The Tiger's Baby (Honeypot Babies Book 3) by Sophie Stern

Author:Sophie Stern [Stern, Sophie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2016-12-08T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Jason

Mom and Georgia are both home when we walk inside. Their cheers of excitement fill the house and warm my soul. They’re happy I’m back. They’re happy we’re both back. The two of them are yelling and shouting greetings and crying happy tears.

“Is the baby kicking up a storm?” I murmur quietly to Arielle, but she just laughs and shakes her head. I’m surprised. I thought the noise would get to the little guy, but apparently he’s a trooper. Just like his mama.

“I can’t believe you’re finally home,” Georgia wraps her arms around me and jumps up and down. Mom wraps the two of us in her arms and we have this awkward, but wonderful group hug.

“I missed you, sis,” I tell Georgia. “I missed you, too, Ma.”

“We’re not all you missed, I’m sure,” Mom says, eyeing Arielle, who is standing quietly by the door. “I see you got your present.”

“I did,” I tell her. “It was quite the surprise.”

“I told you he’d like it,” Mom says to Arielle, who just laughs.

“You might have given me a bit of a warning that you decided to go through with the nursery idea,” she smiles. “I wasn’t expecting him to show up at my office today or to know all about our cub.” Arielle rubs her belly, but she’s giggling. I’m glad she was surprised when I came to see her. I’m glad it was a good surprise. I’m glad she didn’t make me wait weeks or months to get back in her good graces.

I’m sure the orgasm helped, but I’m still happy she forgave me.

I’m still happy she’s giving me a chance.

I sure as hell don’t deserve one and I don’t think most women would even be thinking about letting me be a part of the baby’s life, but Arielle isn’t most women. She’s always been special. She’s always been different, and I’m a dumbass for ever letting her think she was less than perfect.

“Next time I’ll be sure to warn you,” Mom says dryly, but Arielle laughs and the two of them hug.

“You guys have gotten pretty close,” I comment. I’ve never so much as brought a girl home. It’s a little weird, but a little wonderful to see that Arielle and my mother have become good friends while I’ve been away. That’s good. Arielle deserves to have friends. She deserves to have people who will look after her. She deserves to have a family.

My mom does, too.

I know she misses my dad terribly. His death was after a long, painful sickness, so it wasn’t a surprise, but that doesn’t lessen the pain. Knowing someone is going to die doesn’t take the pain away. It doesn’t lessen the hurt.

I think that’s probably part of the reason I hid my deployment from Arielle. I thought that if I told her, she’d be sad. I thought she’d be in pain and that it would hurt worse knowing the end was coming for us. I didn’t want her to worry or to be sad or lonely or scared, but the truth is that she felt those things anyway.

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