Tied Up In Heartstrings (25 page)

My girl needs to be loved. She’s made that pretty damn clear, with the threatening bodily harm and all. I did ask the doctor if making love to my girl was okay and he said yes, as l
ong as she’s feeling up to it.

She looks like she feels okay, but it was only two days ago that Whitney found her in bed unable to keep her eyes open. How good can s
he possibly feel up to sex now?

Three days ago, I thought I was going to lose my mind. I was calling and texting
Lex, and she wouldn’t take any of my calls or respond to the texts. I was sure she was pissed off that I was away and planning to boot me because of the damn tour. I was pissed and frustrated. I was just getting ready to book a flight and come back to check on things when I got the call from Jason.

Six hours before a show, we had to cancel. That sucked for the fans, but seriously, there was absolutely no way I would have been able to get on that stage knowing my girl was in the hospital, sick and barely conscious. Even though, everybody and their mother told me I needed to stay…in my heart I knew where I needed to be. She’s my priority. When she needs me, no matter where I am in the world, I’ll fuck
ing be there, with her, always!

I had to check on Sierra before I let Alexis have her way with me. I wouldn’t want my little princess to ever see what her Mama does to me, or what I’m going to do to her Mama. These pregnancy
hormones are serious business.

I can’t believe Alexis is having my baby. I can’t believe I’m going to be a dad. My precious girl was afraid to tell me. She thought I’d feel trapped. For such a smart girl, she can be stupid as hell sometimes. I’m quite frankly pleased that she’s knocked up, so she can stop
second guessing what we have and stay put. What we have is PERMANENT! I’m staying, she’s staying, we’re all staying! I love her so much.

I walk back into the room throwing my shirt off and heading straight to my beautiful and very ready to be loved girl. “Alexis Nicole, I crazy love you, baby. Really. Really. Really.” I say, standing over her and looking down at her beautif
ul body. Damn, I’m a lucky guy!

“You’re incredible, lady! You’re hot as hell and completely mine to play with, right?” I ask, knowing she’ll let me do whatever I want to her right now. All I really have in mind is to fucking worship this woman and her body until she can longer keep her eyes open. Huh…threaten me with bodily harm and not sleeping. I’ll show her cute little ass! She’ll sleep after I’m done
with her. I’ll make sure of it.

“I’m going to be very fat and not at all ‘HOT’, as you say, in a few short months. Get your fill now, because I’ll be hideous, soon,” she says with a nonchalant attitude, but I can see she’s worried, or at least not happy, abou
t that part of being pregnant.

So I kneel down in front of her and proceed to run my fingers the full length of her torso. “Baby, this little body of yours will never be hideous. It’s building the most precious gift anyone could ever receive,” I say, locking eyes with her. “This baby is a dream come true. Your body can do whatever it needs to, baby. But it’ll never be less than perfect in my eyes, since no other body has, ever, or will, give me anything as precious as Sierra and this baby. I’ll worship your body for those gifts for the rest of my life,” I say to a teary, glassy eyed girl.

“I love you, Garrett. You’ll never really ever understand what it means to me to have you here, with me, to stay,” she says, as the beautiful tears seep out of her eyes.

“No tears, baby. I’m here…to stay with you always. And even when I’m away sweetheart, I’m here. My heart is here with you, Sierra, and this new little person.”

It appears she’s much less in need of being ‘Fucked’ and will now allow me to make gentle sweet love to her. Glad I brought that shit down a few notches. Now, I can take care of my girl the way I know she needs.

I roll her over onto her stomach and massage all her back muscles. She’s been achy from being in the hospital bed for a couple days. She was pretty weak from the dehydration and exhaustion. We’re going to need to figure something out for when I leave next week. We’ll need concrete plans to make sure that she has extra hands to help out around here, so she can get some extra rest. My mother, Kate, and Whitney have already been working out a schedule, which I know will make her
pissy. She hates when people take control of her life. But, she’s going to need to let them while I’m away, and then I’ll be here.

I rub her up and down her shoulders, back, and legs. She likes it, because she hasn’t said a word. I lean over her to kiss her cheek and her breathing is even and calm. My precious lady has fallen asleep on me. As much as I wanted to bury myself inside her, it thrills me to see her resting peacefully. I continue to caress her gently, careful not to disturb her, but wanting to make sure she’s really out befo
re I move her up to her pillow.

I hear a small moan escape her lips and I know she’s stirring a bit, so I jump up, take off my jeans and pop back into bed with just my boxers on. I move in next to
Lex, and slide under her, so that her head is resting on my chest. I kiss her forehead, whispering in her ear. When she returns the reply in a small voice, “I love you more. So much more.” Her eyes are still closed, but she’s awake. She’s listening. “Never, lady!”

“Garrett, it’s clear we’re not doing what I wanted tonight, so stop trying to start an argument with this very tired pregnant woman,” she says with a smirk and snuggles in closer, t
hrowing her leg over my thigh.

“You’re right, babe, no arguing, but I do love you more,” I sa
y with a kiss to her forehead.

I wake before the alarm in the morning and switch everything off, so that
Lex doesn’t wake up. I’m taking Sierra to school this morning. I want Lex sleeping. I head down the hall to wake up my princess. I’m singing the song I wrote for her when her little eyes pop open and she climbs to the end of the bed to sit in my lap. She sticks her thumb into her mouth and listens.

I help her get dressed for her day and she tells me about her golfing adventure with Pop, which was really just driving around in a golf cart. She had a lot of fun and my parents are convinced the sun and moo
n set behind Alexis and Sierra.

I want to make our little family official. I need to do it quickly. This is about the three of us. Not just
Lex and me, so I want to do it right and include my little princess. I have a couple meetings this morning after I take care of Sierra.

“Breakfast at home or
on the go, baby girl?” I ask.

“Home, Mimi made me the yogurt with berries that we picked,” she s
ays.

“Is it in the fridge?” She nods yes, her
pony tail bobbing.

After her tasty breakfast of berries and yogurt and, of course, a cup of chocolate milk, we gather her things for school when I hear the angelic voice. “Good morning, I hope you two weren’t leaving without me,” she says, as she’s walking down the stairs into the foyer dressed in a
much too sexy running outfit.

If this lady thinks she’s working out or running today, she’s gone bat-shit crazy! No Damn Way! “Umm, babe, I hope you don’t think you’re working out today. Because I really hate telling you, no, but babe…” then I lower my voice whispering in her ear, so Sierra can’t hear. “FUCK NO!” She laughs, just laughs…no acknowledgement of what she’s planning.

She bends down to kiss Sierra. “What did you have for breakfast, sweetie?” she asks the little one, who promptly tells her exactly what she’s eaten and packed in her lunch box. “Okay, sweetie,
let’s go get into the car and head off to school.”  Shit, I wanted her resting, but at least if she’s with me I know she won’t be running.

We walk out to the garage to get in her Jeep I open her door and she’s standing there just starring. “What’s up, bab
e? You okay?” I ask, confused.

“Yeah…sorry…just thinking…
.I guess I need to get a new car, Garrett,” she says.

Fan-Fucking-
Tastic! I’d thought about this, and wanted to mention it, but it is so much better that it’s her idea. I’m thrilled! “Yes, sweetheart, you do. Do you want me to take care of it?” I ask, hoping she’ll let me, and she just shrugs.

“I don’t know…I guess, maybe.” And she gets into the front seat, while I check Sierra’s harness.

We drive Sierra to school and Lex stays in the car, talking to Whitney, while I walk Sierra into the school. While I’m here I also make sure the school has all my phone numbers on Sierra’s emergency records. They were happy to take the information and will call Alexis to approve the changes. 

When I get back to the Jeep,
Lex is still on the phone, but I’m positive she’s not speaking with Whitney. She’s visibly upset and talking very sternly into the phone, almost as if she were speaking to a child, but I know immediately she isn’t. “Listen, I’m not giving you anything. You have no right to call me.  Why can’t you just let me live a happy life? Please…stay away! I’m begging”

WHAT THE FUCK? She’s shaking and I know that her strained voice is the result of trying to hold back her tears. I know exactly
who she’s talking to and all bets are off now. I place my hand on her knee and look into her eyes, as I reach to take the phone from her ear. “Sweetheart, you need to let me handle this, okay?” She’s nodding her head, accepting my help. God, I love her.

I put the phone to my ear and hear the rough voice on the other end, not knowing that my beautiful girl has given me the phone saying, “Listen, you little bitch, you’re going to give me some money, or I’ll get to that little girl of yours and tell her all about her real grandparents and what a piece of trash her mommy is. Do you hear me?” the voice in my ear
threatens.

I’m enraged. I’ve never in my life felt this amount of anger. “YES, I fucking hear you,” I say into the phone. “Now, it’s my turn. You come anywhere near my future wife, or child, and you’ll need a hell of a lot more than money to help you. I want you to forget, and I do mean forget, this fucking number, or I’ll make your life a living, breathing hell.” The voic
e responds with an evil laugh.

“Ha, Ha. My life is a living, breathing hell already. I gave life to the most ungrateful little fucks on the planet and they won’t help their mother. Now you, Mr. McKenna, wouldn’t know anything about that, because you take good care of your family, but your little bitch of a girlfriend
forgot who gave birth to her. She’ll give me the money, or I’ll make her life hell!” she says into the phone.

I open the door and step out of the car to continue this conversation without
Lex hearing. “The fuck you will, woman! Since you know who I am and what I’m all about, you know that Alexis and Sierra are my entire fucking world. I’ll do everything in my power to keep them safe.
Stay the fuck away
…or else you’ll learn exactly what I mean by everything in my power,” I say with all the anger and intensity I’m feeling before hanging up. If I could reach through the phone and thrash this woman, I would!

FUCK…
.I scroll through the contacts as quickly as possible, knowing Alexis is watching me and crying from the passenger seat, but I have to deal with this. I find Jason’s number and press send. He answers on the first ring. “Hey, sis, you okay?” he asks a bit too cheery for my mood.

“It’s Garret. And no she’s not okay, because your mother called just now throwing around some pretty serious threats if
Lex doesn’t pay up. You want to fill me in, so I can get this shit taken care of. I can’t have her dealing with this shit, Jason! I thought you had it handled?” ooompfh…I hear crap flying in the background through the phone.

“FUCK ME…WHEN? How did she get to Alexis? That’s it! I’m killing her!” he yells at the top of his lung
s.

“I’m taking Alexis home and settling her down, but we need to meet. TODAY! Meet me at the house,” I say, and he responds that he’s on his way.

Jason loves his sister, and I know he’ll do whatever he can to protect her, but here, now, I have a little bit more power than he does. There’s absolutely no way I can stay out of this. I just hope Alexis understands and lets me handle it.

When I get settled back into the driver’s seat, she is climbing over the console onto my lap. She’s crying very big unhappy tears, and I’m pissed. “I’m so sorry, Garrett. I wish I knew how to get rid of her. I don’t want her causing you problems. I’ll try an
d find a way…” she’s rambling.

“Alexis, this isn’t about me, baby. Stop being sorry. I’ll fix this, sweetheart. Don’t cry. I’ll handle it. I’ll be fine as soon as you take a deep breath and relax. I’m fine when you’re smiling and calm, lady,” I say to her in the calmest tone I can muster. “Baby, no one will come near you or Sierra. I promise. You’re safe with me. Always,” I promise, trying to settle her nerves. I feel her taking a deep breath. “That’s it, baby, again,” I prompt, and she does it four more times. She’s relaxing a little. I lift her head off my chest so that I can see her eyes. “Sweetheart, you’ve got nothing to worry about. Let me handle this and you just be a happy mommy, taking care of our princess and the little one in here,” I say putting my hands on her flat stomach. She no
ds and climbs back to her seat.