Being with Her (15 page)

Almost 48 hours earlier

I got the call at about five in the afternoon from Sarah asking if Paige is going to be picking up Addy or am I. "What do you mean, Sarah? She should have gotten there an hour ago." I start to panic.

"She hasn't shown up, Gavin. Do we need to call the police?" She's panicking also. "Maybe it was Addy's dad or that guy from school giving her problems."

"I’m leaving now, keep Addy please and I'm going to the school to look for her. I'll call you when I hear something." I hang up. I drive the twenty minutes over to her school. I pull into the parking lot I know she uses. I immediately spot her car but she is not in it or nowhere around. I see a small drop of blood on the ground by the driver door and dread chills my body. I call the campus security and as I'm waiting for them to show up Dr. Sanders drives by, stopping when he notices me standing there.

"Professor Wright, aren't you at the wrong school?" He laughs.

I walk over. "Have you seen Paige Montgomery?" I must sound panicked cause he lifts an eyebrow.

"No Gavin, who is she to you?" he asks, stepping out of his car.

"She's my fiancé. She's been having problems with another student in addition to her ex. She never picked up her daughter and her car is still here." I pace as the security pulls up. I run over to them explaining the situation. They immediately call the local police to help and handle the matter.

All night they run leads that could get me Paige back but everything is a dead end. I tell them all about Doug and his obsession with her. I also tell them about Bobby, her ex and what he had done to her a few months ago. They put out reports for both men. They can't find either, of course. I call periodically, checking in with Sarah. Nothing can happen to Paige, Addy will be all alone because I don't have rights to her yet. The next morning after pacing here at the station all night, they got a hold of a friend of Doug's. They said that he was with a chick all night and I run to the restroom and vomit the contents of my stomach. It has to be her. They call out the SWAT. They bust down the door of Doug's apartment. I try to run in but it takes two officers to hold me away as they enter. I've got to get to her. I hear screaming from the back room and Doug is pulled through the house in cuffs.

I run into the house hearing Doug say, 'What the fuck is he here for?' As I come to a stop in the room, I come face to face with a naked Brittany.

"Fuck, that's not her." I turn, running back out.

I continue to pace. This can't be happening. The only other suspect would be Bobby. I give them all the info I can about him, from being an attorney to him harassing Paige. Sarah keeps Addy for me through the two nights that I stay at the department. At about eight on the second day, they get a lead on an old vacant house outside of town that has recently been rented out by a Robert Jeffers. SWAT is called out again and I'm told to hold tight, that I will be notified if it's anything pertaining to Paige.

At about eleven, I get the call I've been waiting and dreading all at once. They found a young woman being assaulted by a gentleman by the name of Bobby Jefferson. I fall to my knees, crying out of joy of finding her. My tears turn into anger as I realize what he was doing to her. They inform me they were taking her to the nearby hospital since she was found beaten, assaulted, and appears to be pregnant. I rush out to my truck and drive as fast as I can so I can be with her. She's going to need me.

**

Once there I'm allowed back to see her after explaining that she has no family and that I'm her fiancé that's been looking for her. Walking into her room, she's been crying. I go to her and climb into the bed next to her. She has the right side of her face bruised and her lip is busted. I knew he assaulted her ’cause the police told me that much. I have to know if the baby is okay.

"Are you okay?" I kiss her forehead. "I've been looking for you forever. How's the baby?" I have tears in my eyes.

She begins crying again and shaking. "You're not going to want me anymore, Gavin. He did bad things." She sobs into my chest.

I have tears coming down my cheeks too. "No matter what happened, I'll always want you. I love you. You did nothing wrong except survive. How's the baby?" I ask again, scared for the worst.

"They did a sonogram and said the baby was great. They did a rape kit and exam. When I woke up there I was undressed and tied up. I can't believe he did this to me again." She continues to sob. "He made me do things to him and he did things to me. I'm so sorry, Gavin. He was just about to rape me when they busted down his door. They pulled him off just in time. I'm so, so sorry." She cries.

I rub her back. "It's fine, baby, everything will be fine and you’re safe now. He can never come near you again." We both lie there crying. My baby feels broken. How can I fix her?

They keep me in the hospital for two nights. I cry a lot, not so much from him physically hurting me but because of what he did to Gavin and I. Gavin is being very supportive but I know that he is torn up inside. I withdraw from the rest of the spring semester because I just don't feel like leaving the house. Gavin goes to work and back and spends all his time coddling me and helping with Addy. She doesn't understand so she just kisses my cheek and then runs away to play. Sarah comes over daily helping with Addy while Gavin's at work. Natalie has stopped in checking on me but she's at a loss at what to do.

It's been two weeks and Bobby was charged with kidnapping and sexual assault and battery. Even his attorney friends can't help him. He is looking at a long prison time. His attorney tried to contact me but Gavin wouldn't let them talk to me. Gavin told our attorney that I want Bobby to sign over all rights to Addy. Luckily Bobby agreed and now has no rights to us. Gavin said as soon as I marry him that he is going to officially adopt Addy and give her our new last name. I can't be happier. I thank God every day for sitting me in that class which brought me to Gavin. Although he always says that life being with me is the easiest thing in the world I know he's lying because we've have a hard start in our relationship. I love him and he's helping me heal.

The wedding is in two weeks and I'm excited. My belly has grown a lot this past month. The dress I'm planning to wear is a little tighter than I expected but I'm wearing it anyway. Addy is going to walk down the aisle ahead of me. I can't wait to become Mrs. Paige Wright.

Gavin

Four months later

Just like I always say 'Being with Paige is the easiest thing in my life.' Actually loving her has been the easiest thing in my life. We've all made mistakes but we learn and move on. I love her more every day. We were married in April just like she wanted. She was the most beautiful bride. Outside at the park on the most wonderful day full of sunshine. It was simple with a few close friends and family. Addy went down the aisle first and Paige followed not far behind. It was one of the best days of my life. My parents loved Addy and Paige. They were beyond thrilled when they saw Paige with her little round belly beginning to protrude. Mom slapped me upside the head because I failed to call and tell them the news sooner. Within the month I had Addy's name changed to Wright also.

Paige didn't want a big honeymoon. So I suggested a fly out to California since she's never seen the beaches. My cousin Brooklyn lives out there and offered us to stay at her house. She has plenty of room since it's only her and her son, Preston. We took Addy along because Paige didn't want to be away longer than a day from her. She loved the beaches, too, plus as a surprise I took them both to Disneyland. On the plane ride back Paige giggled. I looked over. "What's so funny?"

"Your cousin was so nice, I really liked her. Not what I was expecting. Did you see her with Preston's friend, Landon?" Paige asked with a knowing smile.

"What do you mean? I told you she didn't act like a thirty-five year old. She's been a single mom with a teenage boy so that's what she used to hanging around with," I tell her as I hold her hand. Addy's asleep next to Paige on the plane.

"I see that, which is cool, actually. But no, the looks her and Landon always gave each other? There's something going on. I bet they know each other very intimately." She smirks.

"Okay no, she's like fifteen years older than him." I shake my head in a negative.

"Think what you want but I saw something there. Besides, you're like twelve years to my senior," she says, pulling me into a kiss.

"You're right, but I'm not going to think about her with a kid like that," I say, rubbing her belly.

"Okay. But it's kind of hot," she jokes.

Paige was beginning to grow bigger each day. She just glowed throughout her pregnancy. I loved holding her belly as much as I could. I think she loved it too. It took a few weeks but she healed after the horrific ordeal with Bobby. He was sentenced to life in prison. I now have almost two children to live my life for besides Paige. Addy will never know her biological dad, but she doesn't need to because I will be the best dad she will ever want. I think I loved her from the moment I walked up to her screaming for that box of cereal. Loving Paige and Addy was a gift that I will treasure as long as I live.

**

So here we are at the hospital, Paige's water broke during the night and I rushed her here first thing this morning. My parents are here awaiting their now fourth grandchild. They took to Addy with open arms as their third behind both my sisters’ kids. She is about ready to push and she seems a little agitated at me since I have no fucking clue what I'm doing. I hold her leg and squeeze her hand, how hard is that. The nurse shouts 'last push, Paige'. She looks over at me and pushes so hard. Tears are streaming down her checks. "Baby, you're so good. I'm so proud of you." Soon I hear a cry and look down to see my son screaming his lungs out. I feel tears fall down my cheeks as I kiss my wife. She completed my life and brought me a family that I think was missing in my life. They cleaned the little guy up and handed him to me wrapped in a blanket. I lower him down so Paige can see what we made.

I kiss her forehead. "What’s his name going to be?" I ask, knowing what she has in mind. He's beautiful just like his momma. He has dark hair and blue eyes. A combination of us both.

She looks at me. "Benjamin Theodore?"

I smile. "That's perfect." Benjamin is my middle name and Theodore is her father's name. "We can call him 'Benny'." I laugh. She smiles and says 'Hey, Benny'.

Once they move us into a permanent room, Addy comes running in with my parents, 'Meme and Pops' wearing a big sister shirt. I pick up her and set her next to Paige on the bed. "Look pumpkin, it's your brother."

She smiles and holds onto his hand. "Daddy, what's his name?" Paige told Addy a few months ago that I was going to be her daddy and she took it and ran. Daddy this and Daddy that. I love it.

"Benjamin Theodore, but we’re going to call him Benny," I say as I kiss both my girls’ heads.

Life is unpredictable and fortunately for me it worked out to having the most perfect family I could have asked for.

**

Paige

Two years later

My life couldn't be more perfect. Addy and Benny are outside playing at the new house we bought last month. Today is Benny's second birthday. Gavin is standing at the grill in his swim trunks with a beer in hand talking to Steve. He's still the sexiest man I've ever seen. His chest glistens from sweating in the mid-August sun. Sarah laughs. "Stop drooling over your husband. You know what that leads to." She says rubbing my belly. Sarah has become a permanent fixture in our lives. She loves Addy and Benny. She tends to be here a lot since I decided I wanted to stay home and be a housewife and mom. She still keeps the kids for our date nights when we just need to get away.

Natalie is out lying on the lounger next to the pool. People come together at the most unusual times. Seeing each other when we got married and then again a few months later at Benny's birth, Natalie and Steve couldn't deny their chemistry. Now two years later, Steve, who said he would never marry, is not only married but expecting any time their first baby. I'm so happy for them. I continue to waddle around making sure dinner is almost done.

I walk out to check on the burgers, wrapping my arms around Gavin. He holds my belly. "How are my girls? All three of them." I laugh. I'm eight months pregnant with twins.

"We're perfect, but I'm hungry. Almost done?" I say, kissing his bare chest.

"Not much longer. I was just telling Steve that having my own family has changed my life completely." He bends to kiss me. I wrap my arms around his waist as he deepens the kiss, totally ignoring Steve standing there.

"Guys, get a room," he laughs, walking over to Natalie who is as miserable as me being pregnant in August.

"You got a minute?" I whisper as he kisses my neck.

"Steve, watch the grill, Sarah the kids ... Paige needs to show me something." He takes my hand, leading me toward the house.

"Yeah, right, I'm sure she's showing you something," he hollers and Natalie and Sarah laugh.

He drags me through the house, up the stairs into our room. I'm laughing because I can't get enough of him with these pregnancy hormones and he's insatiable to begin with. He lifts my baby doll dress over my head. I, as usual seldom wear a bra. I stand there in only my pink lace panties with a huge belly protruding out. "Fuck, you’re sexy, baby. Got my babies growing inside you." He lowers my panties allowing me to step out of them while he kisses my belly. He sits me back onto the bed, kneeling to my knees. I scoot back a little spreading my legs to allow what I know he wants and I need. "Fuck, you're so greedy." He laughs as he runs his finger between my lips.

"You made me greedy. It's your fault," I moan as he plunges two fingers deep inside my body. He positions them where they’re hitting the right spot while his thumb massages my clitoris. My hips grind against his hand as if it has a mind of its own.

"I love your greedy pussy. I can feel it tightening on my fingers. Come for me, baby." I scream in that moment. My orgasms during pregnancy are so much stronger. I'm panting as Gavin has already ripped his trunks away and is between my legs rubbing my juices all over his cock. "Fuck, baby, that was loud. I hope everyone stayed outside." He laughs.

Instead of being embarrassed I grab his face. "Fuck my pussy, Gavin." My breath is short. My bedroom language has gotten dirtier because Gavin loves it.

"My fucking pleasure." He starts pumping in and out. My belly is getting to the point where it's a little in the way so I push against his shoulder. Knowing what I want, he flips us so that I'm straddling him and I begin riding our wave of bliss.