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It did not take long for us to arrive at the Bondurant's bar and mother slowly got out and I did the same. She walked elegantly up the stairs of the porch and I saw no one was on it, but their truck was parked so I knew they were here. Mother walked in and everyone looked around and I felt almost embarrassed because everyone was eyeballing my mom. She moved over to the bar and sat down and I followed and sat down beside her. All three Bondurant boys were here and Forrest was behind the bar. He came over with a towel over his shoulder and he looked at my mom with almost mild suspicion. His eyes then fell on me and he looked at me with the same kind of eyes when we first met.

"Um…can I get you ladies something?" he asked trying to maintain a calm respectful tone. Mother only smiled.

"Oh Mr. Bondurant I only need a few minutes of your time. And your brother's time if you will allow me." she said. Some people were already starting to leave so I suspected we'll be getting this talk over fast. Forrest blinked a bit and looked as dull and stoic as ever and he nodded.

"Mmm okay?" he asked then looked at his brothers and motioned for them to come over and they did. Jack walked up to me.

"What's going on?" he asked me and mother stood up now keeping a smile on her face. I stood as well and Forrest moved from behind the bar and Howard stood near him.

"Gentlemen I would first like to simply say thank you for allowing my daughter to work for you and I know you all have built up some kind of friendship type relationship with Eula as well," she said and now her eyes fell on Forrest who didn't look phased by her stare pointing him out. "I know what you have been doing with my daughter."

Howard winced now and groaned rubbing his hand over his face.

"Shit." he replied and Jack looked intimidated already by my mom. Forrest's eyes rested on my mom as if still not affected by her words.

"Now boys you have nothing to worry about with me knowing because let's be frank, I'm the most lenient of the Kincaid women and I know you will take good care of my daughter. I want you to know that I will allow you to marry my daughter in secret or in public whichever you two choose." she informed. Jack's eyes widened with happiness and Forrest seemed to nod now as if expecting her to say that.

"Thank you Mrs. Kincaid." he said. Mother nodded.

"Now we have one more thing to talk about before we can move on and put this conversation behind us." she said and Howard and Jack looked at each other with mild curiosity.

"And what would that be?" he asked. Mother composed herself and with her pointer finger she pointed at my stomach and I looked up at all three Bondurants to see they looked dumbfounded and confused. Howard's eyebrow's pushed together as if completely lost. Forrest looked at my mom and then I also looking lost. Jack looked at my stomach for a few more seconds and then looked up as if he were putting something together and then his eyes widened and he gasped and looked at me and also pointed at my stomach with shock. Mother smiled happy to know someone caught on. Howard looked at Jack now and then his fingers and then at my mom and then her fingers and then looked at my stomach and almost jumped a bit and pointed at my stomach as well.

"No!" he said a smile spreading on his lips. I nodded.

"Yes." I said then looked at Forrest to see if he caught on. He continued to stare at my stomach, his eyes leering at my stomach and then he looked up at me.

"You pregnant?" he asked. I nodded slowly hiding my shock that he was the last to piece it all together. His calm face now showed mild shock and his eyes grew soft and he slowly moved up to me and looked down at my stomach and he slowly put his hand on my stomach and he cracked a smile and looked up at me.

"You're having a baby." he whispered. I nodded.

"You are going to have a little boy or a little girl." I replied and he blinked furiously with shock.

"Holy shit we're going to be uncles!" Howard yelled and Jack just covered his mouth yet his eyes were so wide and momma only laughed at the boy's reactions. Forrest leaned in and kissed me and I kissed him back lovingly. Once we pulled back he just looked down at me with a smile and I caressed his cheeks softly.

"So everything's good now. Your brother's won't be starting anything with us anymore?" Jack asked. I looked down for a second forgetting about them and I shook my head looking at Jack.

"We haven't told them yet, about the baby, about the wedding nothing." I told. Mother nodded.

"You all leave that to me. I will handle that when the time comes. Right now you two will need to have a long talk about the wedding and the baby. Now I'm going to head on home and clean up a bit then I'll come back in an hour or two to pick you up. I will tell your father I dropped you off here to help move some furniture around the bar." she informed. I nodded and hugged her once before she left out the door. Once the car drove away Howard exhaled with more shock.

"Wow. So you're going to have a baby." he told. Forrest embraced me gently and I nodded.

"Yes I am." I told him. Jack ran his fingers through his hair and smiled.

"I'll be right back; I gotta go get Bertha she can help with some wedding arrangements. I know Forrest here knows nothing about getting married." he exclaimed. Forrest looked at him.

"Oh hush boy and go get your woman." he said and Jack smirked and hurried and rushed out the door. Howard smirked.

"I think we should have a little white lightning party to celebrate." he said. Forrest showed a small smile towards his brother.

"I think that's a good idea." he said. Howard smiled.

"I'll go round up some of my friends." he said I then remembered that no one could know Forrest was the father yet. I looked at Howard.

"Howard no one can know about the wedding or my baby yet." I told him. He nodded and moved to the door.

"Got it." he replied and left out the door. "I'll be back with a few people." I guess he was going to walk since Jack took the truck. Forrest hands cupped my cheeks and he forced his lips on mine again and I smiled kissing him back.

"You're having a baby…my baby." he whispered with a small smile. I returned it and kissed him once more.

"I am having your baby." I repeated softly.