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Seething, I stand, walking over to the door and tearing it open. Hawk is standing there with a man I’m pretty sure is the doctor Howler called. He looks like a rich, pretentious twat, with his shirt and tie, neatly pressed trousers, and his little leather doctor’s bag.
It shows growth that I don’t sneer at him, but I’m grateful he’s here. I’m worried about Skye and how unwell she seems. I know pregnancy ain’t easy—I witnessed that more times than I can count when I was at London. Brie’s last pregnancy was particularly rough.
But Brie wasn’t mine to take care of.
Skye is, whether I like it or not.
“You two okay?” Hawk glances around me at Skye, who hasn’t moved from the sofa.
“We’re fine.” I step aside to let the doc in, ignoring the weight of his judgement. I can sense it radiating from him. It’s the same shit I’ve dealt with my entire fuckin’ life from outsiders. They look at me and think I’m scum without knowing a thing about me. This cunt has already judged me and found I don’t live up to his expectations.
“Where’d you find him?”
“Fuck knows. Some cunt Howler has on his books.”
“Skye… she, um… she left behind two bodies when she escaped.”
“I’ll let Howler know.” Hawk roams his gaze over me. “You doing okay with all of this? It’s a lot to take in.”
I blow out a breath. “No.” It feels good to admit that, even though it makes me feel weak to say it. “I don’t want a kid, Hawk. I don’t. But then there’s part of me that…”
I don’t know how to explain it, so I lose the words I need to explain.
“I get it,” Hawk says.
“How do you get it? I don’t even get it.”
“Having a kid changes you. This whole thing is gonna change both of you.”
“It already has.”
“First lesson I’ll give you is just always remember this ain’t about you. It’s about that baby and its future.”
“I don’t know if I can do this.”
“No one ever thinks they can do it, but they do, and you will too. If you need me, send me a message. I’m not going far, okay?”
The weight lifts off my shoulders. I didn’t know if my brothers were on my side, and that scared the fuck out of me. “Hawk, I know everyone’s pissed with me, but I am loyal. I swear that to you. This club is all I got, and I’m really trying to do the right thing by everyone here.”
He reaches out, squeezing my shoulder. “Everyone sees that too. No one doubts you, kid.”
Thank fuck for that. I suck in a breath, my pulse calming with that knowledge. “Thanks for everything.”
He smirks. “Don’t think this shit gets you out of dinner. Wren ain’t letting it go.”
I laugh under my breath as I shut the door on him and turn back into the room. The doctor has already gone to work while I was talking. Skye’s food is on the nightstand, and she’s sitting with her arm resting on her leg as the doctor pulls a tourniquet around her bicep.
As I wander back to them, the doc glances up at me. “I’m just getting some bloodwork so we check on the baby.”
I watch as he fiddles in his kit for what he needs. I’m not fucking squeamish, but clearly Skye is. She turns her head away as the doctor prepares the needle to draw her blood.
“What are you looking for?” I ask.
“Right now, I want to look at the hCG levels. I’ll do a test today and then another in a couple of days to see if there’s any fluctuation. There are a few other things as well that we do as standard during early pregnancy.”
“Just do whatever you need to.” Skye squeezes her eyes shut, letting out a little whimper as the doctor presses the needle into her skin.
“You don’t like needles?” I want to go to her and sit with her while she suffers, but we’re not there yet—not even close. Skye came here as a last resort, not because she needs me to be her partner in this.
