Chapter Fifteen #2
It’s almost midnight and we’re just getting back to the clubhouse.
We would have been back hours ago, but the van broke down.
One of the belts broke and we had to find a parts store to get a new one.
It’s the one part we didn’t have in the order we picked up.
Just my fucking luck. While we were waiting, I called Sheridan to let her know I was going to be late and then my mom so Sheridan wasn’t home alone once she got back from the hospital.
My girl would have spent the night crying all alone and that’s not something I want to happen.
It’s not like I believe Janessa would leave her alone, but she’s got kids to take care of and had to be with them.
I know Sheridan wouldn’t have accepted an offer to spend time at Janessa and Knuckle’s house either.
She would have wanted to be alone and away from everyone to get lost in her head about everything. I’m not gonna let her do that shit.
“Head home. I’ll meet Omen inside and go over everythin’ with him,” Knuckles says as we pull in the gate.
“Sounds good. See ya tomorrow,” I return, my voice excited with the thought of seeing Sheridan and holding her in my arms.
Without another word, I head for the house that’s slowly becoming a home with Sheridan living there and us getting things ready to bring Leo home.
Riding closer to the house, I shut my bike off and push it in the driveway.
If Sheridan is already asleep, I don’t want to wake her up.
She has a hard enough time sleeping and if I wake her up, Sheridan won’t go back to sleep for hours.
Parking my bike, I quickly get off and head inside the house. My mom is sitting on the couch with a book in her hand and the TV off. She looks up and smiles at me as I remove my cut and place it over the back of the chair in front of me.
“How is she tonight?” I ask, my voice a whisper as I lean against the chair and run a hand down my face in exhaustion.
“She had a rough one. Janessa said she cried all the way back from the hospital. I was already here when she walked in the door. I got her to eat a little bit and then had her relax in a hot bath. She had a small snack before going in to lay down. I just checked on her and she was finally asleep. Broke my heart to see her crying in her sleep,” my mom answers me, standing from the couch and walking over to give me a hug.
“Take care of her, Axel. Sheridan is special and I know you two are taking things slow. She’s trying so hard to be strong for Leo and you.
Give her a soft space to land when she needs to break, Axel. ”
“I have been. My girl knows I’m always here for her.
I hold her every damn night as she cries and says she’s a horrible mom because our son is in the hospital still while she’s here at home.
I can’t make her see that it doesn't make her a bad mom. She spends every single second at the NICU with Leo and is the last one to leave his side every night. She’s an amazin’ mom and it’s only goin’ to get better from here.
I did call the doctor to see how he was doin’ when we were waitin’ on the belt.
They said his oxygen levels didn’t drop hardly at all last night and it might be soon that he can finally come home,” I say, a smile on my face with the thought of Leo coming home and us never having to go back to the NICU to see him and then leave him there while we come home.
“That’s the best news I’ve heard all day.
Sheridan really wasn’t up for talking about things when she got back.
Make sure she has a good breakfast when you guys get up.
She really didn’t eat much. Not when she’s breastfeeding and pumping when you’re home,” my mom says, happiness filling her face as she gives me a hug and lets herself out of the house.
I walk through and do my nightly check of the windows and doors before setting the alarm and heading straight for the bedroom.
Pausing at the bed, I cover Sheridan up and wipe the tears from her face before making my way to the bathroom.
I have to take a quick shower before I even think of climbing in bed with her.
The day of riding has covered me in road grime and I don’t ever climb in bed like that.
Rushing through my shower, I get out and dry off before pulling on a pair of sweats.
I barely run a brush through my hair before I head back to the bedroom and climb in bed next to my girl.
Sheridan turns to me the second she feels me near her and wraps her body around mine.
She’s like a little koala bear and I’m not going to complain for a second about it.
It fills me with a deep sense of pride to know even in sleep, Sheridan turns to me and wraps herself around me.
It’s the best feeling in the world. I press my lips to her forehead before getting comfortable and closing my eyes.
It doesn’t take long for me to fall asleep and dream of my girl and the future we’re slowly building together.