The Mafia's Princess

Chapter 37 - The Baby and Goodbye

Austin POV:
Cecily's due date was appearing fast, she was already nine months along and could barely do things. Like yesterday, she couldn't pull herself off the couch and she needed me to help her.

It was around noon when I heard Cecily scream from our upstairs bedroom.

I desperately ran to her, guns drawn, thinking it was Romanov. We managed to escape but he was still free and coming after us like never before.

I reached the bedroom and ran in, Cecily was standing in front of our dresser, her hand on her stomach. I looked around but there didn't appear to be danger. "Baby what's wrong?" I asked frantically.

She looked at me with a terrified expression. "My water just broke."

This sentence had me jumping into action. My wife was about to give birth. I was about to be able to hold my son in my arms. I called the family doctor, who had been living in the guest house to be here quickly for times like this.

Soon enough Cec was in labor. The doctor kept telling me how "dilated" the baby was and I just need nodded, pretending to understand.

Around a hour later, the baby was still not out yet when one of my men rushed in. "SIR!" I quickly turned to him somewhat pissed off he was interrupting this family moment. "Romanov—he's here—at the front gate, he's got at least 200 men with him."

Fuck.

"We're trying our best to hold him off but our men are dropping like flies." The man said.

I turned to the doctor and said. "We need to get to the safe room."

The doctor looked at my scared and replied. "Mr. Spade, I uh she's already ten centimeters dilated, if we move her it might harm her or the baby. It's just to much of a risk."

I sat their considering my options. I turned to my wife, "Cecily, I-I'm going to go fight them off." She began to shake her head no. "I'm sorry, I need to try, but I promise I will be here to watch our son be born okay?" She nodded tears forming in her eyes. "I love you." I kissed her forehead. "And I love our son, I promise I'll be back."

Then I walked out the door. That was the first time I lied to her. I had no idea if I would make it back or not. I signaled for eighty of my strongest men to guard the door to our bedroom, and with that I was ready to fight.

"You really thought you could beat me?" Romanov sneered, holding a gun to my chest. Long story short I lost the battle downstairs. "That's cute Austin. Now where is your wife, I have been considering her offer she gave me on the day of your escape and" he paused each word making my blood boil. "I think it pleasures me knowing that every day while you rot in hell, you will be torn apart knowing your wife is being forced to pleasure me on earth."

"You Bastard." I whispered, which was returned with a pistol whip to the face.

"Any last words?" He said cocking the gun.

I was about to die. Genuinely for the first time I was actually about to die. No heroic act could save me now. Might as well accept it.

"Please." I whimpered.

"Please?" Romanov mocked.

"Please, if you have any remorse left, please let me watch the birth of my son, let me hold him once. Then I will go with you to my execution."

He thought for a moment. "Okay," he uncocked his gun.

We walked upstairs and I saw my men raising their guns. "Stand down." I commanded and they obliged.

I opened the door to see Cecily, looking like she was in so much pain, I wish I could just take it away. I rushed to her side. "Baby I'm here I'm here." I kissed her forehead. She looked at the door and gasped when she saw Romanov. "Honey, I—I made a deal. He's allowing me to hold my son and watch his birth before I." I stopped as tears swell in both our eyes.

Before either one of us could say anything else the doctor spoke. "She's fully dilated, Mrs. Spade it's time to push." I held her hand as she screamed in pain.

Jeez this woman has a grip.

"I can see the head!" The doctor yelled. "Keep pushing."

Screams were all I heard for over a minute until the sound of a baby crying filled the room.

Is that?

I couldn't believe it. My son was just born. "You did it baby, I love you so much." I kissed her while the doctor cut our boys umbilical cord and wiped him off. Soon enough he handed the baby to Cecily.

"He has your eyes." She said still looking at our bundle of joy. "Hey baby it's your momma" as if he knew what that meant our son formed a smile that would melt anyone's heart.

Tears of joy ran down my face. "He has your smile." I told her.

"Hi Xander," Cecily spoke in a babyish voice, referring to his name we chose; Xander James Spade. "You wanna hold him?" She asked me.

I froze as she put the small bundle in my arms. I treated it like glass that with one wrong move it could crack. After a second I got confident enough to speak. "Hi Xander, it's me, your dad." I looked towards Romanov who was not paying attention. "I'm so sorry, I'm sorry I won't be there for your first steps, first words." I spoke tears flooding my eyes. "I have to leave you to save you. Hopefully one day you will forgive me, but just know, I love you more than words and I don't regret sacrificing myself for you or your mother. I'll be with you always, I love you so much my sweet prince."

"Okay times up." Romanov interrupted.

I kissed his forehead and handed him back to Cecily. "Cecily I love you so much. You have made my life complete. Protect our son." I kissed her one last time. Before Romanovs men grabbed me and started walking me out the door despite Cecily's screams.

Romanov was leading me down the staircase to my death.
"Romanov," I started to speak, and it was worth a try. "You know who Cecily's family is. You're not stupid, so you know if you take her, they will find her and hunt you down. You know that will happen eventually so I'd like to make a deal."

He laughed. "You think you are in any position to make deals?"

"No, however this will be something you want."

"Go on."

"Everything, I'll give you everything, my money my assets, weapon shipments, everything. I will hand end my gang and pass it to you. That's what you want isn't it? My gang gone. It's yours, just please, don't touch my wife or son, let them live their lives in peace."

"You would really do that? Dismantle your own gang f-for love" he mocked. "Pathetic, however I will accept, but if your wife or son so help me god joins the gang or tries to take it from me or get revenge, I'll put a bullet between their eyes myself. Understood?"

"Understood. So we have a deal?"

"We have a deal." He smiled. "Goodbye Austin."

Then was a gunshot.