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Bacon walks in the room ten minutes later and has Brennon with him. The same red headed man Iremember from the Marines. He was ruthless when he had to be, and the three of us got along great. He walks up to me and shakes my hand, turning it into a man hug. He does the same with Tires. We introduce him to everyone, and when he sees Saige, he smiles really big. “Wow! Way prettier than you ever made her out to be.” I punch his shoulder. “Okay, look. I know I should’ve gotten to you sooner. It’s been rough making sure that I had no tail, and that I wasn’t caught. Michael did bid on and win Bexley and Saige. I had walked in one night and saw what he was doing. I confronted him about it, and he went off. Saying that if I hadn’t helped her to leave, then Saige would be safe. But because of Bex, he was going to make sure that she suffered doubly, by hurting Saige in front of her. He tried to have me killed, but I got away. He is still up in Madison County right now, but he is having hackers and bounty hunters keep eyes on them at all times. I just want to make sure my cousin lives and Saige too. I refuse to let him hurt Bexley ever again.”

Tires looks up at Brennon, and asks, “Bexley is your cousin?”

Brennon nods. You can see some of the tension leave Tires. “She doesn’t know it, though. Her uncle is my dad. He never stuck around when he found out Mom was pregnant. She was his mistress, and he kept tellingher he was going to leave his wife for her. It never happened.”

Stone is now pacing, “Okay, Brennon, why don’t you come back to the clubhouse, you can stay with us there if you like. You can talk to Bex.”

“Yeah, I appreciate it.”

Before they head out of the room, Saige says, “If he’s been listening in, then he knows the schedule for the bakery, and he knows how many men you plan on having with both of us. You may want to up them both.” Stone and I both look at her, she’s right.

Stone nods, “Good thinking, baby girl. I’ll be back tomorrow. Loki, you good?” He nods, and after Stone and Tires both kiss Saige on the forehead, they leave, Tech and Brennon calling out goodbye and taking the bear with them. Bacon checks on everything and goes back to guarding the door. I walk around the room trying to relieve some of the tension in my shoulders and neck. We have got to catch this guy soon.

It’s been a hectic two days with Saige in the hospital, everyone having to work, and Bexley finding out Brennon was her cousin. She and Tires seem to have finally gotten on the same page too. That’ll make Saige happy. I’ve pulled the cage up to the door, and Bacon has brought down all the flowers and gifts, putting themin the back. Loki is with the nurse, wheeling my girl down. She’s so happy to be going home. And by home, I mean our house. Ryker finally got it all done, and all the furniture that she and I ordered has arrived and been put in place. She can have me rearrange it how she wants later. For now, Loki and Bacon will be living with us in the downstairs bedrooms. It’s not exactly how we want things, but how they need to be for now. She can have the girls over anytime. Loki thanks the nurse, as I help Saige up into the truck, and he and Bacon follow us on their bikes.

When we pull up to the house, Stone, Leilani, Tires, and Bex are all there waiting on the porch. Saige gasps when she sees the house. It’s a two-story log mansion in a way. It has a covered porch with a wraparound deck upstairs. There are ten bedrooms, eight bathrooms, and a kitchen made out of her wildest dreams. The master bedroom and bathroom are my favorite rooms, and I think they’ll be hers too. The shower can fit almost ten people, and it has a bench going around half of it, with shower heads spraying from every direction, a sky light, and even little shelves with succulents that can thrive in there. A huge whirlpool tub with jets, his and her sinks, heated towel rack, and a private toilet off to the side make this a bathroom any woman would envy. The master bedroom has a California king bed, doors leading out to the deck, his and her closets, and a huge tv on the wall over the gaslog fireplace. I did everything I could to make sure that this was her dream home. I look over and she has tears pouring down her face.

Stone comes over to help her out of the truck. “Welcome home, baby girl.” He hugs her close. He helps her up onto the porch and she’s taking in the porch swing, rocking chairs, and all the hanging baskets of flowers. Along the front of the porch railings I planted a bunch of yellow and orange roses for her.

“Thank you all for this, and for being here today. I’m so blessed to have y’all as my family. I love y’all.” Everyone is smiling at her and trying to get to her to hug her.

“Hey, Butterfly, you want to go in and look around?” I ask her. When she nods her head yes, I pick her up and carry her over the threshold, kissing her. “Welcome to our forever home, baby.”

“I love you so, Finn. This is amazing. I can’t believe Ryker and his crew did all of this.” She goes crazy over each room she sees, but the kitchen shocks her. “Oh my gosh, Bexley, I can cook from home and send stuff to the bakery. I won’t feel so useless now,” she says laughing.

Bexley laughs with her, reassuring her that she isn’t useless. “You’ve been shot, and you’re almost twenty-one weeks pregnant. You need to rest and take it easy. You can do things a little at a time. I want you to take care ofyourself and do what the doctors say. You need to take care of my niece and nephew you are cooking up.” We all laugh at that, and Saige hugs Bexley to her. Next, I take her upstairs and show her the rooms there. I had one fixed up in little girl stuff that I knew Bethany liked for when she stayed over, and then I had the nursery set up beside our room. I haven’t decorated it yet, except above each crib. I have each of their names painted overhead. Saige starts crying again.

“I love it.”

“I left it bare so that you can have it decorated how you want.” She smiles, and I take her into the master bedroom and bathroom. She’s taking her time looking around at everything, and then turns to me.

“You know, it’s going to be so much fun christening these rooms, the tub, the shower, the kitchen…. we may need to get started soon.” I laugh and hold her to me, kissing her.

“We will once company leaves, and the tub and shower as soon as you get released from the doctor.”

We get back downstairs to see the kitchen counter covered in food. There’s everything from Chinese to fried chicken, pizza, salad, and cheese bread. Looks like we are having guests for dinner. Leilani looks at us as we walk into the kitchen. “I have everything taken care of.Paper plates, plastic utensils, and you won’t have to clean up. Bexley brought some of the cookies and cakes from the bakery, and after we eat, we’ll head out and leave you to it. Loki and Bacon said they’ll hide in their rooms or go down in the basement to the playroom down there.”

“Playroom?” Saige asks.

“Yeah baby. There’s a room down there with a pool table, darts, card table, and a minibar. Then off to the left is a room that has an indoor pool and plants, that looks out over the lake. It’ll stay locked, especially when kids are over.” I watch as Saige smiles, then goes over to grab a plate.

“Let’s eat y’all, I’m starved.” We all laugh and fix our plates.

After we eat, Leilani and Bexley clean up the kitchen, and everyone leaves. “Hey baby, why don’t I show you the playroom, then the room I have set up for us down here for when you get further along and won’t be able to go up the stairs much.”

“You’ve thought of everything haven’t you? But I just don’t understand why you made it so big. I love it, don’t get me wrong about it, but ten bedrooms and eight bathrooms, babe?”

I take her hand, pulling her into my arms. “Butterfly, I’llbe honest, I wasn’t going to make it this big, but your dad weighed in on the build. He said that one day I’ll be Pres, and I’ll need the room for lockdowns, or guests. I don’t like thinking about the time I’ll take over the club, but I knew he was right, so I did as he asked, all while still making this our dream home.” She is smiling at me as she thinks that over. Finally, she tiptoes up to kiss me. I lead her down to the playroom.

Saige looks around it, then says, “I know where you and the guys will mostly be when here.” I laugh as she opens the door to the pool room. I had the pool go from mere inches to ten feet deep. I have floaties and noodles for any of the kids or adults that want to use them. There are some potted plants in here, and like I said earlier this room will stay shut up when kids are here unless we are in here with them. After Saige looks around, I take her back up to the room I have set up for us, for when she can’t get up the stairs. I open the door and watch her face when she sees the bed. The look of shock and awe is funny. The “bed” is a king size bed, with a couch like back. It has a built-in full body massager on the side with shelves and speakers built in. Everything you need or want is right there. “Cotton, this bed is pure genius! I love it!”

Laughing I say, “I knew you would, butterfly. You ready to head up and call it a night?”

“Yeah I am.” We walk back out to the living room to head upstairs, and I set the alarm. Loki and Bacon are watching a movie on the huge tv, and we call out goodnight.

I help Saige get up the stairs, and she goes into the bathroom to get ready for bed. I turn the tv on, waiting for her to get done, and I go get ready also. When I come back out of the bathroom, Saige is laying on the bed, naked and she smiles when she sees me. I get rock hard when I see her. “Finnick, I don’t feel like watching tv tonight. I feel like making love with my man.” She sits up and crooks her finger telling me to come here. I waste no time getting to the bed and her. I lean down and kiss her hard.

“Baby, where is your sling?”