A Little Too Late

Chapter 14

"The renovations are finally done at the mansion we bought in the country," Silas said as he sat down at the dining room table a couple of days later. "We can now move in whenever we want."

"Now there is an idea," Axel nodded. "It would probably do all of us some good. Fresh new start."

"Jess did say that Nikki had a hard time being here because of our past," Kota sighed. "A new place would help with that."

"She needs to eat," North said as he started setting the table.

"She needs to rest more right now," Sean said yawning as he sat down. "Rest is the most important thing for her. She is growing two babies, that's very hard work."

"We can just make her a plate and put it up for when she wakes," Luke said shrugging.

"What is that smell?" Nikki asked as she walked in. "Oh my god," She rushed to the bathroom and began throwing up.

"What was it, Pookie?" Sean asked no longer tired. Gabe came in and held her hair back while Marc got a cool wet washcloth and put it on the back of her neck.

"Onion," She moaned, "Garlic," she groaned as she sat back. "Ugh..."

"Got it," Marc nodded, "no more onions and garlic. I can't take the garlic out of what I already cooked but I'll make you something else and you can eat in the living room or bedroom so the smells won't bother you."

"Kay," She mumbled as she slowly got up and rinsed her mouth out. She headed over to the couch and laid down. "This sucks."

"I'm sorry Pookie," Sean said as he held out a tablet. "It's Zofran, it'll help with the nausea while Marc makes you something to eat."

"Hey Beautiful, do you think you can handle some leftover chicken and dumplings?" Marc called out.

"I can try," She mumbled and Sean called back that it will work. Marc brought over a bowl of chicken and dumplings and she took a bite. She smiled when she realized that she could keep it down.

Just as she finished eating her phone rang, "Nicole Cattell's phone," North answered since her phone was closest to him. "One moment please." He walked over and held it out, "you need to take this."

"Hello?" She asked confused.

"Miss Cattell, this is Elizabeth Davies," the woman's voice came through as Nicole put it on speaker.

"Hello Mrs. Davies," Nicole said nervously. "How can I help you?"

"I actually wanted to thank you," she said.

"For what exactly?" She asked confused.

"The information that you sent me from the investigators that you hired, of course," Elizabeth chuckled, "I know how pregnancy and mom brain tends to make you forget. Anyway, the information was enough to get him fired from the legal department and all of the bank accounts that he had are now frozen. I was able to finally get the divorce finalized and have sole custody of my children. He has been arrested and being sent back to England to await his sentencing. Thank you so much for all your help, it was able to help the other women that had already put his name on their children's birth certificates. I do hope you take my suggestion and save yourself the trouble of all this drama."

Nicole looked over at the group in the dining room and they were all looking the other way but she could have sworn she saw a smirk on Corey and Victor's face before they looked away. "I will, I have done a lot of thinking about what you said. I will take your advice, thank you."

"Thank you for all your help," Elizabeth said happily. "Goodbye, Miss Cattell."

She hung up the phone and looked over the couch, "You should have told me," Corey and Victor opened their mouths but she shook her head, "Whatever you did to cause all that, I assume was actually very easy for you two, and I appreciate it."

"You are welcome, Sweetie," Corey smiled. "It wasn't just for you though, we thought she deserved justice as well for having to put up with that asshole."

"And that is another point in the redemption side," She mumbled as she laid down, "although staying in this place is a takeaway." She fell asleep and North shook his head as he sat his taco down then told them what she said.

"I'll fucking head over there and start planning goddamn everything once I'm done eating," Gabe said.

Victor nodded, "A few of us can join you."