Chapter 4
A few days later, my things were moved from Dad's house to Jax's. I got my things unpacked, which wasn't much and Gemma was helping me. "I noticed that the nursery has been started. Can I help finish it?" I asked. "He's your son, I don't see why not." she said smiling. "My son. Gemma, how can I be a good mom? I was raised by my dad and don't get me wrong, he is amazing but I don't know the first thing about being a mom." I tell her, worried. "Sweetheart, you are going to be a great mom. You also have me and Luanne here to help you too. You are not alone." she tells me and we hear Jax from the door, "Mom's right. You're going to be a great mom. You are strong and loving and I know you will protect our kids with everything you have." he says and I feel a tear fall down my cheek. "You okay?" he asked. "Yeah, fucking hormones." I tell him laughing. He pulls me close and kisses the top of my head and says "I love you Laura Trager."
After we are done, Gemma and I follow Jax to the hospital to see Abel. I see Jax pulling a folder out of his saddlebag. "What's that?" I asked. "These are papers for Lowen. I have to get Wendy to sign them giving up rights so that you can adopt Abel." he says. "I can't adopt him until we're married." I say. "Lowen thinks she can push it through but it will at least make you a custodial parent and take her rights away." he explains. "Oh. You think she will sign them?" I asked. "Yeah but I want her to meet you so she sees who will be raising him." Jax says. "Okay." I say and we walk into the hospital. Jax makes Gemma stay outside while we are in her room.
"Hey Jax." Wendy says from her hospital bed. "Hey. I want you to meet someone." he says softly and without an ounce of anger. "This is Laura. We grew up together." he says. "Hi" Wendy says. "Hi Wendy. How are you feeling?" I asked trying to be nice. "I'm okay." she says and smiles softly. "Wendy, I have some papers for you to sign. They will take your rights away and allow Laura here to become a custodial parent until we can get married and her adopt Abel." he says. "Don't worry Wendy. I will make sure you get updates every six months as long as you are getting help and staying sober." I tell her knowing this is hard for her. Jax looks at me and smiles a little. "You will?" she asked. "Of course. But you need to concentrate on getting better and it will be easier for you to do that if you only have yourself to worry about." I tell her and she smiles. "Okay." she says and signs the papers. Jax kisses the top of her head and says "When you find out where you are going, let us know. We will make sure you know how he's doing." Jax says.
Walking out of the room, Jax pulls me to him and asked "Are you really going to keep her updated?" I look at him and say "She's still his mother. As long as she's not causing problems and is getting better then yes. The minute she stops keeping her end of the deal I stop keeping mine." I tell him and he kisses me softly. "You are fucking amazing." he says.
Walking into the room where Abel is, Gemma asked "Did she sign?" Jax said "She did and didn't fight it either thanks to Laura." Gemma smiles at me and says "Always the peacekeeper." I walk over to the incubator and placed my hand on the top. "Hey Abel. It's Mommy." I say and I feel Jax behind me place his hands on my hips and his chin on my shoulder and he says "Mom said our boy is strong. Doctor said we might get him out of the toaster and get to hold him in a couple of weeks." I turn my head and say "Really?" He smiled and nodded his head. "You hear that baby boy, Mommy and Daddy might get to hold you soon so you keep fighting like I know you can and we will be here to help you escape your cage." I hear Gemma and Jax laughing behind me softly and I can't help but smile.
We go to leave and see Tara walking towards us. "Hey Jax." Tara says, completely ignoring me and Gemma. "Hey Tara. What's up?" he asked. "Can we talk a minute?" she asked. "Yeah, whatever you need to say can be said in front of my mom and Laura." he says. "Well, I can only give this info to the custodial parent." she says and looks at me with a fake smile. "Laura is Abel's custodial parent. Papers were signed today. Now what do you need?" he asked getting frustrated. "I know you have to go on runs and such but I need to know what you want me to do if something needs signed and you are gone?" she asked. "My Old Lady can sign them." he says and motions to me. Tara's eyes go wide and he puts his arm around my shoulder. "Old Lady?" she finally asked. "Yeah, moved in today. I am adopting him as soon as we are married." I say and she looks down and says "Well, congratulations. I'll, uh, let you know what's going on with Abel." she says and rushes away. "Married?" I asked him. "As soon as my divorce is final from Wendy, I'm marrying you. I let you leave once and I won't do it again." he says and I just look at him shocked while Gemma is smiling.
