Embracing Us (Embracing Series) (18 page)

“I can’t, it hurts
. Omigod. LIAM.” I scream.

“Lila, look at me
, he will be here. You are breaking my hand girlfriend, now deliver my nephew so I can spoil his ass.” Meg says as she runs the rag over my face.

“Okay, one more pu-push
,” I whimper.

“Yes, Lila one more and he will be here, who wants to cut the cord?”
The doctor asks. I look at my friends and they just stare and don’t answer.

“I will
, if that’s okay?” Tatum says.

LIAM

“Evan, come on. They just
told the nurse Lila’s in labor. I have to get back over there.”

“Oh fuck, let’s go. I think we are finished here.”

We both run as fast as we can, we are on the opposite side of the hospital. The elevators are slower than molasses. We are both running, and almost knocking people over trying to get to Lila. She will kill me if I miss the birth of our son.

Lila

What the hell, she wants to cut the cord. Oh well, if she really wants too, and Liam or Evan aren’t here, then I guess it’s okay. Kind of weird considering this may be her future husband’s baby, oh maybe that’s why she wants to do it, so she can be closer to Greyson. At this point, I was just ready to hold my son, I didn’t care what else was going on.

“O-kay.”
I say with a loud cry

“One,
two, three push Lila.”

“Holy hell and all things pineapple, I’m never having another baby. I can’t do this again.” I hear my baby crying, he is here…my baby is here.
The doctor lies him on my chest and I forget about all the pain I just went through. He has a full head of blonde hair and the bluest eyes, I’ve ever seen. He stared in to my eyes, “Welcome to this crazy world Greyson Lain Ellis. I love you more than you will ever know.”

“Okay
, Ma’am, if you will cut the cord so we can get this little guy cleaned up and weighed for his momma.” Nurse Becky says to Tatum. She takes the scissors from her hand and looks at me and smiled. Then cuts the umbilical cord that’s attached my son and I. “Thank you, now I’ll give him right back momma, I promise.”

“Lila, baby
, I’m here. I’m so sorry we went to do the test and I didn’t think about you going into labor. I missed our son’s birth, baby I am so sorry.” He says with tears in his eyes.

“It’s okay, I was upset but these three ladies made everything okay. Tatum cut the cord.” I
say looking at her smiling. She, Nikki, and Megs were standing with Nurse Becky and Greyson. There is a knock on the door and it’s Evan.

“Come in, he is here already. You can stay in here though.” I say as he walks in and kisses Tatum. It didn’t even bother me, he is hers and she is his. I am Liam’s and I finally realize that.

“Okay, get all of your loving in on this handsome, little ten pound and three ounce fellow and he is twenty-two inches long. I need to take him for his DNA test, then he is all yours. He is perfect Mr. and Mrs. Ellis. And umm, everyone else, congratulations.” Says Nurse Becky.

“He is so beautiful Li, congratulations.” Evan
says as I see unshed tears form in his beautiful brown eyes.

“Thank you, why don’t we let him have his test and then you all can hold and kiss all over him.” I say to everyone, they all look at me and shake their heads.
I’m so tired. I think I may have dosed off a little, because when I woke up it was only Liam and I in the room.

“Hey beautiful, you went to sleep so everyone else stepped out. The nurse said Greyson’s test went fine and they will have all of our results in the next hour. How are you feeling?” He
asks as he kisses my forehead.

“I’m okay, I feel hungry though. Can I please have some
caffeine? A pop, tea, or latte anything.”

“Yes, actually Nikki is gone to get you some food. I’m pretty sure she has a surprise for you.”

“Of course she does, she knows what I like and I have a feeling she is bringing it to me.” I giggle.

“Oh, so what is it that you like Mrs. Ellis? I thought you liked this.” He
says as he leans in and kisses me.

“I don’t like that. I love that, and I’m hungry
. And if Nikki wants to stay my best friend, she best be bringing me some good food, a burrito and a large sweet caffeinated tea.”

“Hmm, well maybe she will. But right now, I want your lips on mine. That’s one beautiful son we have
, you know. I know he is mine, well I think he has my blood line. His eyes look just like mine.”

“
I know baby, I think he is yours too. I can feel it. I love you Liam Anthony Ellis, thank you for everything.”

“I love you so much more, and I always w
ill, thank you for giving me three beautiful children. I’ll be ready to start on the fourth as soon as you are.”

“Trust me, you don’t want to go anywhere near that area right now.”

“I think I should be the judge of that.”

I can’t believe I missed
the birth, we were on the other side of the hospital taking that test. I finally got to tell Evan what I thought of him while I was over there. I was nice. Only because everything that Lila and Tatum said made sense. I know they loved each other at one time, but I still think it’s fucked up to have sex with each other four years later when you are married to someone else. Life is short and anything could have went wrong in that delivery room. Thank God I have a beautiful healthy wife and a healthy baby boy.

As I
sit here with Li, I think how lucky I really am, and if this test comes back that Greyson doesn’t have my blood, we will get through it. We will overcome this just like every other obstacle we have overcame. He will be one lucky little boy, he will have two sets of parents that love him very much. I know that Evan and Tatum will take care of him just as well as Lila and I will. Evan agreed that he can have my last name, so the girls won’t ask questions now, of course when they are older. We will tell them the truth, but they are too young right now.

“Excuse me, Lila we have the test results, would you like for me to call Evan in here so everyone’s here?” Nurse Becky
asks.

“Yes, please. Thank you Becky.” Lila
says as she grabs my hand.

Becky
walks back in with Evan and Tatum. They came over and stands next to us. Lila is holding Greyson, in one arm and holding me with the other. It was finally time, we were going to find out if we have to share our little man with another family. I have all sorts of emotions running through my mind. I’m nervous, sad, and anxious. I don’t want to share our baby, and I know that Lila doesn’t either.

“This test was performed here in our secure lab, and these results are ninety-nine
point nine percent accurate. With that being said, I will open them and I will hand them to Lila. She can announce to everyone and I will step out to give you privacy. If you need anything, just press the call button and I’ll be back in. Good luck to you all.” She says as she hands Lila the folded results.

Lila, hands me Greyson
. I hold him up to my chest, I place a kiss on his forehead just before I whisper in his ear, “I’ll always be your daddy. The love I have for you doesn’t mean you have to have my blood running through your veins. I will always take care of you.”

She slowly
opens the test, her hands are shaking and I can see the tears in her eyes. She looks at me, and then at Evan. She takes a deep breath and unfolds the results. She gasps and starts crying, she put her hand over her mouth. I knew it, he is my baby boy’s father. I can’t fucking believe this shit. Their one night of passion has turned our worlds upside down and around. I hold Greyson close to me and whispered in his little ear. “I’ll always be here for you little man. No matter what that paper say’s I’m your daddy baby boy. You are mine.” I kiss his little forehead and sit next to Lila.

“Liam, please don’t cry. I’m sorry these tears aren
’t sad tears baby they are happy tears.”

“You
’re happy he is Greyson’s father. What kind of fucked up shit is this Li?” I yell. I’m so pissed she was happy he is the dad.

“
No, you are the father. Look, he is yours. I was just so happy and shocked, and didn’t know what to say. He is ours, he is an Ellis baby. God Liam, I love you so much and I am so sorry I hurt you. Please look at me.”

“Jesus, you almost gave me a damn
heart attack, you scared the shit out of me.” I say as I lean over and kiss her.

“Evan, Tatum
, sorry we brought you into all this. We wanted to do the right thing and let you know that possibility was there. Here you can look at the test.” Lila says as she hands the test to Evan.

“Liam, I’m glad that you are the father, not that I wouldn’t have been happy if he was mine. But I know this is the best for all of us. Congrats to you both. I hope that we can put this all behind us and we can all be friends someday.”

“Thanks Evan, I think that is a great idea. Would you guys like to stay for the baby shower?” I ask as I extend my hand to him.

“We better get back, but thank you. We will see you next month at the wedding.”

Watching my beautiful wife lie
here sleeping, and holding our son in my arms makes me that happiest man in the world. We got our test results back and baby Greyson is mine. Of course if he wasn’t, he still would be anyways. He looks just like an Ellis though. Lila and I together sure do make some beautiful children. The girls are on their way here and they can’t wait to see this little guy.

After the test results, Evan and Tatum went home. They congratulated us and brought in some gifts. I invited them to the baby shower we are having, but they had to get back home. But they would see us next month at Nikki’s wedding. I was okay with being around them, and especially after knowing this baby is mine, I was even more okay with them being here.

I know Li fucked up. Hell we all make mistakes, no one is perfect. She has vowed to never do it again, and I believe and trust her. Other than her little escape, she is the perfect wife. I will spend the rest of my life making sure she is happy and taken care of. I’m finally doing something I wanted to do and that’s working at the ‘Ellis Boys Investigations’ as a private investigator. Of course I’m working at the Wine Venue too, but this is something I’ve wanted to do and working with my two brothers is great.

“Hey you, quit hogging my baby boy and let his momma love on him. Isn’t he the cutest little boy you’ve ever seen?”

“Well I hope you slept well? The girls are with Megs shopping. They are going to bankrupt me before they’re twenty.” I say laughing.

“We sure are in for a bumpy ride, good thing they have a little brother to keep them in line. Oh and I’m sure AJ will be right there with Greyson protecting them and running all of their boyfriends off. Did Eric call you? He
wants to know something about a guy Kaylin used to hang out with, I think he wants you to use some of your P.I. skills.”

“Yeah, we talked. I’m actually working on it now. I just put the laptop down so I could hold my
precious baby boy. I can’t believe how much he looks like me. The girls have always looked like you, so looking at him and seeing me still amazes me.”

“He is going to break all kinds of hearts with those eyes of his. I can’t believe he will be two
weeks old tomorrow. It doesn’t seem like we have been home that long. You ready for the baby shower tomorrow?”

“Yes
, ma’am, I think Megs and Nikki has pretty much covered everything. Hell it’s not like we need any gifts. I think between the two of us and our mothers we have everything.”

“Yeah, we do. But it’s about showing this little guy
off and spending time with family and friends. I think Nikki and Brody are going to stay in California until, after the wedding. She shouldn’t be traveling much with her being pregnant. She had mentioned staying at the hotel on the boulevard, so they would be close to here.”

“That will be good, that gives you ladies plenty of time to finish getting everything together.
And that gives you some girl time, and me and Greyson some man time.” I say, as I wink at my beautiful wife.

“Speaking of girl time, I need to get out of this house. Take me out today, or I can see if Megs wants to hang out. I just need to get some fresh air and maybe shop a little.”

“You, just had a baby. You need to relax and get some rest. The next couple of weeks will be busy enough for you. How about I cook you lunch, and you do some online shopping? Sound fair enough.”

“I guess, don’t cook though, order Chinese. Sweet and Sour Chicken from Hunan? They deliver here don’t they? I think I will do some online shopping.” She
says tossing a pillow at me. “Oh and I’ll be getting that tattoo I wanted. I was thinking I would get it after Nikki’s wedding. You getting one too?”

“You still want one? I thought it was a pregnancy hormone. Of course
I’ll get one, you aren’t getting one alone. You know you should let Ash do it, he is really good. He had a client last week and I stopped by and watched him, I think he found his calling.”

“No way in hell, he is coming toward me with a needle. You can let him give you
, yours but he isn’t touching my wrist.”

“Okay fine, have it your way. I will let him do mine though. I trust him.”