"It's so good to see you, it's been too long." Cordelia smiles as we walk into the bar. I look up and see a huge guy with a tiny baby in his arms
"Imelda this is my husband Adrian and this is our daughter Lily. Adrian, I used to work in the ER with Imelda." Cordelia smiles
"Good to meet you Imelda." Adrian smiles down at me as he shifts Lily to shake my hand.
"Now who is this?" Cordelia asks as she lifts Isla from her car seat
"This is Isla, she's six months old." I smile as Isla happily sits on Cordelias lap.
"Aww she's one month older than Lily, we were pretty much pregnant at the same time. Are you still with... oh what was his name? The professor?" Cordelia asks
"No, Michael and I broke up before I got pregnant. Isla's father isn't around but I have my mom and my sister and do you remember Natalie? She's still my best friend and helps out a lot." I reply
"Oh Natalie is hilarious." Cordelia laughs
"Sorry, I came as soon as I got your message." Nat says walking into the bar, followed by Ice.
"What did he say?" Nat says as I practically run to her car before my defences crumble
"Let's just get out of here." I say as I jump into the passenger seat. She climbs into the drivers side and pulls out of the compound, Isla's car seat already secured.
"I did it, I told him, I don't have to feel guilty that he didn't know and he can stay the f-u-c-k out of our lives." I say before taking a deep breath to calm myself down
"What did he say? If he was an ass I'll go back there and beat him." Nat says and I laugh, but the laughter soon turns to tears
"He said she could be anybody's. She's not, she's mine." I say between sobs
"She's not yours, she's ours. She'll always have her Auntie Nat." She says as she takes my hand in hers and gives me a reassuring squeeze.
Tears continue to flow as Nat pulls up at her house and takes me and Isla inside. I watch as she sits Isla in front of her TV and turns on some cartoons before making me sit on the couch. She walks off towards the kitchen and comes back with a bottle of wine and two glasses
"Nat, it's barely 10am." I say as she hands me a glass and fills it to the brim
"It's five pm somewhere." She shrugs "besides, I think wine is exactly what you need right now."
"At least I don't have to feel guilty that I kept her from him." I say as I take a long sip of wine
"Exactly. You've given him the truth and if he wants to be a fucking asshole then he's not welcome to be in the presence of our princess." Nat replies
"Although I didn't exactly break it to him gently. Maybe I should've told him sooner. I should've kept calm instead of yelling at him. Bam you have a kid." I sigh as I look down and realise I've emptied my glass already.
"Well he didn't give you much choice with the yelling, maybe I shouldn't have called him an asshole and pushed him over the edge." She laughs as she refills my glass
"Look, I'm here for you girl, how about you and princess stay with me for a couple of days? My guest room is all yours, we'll have a few girly days, help you feel better." Nat says
"Come on, let's run to your apartment and get some stuff, then you and Princess are going to be taken care of by Auntie Nat." She says as she wraps her arm around my shoulder.
"First we gonna rock, then we gonna roll, then we let it pop, go let it go!" Nat and I sing to Isla as we dance around the living room, these passed three days have been exactly what I needed, Nat even took Isla one morning so I could sleep in, we're back at work tomorrow, so it's back to reality, but spending time with my two favourite girls has made me feel so much better.
The only problem is I haven't called the garage about my car and I never gave them my number, I just ditched my car there and ran. Nat has offered to play taxi until I pluck up the courage to go back there.
There's a knock on the door and Nat turns off the music
"You expecting company?" I ask and she shakes her head. She walks up to the door and looks through the peep hole
"Oh shit, I forgot, just give me a minute to get rid of him." Nat says before opening the door
"Hey babe, I've been looking forward to this all day." A man pushes passed her and takes his shirt off, but stops dead when he sees me standing in front of him
"So this is where you're hiding." He smirks
"What do you mean?" I ask
"Ice is a fucking mess. He spent this morning with the old ladies and tried to find you this afternoon, but your apartment was empty." He says
"Socket, I gotta cancel tonight, just go." Nat says as she pulls his arm
"If it helps he's had nothing but shit off the old ladies for being an asshole." Socket says before kissing Nat and leaving.
"Ok we need to discuss what's going on there." I say once Nat has shut the door
"Nothing! Just sex, really really really good sex." Nat smirks.
"Yeah, I'll believe you." I laugh as I put Isla down to sleep
"I know, he seems to be getting attached." She shudders before adding "I'm gonna have to cut him off before we both have asshole bikers to kick out of our lives."
"He said Ice was looking for me, what do you think he wants?" I ask
"Well hopefully Cordelia has pounded his ass and he wants to beg for forgiveness, otherwise he can get to fuck." She replies
"Do you think he wants to see Isla?" I ask as I chew on my thumbnail
"Well if he does it's up to you, I'll kick the fucker out if you want me to." She shrugs
"I don't know, eugh life is too complicated." I sigh as Nat pulls me in for a hug.
"You're in control Immy, you don't want him around, that's fine." Nat says
"But wouldn't it be great if Isla could know her father? I mean, as long as he's caring towards her, I would like him to be around." I sigh
"Well he needs to apologise to you first, or he'll have me to deal with." Nat growls and I laugh.
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MC Player (Broken Demons MC #7)
ChickLitIce is the ladies man of The Broken Demons MC. A different girl in his bed every night and he loves his life. Can one woman finally tame the beast? Imelda is a single mother with a secret. Can she help Ice grow up and become a man?
