Family over everything

Chapter 24

Happy entered Allison's home quietly since everyone was sleeping. Gemma had informed him that Allison now had the baby and he was worried about how she was doing with her. He walked down the hall to find Maia asleep in a bassinet next to Allison's bed and Allison sound asleep. He checked on his other children and locked up the house before moving back to Allison's room. She was awake now.

"You just get here?" she asked.

He nodded. She yawned and rolled over. He stripped to his boxers and joined her in bed. She tensed up slightly when he put his arm around her. He sighed and went to move his arm off her. She grabbed him at the last second and put his arm back.

"Go to sleep, we need to have a discussion in the morning," she said.

"About what?" he asked.

"Shhh, you will wake her and I will kill you."

He chuckled slightly. Her breathing evened back out next to him and he slowly fell asleep. He didn't have to take the kids to school since it was the weekend thankfully.

Allison was up with the kids when he woke up. She was sitting in the recliner with Maia in her arms. She had Mason playing on the floor.

Emersyn was laying on the floor on her belly watching cartoons. The older two were on the couch. Happy smiled at the sight of his family all together again and wondered if it was going to stay this way.

Allison looked over at him and stayed quiet. She just nodded slightly in his direction. He fully entered the room and sat on the couch with his boys. He half expected Allison to hand Maia over to him but she didn't.

"Last cartoon, then you guys need to go play for a while," she announced to the kids.

The boys grumbled a bit about it but nodded. Emersyn glanced up at her for a moment. Happy picked up Mason from the floor. The little boy stared at him for a moment. Allison was back to watching the television with the kids.

Once the show was over, the three older ones made their way out of the room. Allison looked at her husband not sure how this conversation was going to go.

"What's on your mind mama?" he asked.

"How are you thinking this is gonna go?" she asked him.

"What do you mean?"

"Well I can't have you beating down my door at 3am because she won't go to sleep for you."

"I'm sorry."

She rolled her eyes as she looked down at the little girl in her arms. He wasn't getting it.

"Happy, I want you to come home," she said.

"Really?" he asked.

"You are already here every night because of little miss right here. I have kinda started to bond with her as much as I didn't want to."

He sighed.

"Look, shit came about in a screwed up way but regardless this child is a Lowman. That's something Lyssa will never be. Who knows if she is ever going to try to come back into this kids life? You made some sense that day about our babies having a mother and her not having one. Gemma made a comment last night when she brought her to me." she said.

"What kind of comment?" he asked.

"That maybe I am supposed to be her mother."

"Al, I can't ask you to do that."

"You aren't, Hap. I miss you at night. I miss the man you were with me and our kids. I miss our family. I know people will think I have lost my damn mind but we have been in each other's lives for over thirty years. We have been together officially since we were seventeen. That's a long ass time to be with someone. You don't just let that go overnight."

He nodded. They had been married for almost sixteen years now. They had been together for twenty years. He stared at her as his son sat in his lap.

"I want this to work. But there will be some changes to it all," she said.

He waited for her changes list.

"No more girls at all. I want you to tell me everything you can that's going on with the club shit. I don't want to be in the dark anymore. I know who you are and what you do for the club. I will not be placed on a back burner anymore. The kids won't be placed on a back burner. Ryder has expressed interest in football and I expect you to be at every game unless you absolutely have to miss it," she said.

"Ok, seems fair enough," he replied.

"I just want you to be honest with me and make a little more time for us. I deserve that much."

"Babygirl, you deserve the world."

He set Mason down with the toys again and moved over in front of her. He pressed a kiss to her lips. She smiled at him. 

"One more thing," she said.

"What?" he asked.

"We won't all fit in this house. Even with Noah and Ryder sharing a room and the girls sharing, things are tight around here."

He nodded in agreement. He wasn't sure what to do though since he had recently bought his house.

"Ok so we look for something bigger for us all," he said.

"All right," she replied.

Maia began to fuss for a bottle so Mason decided that he would as well. She got up and made two bottles and gave him one for Mason. She sat down to feed Maia. He couldn't believe that this was really happening. He was getting his family back.