MC Sinners Boxed Set #1-7

~CHAPTER 23~ | SIX MONTHS LATER | SERENITY

~*CHAPTER 23*~

SIX MONTHS LATER

SERENITY

“ O h god, it hurts!” Ciara cries, clutching my shirt.

I stare down at her, horrified. Is this going to be me in a few months?

“He won’t answer his phone!” Addison cries, giving Ciara a frantic expression.

“Oh my god, this could only happen when he’s on a ride!” Ciara screams.

“Try Jackson,” I suggest. “Or Cade, or Muff...”

“God, I have,” Addison yells. “I have!”

“Don’t yell at me Addison!” I snap.

“Oh god, stop it!” Ciara cries.

“Keep trying them,” I say, a little more calmly. “We will take Ciara to the hospital.”

“Ok!” Addison says, pressing the phone to her ear and standing.

We help Ciara out the door. She’s eight months along, and has decided to go into labor early. The guys went for their final ride for the year, down to Granger’s family farm to honor his memory, two weeks ago, and we can’t get a hold of any of them. Ciara’s waters have broken, so there’s nothing we can do but hang by her side and take her to the hospital.

The ride over is frantic. Ciara screams, I panic, Addison cries and throws her phone out the window in a fit. Then we all start to cry. I toss Addison my phone. Ciara wails for Spike, and it starts all over again. By the time we get to the hospital, we’re all a mess and the nurses take us all in and calm us down. Ciara is wheeled into a room, and a midwife checks her over before coming back out to us.

“She’s got a few hours yet, she’s about four centimeters. You can go wait with her. Has she got a husband?”

“Her partner is out for a ride,” I say. “He will be back.”

Addison’s eyes are wide and worried. The midwife nods, and turns and walks away. I grip Addison’s arm.

“Look at me!”

She bites her lip, and meets my gaze. “If Spike doesn’t make it back, we have to be here for Ciara. She needs us calm.”

“I can’t watch a baby being born...”

“Then don’t, but be there for her until that time. She needs us, Addi.”

“I know,” she whispers. “I need a minute; she can’t see me like this. I’ll be back, ok?”

I nod, and watch her disappear out the front doors. I turn and head into Ciara’s room. Her eyes widen when she sees me, and I see the question in her eyes.

“Nothing yet, honey,” I say gently.

“What if he misses it, Serenity?” she sobs.

I walk over, sitting beside her on the bed, and stroking her hair. “He’ll be here.”

“He’ll never forgive himself if he misses this...”

I wrap an arm around her. “You just focus on breathing; we’ll do what we can to find the guys.”

She nods, and I hand her a small cup of ice chips. “Chew on these; they’ll help keep you hydrated.”

She puts one in her mouth, and the room fills with sounds of her crunching. Suddenly the door bursts open and Addison rushes in. “I got hold of him! He’s coming home!”

Ciara whimpers. “Thank god.”

Addison crawls on the bed beside her, and wraps an arm around her too. “Until then, keep your legs closed and hold tight, honey.”

We all break out in laughter.

God, I hope Spike makes it in time.

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