Avenging Us - Gina Whitney Page 0,60

to my room.” I pointed to the guest house. It sat on the western part of the property, which held some seclusion and a breathtaking view of the city below.

I was already awake and cleaned up, waiting for the doctor to discharge Gia and the baby. Nurse Jill dropped off Bella, and promised to be back shortly with some paperwork. Bella was swaddled in her blanket, and fast asleep as I rolled her across the room while the nurse helped Gia in the bathroom. Gia had an outfit on the bed for the baby that Chance had bought. I wheeled her over and lifted her, placing her on the bed. Her blue eyes cracked opened for a second and closed. How hard could it be to put clothes on a baby, I thought. Anything in an effort to speed up getting the fuck out of here.

I unwrapped her from her baby-burrito. She was in a diaper and a side-snap T-shirt. I unsnapped her carefully and removed one arm at a time until she was free. Her little legs fell to the sides reminding me of a frogs’ legs. Except hers were way cuter. Dragonfly, will be her nickname, I decided. The onesie Chance bought was white and said “born to rock” in pink rhinestones. It was cute for sure, but there was no way the opening was big enough for her head. I stretched it with my hands until I heard the material rip. Fuck. I took a deep breath and gently pulled until it was over her head. Now, her eyes were open and she stared up at me. I smiled at my little Bella and hoped like hell she wasn’t going to have a fit crying for the next twenty minutes. She was curiously quiet, but I’d take it over crying. One arm at a time, and three final snaps to secure the bottom. Done.

“Well. Well. Well. Any clue how sexy and adorable it is to see you dressing our daughter?”

I shrugged. “I’m not adorable.”

“Pfft, you have no freakin’ clue, do you? If I were to upload a picture of you with Bella anywhere, it would get millions of views. Any pictures of me, and I get hate posts.” Gia’s smile lit me up like no other. There was no use in arguing her point. The fans were out of their minds and fuck crazy.

“Here we go.” Nurse Jill waved the discharge papers in the air. Gia clapped and followed Jill to the tray-table. “I need your signature here, here, here, and here.” She pointed to the Xs on three pages. “You’re to follow up with the doctor in a week, and she will need to see her pediatrician in two days.” Gia signed, and I made a note on my phone to make an appointment with the pediatrician.

“It’s earlier than I expected, but I’m not going to complain. I anticipated being held captive at least until noon,” I said, mainly to Jill.

“We know how eager parents are to start their journey and get into a routine. Gia and the baby are perfectly healthy, so there’s no reason to keep you longer than necessary. The doctor was in very early this morning. However, he didn’t want to disturb you, as you were both sleeping,” she explained while signing her own name where needed.

Another nurse wheeled in a wheelchair. “It’s policy,” she said before we even asked. “Is your car curbside?”

“It will be if you give me a minute,” I answered and typed a quick text. I walked to the window, lifting the blinds. “Fucking media. This should be fun.” My chest had started to constrict.

Gia wrapped her arm around my waist, comforting me. “We have to deal with it at some point. Unless you aren’t ready to leave?” She lifted her brow in question.

“I was ready to take you both home days ago. It feels like we’ve been here for years. I want to get home already.” I knew I was complaining, but my skin crawled just waiting to leave.

“I know. Me too.” She leaned in, squeezing me. “Let’s get out of here.”

I grabbed the few bags and her leather satchel while Jill parked the chair behind Gia. She handed Gia the baby and we were officially off to start our new life.

The elevator descent was at a crawl, and I found myself playing with my lip ring nervously.

“You’ll be fine,” Jill said with a warm, motherly smile.

I nodded, but she hadn’t a clue what we were up