Stripping Callum (Last Hangman MC Book 6)(17)

“S-sorry.” I sniffle.

“Don’t be sorry. It’s normal to feel the way you do. I’m here for you, and so are Gail and Danny. We will help you through it all if you want our help. You don’t need to worry about anything but raising that little angel to become an amazing man.” She kisses the side of my head.

“Did you see him?”

“Yes, I went to the nursery and had a look. He’s beautiful. You did an amazing job, and if he has your eyes and pouty lips he’s going to be a real heartbreaker growing up.”

“Oh God, let’s not talk about that yet.” I laugh softly, wiping my tears. “Thank you, for everything. I don’t know what I’d do without you three by my side.”

“No need to thank us, it’s normal.”

“No, it’s not. Not a lot of people would offer so much of their time to a stranger.”

“You’re not a stranger, you’re family,” Suzie says, and I just lose it again. I hate being so emotional. I’ve managed traveling down without feeling lonely and like shit about myself or crying myself to sleep. Yet, here I am, in the hospital, crying more within the span of ten minutes than I did in the past few months.

“What did you say to her to make her cry, Mom?” Danny asks.

“Just that she’s family.” I feel Suzie shrug.

“Women…” I can hear Danny’s eye roll in his tone.

“Watch it!” Gail and Suzie say in unison.

“I surrender.” He holds his hands up and backs into a corner.

“Finally!” Gail playfully punches his arm. “How’s the mommy?” She bounces to me and hands me a box of donuts from Josie’s bakery, a bouquet of flowers, and one of the balloons that floats to the ceiling.

“Sore, emotional, exhausted, and grateful.” I squeeze Gail and Suzie’s hands.

“Don’t be silly. We love you, and you really are family. Now where’s my little nephew?” Gail looks around the room not seeing a crib.

“I haven’t seen him yet either.” I sigh, not liking this one bit.

“I’ll go get the nurse.” Suzie gets up and walks out of the room.

“Don’t cry, don’t cry, don’t cry,” I whisper to myself, fanning my face trying to stop the tears.

“Why are you about to cry?” Gail sits on the side of the bed.

“I haven’t felt like I was a part of a family for so long. You and your mom confirming it is just overwhelming, especially with the emotional state that I’m in.”

“What about me? You’re family to me, too!” Danny saunters over to the bed and sits on the other side.

“I’m f*cked.” Gail and I laugh.

“You’re so rude, you two,” he scoffs, sounding genuinely upset.

“We love you, Danny Boy.” Gail giggles.

“Yeah, yeah, I’ll soon be replaced by Elijah as the favorite male of the family. I know it!” He shakes his head holding his hand over his heart.

“No one can ever take your place as the clown of the family,” Gail states seriously.

“I’ll take that.” He nods, looking impressed by that fact.

We talk for a few minutes before the nurse and Suzie come in wheeling a little crib with Elijah in it.

My heart stops for a second. My beautiful baby boy is here, he’s real. Up until now, I wasn’t sure what it would feel like or what I’d do. As the nurse lifts him to place him in my arms, I feel complete.

I may not have everything figured out, but this is what was supposed to happen to me. This was my path in life, and I couldn’t be any happier.

Suzie lowers my gown a little as the nurse places Elijah skin to skin, and I feel it. That special bond a mother and baby share at first touch. I feel it, and it’s magical. I place a soft kiss on my son’s head, and tears start to fall. They are happy tears this time.

I’m happy.

For the first time since my parents died, I don’t feel empty.

Everything is going to be okay.





Callum

July 25, 2016

Some of the things I’ve done, hell most of what I’ve done, could put me behind bars for life. I have lied to people, I have tortured people, I have taken people’s life, and I don’t regret a second of it. I’ve never killed, tortured, or lied if it wasn’t necessary. I’m not a ruthless killer. Whatever I do, it has a purpose. Like what I did to Nancy’s parents.

They had it coming. If not for what they wanted to do to her and Bennett, simply because they were controlling *s who didn’t give a single f*ck about their daughter’s well-being, just their reputation. They didn’t even look for her, not as parents should have anyway, when she was kidnapped. They blamed it on Bennett. It had been a long five years of her parents blaming him and him kicking himself in the ass that he didn’t go after her or find her. He couldn’t know who took her. Hell, he didn’t even know that person existed.

I thought it would rattle things more amongst the club after the whole ordeal of him finding out he had a brother who was part of a rival MC, and the same guy kidnapped Nancy and abused her physically and emotionally for years, prostituting her for the right price.

I’m kicking my ass for not knowing it was her when he was talking about a Nancy, and that I didn’t get her out of there sooner.