Chapter 10
***One Year Of Marriage***
It's our first wedding anniversary and we are sitting at the lawyer's office. "Well, how are you two doing?" the lawyer asks. "We're good. Three months pregnant with our first baby." I tell her. "Good. Well, you two have passed every check in that we did. You've met all of the stipulations that were set by your grandmother. As of today, you are officially the recipient of your grandmother's estate." she tells me. "Estate? I thought I was just getting the money?" I ask. "That's what the will stated, but there was a contingency. If and when you met the stipulations, you were to receive this." she tells me and hands me the envelope. I look inside and see it's a deed. "Oh my God." I say. "What?" Riz asks. "It's the deed to our house. It's paid off." I tell him. "How?" he asks. "When we found out you bought a house, she didn't want you to stress about paying a mortgage so it was set up to pay it off. She also bought you this." she says and hands me the paperwork for a new Mazda Rav4 SUV. "Holy shit. Why did she do all of this? I barely knew her." I say. "She knew that it was because your mom didn't want you around your father and she understood. She loved you and your brother. She never held it against you or your mom. Your mom was keeping her updated on how you were doing. She was at your graduation. She knew when you moved and that you were with a motorcycle club. She wanted you to be happy and knew that being where you were, you would be protected." she tells us and we nod.
***Six months later***
"Fuck. This shit hurts." I yell as another contraction hits. "I know baby but just a couple more pushes and she will be here." Riz says. Three pushes later and our daughter has come into this world. We hear her cry and Riz kisses me softly and says "I love you." before he moves over to see how our baby is doing. They clean her up and he brings her to me and as I hold her, the rest of the club comes in. "What did you name her?" Taza asks. "Margaret Lorraine Ariza but we're calling her Maggie." I say. "After your grandmother?" Bishop asks. "Yeah. She's the reason we ended up together so it's only right." Riz says and we all smile.
A few days later, we are sitting at home and Letty is spending the day with me and the baby. "How's Mags doing?" Letty asks. "Already nicknaming her?" I ask. "Hey, my little cousin, gotta have a kickass nickname." she says and I can't help but laugh. "She's good. Already sleeping all night so that's good. She's a good baby already." I tell her and she looks at Maggie and I see something in her gaze. "What's wrong?" I ask. "You have a baby now. You won't have much time for us to have girl time." she tells me. "Honey, I will always have time for our girl time." I tell her and she hugs me. "I was wondering, will you be her godmother?" I ask. "I would love that." she tells me. "I know she needs someone other than me that she can go to other than the guys and I know you will be good to her." I tell her. "I will." she tells me and we just sit there and watch my little girl and I can honestly say I will never be able to thank my grandmother for giving us the push we needed to get together.