Undone (The Unexpected Series Book 2) (34 page)

“You heard that message?” Her eyebrows shoot up.

I nod, but don’t say a word.

“It is. The nurse didn’t know I already spoke to the doctor and forgot to give me my prenatal vitamins. She called it in and I had already picked it up.”

“You’re having my baby?” I ask again. “You’re making Jason a big brother?”

Her smile widens if possible. “Yes, I’m going to have all of your babies.”

The entire room fills with excitement as two new grandchildren are due to be born in September.

Everyone starts to clear out after congratulations are given to all of us and I run all of our things outside to warm up the car. Loud arguing comes from just around the corner.

“You disappeared, Hadley! You didn’t give me a chance to explain. To tell you it wasn’t what you thought,” a male voice belonging to Ryder says.

Why is he here?

“Bullshit, Ryder. You promised you would never hurt me. I was seventeen for Christ’s sake!” Hadley yells back. “I loved you!”

All of the sudden I hear a loud bang and I run around the corner. I find Hadley pushed against the garage door with Ryder’s lips and hands glued to hers. They stop, breathless, and look at me.

“I’m so sorry. I thought someone got hurt,” I apologize. “Looks like you’re just fine.”

I laugh and turn to go back inside leaving them to finish.

I find Noelle putting her coat on. “I just found Hadley being felt up by Ryder outside,” I tell her.

Her eyes go wide. “No! She has a boyfriend and she told me yesterday she hated him!”

I shrug. “I don’t know but that didn’t look like hate. It looked like pent up sexual frustration.”

Noe just shakes her head.

~~

We arrive home late and I carry Jason’s sleeping body into his room. Noelle follows me and tries to help rid him of his coat. She is very protective of him. I’m almost kinda jealous.

“I hope it’s a girl,” I comment.

She looks at me confused. “Why?”

“Because he gets all of your attention. I’m selfish, I don’t want another guy around here stealing your heart.”

“There’s room for all of you in here,” she says patting her chest.

Jason squirms in my arms and wakes up crying for Noelle. Smiling, she takes a seat in the rocking chair that still sits in the corner and opens her arms for me to place him in, proving my previous point.

I leave the two of them alone. They have a nightly ritual now. She talks to him and twirls his hair around as she tells him all the stories I have told her about Alex then she sings to him just as he is about to fall asleep.

I step into our bedroom and flip on the monitor so I can hear them talk. She doesn’t know I do it but I love it. Sometimes she slips in a story about her and me that makes me laugh.

“…and your mommy, Alex, had the most beautiful brown hair. Nothing like my blonde hair. She would braid it all the time and she never had to wear any makeup. She was naturally beautiful unlike me who needs a few extra minutes in the morning,” she tells him and I can hear him giggle.

“And,” she continues. “She loved you so much. She left notes for all of us for after she went to be with the angels. She told me to raise you right and I looked up at the sky and promised her that I wouldn’t let you end up with a no good skank.”

“Skank,” Jason repeats and Noelle giggles.

I laugh out loud and quickly shut my mouth.

“I bet your daddy is listening. He doesn’t think I know he turns on the monitor but I do. Tell Daddy you love him really loud.”

I hear some rustling and then I jump when Jason screams, “LOVE YOU!”

Noelle snickers and then more rustling. “Alright, little man. Let’s get you to bed,” she says and then starts singing.

“
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine. You make me happy…”
Her voice filters through the house. She says she sounds terrible but she sings like an angel.

I lie on the bed and listen to her as she sings my son, our son, to sleep.

“Goodnight, big brother,” she says. “Soon you’re going to have a little sister or brother to take care of. I love you.”

It’s quiet and then all of the sudden Jason says, “Love you, mama.”

My heart fills with elation. Noelle has said she never wants to take Alex’s place, but I bet she is grinning from ear to ear right now.

She walks into the bedroom and runs straight to our bathroom. I hear her blow her nose and then steps out. Her eyes are red and from the looks of it she is happy just like I thought.

I motion for her. “Come here.”

She complies and straddles me on the bed. “I’m so happy,” she cries pushing away the last of her tears.

“I am too. You make me happy, Sunshine,” I declare shifting on the bed so she doesn’t know how affected I am by her position.

She grinds on my hard dick and her smile is laced with seduction. “You feel happy. Why don’t you lay back and let me be your undoing.”

“Are you freaking kidding me?” I scream as another contraction hits. “How did Erin push out the twins?”

“It’s okay, Sunshine,” Trent says trying to comfort me. “The doctor said the epidural should start working soon.”

“That doctor is stupid. He probably didn’t put the needle in right. You would think with six kids at home he would have better aim,” I say calmly as the pain subsides a little.

He pushes a washcloth across my head and keeps an eye on the monitor. “Hmm.”

“I swear if you warn me when another contraction is about to start I’m going to punch you in the balls so you can feel what I’m feeling,” I threaten.

Sitting back on the chair next to my bed, he takes my hand in his and stifles a laugh.

“This is the only baby you’re getting from me, do you understand?” I ask.

I gained forty pounds and just as many stretch marks. I know I’m going to shit on this table for the crap, no pun intended, I gave Erin about it and if he thinks I’m doing this again he has lost his damn mind.

He smiles at me. “Yes, Noe. I do.” The look in his eyes tells me that won’t suffice.

The nurse walks in and checks me just as another pain shoots through my body. I try not to kick her in the face as she sticks her hand halfway up into me.

“Ten centimeters. I’ll get the doctor so we can get your little one out,” she tells me like she is giving me the time.

“NO!” I scream. “I can feel everything you’re doing. We have to wait.”

“We can’t wait, Mrs. Decker. I’m sorry.” Her annoyed tone evident.

I reach over for my husband. “Trent. I can’t do this. I can’t squeeze a bowling ball out of me when I can feel everything. I’ll pass out.”

I don’t know how Erin did it. Last week she not only pushed out baby Joshua but also baby Lilly moments later. Walker is one kid short of his dream. That bitch had the audacity to tell me she would do it all over again. That bitch’s epidural was also working.

Trent and I decided to wait until the baby was born to find out what we are having. I think it’s a boy but Trent desperately wants a girl. I’m not sure he is aware of all the girl stuff that comes with her. Fighting off boys, periods and hormones.

Boys seem easier. Jason is the model child. Even at three he isn’t bratty or spoiled. He seems to enjoy life, and I’m happy to live life again through his eyes.

The doctor comes in with his team and they begin to take their places. I immediately notice that my pain is withering away and that instantly relaxes me. After everyone is ready I begin to feel pressure and start pushing out our baby. Trent stays next to me but his head is almost between my legs.

“I see a head of hair,” he comments excitedly.

I squeeze his hand and he looks back at me grinning. Another few pushes and I hear a faint cry that progressively gets louder. They lift the baby up.

“Charlotte,” Trent breathes out excitedly. “We have a daughter!”

They place her on my chest and she immediately quiets. Her eyes are closed and her fists are balled up like she is about to fight. “She’s beautiful.”

He kisses the top of her head. “Just like her mama.”

“Charlotte Alexandra Decker,” I call her by her full name. “You are going to be the most loved girl on the planet.”

I look over at Trent and whisper so that no one hears me. “Please, don’t tell me I shit on the bed.”

He keeps looking down at Charlotte.

“Trent!” I command his attention.

“You told me not to say it and I won’t lie to you.” He shrugs reaching out to hold her.

I’m mortified. “If you tell Walker or Erin I swear you will never have sex again.”

~~

A few hours later, as I’m nursing Charlotte, Mama D brings Jason in to see her for the first time. He is proudly wearing his big brother shirt and smiling.

“Hey, buddy,” Trent greets him picking him up. “Do you want to meet your little sister, Charlotte?”

He brings him over just as I cover myself up and Jason reaches for her. Trent places him on the bed and he kisses her arm that broke free of the swaddle.

“Love you, chocolate,” he says earning a laugh from all of us.

“It’s Charlotte,” I correct. “Your baby sister.”

He kisses her again. “Love you, sister.”

I pull both of my babies close and sing Jason and Trent’s favorite song.

“You are my sunshine…..”

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Enjoy an excerpt from “Undeniable” (Book 3 of the Unexpected Series) due to be released early spring 2015.

I walk down the crowded hallways of Wheeling High School the first day of my senior year trying to decide if I look different. I mean I feel different, but I’m wondering if everyone who passes me can tell something has changed.

I try to go unnoticed, looking down at my schedule, in love with the fact that I have my favorite subject during first period, art.

An ear piercing scream fills the halls, and I don’t have to look up to find that it belongs to my best friend, Emie. The sound of excitement gets closer, and her purple sparkly flip flops come into my downward view.