Chapter 68
“Are you giving me my bath?” Kira asked, smiling when her father came into the room that evening.
“As soon as Mac’s done with hers,” Paul replied. “First, though, I want to talk to you for a minute. Come here.” He patted his lap.
“Are you mad?” Kira wondered.
“No, baby, I’m not mad. I just want to talk to you about something.” He picked the child up, placing her on his lap.
“Okay.”
“Kira, Mami heard you say something today when you were playing with your new dolls that kind of concerns me, so I want to ask you a question.”
“What’s that?”
“Are you worried Mami and I won’t love you anymore after the baby comes? Is that why you asked the dolls if they would still love you?”
Kira paused for a moment, then looked up at him, wide-eyed. “Uh huh. Is that bad?”
“Of course not. I’m sure your dolls will love you as much as you love them. But listen, I want to let you know that even after the baby comes, both Mami and I will still love you and Mac, no matter what.”
“Even if we’re bad?” Kira asked.
Paul chuckled. “If you‘re bad or good, it doesn’t matter. We could be busy sometimes and might not have time for you right then because a baby is a lot of work, but it won’t mean we will love you girls any less.”
He then cuddled her a little closer. “Besides, you’ll always be Papi’s girl even when you’re all grown up and having your own baby.”
“That’s a long time.”
“Exactly. Now no more acting up and wondering if Mami and I will still love you. Okay?”
“Okay. Will the baby love me and Mac too?”
“Of course he will, shorty, why wouldn’t he?”
“He?” Kira wrinkled up her face.
“Yep. You and Mac are going to have your own baby brother.”
“How you know it’s a boy baby?” Kira wondered.
“Well, there’s a special test where the doctor can see inside Mami and know what kind of baby she is going to have. And it’s a little boy.”
“Are you sure?” Kira looked a bit skeptical.
“Come with me for a minute; I want to show you something.”
“Okay.”
She followed Paul to a shelf of books in the playroom next door. He pulled out the baby books of her, Mac, and the coming baby, showing her the sonogram pictures of her and Mac.
“That’s us?” the little girl asked, amazed.
“That’s you guys before each of you was born. Now,” he pulled out the sonogram of the coming baby, “here’s your little brother. See how different you and he look?”
Kira studied it for a moment. “What’s this?” she asked, pointing. “Me and Mac didn’t have that in our picture.”
“I certainly hope not; that’s because you are girls. That’s for a little boy.”
“Oh, okay.”
“See how we know you’re having a baby brother now?” Paul asked.
“I think so, yeah. Will he pee standing up like you do when he gets bigger?”
“Uh…yeah. Kira, how did you know boys pee standing up?”
“Uncle Spanky left the door open one day and me and Mac saw him.”
I am going to kill his ass, Paul thought, and then cleared his throat. “Well, that’s enough explanation.”
“I tried that too, but I guess girls can’t do that.”
“No, Kira, girls have to sit down for that reason. You’re going to find out as you grow up that boys and girls can’t always do the same things because we have ‘different parts’, you could say.”
“I guess I can’t give you a bath then.”
“Not exactly a good idea, shorty. Speaking of which, I think your sister is done.”
He picked Kira up, hoisting her onto his shoulders. “Let’s go get your pretty little self cleaned up.”
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