Everlasting - Christine Michelle Page 0,76

to her head. “I can kill you now and cut the baby out. You’re still useful to us at the moment, but if you’re noncooperative we don’t have to keep you around.

Once the baby was free of the bitch, I made a decision to allow MiMi to take her. Not for keeps, yet, but I didn’t want to get attached if it turned out that it wasn’t Deck’s baby. I knew MiMi would take good care of the child and I even pumped up some breast milk for her to use. There was no way I could feed the baby at my breast and not become attached, so that wasn’t even an option.

I already made contact with a DNA testing facility and had the kit on hand, at the house, to send in. Durbin did the honors for me and got the sample I needed from Deck. Luckily for me, the women of S.H.E. were on my side and they called in a favor to get us a rush on the results. I kept my distance from the clubhouse for the week, while we waited. My father knew where Sasha was being held and convinced the men it was best to keep it a secret, he also told them that MiMi and I were acting on his orders as he had received a credible threat about possible infiltration of the club. He knew what I suspected about there being another rat in the Aces High, and he didn’t seem at all surprised by the fact.

Either way, the suspicion worked in our favor and when the results finally came in, I put them in my bag and headed out to go make my husband finally talk to me. I also didn’t go alone. I took our son with me, because it was about time he got to meet his father.

Kane was once again standing guard outside of the door when I walked up. Archer squealed in delight when he saw Kane and my surrogate brother behaved the same damn way! “What’s happening, little man?” He called out dramatically, in a higher pitch voice than he would normally use when speaking to adults. Archer thrust his little grabby fingers forward toward Kane, signaling that he wanted the man to pick him up.

“Are you going in alone, or taking little man with you?” Kane asked.

“I’m allowed to go in?” I countered, shocked by the fact that I was getting no resistance.

Kane made sure to lower his voice as he spoke. “He’s been fucking devastated. Durbin read him the riot act about pushing you away. The day that you came and took the cunt away,” he added to give me a timeframe. “He flat out asked your man what he would do, how he would feel, if you just stopped showing up.” Kane raised his eyebrows for dramatic effect as it sank in what he was saying.

“Oh shit! Then I didn’t show up all week,” I finished for him. He just grinned.

“Yup, but I think it did him some good to know that you wouldn’t always be there waiting and taking his shit. It forced him to really come to terms with what happened to him and what he wants out of life. You probably did him a favor.”

“Well, it was unintentional. I just didn’t want to come and not have answers.”

“You got the results back?”

“I did.”

“What are they?”

“I think he deserves to know that before anyone else,” I explained, and Kane smiled.

“You know you’re the best old lady a man could ask for, right?”

“Of course, I do. Now, step aside and keep an eye on my boy for a minute while we go take care of this part. Keep him close though because he wants to meet his daddy today.”

“Yes, ma’am,” Kane teased.

I opened the door and finally, finally was able to see my man again after a year. I didn’t count the few minutes I saw him when he was first brought to the clubhouse because that didn’t seem real to me any longer. Every time he turned me away and wouldn’t let me get near the room he was staying in, I just kept thinking that it wasn’t real. He must not be back, otherwise why wouldn’t I be allowed to see him?

“You’re here,” I heard him whisper from where he was perched on the side of the bed.

“Of course, I am.”

“But you didn’t come all week.”

“I was a little busy,” I told him.

He nodded his head. “Too busy to be