Hey Whiskey

Chapter 26

Chapter 26

When the guys walk back into the clubhouse, I'm sitting on the couch rubbing my stomach while Maggie is sitting with Shannon. Devin starts kicking and I tell Maggie "Come here." She walks over to me and I take her little hand and put it on my stomach and she feels him kick. "Was that the baby?" she asks. "Yeah. That's your little cousin Devin." I tell her and she smiles. We hear the guys come in and Maggie goes back to Shannon. Opie and Juice walk over and Juice sits next to me and I see Maggie curl into Shannon. Opie sits down next to Shannon and says "You're safe sweetheart. He won't hurt you anymore." She looks up at him and asks "Are you my new Daddy?" He smiles softly and says "Yeah baby girl. I'm your new Daddy." She looks at Shannon and she nods before Maggie walks over to Opie and hugs him. He holds her close and says "I won't let anyone else hurt you." She snuggles into him and I can't help but smile.

After they head home with Maggie, Juice and I head home. When we walk in the door, I head right to the shower. Standing underneath the water, I rub my stomach. How could anyone hurt their child like that? What kind of a monster does that to a little girl? I feel the tears start to fall and then feel Juice's arms wrap around my waist and his hands on my baby bump. I lean back into him and he just holds me. I turn to face him and he kisses me softly. There's nothing sexual about it, just being together. Once we finish our shower, he heads to the kitchen for a drink and I move to the nursery and sit in the rocker that Juice put in there for me. Juice walks in and kneels in front of me as I am sitting there, looking at my stomach, rubbing it. "What's wrong baby?" he asks. Without looking up, I ask "How could anyone hurt their child like that?" Juice puts his hand on my stomach and says "I don't know baby but I promise no one will hurt you or Devin." I look into his eyes and say "I love you." He smiles softly and says "I love you. Both of you." He stands and takes my hand before leading me to the bedroom. Getting into bed, he pulls me close and puts his hand on my stomach and that's the last thing I remember before dozing off.

Waking up the next morning, I hear Juice's light snores in my ear and his hand is still on my stomach and I can't help but smile. I go to get out of bed and he stirs, pulling me closer. "Stay." he says. "I gotta get breakfast started." I say. "We'll go to breakfast in a few. Just stay a little longer." he tells me. I snuggle back up to him and feel him kiss the top of my head as I am snuggled into his chest. I look up at him and he looks at me and says "I love you both so much." I see something in his eyes and it worries me. Sitting up a little, I say "Baby, talk to me." he says. "My dad bailed on me. I don't want you or Devin to ever think that I'll do that to you." I kiss him softly and tell him "You are not your father. You're here. You are such a good man and going to be an even better father." I tell him. He kisses me softly and I say "Now, get up. You're wife and son are hungry." He smiles wide and says "Let's go eat."

After eating, we head to the clubhouse and see that Shannon and Opie are there with Molly. Sitting next to Shannon as we look over and see Opie with Molly sitting in his lap and he's listening to her as she talks. "How'd she do last night?" I ask. "Good. She woke up once with a nightmare and Opie sat with her and held her. It was really sweet." Shannon says. She looks at me and asks "How are you doing?" I look at her and say "I look at her and I can't fathom how someone could do that to their own child." She nods and says "I know." Looking back over at Opie and Maggie, we see her wrap her arms around his neck and hear her say "Thank you Daddy."