Chapter 15

Katherine

"It's a boy!" The doctor held out the baby and Katherine felt her heart melt. The tears were instant and she turned to look at Tara.

She didn't look right.

She was paler than normal, her eyes didn't have a spark in the green, she wasn't okay.

"Tara! Tara can you hear me?" She spoke loudly to the woman she loved more than she ever thought was possible.

The doctors seemed to notice something wasn't right. Dr. Lowe looked under Taras gown and spoke to the nurses.

"Get her out of here. She's hemorrhaging. Call a code now."

"No! Tara! What's going on?!" Katherine was hysterical.

She was taken out of the room by an older nurse. Her eyes were locked onto Taras lifeless body. She sat her down in a chair and told her to catch her breath.

"What are they doing?" She asked the old woman.

The nurse looked at her with a small smile. "Everything they can sweetheart. Let's go see that baby boy yeah?"

She took Katherine by the shoulders and walked slowly with her to the room where they must have taken him. They had him wrapped up and he was perfect. He had no idea that there was chaos in the room he took his first breath in.

She looked down at him and her breath caught in her throat.

"Hi baby boy." She looked toward the nurse who encouraged her it was okay to pick him up.

She held him close to her. "Hi Thomas. I'm your momma. Mommy is going to be just fine. She can't wait to see you and neither can your daddy."

She sat down in the rocker and prayed to whoever would listen for Tara to be okay. After what felt like an eternity she asked if she could see Gemma. The nurse went to go get her.

"Baby what's going on? Where's Tara?" Gemma asked while rushing into the room.

Katherine allowed a few tears to fall before wiping them away. "I don't know what happened. Everything was fine and then she didn't look right. They said she was hemorrhaging and kicked me out of the room. I don't know what's going on Gemma."

"Shhhh. It's okay baby."

"Gemma, I love her. I can't lose her. Please tell me everything will be okay." Katherine was breaking. She knew it. She held Thomas closer to her chest. She could no longer see through her tears. She felt her heart breaking.

"Everything is going to be okay Katherine. Tara loves you all to much not to fight." Gemma hugged her.

The two women collected themselves and Katherine snuggled the baby boy for what felt like hours. Gemma snapped a few pictures even though Katherine told her now was not the time and that she looked like a mess.

"Gemma, this is Thomas." Katherine held the baby out to Gemma. Katherine saw her heart skip a beat at the name choice. Gemma smiled at the baby. Katherine decided to breath deeply.

Thomas was being taken for some tests and Gemma and Katherine were waiting in the waiting room.

"Momma!" Abel ran right to her. Katherine picked him up and held him tightly.

"Hi baby! I missed you."

"Baby?" He asked while twirling her hair around his little finger.

"You have a little brother baby. We're going to see him soon okay?" The little boy nodded his head and cuddled into her lap. Gemma relayed what was happening to Opie, Chibs, Kozik, and Tig.

A doctor came in the room "Family of Tara Knowels?"

"That's us!" Kathrine said while standing.

"Is anyone next to kin?" The young doctor asked.

Without hesitation Katherine responded "I'm her wife."

The doctor looked surprised for a second but cleared his throat. "Very well. We were able to stop the hemorrhaging. She did lose a lot of blood and so we had to do a transfusion. We believe the hemorrhaging is from a couple of large cysts we found on her cervix and uterus. When she is awake we will discuss what it means for future pregnancies and what that will look like. She is currently in the ICU and will be there for at least today. I would recommend coming back in the morning when she is settled back in a room for visitation."

"But everything is okay? She's going to be okay?" Katherine heard her voice break. She felt a hand on her lower back and saw that it was Tig.

"Your wife is going to be fine." The doctor smiled. "Please let me know if you have questions. If you would like miss, you can go in quickly to see her."

Katherine handed Abel over to Tig. "I'll be right back bug."

Katherine walked with the doctor to the room.

Tara was asleep with machines around her. She walked over to the edge of the bed and held her hand in her own.

"You scared me." Her voice broke again and tears fell from her eyes. "You can't do that Tara. I don't know what I would do if something happened to you. I love you so much. More than you'll ever understand."

"I'm going to head home to shower and then I'm going to come back to see Thomas. I'll be here first thing in the morning when you wake up." She reached over and kissed her cheek. She laid a kiss on her lips as well before making her way out of the room.

She got in the elevator to meet everyone down stairs. Just as the doors opened her cell phone rang.

She answered "this is a call from an inmate in Stockton State Prison, do you accept the charges?"

She wasn't ready to tell Jax. She took a deep breath as she walked toward her new family.

"I accept."

"Katherine?"

"Happy? What's going on?"

"Jax got attacked in the yard. Can't say more. Send the guys to visit." Her breath hitched in her throat. This could not be happening.

"Is he okay?" She asked desperately.

"He's okay little girl. In the infirmary for a couple days."

"I'll tell them. Thanks for calling Hap."

"Be strong little girl. You got this." Click.

Oh Hap you have no idea.

She looked up and everyone was on edge from only hearing one side of the conversation.

"That was Hap. He said Jax got attacked and is in the infirmary. He says he's okay but insisted that you guys visit."

"Thanks Katherine." Opie spoke and gave her a side hug. The guys looked at each other.

"Chibs and I will head up." Opie spoke. "Tig you stay with Katherine and Gemma today. Kozik head back to the clubhouse and get the other guys on stand by."

"Please dont tell him about Tara right now. I need to do it."

They all nodded and separated.

Katherine just needed to get home.

She needed to be strong now for both of them. She felt like God was testing her and this relationship.

Could she really do this? A throuple and an outlaw MC?

Her insecurities were telling her she was far to weak to handle this life, but her heart was telling her to fight like hell.

So apparently the comments section has been pretty heated... again i am not trying to offend anyone with the story but as some users have pointed out- this is my story. It may not be perfect but its mine none the less. Writing helps me and I enjoy this world that i have created. i know where it is going and where i want it to end. if it isnt for you i totally understand and respect that. just be kind to each other. This atiry is meant to be about love. the all consuming unconditional love that i am a sucker for. enjoy it! lots of love xoxo