Chapter 17
The next couple of months seem to be a lot more calm. Carlos is getting bigger and Juice and I are as happy as ever. Jax being at the head of the table has been a good thing. He's getting the club out of guns and drugs and back on the track that JT wanted the club to be on. We still have our weekly dinners at Gemma's but now she's bringing her new man to the dinners. Nero. He's a good man and treats her a lot better than Clay ever did. She is still the matriarch but she has stopped trying to meddle into everything. She just sits back and handles the momma roll for all of us and the grandmother roll for the kids.
Sitting at home, Juice and I are cuddled on the couch with Carlos in my arms when Juice says "I want more kids." I look up at him and smile. "I want that too." He kisses me softly before taking a sleeping Carlos from me and taking him to his crib. I walk into the nursery and he's standing there watching Carlos sleep. "You okay?" I asked. He pulls me to him and smiles and says "Yeah. I have my wife, my son, a home, my club. Things couldn't be better." He tells me. "But?" I asked. "But I can't help but still think about Clay. He was a huge part of me becoming a SON." He tells me. "I know baby but he lost his way. He let his personal greed come before the brotherhood. But I've known Clay a long time and I know he would be proud of the man you have become." I tell him. "I hope so." he says. "I know I'm proud of you." I tell him. He kisses me softly and says "I love you."
Carlos is nine months old now and babbling up a storm. He looks at Juice and starts saying "Dadadada." I see Juice smile that smile I love so much. The one that makes its way to his eyes. He picks Carlos up and says "That's right baby boy. I'm Dada." I watch him playing with Carlos and finally walk over and hand him a little box. He opens the box and asks "Are we?" I look at him and smile. Taking the positive pregnancy test out of the box, I say "I'm seven weeks." He pulls me to him, and kisses me deeply, never losing his grip on Carlos and we hear Carlos laugh. Our family is only getting bigger and we couldn't be happier.