Chapter 17
***38 weeks pregnant***
Sitting around the clubhouse talking to Gemma she asked. "Have you got everything ready for little miss?" I smile at her and say, "Yeah. Nursery is done, her diaper bag is filled and in the car along with my overnight bag. Carrier is in the car and the base is buckled in. We are ready to go. Now just wait for little miss Eliza Jane to show her face." She smiles from ear to ear. I had been feeling small contractions all day but had been able to hide them from everyone. "I think I am going to go to the bathroom." I say. Gemma helps me up and I waddle down the hall to our dorm. Walking in, I leave the door opened and feel a sharp pain in my stomach. "Holy fuck balls." I say as the pain hits. All of a sudden, I feel water gush between my legs. "HERMAN!" I scream. Herm, along with Gemma and Tig all come running. "What's wrong?" Herm asked. "My water just broke." I tell him smiling. Herm and Gemma help me out to the car and we all head to St Thomas.
After fourteen hours of labor, little miss Elizabeth Jane Kozik has made her big appearance. "She's beautiful Sweetheart." My dad says from the couch in the room while looking down at his new granddaughter in his arms. "Thanks Pop." I tell him. Opie and Lyla are there too. Gemma has already gone home and Herm is in the waiting room talking to the guys, letting them know how we are doing. Herm walks back into the room and Pop hands Eliza Jane over to me and kisses me goodbye before him, Ope and Lyla leave us to enjoy our daughter along. "You know, I never thought, after what happened with Kyle, that I would have this. Thank you Herm." I tell him. "I should be thanking you. You know I'm going to want more kids, right? After this one gets a little bigger." he tells me. "I want more too. I want a big family." I tell him. "Who knew one drunken night would lead to us having a life together?" he says. "I know. I think we kind of forgot what a one night stand actually means." I say and we both start laughing. Herm takes Eliza Jane from me and holds her up against his kutte. She holds onto his kutte for dear life and he loves every minute of it.
A couple of days later, we are all headed home. Walking in the door we are greeted with a huge welcome home party with just the club and family members. Everyone passes Eliza Jane around and they all talk about how she looks just like me and nothing like Herm. "Well, she looks just like her mom. Absolutely beautiful." he says and kisses the top of my head. I look up at him and say "Kiss ass." and the room erupts in laughter. We are all having fun and talking. When Lyla comes over and asked if she can talk to my privately. We walk into the nursery and I asked her what's wrong. "I know this is your homecoming and all but I wanted to give you heads up. Laura's friend, Jasmine, is one of the croweaters and knows that the guys ran her off. She was talking at the clubhouse earlier that Laura is planning on coming back and finding you. Make sure you protect yourself and Eliza Jane." she tells me. "Seriously? Shit. Thanks for the heads up. Did you tell anyone?" I asked her. "I told Opie right before we came here. I told him I was going to fill you in because you are always nice to me. You don't treat me like I am any different from you. I owe you that same respect." she tells me. "Opie said he would fill the guys in." she said. "I will fill Herm in when everyone leaves. Thanks for telling me. And I treat you the way I do because I see how happy you make my brother. As long as you are good to him, you are family." I tell her and hug her tightly.
Walking back out to the living room, everyone starts to leave. They kiss and hug us all goodbye and once everyone is gone, I put the baby in the swing and sit Herm down to talk. "I need to tell you something but you can't freak out. If you do, you will wake up the baby. Just please hear me out and stay calm." I tell him. "What is it?" he asked. "You remember earlier when Lyla asked to talk to me?" I asked. "Yeah, why?" he asked. "Well, she got word from Jasmine that Laura is planning on coming back and finding me. She wanted to give me heads up so that I could make sure that me and the baby are protected. She said she told Opie before coming here and that he was going to fill everyone in when they left. I told her I would fill you in." I told him. "Okay. No matter what, you and Eliza Jane are not to be alone. No one without a kutte with you." he says. "Okay." I tell him. "Let me call Opie and see what's going on." he tells me. He gets up and pulls out his phone and walks to the kitchen. I walk over to the baby swing and sit next to our daughter and whisper, "Daddy won't let anyone hurt us, baby girl."