Page 110 of I Heard It All Before

He was happy as hell when he and his mother talked the night before and she told him that Demi was pregnant. The romantic weekend that she had planned for them was when he was supposed to find out. Cam felt bad as hell for ignoring her all that time and, now, she was in her fourth month of pregnancy. She was already nine weeks when he went to jail and he stayed there for seven more weeks. Cam was excited to be a father and he prayed that the outcome was different that time.

“Don’t touch me!” Demi snapped while slapping his hand away.

“I’ll sign you in Demi,” Nora chuckled as she walked away and left the two of them alone.

“Why didn’t you tell me?” Cam asked as he tried to touch her stomach again.

“How? How did you expect me to tell you anything when you wouldn’t even talk to me?” Demi asked.

“I’m sorry Demi, but I was fucked up by how you handled everything. I’ve never lied to you about anything and I’m not trying to start. I thought we were better than that,” Cam replied.

“I apologized to you a million times, but you have a problem forgiving. What else did you want me to do?” Demi questioned.

“I do forgive you. I love you too much not to,” Cam replied.

“Fuck that Cam. I’m not Asha. This baby will not be the reason that we stay together. You wouldn’t even open the door for me yesterday, but now you love me so much,” Demi fumed.

“I do love you and it has nothing to do with our baby. I loved you before you got pregnant and nothing has changed. I admit that I did handle things wrong, but I was hurt. I know that I hurt you too and, for that, I apologize. I don’t want you to leave though. I want us to work this out and raise our baby under the same roof,” Cam said as he kissed her lips.

He expected Demi to pull away, but he was happy that she didn’t. Nora smiled when she saw the two of them holding hands and whispering back and forth. Nora had tried to be there for Demi as much as she could, but she was happy that she and Cam seemed to be okay. Demi was a sweetheart and Nora thought she was a good fit for her son.

“Well, it looks like my work is done, so I’m leaving. Call me later Demi,” Nora said as she waved and walked away.

As soon as she left, Demi’s name was called and she was led to the back. Cam was happy to hear that the baby’s heartbeat was strong and all seemed to be well. He was going to make sure that Demi took care of herself, especially since they were under the same roof. She had a decent diet already and he was gonna make sure that it stayed that way.

“When do we find out the sex of the baby?” Cam asked.

“She’s sixteen weeks in, so we might be able to see now,” the doctor replied.

“What do you want it to be?” Demi asked him.

“Healthy,” Cam replied honestly.

After what happened with his first son, a healthy baby was all that he hoped and prayed for.

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