Anything for Her - Complete

Chapter 27

"Comrade! We need to stop again!" Rose groaned as her dry retching turned into imminent heaving. Dimitri pulling over as soon as he safely could, Rose opened the passenger door of the RV and bolted out onto the green verge on the side of the road, hurling her guts up for the second time that day. And it was only a quarter to seven in the morning.

Returning to the RV, Dimitri already had wipes, a bottle of water and a container of mouthwash waiting on the seat. Rose quickly cleaned herself up before climbing back into the RV.

"I'm sorry," she groaned. Morning sickness was bullshit – especially since this was twenty-four seven sickness, made worse by the motion from traveling.

"Don't be. You're growing our baby, Roza. It's to be expected."

"I bet if men had babies there'd be a cure for morning sickness," Rose muttered mutinously. She hated throwing up.

"Do you want to recline your seat and have a sleep?" Dimitri suggested. Only two weeks since they discovered Rose was pregnant, she was exhausted all the time and had taken to napping whenever she could.

"No. I should call Baba. I need to get the address of the place he's rented."

They'd said a tearful goodbye to Pamela and Isaac yesterday, the couple getting up at 5 am to send the young family on their way. Promising to stay in touch, Pamela gifted Lara the swing she'd used almost every day in her kitchen when they'd visited. Rose had tried to refuse it saying she'd already bought Lara one to use in the RV, but Pamela had insisted, pointing out they'd need two swings when the next one arrived. Rose had blushed, knowing she'd failed to hide her pregnancy as well as she thought she had.

Setting out and driving into the early evening, they'd parked in the parking lot of a Walmart overnight. It had proved convenient as Dimitri was able to stock up on necessary supplies and they'd headed off this morning at first light. Fully stocked, they should be able to make it to the house Abe had rented near St. Vlad's tonight. If not, they'd camp roadside or at a Walmart again and arrive tomorrow morning.

"Baba – is this a good time?" Rose asked, calling her father on his cell.

"It's a great time," Abe confirmed. "Your mother and I have just finished dinner, and we're settling into the new space. We can't wait for you to join us!"

"We're about seven hours away," Rose said, Dimitri silently confirming it with a nod. "At this stage, we expect to arrive today, but we'll see how Lara goes. We might need to stop overnight. I'll let you know."

"How is my little Princess?" Abe had taken to referring to Lara that way, despite or perhaps because of the irony of it.

"She's good. She's so alert, now. And she's grown so much!"

"I can't wait to see her, again" Abe confessed, at that moment sounding more grandfather than mafia godfather. "You and Belikov, too!"

Jotting down the address situated an hour away from St. Vlad's, Rose rang off after asking her father to relay their greetings to Janine.

"You're going to have to talk to her if we're staying in the same house," Dimitri reasoned.

"I don't see why," a petulant Rose grumbled, reclining her seat and resting on her side as Dimitri drove. Knowing better than to argue, Dimitri let it be.

They'd decided not to tell Rose's parents she was pregnant until they saw one another in person. It was still early days, and since the knowledge restored Dhampir were able to procreate with other Dhampir was limited, they'd both decided to leave it until they could share their happy news face to face.