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I never thought Eve was going into labor until she heaved onto the floor.
Our two nurses, Mary and Jassica came at my command.
I sank down beside Eve.
Clutching my offered hand, she said, “Fuck you. Why did you do this to me?”
All the sudden, it didn’t take two to tango anymore. Eve cursed me out in between contractions. She called me every name in the book in an even thicker southern drawl. Hell, I didn’t know some of the words coming out of her mouth. There was no moving her as we waited for the ambulance. Bearing down, Eve was pushing.
“She’s going to have this baby, right here,” Jassica told me.
Royal Bastards circled us.
Mary went to pull down her drawers. She reached up the red dress Eve wore.
“Everyone leave,” I shouted, clearing the room.
They no sooner got her in the position than a head was crowning. I’d not seen the bloody act before. Sky had her babies by surgery, and I hadn’t known Felicia’s kid was mine. Eve had no painkillers. She screamed bloody murder with each push. Mary coached her along. Jassica waited to catch the baby like this were a game of football. We weren’t really helping. Eve was doing all the hard work.
Mary went to help Jassica, and I thought I was going to be a father again any second.
I kissed Eve’s forehead. “You’ve got this,” I promised her.
“No. I can’t do it anymore,” she hollered.
Mary came and whispered to me, “She needs to push. The cord’s wrapped around the baby’s neck.”
Even I knew how bad that sounded. We all understood we shouldn’t say anything out loud. Eve shouldn’t know. I wanted to shout for the ambulance. Ask where the fuck it was, but I recognized that wouldn’t make it come any faster.
“Eve, you need to push.”
She shook her head. “I can’t. It hurts too much.”
I couldn’t imagine the pain, but one look at Eve and you could see she was pale, weak. I decided to piss her off. That had been the only way to get her over her nerves before.
“I guess you’re mine now since Hallow left.”
“I ain’t,” she wheezed.
“You heard the meeting. I won you. Fair and square.”
“You did not. Y’all didn’t even fight,” she got louder.
“Hallow left the room first. I call that a forfeit. That boy ran away like he always does. I told you so many times he’d run.” I was thinking of anything I could to get a rise out of her, make her push. But I’d seen Hallow leave the clubhouse. I knew that’d be the last time we ever saw him.
“I ain’t some prize,” Eve said, with a bit more spunk.
“But this baby is mine. You can’t escape me.”
“I’m leaving too,” Eve heaved, finally pushing.
“No. No you’re not. You belong to the club. I told you when he left, you’d be mine. Here we are.”
Eve was really bearing down now.
Smiling at me, Jassica gave me a thumbs up. She said, “Eve, one more push, please.”
I knew she had it in her. “You’re going to be my ol’ lady,” I said, knowing that’d really get her upset.
