The Prez (Devil's Mayhem MC Book 3) by RS McKenzie

Author:RS McKenzie [McKenzie, RS]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-10-18T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 13

OMARI

The next few days are tense. Both Big Raf and I watch Little Raf like a hawk. I’ve checked labels on the back of jars more times than I can count. We’re sticking to foods we know he can eat and still bottle feeding.

Zeke and Shane, Jace and his wife—who they call an old lady even though she can’t be older than thirty-five—and more of the brothers come and check on Little Raf, bringing him gifts and holding him. Most of them send me reassuring words and a few even marvel that Raf has a boyfriend. I blush every time someone asks, not sure how we even got here, but not minding it one bit.

After three days of Little Raf being the happy baby he usually is and when the meds are finished, we both relax a little. Surprisingly, Big Raf has apologized to me every day for blaming me for what happened. I don’t fault him for it. It was a highly emotional situation and I wasn’t making it better by falling apart like I did.

Earlier today, Little Raf had an appointment with his pediatrician that set us even more at ease.

“Even if there is no history of allergies in the immediate family,” the doctor said, checking over the baby and laughing when Little Raf grabbed his stethoscope to put in his mouth, “you never know what a child will react to. It really is trial and error.”

Even though I didn’t want to sound so pitiful, I asked, “So I didn’t do anything wrong?”

He smiled over at me and shook his head. “Nothing wrong at all. We have to introduce foods to babies for this very reason. Now that we know what to look for, we can avoid it. In this day and age, allergens are listed on the back of most foods.” He gave me a soft look as I kissed the top of Little Raf’s head. “You’re doing great with him. He’s a healthy weight and height and he appears to be a happy baby. I wouldn’t worry too much.”

Big Raf was silent during the entire exchange, but I know he was paying attention.

Over the past few days, he’s been there without fail. He’s been holding Little Raf more, he sat with me during bath time and asked questions, then the next day, he took over. He was already doing feeding time, so that didn’t change. Whenever Little Raf needed to be changed or put to bed, Big Raf handled it.

After we come back from the doctor’s appointment, Big Raf puts a sleeping Little Raf in his crib. When he comes back, I grin over at him. “If I’m not careful,” I say, reaching for his hand, “I’ll be out of a job.”

He snorts. “Yeah, right. I don’t do half as good as you do with him. I’m just trying to be enough, you know?”

I nod sadly. Not for the first time, I have a feeling Raf doesn’t think he’s worthy of having Little Raf. Like he has to pass some muster to earn the right to have that sweet baby love him.

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