Chapter 72.
Kaden POV.
My heart is in my mouth as I take the weight of Courtney’s collapsed form. I lift her and give a scathing look at Chief.
“If anything has happened to them, I will f*****g kill you!” I snap as I walk past him and up to our room. The members are on their feet, seeing the unconscious Courtney in my arms. I ignore them all. My only focus is on getting Courtney to the safety of our room.
“Please baby, wake up. Please be OK,” I whisper as the tears threaten to fall. I get her into our
room and onto the bed. I choke on a sob, seeing her prone form.
The doctor enters with Fabio, Chief, Wolf, Richie, and Max.
“Venom, let me check her over.” Doc says as I step back, but keeping my eyes on her.
I ignore Chief. He caused this. All the stress, the betrayal, has all been caused by him. But he is not entirely to blame. I am too. I knew she was taking on too much. I should have been firmer with her. Insisting that she rest more. But Courtney is bull–headed and so we are all to
blame. Courtney, too.
The doc hums, and I look at him. “What is it, doc?” I ask, becoming frantic as I try to stay as
composed as possible.
“She is under a lot of stress. She is having Braxton Hicks contractions. It’s too soon for these. Courtney needs to be kept as stress free as possible. Has she been having a lot of mood swings?” The doc asks as he looks at me and I nod my head.
She has, she has been up one minute and then down the next, followed by rage. I know she is not sleeping properly and is constantly on high alert.
“Well then, during pregnancy, mood swings can make it harder than normal for pregnant ladies to deal with stress. Add in what Courtney has been through. I would say she is under a lot of it and her body can’t handle it all. If this continues, then your baby could be born early.”
The doc says, and I look at him with horror on my face.
“What can we do to prevent it?” My brain has turned to mush. I must keep them both safe.
“Simple, I am going to be putting her on bed rest. Courtney needs to be kept as stress free as possible to avoid going into premature labour. So I would suggest that you all stop with the bullshit and keep the damn drama to a minimum. This is no environment for her. So whatever
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you are all doing. Do it away from her.” He snaps at us all and I feel ashamed.
Courtney has been through a lot and has taken on too much. Her mom dying, meeting her
father, seeing me again, then being on the run to get her here. Then the car bomb, Chief
leaving her in charge, the crew getting taken, then Grim and his bullshit games. All of it has
caused all of this. Then the cherry on top having that blow up with her grandpa. It pushed her
over the edge.
“I agree, no more. Courtney and my child need to be kept safe. She is not a pawn in this. When
can she be moved?” I ask the doc and Chief tries to intervene, but I look at him and he stops.
I’m fuming with him, with them all, me and Courtney included.
“Well, she can be moved in a few weeks when I check on her progress. The main thing right
now is keeping her as calm as possible. Keep her relaxed and not worried about all the
bullshit that has been going on.” He says, and I nod my head.
“Thanks doc, I will make sure it is done. Anything else I should be looking out for?” I ask and
he finishes taking Courtney’s blood pressure and writing the results down.
“Yes, regular contractions, bleeding, backache, lose of water, headaches, swelling anything out
of the ordinary. If she has any of these in the next few weeks, then you contact me right away.
She needs to be eating more, keep her fluids up and off her feet. Walking from here to the
bathroom it fine. We need to keep her as stable as possible. She will be ok as long as you
make sure she does this.” He says as he places his hands on Courtney’s belly and feels
around.
“Venom, pass me that device, please.” He points to a handheld device with a probe on it.
“I’m just going to listen to baby.” He says as he lifts her top and adds the gel and pushes the device onto Courtney’s belly.
I hear crackles, static when I hear it the fast whooshing sound and I sigh with relief.
“Baby’s heartbeat is great.” He removes the probe and wipes Courtney’s belly before pulling
her top back down.
“Ok, baby is measuring what she should be. Her heartbeat is fine. Remember what I said. Bed
rest and no more stress. Pregnant women have enough to stress about. I will be back
tomorrow. For now, let her sleep. If anything doesn’t seem right, have Fabio call me right away.
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He says as he stands and I shake his hand and thank him profusely.
Once the doc is out of the door, I turn and glare at Chief and Wolf.
“Out, you heard what he said. This is on all of us. You sort this damn mess out yourself, Chief.
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I will not risk my woman’s or baby’s health because of all of this.” I say to him and he looks at
me full of guilt and remorse.
“I’m sorry Venom, I should have never gotten her involved in all of this. Don’t worry, I will sort
this mess out. We all will.” He says as he walks out of the room and I look at Wolf.
“This was not meant to happen. I know you think I’m a selfish prick and I am. I can’t lose her
Venom. She is all I have left of Caitlyn and I’m doing a terrible of job. If she needs anything, let me know. I’m sorry Venom, I really am,” he says before he walks out as well.
“If
you need anything, brother, you were to find us. Get some rest. Because something tells me
hurricane Courtney is not going to like being put on bed rest.” Max says and I nod my head as
he, Fabio and Richie leave the room, closing the door quietly behind them.
I sigh and turn to face the bed, and Courtney is sleeping soundly. I get undressed and head to
the shower. I breakdown in the shower at the thought that I could lose them both. I need to
make Courtney see that this is not doing her or our bean any good. I need to take her away
from here.
Away from all the drama and bullshit, just the two of us and our daughter. She needs to live a
stress–free life and if that means me walking away from the MC world, I will.
After I shower and get changed. I walk back into our bedroom. Courtney is still sleeping, and I
smile slightly at this. I climb into bed and gently pull her into my arms before kissing her of
her head.
My hand travels down to her protruding belly, and bean gives me a kick. I rub her belly and drift off to sleep. Tomorrow is a new day and hopefully one that will not end in disaster.
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