Page 48 of Protecting Siena

Dom: What do you need?

Me: I’ll call you.

Getting off the bed, I kiss Siena’s forehead and run my fingers on his little head. Gully follows me as I make my way out of the room, and I can hear Siena sniffle. She’s trying to be strong for me and I know it’s hard for her. She’s already lost her father and I might have to take her brother out, too. She’s never going to forgive me for what I have to do to make sure they are both protected.

Dialing the number I never wanted to use again, I wait for Dom to answer. “Yeah?’ He grunts over the line.

“Her brother is after us. I need help getting them off my back.” I hear his chuckle and as much as I don’t want to get shit from him, I just let it go.

“You mean her old man doesn’t give a shit what you did?” He finally says.

“Kinda hard when you’re six feet below.”

“You’re shitting me?” He sounds surprised.

“Either him or me. I wasn’t taking the chance.”

“Shit.” He mutters. “Where you at?”

“California.” I look at Gully and he is watching the hallway. His eyes never stop scanning and I know that he thinks that at any moment, someone is going to come out and try something.

“I got a club out there. Let me make some calls. I can get protection for you and your girl through our charter down there. You need a safe place for her, the clubhouse is about as safe as you can get.”

“Thanks man. I owe you one.” I breathe a sigh of relief into the phone.

“I’ll let you know when I get everything settled for you guys.”

Before he goes, I tell him how many of us there really are. “She just gave birth today. I also have my friend Gully with me.”

“Fuck, you got her knocked up, too?” He starts to chuckle again, but I don’t give a shit. She’s my family, and so is that little boy.

“Yeah. Kinda the reason I took her away from that life. Well besides her father was going to still marry her off to his right hand man.”

“God, you're fucking lucky you haven’t been fucking shot dead already.”

“Yeah I know. I won’t go down without a fight. I won’t let my son grow up without me.” I run my hand through my hair and look over at Gully. He has a sad expression on his face and I can’t shake the feeling that something is going to happen.

“I’ll hit you back when I get some info for you. Who took it over?”

“Evan. Her brother.” I hear him curse under his breath. Maybe he is scarier than Xavier is. Fuck. I know that he has a damn temper, but he can’t be too much for me to handle.

He hangs up, and I pocket my phone. “Why does everyone seem fucking scared of this fucking brother of hers?” I ask Gully. At first he doesn’t say anything, and I can only imagine what’s running through his head right now.

“He’s been slowly taking over the family business, trying to push his father out of the chair. You probably helped move his plan up. Not really sure why he wants you dead when you ended up helping him get what he wanted.” That doesn’t make fucking sense. If he wanted the business, then why in the fuck does he want me dead?

We make our way back into the room, and a nurse comes in a few minutes later and takes our son to the nursery so that Siena can get some rest. Sitting on the bed beside her, she curls her body into my side and wraps her arms around my waist.

The room is quiet, too quiet. “He needs a name.” she whispers.

“What were you thinking?” I ask running my fingers down the side of her face.

“Nixon.”

“Nixon, what?” She looks up at me, and I can see a little bit of the mischief that I love so much about her shine in her eyes.

“Nixon Michael Hyland.” Grabbing her face, I pull her mouth to mine and kiss her. She knew what reaction she would get by using my middle and last name. She was afraid that she didn’t know me that well when we moved here, but she knows me better than anyone else will.

Gully excuses himself as I claim her mouth. Everything about her is so damn perfect that I can’t even believe that she’s mine.

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