Page 184 of Reaper's Rival

She nodded her head. “We didn’t note that in her family history. That’s rather important. Thank you, Kade. I’ll let the doc know. It will most likely answer his questions.” She gave me a steady smile then walked back to the nurse’s station.

Now it was more important that I didn’t put any more pressure on Abby. She would hate going on medication. She was stubborn when it came to medication. I thought I’d have to fight her to take her pain meds.

I opened the door to her room, and she was still asleep. I sat down in the chair and took her hand. It had an IV in it because she was on fluids.

She’d done a beautiful job. Now it was my turn to make sure she had everything she needed to support our son. But most importantly, I needed to make sure she stayed well, cause Abby would always put herself last.

Abby

It was after three in the morning and Tyson had kept me up since around eight. He wouldn’t settle. I was pacing the room with him, and he was still crying.

Reaper had gone home to sleep. He left at tea time when our son was sound asleep.

I didn’t know what to do.

It seemed my son had done his sleeping for the day and now it was awake time.

“Ok, Tyson. What do you want?” I went to the little kitchen area in the room and made up a bottle.

Maybe he was hungry again?

As soon as I made the bottle, I headed back to the bed. Sitting down, I gave Tyson his bottle, and for the first time in hours, he stopped crying. Maybe I should have tried the bottle earlier?

This whole being a mother thing was confusing.

I lay back on the bed and after he had finished the bottle, he was more happy and quiet but still awake.

“How about I tell you a story?” I surrounded myself with pillows on the bed and laid him on my chest. His little breath was tickling my neck. I told Tyson the story of how Kade and I met. Just talking about it brought back a lot of memories.

How he had stopped Trigger from attacking me.

I talked and yawned and talked some more till the sun came up. We did two more bottles and a nappy change as well.

It was just after seven in the morning when my door opened. I was sitting on the couch with Tyson on my lap.

“How was your night?”

Kade.

“A sleepless one.” I smiled at Kade. I had caught a look at myself in the mirror, and I looked like a wreck. My hair was everywhere, my eyes were puffy, and I had circles under my eyes. It had only been a couple of days, and I was already looking like a tired mom.

“We didn’t sleep, did we, Tyson?” I looked down at my lap. “How was your night?”

He looked guilty. “I should have stayed.”

“You weren’t to know. Anyway, no point of us both being tired.”

“You can come home today, right?”

“Yep, and I’m ready to leave now.”

He laughed and walked over to me. “Don’t think they’ll discharge you at seven in the morning. Anyway, you have some visitors.”

As if on cue, the door opened up, and Kim walked in with Trigger.

“How is my beautiful nephew?”

“Ready for Aunty cuddles.” I handed him over.

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