Page 182 of Reaper's Rival

I had been moved to a ward, and it was early afternoon now. I hadn’t slept, but Tyson was. I don’t know how as he was passed around from Dad to Kim to Brad.

They hadn’t put him down.

Dad teared up when we told him his name. He said he was honored for his name to be passed on. I couldn’t even take credit for it; it was Kade’s idea.

Reaper was sitting next to me, holding my hand. The nurse walked in.

“Time for your pain relief, Mrs. Wilson.” She smoothly made her way through the room.

The one thing Kade had organized was that I had private health cover, which meant I had my own room and it was big. Which is what I needed, with big bikers everywhere.

I let go of Kade’s hand and took the pills from the nurse.

“Thanks,” I said before putting them in my mouth. Kade handed me my water.

Mom had given birth to Kim and me without pain relief. So if Mom could do it, so could I. However, now that it was over, I needed pain relief and didn’t care if it made me look weak.

“What’s your pain out of ten?” the nurse asked, holding up my clipboard.

I looked around the room. Did I really want to admit I was in pain in front of Dad, Kim, and Brad?

“Everyone out.”

My head snapped to Kade. He was standing and waving for them to leave. “Abby needs time with the nurse.”

Kim handed Tyson to Kade, then they all left, leaving me with the nurse and Kade.

“So pain out of ten, Abby?” The nurse repeated herself with a smile on her face. “Don’t worry, it’s normal to feel like you can’t say you’re in pain.”

“It would be around an eight,” I muttered, ashamed to be admitting it.

Reaper gave me a ‘not-impressed’ look.

“The medication will help with that. Now I’ll check your blood pressure and just your BGL levels to get them recorded.” The nurse was nice.

I stuck my arm out as she wrapped the blood pressure band around my arm.

Then I saw it for the first time. Reaper’s eyes weren’t on me. They were on Tyson as he held him in his arms. Tyson had wrapped his finger around his thumb.

I smiled. The pain was all worth it. I had given him a son. No matter what happened now, we were a family.

“All good, Abby. I can let your guests back in?” The nurse folded my clipboard and put it on the end of the bed.

“Yeah, that would be great.” I gave her a small smile, but my eyes were on Reaper.

She exited, leaving me with my family.

“He’s perfect, Abby,” Reaper said, keeping his eyes on Tyson as he walked to my bedside. He looked up, proud. “You gave me a perfect son. I’m so darn proud of you.”

I smiled. What do you say to that? I didn’t know what to say. Reaper sat in the chair next to me, still holding Tyson. He looked so tiny in Reaper’s arms.

I yawned just as Dad walked back in.

“You tired, sweetheart?” Dad was frowning at me.

“You warned me that would happen.” I smiled back at him.

“We should go, let you get some sleep.” Dad walked to my bedside and kissed me on the forehead. “Proud of you, baby girl.”

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