A Baby for the Daddy: Boys of Rockford Series by Maverick Henley

Author:Maverick, Henley
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-08-28T16:00:00+00:00

15

Knight

I had enough pills from the doctor to last a week or so, but I was finally out of them and had the all-clear to go back to my normal life. The gash on my head was mostly healed, just a jagged red line of newly-formed skin, slightly shiny with the scar.

I was so grateful that I could finally get out of the damn house. Without being able to ride my bike, I was going stir-crazy, and I was desperate for fresh air, mountain breezes, and sunshine on my face. I was looking pale from all my time inside, and I was getting antsy about not being at the shop.

I decided I could go for a ride and check on it, kill two birds with one stone, clear my head, stop wondering why it had been a couple days since I heard from Tenley or the kid.

I was trying not to think about that. Trying to keep my mind on other things. Wasn’t easy cooped up in the house, but once I was out on the open road with nothing between me and the pavement but my bike? Well, hopefully it would get easier to stop thinking about other things.

The moment I stepped into the garage, I remembered the last time I was in here — with Cal. He was in awe over the bike, so excited to get on her. I couldn’t wait to show him how to ride. To take him out when he was old enough and let him go for it. Maybe I could get him a Motocross bike or something in a couple of years, we could go out and ride the dirt trails…

It sounded like fun.

It also sounded like I was thinking about the future, which was one of the things I’d sworn off of. The future was a dark and mysterious thing that I didn’t want any part of. It required planning and facing up to consequences, all kinds of bullshit I never had time for.

But for the first time, it also included shit I wanted to look forward to.

That was different.

I knew better than to hold on to that too tight. I knew that my access to Cal was restricted and up to Tenley. If she wanted to, she could make sure that we never saw each other again. At least not until he was eighteen and could do what he wanted — or snuck away from her again.

That was the only hope I had. The kid had enough of me in him to never take no for an answer. He wasn’t going to let Tenley keep him from something he wanted, no matter how much he loved her and respected her as his mom. He was still going to chase his dreams.

Why the hell his dreams involved meeting me, I’d never know.

Well, all right, that wasn’t entirely fair. I did know. I expected he was wrong about me. Every kid without a mom or dad dreamed of what they’d be like, fantasized and painted this picture in their head.

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