A Midsummer's Caress

Chapter 29

Harlow was excited. Gemma was about to take her and Willow home. She was finally going to get to soak in a hot bubble bath! Jax had lifted the lockdown so everyone's families were going back to their own homes while the bikers themselves got back to work at the garage. Gemma could tell how stressed Harlow had been and hoped she'd get to relax some once she got home. The younger woman thanked Gemma for all her help and wished her a good day before she took Willow out of her booster seat and unstrapped the booster seat from Gemma's back seat. Gemma waved at her before backing out of her driveway. Harlow let Willow enter the house first once she unlocked the door. The little girl ran straight for her room to go play as her mother went to go soak in the jetted tub.

The hot water felt good toher aching torso and back. She could hear Willow's happy laughter from herbathroom making Harlow smile. At least her daughter didn't let her broken armget in the way of her fun. Harlow leaned against the tub just letting the hotwater ease her aching muscles until the water began to get cold. She bathedquickly, washed her hair, then got out. Harlow dressed in her PJ's then went togo check on her daughter. Willow was still in her room playing with her dollsand tea set. It was no where near lunch time yet so Harlow went to the livingroom to watch some movies. "The Mummy" was just starting so she set thecontrollers on the side table and settled in. She loved the series and watchedit whenever it came on. Around noon, she got up to make some grilled cheesesandwiches for her and Willow for lunch. As she was pouring a sippy cup of milkfor Willow, the little girl came into the kitchen complaining of being hungryand that her arm was hurting. Harlow promised she'd just finished making themsome lunch and she could have some pain medicine after she ate.

Willow was jabbering on about something making Harlow laugh. After they had eaten, Harlow gave Willow one of the anti-inflammatories and one of the pain pills to take with her milk. The little girl took them both without making a fuss and told her mother she wanted to watch a movie. Harlow smiled and told her to go pick one out of their DVD collection, the kiddie movies had been moved to the bottom row so Willow could pick what she wanted to watch for herself, as Harlow cleaned up from lunch. Once the child had the movie she wanted, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, she came running back into the kitchen with the case. Harlow told her to get comfortable on the couch and she'd been in there in a few minutes. She wanted to finish cleaning up from lunch and get some meat out to get ready for dinner that night before she spent the afternoon watching movies. Once she was done, she put the movie in the DVD player and got it going. It wasn't long before Willow was fighting sleep making Harlow chuckle. Half-way through the movie and Willow was completely out. Harlow moved her to the end of the couch where she could stretch out and be more comfortable before moving to her recliner to watch what she wanted to watch.

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It was a usual day in the Quinn household. Harlow had already dropped Willow off at daycare. She had cleaned the house and had some meat out thawing for that night's dinner. Quinn was at work at the garage. Everything had been quiet on the MC front since that rival club had attacked them and the club went on lockdown a few months prior. Harlow had just gotten settled in her office to start her work day when she felt like she had suddenly peed herself. As she stood up to go get a shower, a sharp, shooting pain radiated from her lower back to her front. It was so sharp she bent over and groaned. Then it hit her. She hadn't peed herself, her water broke! They were a few days before their due date but apparently their child wanted to make his or her entrance early. She sat back down and dialed Quinn's number.

"Hey baby! What can I do for you?" He cheerfully asked.

"My water broke! I need to go to the hospital." She exclaimed as another contraction hit her.

"I'll be right there. Have your overnight bag ready!" Quinn shouted making Chibs look over to where the near-panicked blond stood.

"Please hurray!" She begged as she made her way into her bedroom to fetch her packed overnight bag.