Three Way, the Novel (22 page)

I still wished Ryker was there with us, but things began to happen so fast I wasn’t given time to worry about it.

Quinn was amazing, he held my hand every step of the way, encouraged me and rubbed my back and talked me through the worst of it.

Sometime in the middle of the night things were getting worse and I didn’t think I’d be able to make it any longer, Quinn made me focus on his eyes and talked me through it again.

As the pain receded, I felt half mad with it and almost out of my mind. Quinn was doing his best but he was exhausted.

I wanted to give up, and thought I just might, when I heard a commotion in the hallway.

“He’s already in there with her, sir,” one of the nurses said in an indignant voice.

“I’m the father, he’s the father, it doesn’t fucking matter…let me in,” I heard a deep male voice growl back.

Ryker made it after all!

Chapter Six

“Let him in,” Quinn exclaimed as he jumped to his feet. He’d been dozing but had heard his brother’s voice.

“Please,” I said to one of the nurses standing near me. “Let him in. I know it’s weird but they both need to be here.”

“It’s not weird, it’s sweet really,” she said with a smile. It made me feel better immediately, knowing that she wasn’t silently judging me for having two hot men in my life.

I know we’d face that kind of discrimination throughout our lives, but in a place where I felt so vulnerable it was nice to have somebody on my side.

“Miss me, kitten?” Ryker asked as he entered the room and headed straight to my side.

“You have no idea,” I exhaled and felt tears springing to my eyes. He bent down and kissed my forehead and I was enveloped in his scent…I could smell the antiseptic soap the hospital would have made him use, but underneath was his natural musk, the one that drove me wild.

He and Quinn were even more identical in their hospital gowns and hair covers. They looked down at me, grinning like fools, as I began to labor again.

“The baby’s coming,” Ryker said, holding my hand and barely wincing as I squeezed it hard enough to feel the bones roll together.

“No shit, Sherlock,” Quinn replied with a smirk. He let Ryker step in and help out while he took a bit of a break.

By the time the doctor arrived and the baby decided to come into the world, they were both by my side, encouraging me and loving me and bringing me peace in a time of turmoil.

I started to sob the moment I heard his little cry and felt myself drifting towards sleep shortly after. I was too tired to keep my eyes open by that point. I fell into a deep rest with the image of his scrunched up little face burned onto the back of my retinas.

I was the happiest I’d ever been.

***

It surprised me how quickly we settled into our new life with the baby.

Of course it helped that I’d hired a couple nannies to help out, but if it freed up some time for me to spend with my guys, it was well worth it.

We’d decided to name the little guy Felix, for no reason other than we all loved it and couldn’t come up with anything else. Once we named him, it suited him perfectly.

Our families were still somewhat confused by our relationship, but that didn’t stop our parents from seeing little Felix every chance they got. As I’d suspected before at the pregnancy announcement, babies were one thing that would bring a family together and resolve differences. Nobody wanted to miss out on a single moment of his development.

The trial went well, Ryker never had to testify because the evidence was overwhelming. The Russian mafia was effectively kicked out of Seattle and the Hell’s Warriors had been reduced to the old days. They were involved in petty crime I was sure, but had bought half of Mel’s club to save her from having to pack it in. They offered the clientele and protection she needed and she got to keep running the Hen House.

Ryker had quit his job with the FBI completely and Quinn managed to get the company running smoothly enough that he barely had to go in. Because of all our free time, we’d been traveling since Felix was about six months old. It was incredible to be able to see every place I’d always dreamed of with the people I loved most in my life.

I never knew how much my life would change when I’d made the choice to move to Seattle, but of course I never do a darn thing different at that point.

My life was filled with love and laughter and joy, and what more could a girl want?

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