Chapter 47
Jessica’s POV
Alister, Alex and myself go see Gerry to get teleported back home; “Gerry, we have an emergency at home, Cherie’s gone into labour and Alister needs to get back there now” Alex tells him “Go on through, and Alister; you may want to shift to Rosco” he says smiling.
We walk through the porthole; and come out in front of the hospital, “That’s freaky shit” I yell. Alister runs inside and we chase after him, “where’s Cherie?” He asks at the nurse’s counter; “ALISTER, GET YOUR FAT ASS IN HERE.” “Don’t worry I found her” and runs through the double doors.
We move to the waiting room; I see Aunty Gil; her eyes are blood shot. I go and give her a hug. “Any news on Uncle Joe?” “He’s still in surgery; he would have died if he shifted back from Nelson. Doctor Spencer said Nelson had enough wisdom, to not shift back.”
Mum and Leanne come through the door; “Good thing we are in the hospital; I think Cherie broke my fingers” mum giggles. “How is she?” “AHHHHH; YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE; YOU DID THIS TO ME.” We all start laughing, “She’s that good” Alex chuckles.
Doctor Spencer comes through the doors; “Gil, he’s out of surgery and in a stable condition; Jacklyn will take you through. Alex, Jess, are you two, ok?” “Yes, we came back with Alister.”
“Sweetie, have some of the ice chips” “DON’T SWEETIE ME, YOU OVERGROWN TEDDY BEAR” Doctor Spencer smirks; “the midwife said she’s 10 cm dilated. Shouldn’t be long now” “YOU TRY PUSHING A WATERMELON THROUGH AN EYE OF A NEEDLE.” We all start laughing again.
“Jessi, I wanted to show you something” Alex gestures for us to sit down on the chairs. “I gave instruction to Yvette, if I didn’t get back to give this to you; it was just in case things didn’t go to plan. Since it did, I can show you myself.”
He hands me a book, there was a note pinned to the front of it. I open it and read
Jessi, if you are reading this; something happened during the fight and Yvette has given you, my diary. I want you to read it, it shows how much I adored you when you were 14. I should have told you I reciprocated your feelings. I love you; forever and always Alex.
I open it at the marker Alex put on there;
‘I couldn’t wait for leadership class today. Nathanial, Cathy and Jessica are in it. They all look the same but Jessi; I’m not sure what it is; she makes my heart go ballistic whenever I see her. Her laugh is all I think about. I love to make her laugh, just so I can hear it. I played a practical joke on Nath, I got him good. He was pissed, but Jessi couldn’t stop laughing. I’m tingling, writing about it.
Jonas tells me I should ask her out. What if she says no; I would fall apart, if she said no. I dream about giving her a kiss and she kisses me back. I want her to be my chosen mate. I will love her always. She makes me feel alive and I can’t stop thinking about her. How can I tell her how I feel? Maybe Nath can help me. I will have to ask him.’
I look at Alex; wiping the tears off my face. “That was the last entry before you were taken. Toby told me and I felt numb. I thought I would never see you again. He started sending us photos and my love for you grew. When you were my chosen mate; I felt like my life had started again.”
I couldn’t help it; the waterworks started and wouldn’t stop. I blame the pregnancy. I wrapped my arms around his neck and kissed him. “I love you too.”
Alister comes through the double doors; we look up at his beaming face; “she’s here” he announced.
We head into the delivery room; Cherie was holding baby Isabella. “Jessi, I’m not going to lie to you; it hurt like fuck” Cherie informs me. “Try pushing three out; one after the other” Mum tells her. “With the screaming and cursing; I figured” I laugh.
“Do you want to hold her?” she asks me. I pick up Isabella and rock her gently in my arms “Hey little Bella; you are so precious” I coo at the little bundle in my arms.
Mum comes over to me; “Come to Nanny Cyndy” she smiles and I hand Isabella to mum and go to where Alex and Aunty Leanne were, to help discuss what we want to do with the Desert Moon land. “Mum; Seth was saying, now we defeated Sebastian, the Desert Moon land is our property again. I for one don’t want it; this is my home. I still need to talk to Toby but we were wondering if we could sell the land?”
Aunty Leanne looks at both of us; a smile crosses her face. “I was going to ask you the same thing. Even though there is a lot of fond memories I have there; I can’t face going back.” “Toby was indisposed when we left; I’ll send him a message to call me as soon as he and Olivia become available” I tell her pulling out my phone.
“In the meantime, I already have Ezra and Corey going there to consecrate the lands. All the evil that was lurking there, it needs to be cleansed... My turn” she exclaims holding out her hands for the baby. She takes Isabella off Mum and Alex and I slip out of the room to go see Uncle Joe.
We head to the nurse’s station and ask what room Joseph is in. It was the next level up and we head for the elevators. Alex puts he’s arms around me. “You must be exhausted?” I say to him. “I need to see Joe first.”
We get to his room; Aunty Gil is sitting on the end of the bed arguing with him. “What were you thinking. You’re not 20 anymore Joe; you could have been killed.” “It’s just a scratch. Our son in law needed me and I was going to go, whether he liked it or not.”
“Good to see you are back to your normal self, Joe” Alex smiled. “Takes more than a flesh wound to take down this old dog.” Alex’s phone starts ringing; “It’s Toby.”
“Hey Fuck Face, you’re on speaker” “How’s Dad?” he asks. “I’m fine, son; how’s Liv?” “Worried about you” Olivia calls out; she must be listening into the conversation. “Is Isabella here yet?” She asks “Yes, she’s the spitting image of Cherie” I tell her. Alex takes it off speaker; “We were thinking; I don’t really want the Desert Moon territory; the deeds should be in Dad’s office. Can you look for them and we can talk about selling it when you and Liv get home.” “Yeah, that’s my thought too, this is my home now.” “Will do; drive safe” and he hangs up the phone.
“Toby, Nath, Liv, Shaun, Tim, Yvette and Eden are all heading back tonight, it will be good to sleep in our own bed” Alex says yawning. “I think I need take this one home” I giggle; pushing Alex out the door.