Page 45 of Baby Me

“We’re also here because I think you and Davina need a break from the hospital, especially if you had a rough night. We’re going to sit here with Coral.”

I interrupted Star then. “Not sure that’s a good idea. Last night, the only thing that settled Coral was being in her mom’s arms.”

“We’ll make it work, and if she is truly inconsolable, I promise to call you both immediately.” My daughter turned worried eyes toward the woman I planned to build a family with. “She looks run down, Dad. Vina needs some time away from here, too. She needs a good shower, some decent food, and rest that she can’t get with nurses, doctors, and visitors popping in and out of the room at all hours.”

“That is for damn sure,” I mentioned. The stiff neck that caused my headache was partly because we had one tiny fucking cot to share and because I was constantly startled awake all night.

“You both need some rest.”

“Yeah, you look like shit,” Bagger agreed as he walked through the door.

“Anything?” Star asked as she popped up on her toes to receive a kiss from her man.

“Nada. The bitch either hasn’t been here or has found better disguises.”

“Well, that sucks. I was hoping she’d be hiding in a broom closet or something.”

Bagger and I both laughed at my daughter as she pouted about not being able to find my elusive ex as easy as opening the janitor’s closet.

“Hey, what’s everyone doing?” Vina asked as she walked up behind me.

“We came to give you a few hours off,” my daughter stated.

“The whole night, if you’re willing. We’ll be here with Coral every minute,” Bagger added.

“We’re worried about you not getting proper rest, food, and well… You both look like shit.”

“Thanks,” Vina said as she rubbed her neck in almost the same spot that also bothered me. I pulled her close and started to massage the kink out for her. Immediately the memory of her massaging the knots out of my back, that first time we were together, came to mind. I smiled down at her and kissed the crown of her head. I knew exactly what to do for my woman, if I could get her to leave the hospital with me. I was going to return the favor for her.

When I finally convinced Vina that our daughter was in good hands and that we both needed this break, I took her to the truck I’d brought to the hospital.

“No bike?” She asked as I helped her in because the damn thing was lifted too high. Unfortunately, it was the only vehicle available that didn’t pose a huge security risk. It was also one that June had never seen me drive, to my knowledge. That was important because I didn’t have the manpower to have a babysitter sit on the truck to make sure it wasn’t tampered with.

“No. Figured the truck would be safer since we don’t have eyes on the bitch yet.”

“I suppose you’re right about that. I wish she would just choke on a fucking dick.”

I sputtered out a laugh as I threw a glance her way. “Don’t you think that’s what she’s been gagging to do?”

Vina rolled her eyes at me. “Obviously, she shouldn’t choke on your dick. That would be too kind to her. She should choke on a nasty, infected, puss-filled-”

I cut her off there. “Yeah, we don’t need to be that descriptive. I get the picture.”

“I guess I could keep it to myself, if you’re sure you don’t want all the details of the revenge dick I picture that bitch choking on?” Vina teased as we pulled out of the hospital and headed toward the clubhouse. “Where are we going anyway? It feels like an age since I’ve been to my apartment.”

“Speaking of that,” I said as I reached over and grabbed her hand for reassurance. “We should get you guys packed up and have your stuff brought to the clubhouse for now. The apartment isn’t safe. Besides, when we bring our baby girl home, I want it to be somewhere we can all be together. I’ll have a house built for us, but it will take some time.”

“A house built,” she parroted. “For us?” It was a question, and at the same time it felt almost like hearing a lost little girl ask if she really got to wake up to Christmas presents waiting for her.

“Yeah, sweetheart, for us. You, me, and our daughter. Want us together from here on out.”

“Do you really think June knows where I live or that she would show up there?”

I hated that she felt the need to change the subject, but I let it go knowing that my woman had a hard time accepting that she was mine now. That was something we would work through before we went back to the hospital. I wanted Vina to know in no uncertain terms that she was mine. The claim had already been made within the club, and I was just waiting on her to catch up. Normally, I would have gone a pushier route with her, but with our daughter in the hospital, she was under enough strain already.

“We have someone watching your apartment as well as the office where you worked, just in case. Figured June might try to pretend she needs some legal help to get an in to get closer.”

Vina shivered visibly before she spoke. “I honestly can’t understand this level of crazy. Was she always like this? You used to date her in high school. Were there no red flags back then that she was completely off her rocker?”

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