When she came out this time I had to cover my mouth with my hand and blink a coupla times to clear the gathering tears from my eyes. "It's beautiful!" She turned to Todd next and he had a big ass grin on his face. "Perfect!" Why did I get the feeling that she had that shit picked out before she put me through all that shit? We took pictures to send to her mom to get her take and then she called me. "You did good daddy!" She teased over the phone. "Now you need to find shoes and an evening clutch?""The fuck what? The fuck is a clutch?""Caitie will explain it to you caveman." We went to find shoes and the clutch fuck and my daughter was happier than I've ever seen her, to this point anyway. I watched the way the two of them interacted and damn if his ass isn't whipped. She must've learned that shit from her mother. "Daddy, I know the uncles are at the house waiting but can we have lunch before we go back?""Sure why not? Where do you want to go?""I want
"Bruh, what the fuck is up with Mancini?" Everyone else was in a panic but this fuck had gone ice. I've never seen anyone switch off so fast in my life. Now I've seen this guy in a whole lotta different moods, but this was a new one. As soon as we got downstairs he knelt beside his wife who was doing her best to breathe. "Cierra, did your water break?" She nodded her head and he got to his feet and pulled his phone while brushing her hair with his fingers. "Wilson, you got a bead on me?""Yes, what do you need?""Cierra went into labor, I need doctor Stein here stat. I have my plane so you'll have to use yours.""Son, she might not make it in time, there are doc..." "No, she's coming, another thing, what do you know about the local hospital?""One of the men there with you used to be the head of said hospital and is still on the board.""He might not be able to...I need the whole floor.""You have clearance.""I can't deal with that right now.""
"Why don't you two go on outside, we've got this all under control." I looked around the room at all the babies and wondered how these three women were going to handle it. Granted the triplets were the only ones mobile, since Zakira and Cody were in the backyard with the boys, but still. "Are you sure, I don't think...""Of course we're sure. We have these men here to help out if things get messy, you two go along and enjoy your day." I looked at Caitlin to see if she agreed and she just shrugged and took my hand to lead me out of the room. "Call us if you need us grandma Elena." She called back over her shoulder. "Come on Todd, we won't go far, I can still hear them from the swing."I felt jumpy, out of my element, there was a strange sense of excitement in the air left over from what had just happened no doubt. We walked out to the swing and sat. I could hear the kids on the other side of the yard playing and it felt surreal to be here with her like this.
I went back in the room just in time to see my wife buckle over in pain. I wanted to yell at the doctor but knew there wasn't anything she could do other than what she was already doing. "You're using Stadol not Demerol right?""That's what it states on her chart sir."""How many milligrams did you go with?""One, are you a doctor sir?" I just gave her a look, that was answer enough. "Her contractions were fifteen minutes apart when we came here, how dilated is she?""We're still in the latent stage, she has a ways to go yet. We're at four centimeters. She hasn't had a contraction since you left the room." On cue the monitor beeped and she reached for me. I was hoping against hope that her doctor would get here, she's the one that had taken care of her pregnancy for the past nine and a half months, but since Lyons trusted this woman who looked like she was seventy if she was a day, I'll have to put my wife in her hands. The pain wasn't as bad this time
My only fear of having Catalina witness the actual birth was my worry that seeing her aunt in pain might scare her, scientifically, medically, I have no problem. With the way the kid's mind works she'd probably look at the whole thing aesthetically, so whereas I wouldn't want someone else watching my wife go through this, I didn't mind her. That's why I'd given Cierra the option since the first time the kid pestered me about it. "I don't mind if she stays as long as you check with her parents." The whole time we were talking I was trying to find her. Before I could I heard Lyon calling to me from just outside the door. "Be right back.""What's up?""My kid's in there somewhere you seen her?""Was just about to nail her down." "Damn, sorry about that Hank, send her out here.""Not so fast. You know she wants to video a birth, I wasn't planning on letting her, I was gonna do it and...""Uncle Hank, I've seen birthing videos before, it's not the same, I have to b
It's been hours since the others left and we've been back and forth inside keeping an eye on the babies and her brothers who'd gone inside to play video games. Little Cady had latched onto me again when it was naptime and I'd put her in her crib while Caitlin helped her grandmothers put the others down. The men, her grandpas, had taken over dinner duty and I was amazed that they'd done such a good job keeping all those babies happy. "You look good!" She was holding Lawton Jr. in her arms trying to get him to go to sleep after his mother had come back to feed him only to head back to the hospital again. These women are very well organized if you ask me, I would've lost my mind already. "You think so?" Yeah, she looked cute as hell, which could be dangerous. Growing up in a small town, teenage pregnancy isn't the same as it is in big cities where people freak out over that stuff. And after spending time around Jace and his twins I've gotten a firsthand look at wha
I'm not sure what's going on with Todd. He's about the strangest teenage boy I've ever met, even my brothers are more advanced than he is. Don't get me wrong, I love the fact that we'd both saved ourselves for each other, me out of necessity because my father is a nut, and he because he didn't want to share that intimacy with anyone else but me. But now that we're free to be together he still has all these restrictions in place. I didn't just win the battle with daddy to have to fight him too, nope, no way. I might not know what sex feels like, but I know more than enough about what my body wants. I've read things, heard things, and heard enough in passing to know that I'm more than ready to take the next step with the guy I'm madly in love with. Not only have I been madly in love with him forever, but he's grown into someone even more amazing that I could've ever imagined, so of course my teenage hormones and revving up. Out of respect for daddy we held off and did the
I can't believe Mancini's gonna do this shit. When I told Kat what was going on she didn't even seem phased by the idea of our eight-year old daughter watching someone give birth. Times sure have changed since I was a kid. Then again no kid I ever knew was interested in this shit. And the reasons she gave me, I'ma have to keep an eye on her and her younger siblings. Though I'm coming to understand her a little bit more, I don't think she'd cut them open or anything, but then again...she's nuts so who knows. I keep fielding calls from mom and dad when I wasn't the one calling to check up on my kids. I'm amazed at myself that not once did I even think about the fact that my teenage daughter was at home with her boyfriend. It was getting easier to accept I guess, or I've just been too busy to dwell. I like the move she made, inviting us both to pick out her dress, and lunch afterwards. I haven't had time to think about everything because we've been going ever since