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Tests everything is in the garage.” I say and Jameson’s brows hit his hairline.

“My fucking computer is sitting in the cold fucking garage. Are you insane?” He yells, running to the garage.

“Jesus Christ Jay, how the fuck am I supposed to know that the computer can’t be left in the cold?” I say, throwing my hands in the air.

“You wouldn’t Reid, he’s just fucking neurotic about his things. We will have to listen about it for the next seventy-five years.” He laughs and I shake my head as the gate buzzes.

“Go let the Doc in, I'll go check on preggers.” I order and head to the bathroom, not knocking on the door and letting myself in.

“You okay, Babygirl?” I ask and she shakes her head as she stares at herself in the mirror. I step up behind her and wrap my arms gently around her waist, rubbing the small bump. Holy shit, she really could be pregnant.

“It’s like history is repeating itself.” She mumbles.

“Huh? What do you mean?” I ask but she shakes her head, spinning in my embrace.

“The Doc is here. You ready to take a test? Then we’re going to go have some fun.” I say and she nods.

“I could use some fun. Let’s do it.” She says as I take a step back and let her lead the way.

A few hours later, we are climbing out of the SUV and heading to the maintenance room. The Doc said we will have test results by the end of the day, even though Jade insisted on peeing on a stick, Jay refused and wanted a blood test in which he wants to drink once we get the result. So fucking gross.

Grabbing Jade’s hand, she looks up at me with sadness in her eyes.

“What’s wrong, baby?” I ask and she shakes her head.

“This place looks horrible and it’s all my fault, isn’t it?” She asks me and I shake my head.

“No, it’s not. The Pakhan did this shit. Not you. Don’t blame yourself for all this. You didn’t open fire in a school, not fucking once. We fucked shit up on our way out of here. That shit was fucking hot to watch.” I laugh and she rolls her eyes.

“Is everything about sex with you guys?” She asks and I shake my head.

“Babygirl, it’s so much more. But being inside you is absolute fucking heaven.” I groan and she laughs.

“Alright, calm your tits before you pop a boner, horndog.” She giggles as I wrap my hands gently around her waist.

“Too late.” I whisper, biting her ear lobe as I take off towards the door. Turning the knob, it's locked, so I take a step back, bring up my knee and kick the door in. It swings open and bounces off the back wall.

Stepping inside and to the left, I grab the chain and pull the garage door open, letting the sun shine inside. Jay grabs the gas can and hands one to Ri as I look for another and we fill up the mobiles. There’s a gas station five miles off campus where we can fully fill them up.

“While we’re here, let’s figure out what we are going to do to get the job done for the fucking Aces.” I suggest.

“Well, the blood is long gone so that’s not an issue and there’s nothing we can do about the broken gate. It’s just the school itself that’s shot up, so if we can destroy those areas, then I think things will be okay. Or do we set the place on fire?” Ri asks and Jade adds in.

“It’s easier to just bomb the bottom floor and see what happens. They can cover it up with an electrical problem and let that be that.” She says matter-of-fact, and I nod.

“Alright, well I have supplies at The Mill because the warehouse is still being renovated.” I say and Jade stops short.

“What do you mean by the Mill? Like my Mill?” She asks and I nod.

“Yeah, Babygirl. We will take a ride over there on the mobiles and show you what we did.” I laugh and her eyes go wide.

“What did you do?” She asks and Jay laughs next.

“A lot, and don’t worry, The Mill was signed over to you by Big John.” He says and she takes a deep breath.

“This losing my memory shit is starting to get old, guys.” She states as Ri pushes the mobiles out of the garage and onto the snow.

“It’s okay, Kitten. You will get there. Now, get that sexy pregnant ass on the mobile and start her up.” He commands as she rolls her eyes.

“Okay, if I am pregnant, are you three about to become overly obsessed with me?” She grins and we all stop and damn near growl in unison.

“Jesus, I think that answered my question. You’re all cavemen. Get fucked.” She says as she whips the mobile around taking off towards the front of the building.

“I’ve fucking missed her!” I yell, climbing on mine, starting her up and taking off after Jade. I whoop into the cold air as I catch up to her. She looks so fucking good in her black and red snow gear. Like a wet fucking dream. She points at two spots next to the stairs and I nod as she looks over her shoulder at me. Ri and Jay catch up as we circle around the building and Jay yells at us to stop. He climbs off the mobile and hands each of us earpieces.

“Now, we can communicate as we ride. Let’s go gas up. Then we can head to The Mill.” He says as we make sure the earpieces work.

“Try to stay off the main roads until we gas up. We won’t make it if we have to run from the cops.” Ri says and Jade laughs.

“Yes, father.” She giggles and he clears his throat.

“It’s Daddy to you, Kitten.” He corrects her and I shake my head.

“We’re all Daddies now.” I say, speeding past Ri, spraying him with snow.

“Fuck you, Ried.” He says and I laugh harder.

“You wish, bitch.” I yell as I hear Jade laughing through the earpiece.

“The baby is mine. You all better get over that shit quick.” Jay yells and we growl.

“If you all don’t shut the fuck up about it, none of you will be a daddy. Maybe it’s Kane’s.” She taunts.

“Run that back Princess. I’m not above taking a flight and cutting that prick's dick from his body and shoving it up his ass.” Jay threatens.

“You better not have fucked him, Kitten. So help me God.” Ri states.

“I will slice a mother fucker.” I say but she doesn't admit or deny the question.

“Jadeeeee.” Ri growls as Jade continues to ride, ignoring us.

“I’m not telling you shit. Now let’s ride, assholes.” She whoops, taking off ahead of us.

“That’s going to cost you later, Siren. Just you wait.” Jay threatens and I laugh, knowing he’s being dead ass. Later, that sexy round ass of hers is going to be so red, she’s not going to be able to sit right for a week.

We fuck around until we get to the gas station. Jay goes in to pay for the gas as we fill up, grabbing us all gatorades. He comes out and hands Jade hers and she takes a long gulp.

“Damn, this is good.” She says, bringing a smile to my face. At least we know she can keep that down. I’ll mentally add that to the grocery list. I want to make sure she has everything she needs and wants if she truly is pregnant. I look over at her and she's leaning against the handlebars.

“Babygirl, you good?” I shout and she shakes her head. Dario gets to her first, wrapping his arms around her as I approach.

“What happened? Was it another vision?” I ask and she nods with tears streaming down her eyes.

“You’re not taking me to the warehouse, right? I can’t handle going in there.” She says. Fuck.

“What did you see?” I ask, bracing myself.

“We were calling someone for the kids, but she wasn’t answering. We were riding across the lakes on the snow mobiles, and when we got to the warehouse, there was blood everywhere. I walked up the stairs and saw a little girl, dead in a tub filled with water. I fell to my knees screaming for you. It hurts. It hurts so fucking bad. Tell me what that was. Was it real?” She sobs as I take her from Ri, wrapping my arms around her tightly.

“It’s real, Babygirl. I’m so sorry.” I say pulling back, sliding her sleeve up and pointing to her sunflower tattoo with an ‘H’.

“Who is that?” She asks and I take a deep breath.

“The little girl in the tub was her. Kayla’s parents had a shipment of kids that we intercepted, and Harper was one of them who didn’t speak english. She spoke in your native language, so I called you and we took care of her, along with your nephew Jaxon. What you're remembering is when we couldn’t get a hold of Bianca, who was watching the kids, and the vision is exactly what we walked in on.” I say, pulling down my hoodie and showing her my tattoo for Harper.

“You are my sunshine, my only sunshine.” She sings on a hiccup.

“Yes, baby. That’s the song you sang to her as we held her lifeless body.” I choke back. This is not something I wanted to relive today.

“Fuck, and Jaxon? Where is he?” She asks and I shake my head.

“That, we don’t know. Dalton was supposed to tell Jameson and he never did. Apparently Kayla is on the hunt for her son, though.” I say and she nods.

“Well, if she doesn’t find him soon, then we need to. That’s my blood, and I won’t have another trafficked kid hurt sitting on my conscious.” She spits.

“I agree,” I say, placing a soft kiss on her cold cheeks.

“You good now? Can we show you The Mill?” I ask and she nods.

“Let’s roll.” She says, climbing back on her mobile. I step away and walk back to mine with Ri on my tail.

“She’s starting to remember.” He whispers and I nod.

“She is. It’s just going to hurt along the way.” I sigh. He pats me on the shoulder as he gets on his and I follow them out. My phone pings in my pocket but it can wait. I speed past the others spraying snow at them, laughing as they curse me out as we head down the deserted country road towards The Mill. Jade whoops behind me and I look over my shoulder as she sails through the air over a hill. The guys cursing in my ear causes me to full belly laugh.

“Calm down, you guys. It’s just fucking snow.” She laughs.

“Just be careful.” Jay commands.

“Get fucked, Caveman. Don’t be such a pussy.” She yells and he growls. She’s really trying his patience today and I am here for the punishment tonight.

It doesn’t take us that long to arrive at The Mill. Shutting off the mobiles we climb off and Ri unlocks the barn doors, turning the lights on. Her eyes light up as she takes in the renovations we did.

“You guys did this for me?” She asks and we all nod.

“Yes, and there’s a whole office upstairs that overlooks the entire place. So you can watch the fights from up there.” Jay says as I pull out my phone and read the text from the Doc.

“You guys. The results are in,” I say and they all spin to me.

“And?” Jade says as I smile big, holding up my phone to show the text..

“We’re having twins.”