Selected Sinners lined the back of the church, all dressed in their cuts.
With my Marine brethren beside me, and my MC brethren in front, I cupped Katie’s hand in mine and held it high in the air. After the cheers slowed, I picked her from her feet and carried her toward the door.
“I love you,” she said.
“I love you, too,” I responded.
As we approached the two long lines of men in their cuts, Axton lowered his chin.
“Get that Marine shit hung up in your closet where it belongs, and get on your cut, A-Train,” he growled.
Soon enough, Brother Slice, soon enough.
“You ready to take care of some long overdue business?” I whispered as I carried her between the two aisles of Sinners.
“We have a reception,” she responded.
“Doesn’t start for thirty minutes,” I said.
“Sounds good to me,” she said with a smile.
I had no intention of having sex with Katie in the thirty-minute window we had before the reception started, but it was fun to joke about.
For her, it was going to be the first time, and I was going to make it special.
I glanced around the church. It was filled with my family – all facets of it. They surrounded me on all sides. Family by blood, family by oath, and family by choice.
And with God’s blessing, I was ready to get started making my own family.
One special moment at a time.
Epilogue
I had waited my entire life to find the man of my dreams, and now I had him. I couldn’t really call myself pleased or happy, or even elated – not if I wanted the word to accurately describe how I felt.
Alec took me to an entirely different place than anything life had offered me before meeting him, and I truly appreciated him for it. Since I had been a small girl, my dream had been to have a prince come riding up, sweep me off of my feet, and take me to his castle.
I didn’t expect at the time that he would be riding a Harley-Davidson, or that his castle would be two houses down from my brother, but I wouldn’t have it any other way.
One definition of a fairy tale is a story in which improbable events lead to a happy ending. So, by definition, I was living in a modern day fairy tale. It didn’t seem to matter much if we were together or we were apart – although I preferred when we were together – I had a smile permanently etched upon my face.
I dug my fingernails into his chest, arched my back, and moaned into the otherwise silent room as I reached climax. A few electrically charged seconds later, and I opened my eyes only to find them focused on his muscular torso. I drew a deep shuddering breath, exhaled, and gazed into his eyes.
“Are you okay?” he asked.
“I’m better than okay,” I said, still trying to find my breath.
“You sure?” he asked.
“Uh huh.”
“I just…”
“Alec, I’m fine.”
“I don’t want to hurt…”
“Alec. Really. The doctor said. Oh. Wait. Let me see your hand. Hurry,” I exclaimed as I reached for his hand.
“There,” I said as I pressed his flattened palm to my stomach. “Feel it.”
The baby rotated slightly, and although I wasn’t sure, my guess was that it was his knees that Alec was feeling.
“He’s active today,” I said.
His eyes widened. “He?”
I went to the doctor for a normal checkup and they did an ultrasound to check the baby’s heart. Although we had both agreed not to find out the sex of the baby, I glanced at the screen at the wrong time.
Apparently the baby and his father shared at least one trait.
“I’m sorry,” I said. “They did an ultrasound today, and I really didn’t even try to see, but he was. Well, let’s just say you and him are a lot alike in one respect.”
He sat up slightly, his mouth curled into smile from ear to ear. “A boy. I thought I didn’t want to know, but now that I do…”
“Are you sure?” he asked.
I burst into a laughing fit at the thought of the sight on the monitor at the doctor’s office. Even the technician gasped at the sight.
“I guess it was one of those you had to be there moments, but yeah. I’m sure,” I said.
He continued to stare at me with face filled with pride.
“At least it’ll make picking a name only half as hard,” I said.
His sister and I had become great friends, and I saw her almost daily. Shane gave her a job at the gym working as his CPA. Although she and I had already discussed names, I had yet to really talk to Alec about it.
“What do you think about the name Derek for a boy?” I asked.
He sat silently for some time and just stared.
I really liked the name and I had hopes he would to. About the time I was going to suggest my second favorite name, his bottom lip began to quiver. Soon thereafter, a tear rolled down his cheek.
“It’s…it’s uhhm…it’s perfect,” he said as he wiped the tear from his cheek with the back of his hand.
And so are you, Alec Jacob.
So are you.
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