Taking Shots (Assassins, #1)(179)

Forty five minutes later, Elli rushed through the house, fixing her clothes as she looked for her brief case. Elli couldn’t say no to Shea if her life depended on it, not that she really wanted to say no.

Elli walked into the kitchen that had been painted while they were in St Luca, to get her coffee. She admired the color, a pale green as she took a sip of her coffee. The people Shea had hired to do the home décor were doing such a wonderful job. Elli loved it. She loved their home.

Elli found her briefcase and cut through the dining room to the living room, glancing up at the large portrait of Elli and Shea in front of the Belmont Mansion. Elli’s gown was sparking, magnificent in the bright fall sun while Shea’s black tux looked refined. Even with his damn chucks, Shea still looked dashing, and he was all hers.

For forever.

As she looked at each other picture from their magical day, all she could do what smile. That was until her eyes fell onto the picture of her family. It still broke her heart, even three weeks later, that her mother wasn’t in any of her pictures. Elli was still furious with her mother but when Olivia didn’t show up to Shea and Elli’s wedding, Elli knew once and for all that Olivia never did love her. Elli glanced back up to the picture of her and Shea kissing and her smile returned.

Why should she dwell on something so sad, when she was married to the most amazing man ever?

“Honey, I’m going!” Elli yelled as she slid her feet into her heels. Shea came around the corner, only a pair of boxers on as he walked with a little pep to his step. The man drove her mad. He grinned as he wrapped her up in his arms, kissing her softly on his lips.

“Give Allison a kiss for me, and I’ll see you at twelve right?”

“Yup, when are your momma and daddy gonna be here?”

“Four-ish I think? Grace is pissed they are staying with us and not her.”

Elli laughed, her new sister in law became jealous so damn easily, “They haven’t stayed in the new house yet, Grace will be okay. Hell, invite her to stay, too. Ryan would love to stay in his room.”

Shea smiled, kissing the side of her mouth, “I will.”

“Alright, love ya.”

“Love you more. Have a good day.”

“Will do,” Elli said with a grin before she walked past the picture of her and Shea in front of the Cup the Assassins had won a week after they had gotten back together. What a great day it was. She sat in her seats at every home game and went to all the away games, cheering on her fiancé. It was one of the greatest feelings ever, watching her man hold that cup over his head. Elli couldn’t ask for anything better than what she had. She was so happy; she walked around with a permanent grin on her face.

Elli got into her truck and drove around the circular driveway, going the way towards the hospital. After stopping to get flowers in the gift shop for Allison, Elli made her way up to the maternity wing. Since her and Shea had been there yesterday, Elli knew where to go. When she entered the room, Harper stood with sweet baby Allison in her arms, walking back and forth in front of the bed. Harper looked up at Elli with a freaked out expression on her face.

“I’m fu-screwed, Elli.”

Elli giggled, laying the flowers on the table beside the bed, and then heading to look at the bundle of pink in Harper’s arms. Allison was red from where she had been crying, Elli could tell she was a little fussy.

“Why, what’s wrong?”

“She’s just like me and she’s only a day old!”

“Harper, she is beautiful, perfect. She’s probably just hungry.”

“See, that’s where I say she’s Jakob’s baby, she eats all the damn time!”

They both looked down at Allison’s beautiful little pink face, and Elli smiled as Harper just looked scared out of her mind.

“Aw, she’s sweet.”

“Whatever, you’re just blinded by the cuteness.”

“Probably,” Elli agreed as she took the baby in her arms, loving the feel of something so sweet and perfect resting in her arms.

“Did you tell him yet?”

Elli laid her lips softly to Allison’s forehead before shaking her head, “Not yet.”

“But you will today, right?”

“Yeah, when he signs the contract today, he’ll see.”

“Good,” Harper said just as Jakob entered the room, decked out in his “I’m a Daddy” shirt.

“Elli! Where’s Shea?”

Elli smiled as Jakob took Allison from her, kissing her head. “He’s doing yard work or something, I don’t know.”

“Cool, he should have come. Ally misses her Godfather,” Jakob said with a laugh as Elli and Harper shook their heads. The ongoing joke of Shea being the “Godfather” was about to get on Elli’s last nerve. She didn’t know if it was the way they said it or just the fact that when Shea was in the room, he was the “Godfather,” not Shea. Elli couldn’t really be mad, though, because, bless their hearts, they were just so excited to have Allison finally, and so was she.

Elli watched as Harper snuggled close to Jakob, both of them looking down at beautiful Allison, nothing but love in their eyes for their perfect bundle of perfection. Elli wanted that moment, she wanted her baby. Elli started to feel like she was interfering in a private moment, so she gathered her things.