Page 69 of Trainer
“We don’t get to choose the sex of the baby,” Eve explained, “but if it’s a girl, you can still teach her all about bugs.”
“So… you’re going to do it? Are you going to have a baby?” Dominic’s smile broadly.
Mama Tammy looked at Eve and me with both her eyebrows raised in a silent question.
I looked at Eve. We were being put on the spot here, but as our eyes met, that didn’t seem to matter. I could see the answer written on her face, and it was the same as my own.
“Yeah,” I nodded. “I think we are.”
Dominic cheered while I put my arm around the back of Eve’s chair, and she rested her head on my shoulder. Mama Tammy stood.
“I think that calls for some dessert,” she said. “Come along, Dominic. Help your Mama Tammy.”
When Eve and I were alone in the room, I tilted her chin up so that she was looking at me. “Are we really going to do this?” I asked. “Do you want it?”
“I do. You know, I decided a long time ago that I wasn’t going to have any more. It was hard enough to keep Dominic safe. I didn’t want to bring anyone else into my messy life, as it wouldn’t be fair to the child. But now, it doesn’t seem like that. Now, a child would be a blessing, coming into a good life.”
“You know I’ll do whatever I have to do to keep you all safe, right?”
“Of course.”
We left Mama Tammy’s house after eating dessert. It was hard to leave Dominic behind, but we knew that he’d be well taken care of. I straddled my motorcycle and waited for Eve to get on the back.
She’d gotten much more comfortable back there and had even gone a few rides with the Outlaw Souls. We finally got to take the big ride to Utah that I had been planning, but Eve didn’t tag along for that one.
Still, it was a good trip. The club would always be like my second family, and organizing these rides would always be my passion.
Now, I fired up the Harley and pointed it east. This might end up being my favorite ride yet. Because I loved to ride, and I loved Eve.
The End
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