Page 110 of Fight for Me
“You know, making sure I didn’t die and take his unborn child with me,” I say with a grin. “Baseball must have slipped his mind, I guess.”
Sean shrugs. “I guess that’s a good enough reason.”
I laugh. “Thank you for coming.”
He scoffs. “Please, I find out you’re carrying my newest nephew, which reminds me that I need to have a talk with two of my brothers about safe sex, and you thought I wouldn’t come?”
I laugh and then feel comfort from his embrace. Sean sits in the chair that Declan was in and takes my hand. “How are you?”
Declan and I fill him in on all the medical stuff, tell him that we’re waiting for another ultrasound, and then let him know that I’ll likely be discharged. He smiles as I tell him how much I’ve improved. I went from barely keeping my eyes open to staying awake for hours at a time now. I can walk, but I’m still very shaky on my feet. If I want to get up, I have to have someone here to help.
It’s incredibly irritating since I’ve never been dependent on anyone. I’ve run my farm, business, and been a damn volunteer without needing someone to take care of me. Now, I can’t even pee without sounding the alarm.
I, for one, can’t wait for the physical therapy to be over so I can go back to some sort of normal.
“You left me in the parking garage?” Devney huffs as she appears in the doorway.
“Dev,” I say with a smile.
Her eyes meet mine, and her scowl fades away. “Youhave some explaining to do too, but for now,” her voice softens, “I’m just so damn happy to see you.”
I open my arms, and she rushes forward, shoving Sean aside as she passes him. “I’m sorry I didn’t tell you.”
“I’m more angry I didn’t figure it out. You’re pregnant and … with an Arrowood baby, no less. You should’ve told me, Syd. I would’ve helped you.”
“I know, and I was planning to. I just felt that Declan should be the next person to know.”
She looks at him and then back to me. “I get it. We all have our secrets I guess. Are you okay?”
“Of course she’s okay,” Sean breaks in. “She just had her tongue down Declan’s throat.”
Devney turns to Sean and huffs. “You’re an ass.”
“You love my ass.”
She rolls her eyes and turns back to me. “This is what I get for agreeing to pick him up and bring him to see you.”
One day, the two of them are going to realize just how perfect they are for each other, and then we are all going to be in trouble.
“I’m really sorry you both found out this way. I swear, it … it just all got away from me.”
Declan stands beside me, hand on my shoulder. “Nothing is going to get away from you now.”
Devney’s eyes twinkle, and her grin grows. “Does this mean you two have finally gotten your heads out of your asses and are back together?”
Are we? I know he loves me and wants a future, and it’s all I’ve wanted as well, but this is all … scary.
The man I thought abandoned me is at my side.
The baby I thought I might lose is safe.
And I’m not sure I’m really living in my current reality or if something insane has happened.
I open my mouth to say yes, but Dec speaks before I do. “It means that Syd and I have a lot to figure out, but I love her and she knows that. What we do from there is between us.”
Well, isn’t he just my knight in shining armor? I look up to him and grin. “That was very lawyerly of you.”
“What was?”
