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“Where’s your jacket?” she asks without pulling away, just letting me hold her.
“A few changes are being made. The Devil Hounds are getting patched over by the Savage Kings.”
“But…Lyla said you would rather die than give up the Devil Hounds or your president patch.”
“It’s just leather held together by a little thread. I’m ready for change, ready to think about the future. Our future,” I tell her. “I didn’t think I was strong enough to love anyone again after Christine died. Didn’t think I deserved another chance. You made me realize I was just too stubborn and scared to try. I want to be worthy of you and this baby boy.”
“I’m sorry about saying those things the last time we talked. I was upset and hormonal.”
“You knew then, didn’t you? That’s why you begged me, and I still left. I left you crying and hurt for all these months.”
“Just five months. We’ve still got four more to go.”
“I promise I won’t miss a second of those months,” I say before I pull back enough to press my lips to hers. The kiss is soft, barely a brush of lips, but it’s everything.
“So, um, how are we going to tell Lyla, Laurel, and your mom?” she asks with a smile.
“Catch them completely off guard and hope for the best?”
“Sounds good to me.”
“That reminds me…” Reaching into my back pocket, I pull out the onesie that came in the mail today with the Savage Kings MC logo on the center. How it got here less than twenty-four hours after I told the Fultons we would patch over, I have no idea.
“Oh my gosh!” Holly says as she takes it from me and holds it up between us. “It’s so tiny! But…you brought it with you before you knew for sure…”
“I told you, sweetheart, that I was all in either way. But I’m really fucking happy you’re having my kid.”
CHAPTERTHIRTY-EIGHT
Holly
Even though we wanted to tell Lyla right away, it took a few nights of hot and heavy reunion sex before Isaac or I were ready to leave my bedroom. I was worried he wouldn’t be turned on by the drastic changes in my body, but of course, he loved my bigger breasts and barely stops touching my belly, even in his sleep.
But this afternoon, we’re finally all gathered at his house, sitting around the kitchen table. Lyla and Barrett, Laurel and John, and Mrs. Perry. Everyone has eyed the three wrapped presents but hasn’t said a word.
“So, the reason I asked you all over tonight is because I’ve got some news,” Isaac begins, wearing his brand-new, spotless cut.
“Kings are an upgrade from Hounds,” Mrs. Perry says with a smirk.
“Thanks, Mom, but there’s something else. Why don’t you do the honors?” He nods to the present closest to her, and she rips into the wrapping paper without further encouragement. She gasps when she sees the ultrasound photo in a motorcycle frame that says, “Baby Perry” in big bold font with “Due June 6th” underneath it in smaller print.
“Oh my…I’m gonna be a grandma again?” she asks, looking at me, not Isaac, for confirmation.
“Wait. What?” Lyla asks as she reaches across the table for the opened box instead of tearing open her own. “No!” she exclaims as she slaps a hand over her gaping mouth. She stares wide-eyed at me, then my bump. “Mydadknocked you up? Iknewsomething was going on between you two that day he was there!”
Barrett just barks out a laugh as Isaac gets up to come stand behind me, his hand squeezing my shoulder.
“She’s…with your… Ew!” Laurel cringes. “Jesus, Daddy! She’s younger than I am!”
“Laurel, watch your mouth,” Isaac warns her. “I won’t tolerate you talking shit about your future stepmother.”
“Stepmother?” Her jaw hangs open in disbelief. Even I’m surprised to hear that word, and when I glance up at Isaac to see if he’s serious, he just winks at me.
“I don’t want you shit-talking your sister either,” he adds.
“Lyla, I’m so sorry I kept this from you,” I tell my best friend. “You have no clue how hard it was to not tell you everything…”
“I’m…I’m shocked. Like…I don’t want to know everything ever, but how? When did this happen?”
