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My heart soared. I knew she understood my fears and trepidation. She felt my pain and it was strange to say, but deep down I really felt like she knew Kit and me, and saw how much this baby would be cared for.
“To me, this wouldn’t be giving up a child,” she continued, looking me directly in the eye. “This would be givingyouboth a child. One that, by the sounds of it, would have the biggest, most protective and probably overbearing family known to man.”
“Understatement,” Kit snorted. I leaned my head against his hand and couldn’t help but smile through my tears.
We talked for a long time about her family back home, her life here in Montgomery. Kaci was sweet, understanding and cheeky, someone who I could see being a close friend of mine even without this situation. I fell in love with her and the ease in which she made me feel.
Kit and I spoke about ourselves, our history with the club and our backgrounds. Kaci listened intently, not even flinching when I told her I was originally a club girl.
She shrugged. “You gotta do what you gotta do. I can’t judge, I’ve had enough one-night stands to last me a lifetime. Least you know where these boys have had their bits.”
I snorted out a laugh.
Kit squeezed my shoulder and I tilted my head to look up at him. Our eyes met in silent question and I nodded, knowing just what he was asking.
The corner of his mouth had twitched before he turned his attention back to Kaci. “Would you be willing to move closer to us during it all if we rent you an apartment?”
I turned back to Kaci who nodded. “Yeah, of course.”
“This is my baby, so you follow my rules. You let us help. You let my men help. We need you to come into the clubhouse for some reason… you don’t fight me. You want food in the middle of the night, you call my boys and they’ll get it.”
I rolled my eyes and tried not to laugh as Kit laid down his laws.
“No smoking, no drinking, no sex with strange men.”
“Kit!” I admonished.
“Scratch that, no sex full stop,” he gruffed.
Kaci looked to me, her face full of amusement. “Girl…”
I snorted. “You ain’t seen the half of it.”
“You know…” she mused innocently, “… women can get really horny during pregnancy. And I saw all the man candy you pulled up with outside.” She wiggled her eyebrows.
Kit groaned as I smothered a giggle, seeing the playfulness in Kaci’s face.
“You ain’t gonna make this easy on me, are you?” Kit growled, folding his arms across his chest. I pushed out of the chair and went to his side, wrapping mine around his waist and attempting to calm the beast.
Kaci flashed a grin. “If I’m gonna be an easy bake oven for nine months, with what sounds like the curfew of a teenage girl, I’m gonna need to entertain myself somehow.”
“Jesus Christ,” Kit moaned, dropping his head back as if he was praying to God.
Hugging him tightly, I walked over to her and dropped down next to her on the sofa. “I think you’ll fit in just fine. Welcome to the family.”
Kaci’s face lit up and she threw her arms around me. We both laughed as we rocked back and forth. “So you’re in?” I asked nervously as I pulled back.
“You had me at dysfunctional,” she said with a wink.
“Wow!” Lisa blew out as she watched on in amazement. “So that’s that?”
Kit answered, “Cancel the other girl.”
“We’re gonna have a baby,” I whispered, almost in shock, looking over at Kit.
His face softened and he gave me a genuine smile. “There’s a long road to go yet. But yeah, looks like we’re gonna have a baby.”
“I’ll be with you all the way,” Kaci said, taking my hand in hers and squeezing it reassuringly. “These things can take time, but whatever happens, we’ll work through it. I’m here for the two of you. You make the baby, I’ll bake the baby.”
I laughed, pulling her close again. I couldn’t describe the emotions running through me in that moment. It was almost as though a weight was slowly being lifted from my shoulders. Or maybe it was just being shifted. I felt a connection to Kaci. She was honest and compassionate and completely unwavered by our connection with the club, which was something I had feared.
When she said she would protect our child like it was her own, that hadn’t scared me, it had empowered me and I believed her.
We were being given a chance, and while there were still a lot of hurdles to jump through and risks ahead of us, I felt like having her there with us would only make us stronger. This may not have been the way we had expected this journey to go, but we would make it work because in the end, it would all be worth it.
