned.

"Yes, to thank her about you." he says, kissing her lips "I had to thank her for everything. Everything she had done for the girls, for us, and all the trouble that she went through, trying to get Ethan to set us up."

"I'm just glad you're OK. I wish you would have called and warned me. I was really worried."

"I want you to know that I went there for a reason, and for a good reason." he says smiling.

"Please call me next time, before doing something like that again. Remember I'm pregnant, what if something was wrong with me, and I needed you." she asked, scolding him.

"I know... it'll never happen again." he whispered, assuring her.

She took his hand, and walked him to the kitchen "Well if you're hungry, I saved you some food, and the girls are in the other room playing the piano for your mom and dad."

"Actually, I'm not hungry, but I'll go and watch the girls play for a bit, and I'll put them to bed tonight. I have some things I'd like to talk to them about anyway." he says, kissing her cheek. He left Sadie standing there confused while he walked over to the music room, to watch the girls play.

He walked into the room, and stood in between his parents, watching the girls play the piano. "They play really good." Giovanni says to Antonio.

"Thank Sadie for that. She's the one who taught them to play." he smiled.

The girls finished playing their duet and turned around looking at their grandparents, proud of themselves.

"You can play one more song, then you have to go to bed." Antonio said to them. He looked at his mom and whispered in her ear. He then pulled her to the side, and talked to her for a bit. While listening to Antonio, she looked over at the girls and smiled when she heard them playing another song.

When the girls were done with their song, Antonio hugged his mom, kissing her cheek and waved for the girls to come with him so he could put them to bed. "Come on girls. It's my turn to put you to bed."

Antonio got them into bed, pulled the sheets over them, and smiled. "Can Bella sleep with us tonight?" Gabriella asked, batting her eyes, and holding her hands together, praying.

"Please daddy? She's potty trained now." Isabella says excited.

Antonio smiled, and couldn't help looking at the puppy eyes that they were always giving him, and gave in. They got excited and Isabella quickly got out of bed to let her out of the kennel, picking her up and brought her into the bed with them.

Antonio talked to them for a while, and asked them some questions before he read them a bedtime story. After they fell asleep, he kissed them on their foreheads, whispering good night.

Antonio looked around and found Sadie sleeping on the couch, he felt bad that he had her worried earlier, and picked her up, carrying her bridal style up the stairs. She awoke when he laid her on the bed. "What time is it?"

"It's after ten." he says quietly, while undressing. She took her clothes off, and climbed under the sheets.

"Did you want your night shirt to sleep in?" he asked, grabbing it off the bathroom hook.

"Nah, I feel like sleeping naked tonight." she says, pulling the covers over her.

Feeling excited, Antonio quickly got into bed. He leaned over and rubbed his nose against hers. "You're not still mad at me, are you?" he asked in soft tone, worried that she was still upset.

"No, I'm not mad." she says, cupping his face, and kissing him on the lips.

"Good, because I don't want you mad at me, I saw what you did to my mom, and I can only imagine what you would do to me." he chuckled.

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