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I dreaded this. The nausea started to get worse, and I ran to the bathroom. This time Jack followed, and he managed to ease my fears. He helped clean me up, and my sense of unease left.
“You won’t have to go to him alone,” Jack said. “I can return to the States and sort things out. He wouldn’t dare punish you if he knows that I have your back.”
I scoffed. “You don’t know him. He’s going to be very unpleasant. I don’t know what he’ll do, but it’s going to be bad.”
Jack held me that morning, and we kept silent for some time. After a while he said, “I’ll head back to the States alone so you can get settled and just focus on the baby.”
I was still trying to wrap my mind about this child. There was no baby bump yet, only the despicable feeling of morning sickness. Having this baby was merely a figment of my imagination. I couldn’t focus on something I didn’t even understand.
Am I supposed to feel this way?
I nodded dumbly, hoping Jack would let me be. The thought of him leaving me out here alone wasn’t a good one, but I didn’t have the strength to argue at the moment.
“When do you have to leave?” I asked him.
“Let me pack my bags,” he said. “Aaron will be here if you need anything. I’ve already called him to let him know. I’ll leave his info.”
Was Jack really going to abandon me? My father was not going to like the news, and there was no way Jack could smooth things out without my help.
“Stay another night,” I begged. “Please, I need you.”
Jack smiled and pressed a kiss to my forehead. “Ok,” he said softly. “But only for tonight. I leave in the morning and that’s it.”
It’s a strange feeling, being angry at someone, yet still loving them and knowing they only want what’s best for you. I had no idea what my father would do when he found out. I smiled slightly at the thought of my father threatening Jack. Jack was too good of a man to be scared of my father, even if daddy had the strength of billions of dollar backing him.
To his credit, Jack was being the perfect gentlemen, and I couldn’t help but imagine a future with Jack as the father of my child. Judging by how he was handling me, I had no doubts that he would be a good father.
The finality of it all felt like a jail sentence though.Am I ready to commit to this kind of life forever?Part of me had other considerations in mind, including giving up the baby for adoption, but that didn’t feel right. It felt like responsibility was being thrown my way, and it dawned on me that I had never been in charge of someone before in my life.
Can I do this? And what will my father do once he finds out?
14
JACK
We stayed together that night, our collective warmth representing every moment that made life better.
And I had to go.
I didn’t think of myself as one to get attached, but I felt a sense of duty to her. The fact that she was carrying my child gave me a renewed sense of wonder for life. She could feel that energy too, and soon that gentle heat turned to a fire that burned through the night.
I awoke at my leisure and so did she. We laid together in bed, Emma’s legs wrapped around mine.
“Do you have to go?” she asked. “Can’t we just forget everything we left behind and just live here?”
“And miss the fun of messing with the mafiosos?”
She grimaced at that. “I can’t believe you’re really going to leave me alone out here.”
“You really want to go back?” I hated the idea of letting Emma go back to such a dangerous world.
She nodded.
I sighed. “Fine.”
She excitedly embraced me, still naked from last night’s passion.
I couldn’t believe myself, but it was either that or let someone else watch over her. As much as I trusted Aaron to keep her safe, if something serious were to happen, if there was any kind of life-threatening danger, I had to be the one to save her. It was difficult for me to leave the bed with her by my side, but we both eventually got up. We got dressed calmly, and left the house.
