Page 44 of Knuckle's Dispute

Chapter Twenty-Two

Janessa

GETTING BROUGHT TOthe hospital by ambulance means I don’t have a choice but to get checked out by the doctors here.I’ve tried to refuse help knowing Micah is out there and needs help more than I do, but Aaron is insistent on the doctors running every single test known to man and making sure I’m okay before he’ll allow me to leave the hospital.Yes, I know Micah is here because Aaron told me in the ambulance.They got him out of where he was being held captive and he was out in an SUV before the cops came in to take Barb and David out of the diner.He apparently watched the entire thing happen on a tablet through the cameras in the diner.The stubborn fucking man!He should’ve been taken straight to the hospital to be checked out instead of laying in the back of a damn vehicle and watching what was going on in the diner.He’ll be getting a piece of my mind when I can see him again.

Anyway, between Aaron and Tease, I don’t know which man I’m more pissed off at this point.Tease just left my side to go check in with the rest of the club and find out what’s going on with his best friend.Knuckles is now here and being treated by the doctors.He was actually just taken up to surgery.That’s all we know at this point and Tease is the one who gave us that information because he’s Knuckle’s only blood relative here so he’s the one who will get the information and updates.I need to be out there with everyone else instead of this damn hospital bed getting all the tests done.

“Aaron, I don’t want to be stuck in this damn bed any longer.I feel fine.My head wasn’t hit when I collapsed.You know I haven’t been sleeping because Knuckles was taken.Add on everything that happened today and it became too much for my body to handle.I guarantee you that’s what the doctor will tell us when they finally manage to get back in here,” I say, my voice low as people continue walking by the exam room I’m waiting in.

“I know you don’t think you need to be here, Nessa, but you really do.If anything happens to you, Knuckles will lose his mind and right now his focus needs to be on his recovery.Besides, you’re my sister and I will do everything in my power to ensure you’re safe and healthy.Daniel and Joseph are pacing the waiting room dying to get back here with you.You know if it’s one of them in here with you then you aren’t getting away with the few tests I demanded they do,” Aaron says, sitting down on the edge of my bed and taking my hand in his.“Those two are going out of their minds worrying over you.They’re already trying to force their way back here.And we all know Mom and Dad won’t be making an appearance.Those stupid fucks.Have you talked to them?”

“No.They don’t have anything to do with me unless I have something they want or need.Plus, after the last disaster at their house for the so-called dinner, neither one of them will be contacting me anytime soon.I’m sure Nicole is getting more than enough attention from them right now and I’m good with it.Mom and Dad mean nothing to me anymore.Not after all the hate they continue to spew at me and now my son.No one will ever talk shit about Kaden.I have no problem cutting them out of my life permanently.The three of you are all Kaden and I need in our lives from my side,” I answer as the doctor and a nurse make their way back into the room and Aaron moves from sitting on the bed with me so they can do whatever they’re here for.

“Miss Burns, did you know you’re currently pregnant?”the doctor asks me and everything goes hazy and I feel like I might pass the hell out.

“W-W-What did you just say?”I ask, needing to be sure I’m hearing this right.

I’ve literally only been with Knuckles once since our son was born.There’s no way in hell I’m pregnant again already when I’m nursing and haven’t had my cycle since after giving birth to Kaden.How the hell does this shit happen to me?

“You’re pregnant.I’m guessing this isn’t something you knew,” the doctor says with a small smile on his face as another nurse walks in with an ultrasound machine.

“Holy shit, Nessa!”Aaron whispers, shock clear on his face as I turn to look at him.

“We’re going to give you an ultrasound to make sure the baby is okay after everything you’ve been through, Miss Burns.That will be the last test we perform and depending on what we find, you can be discharged.You will have to find an obstetrician to follow-up and get prenatal care moving forward,” the doctor says, his voice coming to me as if he’s walking away with the shock filling me.

“Okay.Do whatever you have to,” I say absentmindedly while reaching out for Aaron’s hand.I need to be grounded and my little brother is the only person who can accomplish that right now.

I lay still while they get the ultrasound machine set up and ask me to verify my name and date of birth.Aaron doesn’t say a word as he sits on the side of my bed in one of those uncomfortable hospital chairs holding my hand and waiting to see the baby.My brothers are very involved in my life and the only time they weren’t was when I was with Roger because that twatwaffle wouldn’t allow them to be involved.I could barely talk to them and that’s how they knew something was very wrong with our relationship.

“I’m going to pull your gown up a bit to get to your stomach.Can you please turn around, Sir?When she’s decent you can look again,” the technician says as she steps right up next to the bed and starts to pull the blankets down off of me.

Aaron turns his head to face the wall behind him while the technician gets me ready to have the ultrasound done.Once my stomach is exposed, Aaron turns back around to face the screen and waits for the image to show up on the screen.

“We’re going to try this first.If I can’t get a good image, we’ll have to switch to an internal ultrasound.I’m hoping it won’t come to that, but we’ll have to see.Once I know how far along you are, we might be able to listen to the heartbeat.Again, that might not happen today depending on how many weeks pregnant you are,” the technician says, squirting the gel on my stomach and making me shrink back into the bed from the coldness now consuming me.

Placing the wand on my stomach, the technician moves it around as I stare at the screen next to us.It doesn’t take long for an image to appear on the screen.I have no clue what the hell I’m looking at as the technician moves the wand around and presses buttons on the keyboard.I know she’s speaking, but I can’t hear anything as I focus on the screen and try to take in every single detail.Not that I know what details I’m taking in at this point.

“I’m going to print out some pictures for you.Right now, everything looks good with the baby and there doesn’t appear to be any lasting effects from whatever you’ve been through.Keep the stress to a minimum and come back immediately if you start bleeding or pain.Don’t try to play it off because something could happen,” the technician says before removing the wand and handing me over a towel to clean my stomach off with.

“Fuck, Nessa.You’re gonna have another baby,” Aaron whispers in awe as he leans back in the chair and releases my hand.

“Keep this to yourself, Aaron.I don’t want anyone to know before I have a chance to talk to Micah about it.He deserves to be the first one to know what’s going on,” I say, fear filling me because I really have no clue how he’s going to react to this news.Especially after being tortured and beaten so badly.

“Okay, Nessa.Whatever you want is what we’ll do.Just don’t wait too long to tell him this time.He needs to step up and be a man and support you,” Aaron says, remembering everything I went through while I was pregnant with Kaden and all alone.

In a matter of a few minutes, a nurse is back in my room with discharge papers.She gives me a script for prenatal vitamins and explains the need to have a follow-up appointment while I pay attention to my body and return if anything doesn’t feel right.Aaron listens to everything that’s being said so I don’t do something I’m not supposed to.He’ll tell Daniel and Joseph the second I let him.The only good thing about this situation is that my brothers are all extremely overprotective and Aaron’s change in attitude around me won’t raise any red flags for anyone other than my older brothers.

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