Page 29 of Revelations

Wade stands up with me in his arms and carries me from the common room. I don’t even bother trying to tell him I can walk on my own because there’s no point in it. We both need one another it seems and this is one way we can accomplish remaining as close as possible. Dylan opens the door to King’sroom for us and Wade steps in to see Playboy, Slim, Fox, Boy Scout, Wood, and Killer standing around the small room. They’re such larger than life men that it doesn’t seem as if there’s room in here for us.

“So, Dylan filled us in on the phone call you received, Genesis. I ran the number and it is in fact from the hospital in Cedar Bay. I’ve also found a nurse who works there named Regina. I can’t be a hundred percent sure she’s the same woman who called you, but she does work there. I’ve been workin’ with my dad to run Virginia Camden’s name. She is in fact a real person and is married to her high school sweetheart. They’ve been married for about twenty-five years now and are happy. There’s no children that I can find but their names are listed on a birth certificate of a Genesis Camden born September twenty-eighth. Is that by chance your birthday, Genesis?” King informs us as my eyes widen in shock and tears fill my eyes once again.

“It is. So you’re saying there’s a chance this woman is telling the truth and my birth parents are alive and in Cedar Bay? That I could actually talk to them to find out why I was abandoned at the hospital when I was first born?” I ask him, my voice wavering as Dylan steps up and rests his hand on my back in comfort.

“That’s what I’m sayin’, Genesis. I suggest the three of you go there with these men and see what this woman has to say. If there’s a man with her, it’s her husband and your dad. I’m sure they can answer the questions you have. We can have Doc meet you there and he can do a paternity test to see if these people are actually your parents or if someone put them up to this shit. If they did, all of these document I’m findin’ are perfect and I can’t see that they’re fake. My dad can’t either. This is the shit we live for so we’re always lookin’ to find the fake shit. These documents about your parents look real,” he says, his voice soft as I try toonce again wipe the tears away from my face so I don’t get Wade any wetter than he already is.

“Do you wanna go there and see what they have to say, Angel?” Wade asks me, his voice barely above a whisper.

“I think I do. If for no other reason than to get some answers about why they left me,” I answer him without hesitation.

“Then we’ll head there now. Let me make sure our moms can keep an eye on Matie. Until we know for sure they’re your parents, I don’t think we should take Matie around them. And do we need to call Doc to meet us there?” Wade asks me, his voice still just as low as he turns and starts to walk out of the room.

“Thank you, King and Fox. Yes, please call Doc. I don’t want to waste time on these people if they aren’t my family members,” I answer him, wrapping my arms around his neck.

“I’ll make the call, Sweetness. Go talk to my mom and grandma while the rest of us get ready,” Dylan says as Wade and I keep moving forward to the common room.

Everything happens in the blur as we talk to Sam and Shy about keeping the baby while we go to the hospital. By the time I’ve made sure the diaper bag is fully stocked and they have everything they’ll need, Dylan and the rest of the guys are back and ready to go. I’m ushered out of the clubhouse and loaded up in one of the SUVs with Dylan on one side and Wade on the other as Slim and Playboy get up front to drive us there. Everyone else surrounds us on their bikes and we take off for Cedar Bay. I close my eyes and try to push away the nerves filling me at the thought of possibly seeing people who gave birth to me.

Walking into the hospital completely surrounded by my men and their family members, I keep putting one foot in front of the other. Dylan and Wade hold my hands as we talk to the receptionist and figure out what room my so-called mother is in. The second we’re given directions to the floor and room, we’re off again and no one can get close to me. Most people scatter out of the way as our group makes our way through the hospital and up to the third floor where this woman’s room is. When we get outside of her door, Wade and Dylan don’t let me go as I take a few deep breaths before we knock and enter.

My eyes move around the room and take in the private room of the hospital. There’s a woman with all kinds of things attached to her resting in the bed and the man sitting next to her is holding her hand in both of his while looking at me. He’s got tears in his eyes as the woman turns her head to look in our direction.

“Genesis?” she asks, her voice broken and raspy as she starts coughing so hard her entire body is shaking and trembling. It honestly scares me with how hard she’s coughing and I don’t even know this woman.

“I’m Genesis. I don’t understand why you’d want to see me here with you like this when you gave me up for adoption the second you had me,” I say, trying not to have a hard edge to my voice as I look closer at the man and woman before me.

In a way I can see a mixture of them in myself. The color of my hair is the same as the woman while my eyes are all the man’s. They’re the same shape and exact color as mine. Tears fill them as I continue to find similarities between them and myself.

“We never willingly gave you up, Genesis. My parents pulled a horrible trick on us the day you were born. They paid off the staff to say you had died while taking you from us and then calling Child Protection Services. We just found out thatyou were stolen from us. My parents lied to everyone in order to try and sabotage our relationship. They never felt your dad was good enough for me and that’s how they tried to break us,” Virginia says, crying and coughing as her husband stands up and holds her close to his body.

“My family wasn’t as rich as they were. That’s the only reason they felt I wasn’t good enough for Ginny. When we eloped without their permission, they got pissed and vowed to make us pay for what they viewed as crimes against the family name. Ginny’s dad passed away years ago and pissed her mother off by leavin’ everythin’ in his name to his beloved daughter. While he went along with his wife’s schemes, nothing could take away the love he had for his only child. Now, her mother passed away and that’s when we discovered the trail of deception. She wrote everything down. Every single name she was in contact with, the families you were sent to, and everything else. Ginny paid to have you tracked down. She managed to get your name and number from the private investigator we hired,” the man says, his voice rough and full of emotion as he stares at me.

“Can I ask what your name is?” Dylan asks him, stepping even closer to me in a sign of comfort and to give me the strength I’m needing right now.

“My name is Richard Camden,” he answers, his voice warm and inviting while being strong as he stands up taller and faces one of my men.

“Dick, is that you?” Slim questions him, stepping further into the room and staring at the man in front of us.

“Slim?” Richard returns, a small smile on his face.

“You two know one another?” Playboy asks his dad, stepping up right behind us.

“We do. Served in the military together. He knows all the guys from the club. Sadly, there’s not many of us left. What the fuck is goin’ on here? Is Genesis really your daughter?” Slim answers his son before turning back to face my possible dad again.

“She is. What we’ve just said is the truth. If your paternity test comes back the way we believe it will, Genesis is our daughter and we were all robbed of bein’ together,” Richard answers him as Virginia starts coughing so bad once again.

“What’s wrong with her? Is she going to be okay?” I question, needing to know what’s wrong with her.

“She’ll be okay. Ginny has pneumonia and the medicine they’ve been trying to give her so far hasn’t worked to get rid of it. So, she got admitted and hopefully they can find the right combination to kick it out of her system once and for all. Personally, I think she got too worn down from trying to go through her parents’ house. It seems her mother never got around to changing her will so everything they own goes to Ginny. She doesn’t want any of it, but once we get the results of the test, you might be interested in having it all in your name, Genesis,” Richard answers as his wife puts the oxygen mask back on her face and sinks deeper into the pillows behind her.

‘Okay. This is a lot to take in. Can I have a few days to think about it?” I ask, knowing this is way too much for me to process.

“Of course. Take all the time you need. Doc already took the samples he needs from us. He wanted us to tell you to stop by his office so he can get yours and we’ll go from there. Said it shouldn’t take all that long to get the results back,” Richard informs us as I turn with my men and start to leave the room.

“I’m gonna hang out here for a while. Have one of the Prospects come back and get me later. I’ll let Shy know what’s goin’ on,” Slim says, handing the keys for the SUV over to his son before we leave the room.

The second we’re out of the room, Wade goes to say something and I tell him it’s not the time. I’m not ready to talk about anything and I need some time to process what the hell just happened. We remain silent as we make our way back out to the SUV so we can head back to the clubhouse after stopping in to see Doc. How much more shit am I gonna have to deal with before things calm down and I can get one day of peace? That’s all I fucking want.

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