by L. Ann Marie
Rich looks at him, "took you long enough Brother." He slaps Patches on the back. Fuckin kids. I give him a chin lift.
Kate is beaming. "All my boys. Rich you better be happy with your five brothers. I'm not having anymore. I've reached my limit." The boys laugh, Patches wipes his eyes.
"I was hoping to get a sister too but I guess six boys in the family is enough." He signs while talking. I'm so fuckin proud of my boys keeping Darren included. "Are you going to tell us his name now?" Kate looks at me.
"Devan Richard LaPonte. We wanted to honor all his brothers. Patches real name is Devon with an 'o', we used an 'a'. It's the perfect name to tie every one of you together. Devan covers; D for Darren, V for Victor, and A for Aaron and Richard for you of course."
Patches hugs me holding me tight. Rich kisses Kate. The boys jump around trying being quiet, surprisingly. "Thank you Danny and Kate." Patches says, not even trying to hide his tears. He kisses Kate's cheek.
"Told you Patches. You’re a brother too." Aaron tells him. All the boys hug him, even Rich.
"Fuckin kids." Kate says with tears running down her face. The little boys hold their hand out for their quarter. I crack up.
We all turn when the door is pushed open. Jess, Steve, Little Ben, Ben, Tracy, Jessie, Tiny and Nancy come in.
Jess takes Devan. "Oh my gosh, he has your eyes. He's beautiful!" Jess says. Tiny tells her it's his turn to hold the new little brother. "I just got him a second ago." Jess says with a frown. I laugh.
"It's my fuckin turn, you old ladies always take the baby's. This is a fuckin Brother thing. Hand him over." Ben and Steve crack up. I'm watching the boys who are amazed with Tiny's tantrum.
"Uncle Tiny you owe us money. You should have to pay dddouble 'cause we're out." Victor tells him.
Rich laughs, "You tell him Brother."
"Fuckin kids, I got a ten in my pocket. I'll get it when I'm not holding the fuckin Little Brother." He says walking to the window mumbling in our now cramped room.
Jessie is signing for Darren, they crack up. Everyone kisses Kate and slaps my back. Nancy gives Kate a bag and the boys move away while they talk. Ben asks what the baby's name is.
Darren makes a noise, everyone looks at him. He moves so everyone can watch him. 'D for Darren, e, V for Victor, A for Aaron, n. Richard. He honors his brothers with his name.' He signs. Everyone looks at Patches. He stands proud.
"I know that feels good Brothers." Ben says to Patches and Rich.
"Yeah Pres," they say together emotion evident in their tone. The little guys are smiling proud.
Jessie and Little Ben look at each other. "You did it Uncle Danny. They’re starting to see." Little Ben says.
I look at him but he doesn't say anymore, he looks at Jessie. "You used your strong and gave Te Kate the baby she wanted and to help fix the boys hearts to make you a bigger family for her. You used it so all the Big Brothers got to see your strong and help Darren be strong and be a good big brother. Your strong helped Patches be in your family so he's not alone no more and you showed him and Rich Te Kate loves them like you do."
Little Ben starts talking the second Jessie stops. "See you did it. You got some scars on the outside but you used your strong to fix every bodies insides. Even Uncle Tiny."
We all just look at them. Holyfuckinshit. What do I say to that? "I have no fuckin clue what to say."
"Fuckin kids." Steve, Tiny, Ben, Rich, Kate and Nancy say.
"Holy shit!" Jess and Patches say.
The little guys all hold their hands out laughing. "We'll have enough to get ice cream by afternoon if you keep talking to them." Jessie says as Darren signs. The little guys all crack up thinking this is hysterical.
All the adults say it again, "fuckin kids.”
Patches takes the boys for lunch. People are filing in and out of the room. I take Rich to the cafeteria. I haven't had much time with him and I really want to talk to him before he leaves tomorrow. We get drinks and sit. "I wanted to talk to you before you left. I was pissed when I found out why you Prospected early. Not with your decision, I think it shows honor, loyalty and integrity to protect what’s ours. I was pissed because the decision was made when you were so young. Made me feel like I wasn't there for you at such an important time making such an important decision."
He looks down. "I hoped you never knew about that. I'm sorry I didn't talk to you. It wasn't because I was trying to hide it. I know you found out about mom's cheating. I never told you I knew. It was when you found out it was your friend that I made the decision. It took me months of thinking about it. I talked to Pres, Tiny and Steve wanting to make sure I was thinking clear. You had so much shit with mom fighting even though you were giving her everything, then finding out about Jack with her. I didn't want this to be on your mind too. It wasn't out of disrespect, I just didn't want to add more to your plate." He finally looks at me.
"Rich I'm so fuckin proud of you. Thank you for trying to shield me. It wasn't your job though. I knew about your mom for years, I didn't know about Jack, I was hit with the loss of that friendship but you are always my priority. I don't want you to hold things back from me because you think it's too much for me to handle. I'm your father, I'll deal. If I need help with that, we'll deal with that too. I realize your job is classified, I know you're a satellite. I'm not asking for details. That job comes with some heavy fuckin baggage. I'm telling you as your father and a member of security for the MC when I was younger don't try shielding me or our family when you're going through shit. We're here, we'll deal, together. If we can't figure it out, we got a whole fuckin club of Brothers and some pretty amazing women that can help. Yeah?"
He has tears in his eyes. "Thanks dad. I always know you're here but if feels good for you to know my job and give me a lifeline. There are times I could use it. Steve is great, he gets my job but he's not you."
"Always here for you Rich. No matter what. Always here." I hold his arm.
He clears his throat, "I'm headed to Kuwait when I leave here. I'll be shipped off from there. Christmas is going to suck in the fuckin sandbox. I got the boys and Patches presents in my closet. Can you get them under the tree for me?"
I smile, we need to move on, "Yeah, Christmas is going to be a regular circus with all the kids." I say smiling.
"I'll try to call; I wish I could be here for their first Christmas. I'd love to see how Patches reacts." He has a big fuckin smile.
"He's grown on you too huh?"
He laughs, "first I thought he was like Steve. Then I realized he didn't have anyone, he was drifting. He made me think of you and Te Jess, how life must have been for you. He's a Brother but was still floating around the outside. You taught me to stick out my hand. I did and I'm so fuckin glad I did. I see the difference in him. Like he's free to start living now. I'm glad he's in our family, I feel like he was meant to be my brother. It feels good."
"Yeah it does. He loves the boys and you. He was so fuckin excited you were coming home he had the cleaners there twice this week." I smile.
He cracks up, "he's a fuckin neat freak. What did he think needs to be cleaned?"
I laugh with him feeling so good talking about nothing to my boy who's a man. "Cleaner only charged once, said there was nothing to do the second time."
"Fuckin Patches." We say together with smiles.
Chapter Thirty
Five weeks...
I'm feeding Devan while Danny does a last check on the doors and kids. They've been wired all day. I'm so glad Patches and Petey had a long Little Brothers party/meeting this afternoon. They got everything ready for tomorrow and had a buffet dinner. This left me time to do the last minute shopping that needed to be done. Danny has been awesome; a group of guys went shopping with him earlier in the month to get for all the boys. I know he hates shopping but he's been picking up the slack and has done Christmas and food shopping for me. He even collected presents from the Brothers and mailed the box, before the deadline, to Rich who is in Kuwait for Christ
mas. He walks in with his pj pants low on his waist. As soon as he looks at me and Devan his dick move. I've been watching for at least a week now. Freakin horny as hell. I take a sleepy Devan off my nipple; Danny takes him for the 'dad baby burping bond'. At least that's what he calls it. He won't even let Tiny burp him if he's here. I haven't told Danny how many times Tiny has taken Devan to burp after I feed him. I think it's sweet he wants to be part of his life, so I keep it to myself. I think I've talked Nancy into having a baby. She didn't think Tiny wanted kids but it seems pretty obvious he does now. I told her it won't hurt to ask. We'll see.
"Littlest Brother is asleep. What a fuckin day. I'm so glad it's over. How are you doing baby? You looked pretty happy after your crazy shopping trip." He lies down beside me.
"The stores were nuts. I'm so glad you did so much of it for me, thank you." I kiss his lips. "I got everything that was left on the list except all the chocolate. I went with granola bars like we did with Rich. I did get one chocolate Santa for Patches but I'll give it to him when he's ready to go home." I smile at him.
"Was it dark?" He smiles at my nod. "Very thoughtful, thank you my beautiful K."
"I'm hoping you're not too tired tonight?" I watch for his reaction. I smile when his eyes dilate.
"You need some relief baby?" He would too, but not this time.
"I was thinking more in the 'we' line. I've given it a week and I'm not willing to wait anymore."
"Baby the doctor said six weeks." He looks worried. Fuck, that's not the looks I wanted back from him.
"Then give me the vibrator and I'll tell you how it was when I'm done." I'm not giving up or in.
He looks shocked. I keep the smile off my face and put my hand out. "Babe, I don't want to hurt you. It could make you not want to have sex because all you'll remember is the pain, sometimes that's months even after the six weeks." He really is worried. Fuckin ex, putting that shit in his head. I've found too many things he has strange reasons or reactions to. This will not be one of them.
"I made you a promise that I would be open and honest with you and you would not compare my actions or reactions to the bitch troll. This is one of those times you need to trust me. Whatever you're thinking is based on her. I'm not her. Jess told me she had sex after the fourth week with no problem. I waited an extra week. The only thing you need to be concerned about is wearing a condom. I can easily get pregnant right now because of crazy hormones. I am not having any more kids. So you can suit up and trust me or hand me the vibrator because I'm not waiting another day." I smile and put my hand out again.
I see he's weighing out what I've said. "If you have pain you'll tell me right away?" He is nervous. Fuckin bitch troll.
"When have I not been honest with you? If I think it even might hurt I'll tell you." Not in a million years.
"I'm sorry I doubted you, old baggage." He smiles and I feel like a fraud. His mouth goes to my nipples. When he sucks it sends shock waves to my pussy.
"Hole shit! That feels freakin good." I slide my hand where I can reach on his body. I know he likes when I touch him so I try for everywhere. His fingers move slowly down my body. I let him take his time knowing he's waiting for me to stop him. "Fuck, please don't stop." I move my hips trying to get his finger in deeper. He growls and moves over me. I use my feet to push his pj pants down.
"Slow down baby, let me get a rubber." He leans to the nightstand. Yes! He's not stopping. He puts it on the bed and moves lower. Fuck. He puts his mouth on me.
"Fuck! Oh my God! I'm there." I cry out. He moves his tongue faster hitting my nub just right. Fuck I yell out his name. I try to catch my breath, he's smiling up at me. "Fuck that was too good. Please don't stop." I beg him hearing the hoarseness in my voice.
He gets off the bed and tells me to lean against the edge, feet on the floor, stomach on the bed. I think I'm liking this. I do as he tells me. "I hate hiding your tits from my view but I won't last seeing your face and tits, based on your orgasm, I really want to last." I giggle; guess he's not afraid anymore. He puts the condom on and checks to see if I'm wet, Jeesh, I just came, it felt like I was opening a flood gate. "Fuck baby, you're dripping." His voice is thick. He slides in slow, I moan the whole way. "Fuck, you feel good baby. I love hearing you enjoy it." He starts moving, he's gentle at first. I growl and hear him chuckle but he moves faster and rolls his hips each time he's all the way in.
"Fuck, Danny I'm putting my hand on my stomach." He stops. "Please don't stop. I want to hold that place you do, when you roll your hips it will send those sparks flying."
"You're not hurting?" Fuck nervous again.
"Fuck no, I want to feel better, you can put your hand there, I don't care but I want those sparks." He chuckles again.
"Go ahead baby, chase your sparks, I don't want to hurt your stomach with my big paws." He says with no trace of nervous. YES! I slide my hand down trying to find the exact spot he does. I tell him to go. Fuck he does. "Fuck baby, always surprising me. I love that you’re not afraid to take what you want." He holds my hips still and pumps into me.
"Right there, don't go slower or faster, right there." I beg him. He keeps moving at that pace, I get my hand right, put pressure on my stomach and scream his name. I hear his moaned fuck but nothing else. Holy Crap!
"Baby you're still squeezing me so fuckin hard I know you're not dead but are you ok?" His hoarse voice is hard to understand because of his heavy breathing.
I'm wiped but I turn my face as far back as I can and smile. I haven't even opened my eyes. I moan and he laughs.
He pulls out still chuckling. "You're wiped aren't you my beautiful K?" I moan again and nod. He kisses my cheek, “let me get you cleaned up." I nod and stay put, as if it were a choice. He cleans me and lays me back on the bed.
"Thank you that was mind blowing." I say, still with my eyes closed. I roll into him. "No more waiting, it's too good to wait." He laughs at me and kisses my head.
Danny
Holy fuck, she's right it was fuckin mind blowing and too good to wait. My fuckin ex messed with my head when I was too young to know any better. I'm so fuckin thankful Kate gave me a shot after I fucked up so bad. I need to stop bringing my ex into our lives. I know it pisses her off. I don't need the reminder of how fuckin stupid I was and she doesn't deserve to be doubted when she's never given me a reason to doubt her and it’s always over stupid shit.
I'm going to talk to the counselor when I bring the boys after Christmas. I'm not sure how to throw all the shit De spouted out, maybe the counselor can help. It shouldn’t be clouding my life with Kate.
I'm not fuckin this up. My beautiful wife and six boys are worth a little embarrassment. I pull the patch off dropping it on the nightstand and switch off the light. Kate burrows into me; I fall asleep with a smile. My Beautiful K.
Chapter Thirty One
Christmas Eve...
Nancy, Natalie and Mary take the boys shopping. They got the manager to open an hour early so they could get the Santa presents for the low income kids in town. They ordered a bunch of stuff that the Prospects will take over to the Community Center for the seniors to organize and get ready for delivery. Kelly is organizing food baskets with some of the other old ladies. Anita and Devon are organizing the shelters Christmas presents. Everyone does their jobs like they've been doing it for years. They make me smile. Luckily the club did the secret Santa. The kids have so much stuff already. One more present each is about all my house can hold right now.
Len comes in looking worried. "What's up Len?"
He sits down hard. "South Boston call, high security waiting for mom to be released from the hospital. No one is willing to take her. They’ve called up into New Hampshire and down into Rhode Island. Husband is Boston SWAT. Eight year old twins, one boy, one girl. If mom's not released today the kids are going into care. Battered Women's up there won't shelter her over night because of the husband." Fuck.
"Call Doc. Get mom and kids here any way you can. If she needs ambula
nce transport, get Doc on it right away. We’ll need any and all info on the husband." He nods moving quickly. I call Anita and tell her what's going on. She promises to finish up and head over.
I check the roster of shelters and families. My old house is open. I call Digs. "Digs its Kate, did the cameras and Plexiglas go into my old house?"
"Yeah they're up, been up since after Natalie." He sounds distracted.
"I'm pulling a South Boston client. No one is willing to take her. Husband is SWAT. I need your attention on this Digs. It's not just another high security client, it's volatile. Christmas, no family around to beat and highly skilled training, a know in the department and plenty of guns. This is as real as it gets." I say in a no nonsense way that grabs his attention.
"Sorry Kate. I got it. Doc hasn't called yet, I didn't know." He says. I know I have his full attention now.
"He's arranging for them to get here. They'll need at least one vehicle change. I'll get Anita on supplying clothes for the change. There will be eight year old twins, one girl one boy. Mom hasn't been discharged from the hospital yet." Doc comes walking in on his phone. "Doc just got here I'll have him call you back." I hang up without waiting for an answer. I wait until Doc finishes.
He looks at me as he slides the phone off. "Baxter is flying her down here. Their chopper just touched down on the hospital roof. No one’s name is on the order and no one’s allowed on the roof with them. They had a doctor just finishing up a meeting at their lab so he'll ride with her." He blows a breath out.
"I have Digs working on transport. My old house is empty. We need friggin names for the houses." I get a smile out of him. "Anita is on her way back."
Len comes in with the husband’s info. “I sent you what I have via email. This is what I just got from the hospital security.” He hands me a page. “Police are already questioning the nurses. Husband is at large. Crisis worker was assaulted at the hospital. He may know where she’s headed.”
