Lilly’s POV As I pack up our bags Matt bursts through our door like a man on a mission.“I know who it is! I know who the killer is!”He snaps, turning around to try and find drake. I chuckle shaking my head “He’s in the shower, who is the killer?”He sighs taking a seat at the end of my bed“I think it’s Conor”I look to him in surprise, pausing“Why would you think that?”As much as Conor was a little bastard I don’t think he’s capable of killing in the way our killer kills. “Because he’s a crazy cunt! He knows all the rotations for the territory line, he knows shift change and everything. I’m telling you it’s him.”“It’s not him”layla says to me, shaking her head “Why do you think that?”I answer back in my head “Because we read him, he has morals. He wouldn’t do this I’m confident”I sigh shrugging my shoulders“layla doesn’t think it’s him, but we should try and contact him”I suggest, even if it’s to clear his name of the mess. “How do we do that?”He wonders out loud “C
Drake laughs shaking his head “No you're projecting your thoughts”“I am?”I was so bloody confused“No we ain’t”layla snaps out loud. I pull away from him“Think of something”I tell her, she rolls her eyes at me “We are thinking dufus”“I swear When this baby comes out I’m kicking you in the fanny! So fucking sick of your snarky assed attitude”I look to drake blocking out the string of profanities that layla throws my way “Can you hear us now?”He shakes his head “No only when I touch you”I touch him, his eyes widen “Damn I was gone 2 fucking seconds! That escalated way to quickly, layla stop it”Drake scolds her, she blows her tongue out at him like a big baby. But then stops and pouts“I’m sorry I am so so sorry”She starts to cry again making drake chuckle as I shake my head “Seriously, I’ll adopt a sea full of kids but if you ask me to carry one again I’m sticking a womb inside you and your carrying it”He leans over, kissing my lips softly “I love you so so much Mrs m
I chuckle shaking my head “As good as that sounds, mummy needs coffee before I see any numbers”She nods, getting up and running to the kitchenette to pour me some as drake takes my shoes and puts them on my feet. “As usual she made me feel like a fool, you should see my taxes, she has thought of expenses Iv never imagined”I giggle at drakes bewildered face“I wonder will caden be as smart as me?”She asks, handing me a cup of coffee, I grin kissing her little nose“I can’t see anyone being smarter than you, I think Isaac Newton would have trouble keeping up”She snorts shaking her head “Nah I test higher than him, I test higher than William James Sidis”She says simply, I frown never having heard the name before “Who is that?”I ask her, drake looks just as puzzled as she shakes her head “How do you not know who he is?”She looked disgusted as she clicks her tongue annoyed. “He was the smartest person to ever walk the earth, Issac had an IQ of 190, William had an IQ between 25
I see how he feels about Baylee, they were right, he seen her as a best friend, a little sister who he would die a thousand deaths for. I see his expectations, how he wants us as his parents, even though he would never admit it out loud. That he craved having parents, but not just any parents, he wanted us. He wanted our family, he wanted the many visions Baylee has shown him through there already building bond. This boy would be ours, so I tell him that, I tell him that even though we just met that I and drake want to be his parents, I tell him that we are his parents, that he will be at home with us, that we will love him like our own, we will protect him and be there for him. As I tell his body and mind that it’s like every pain from the past comes with it, the boy sobs into both mine and drakes shoulders, it was so unexpected to have so many feelings all at once. But one thing was certain, this boy would be our son, he would be the alpha of our pack, he would be our boy and fo
“We are lucky my uncle has a good job, otherwise my life would be like that”He points to a few kids who were clearly starving as they beg for money and food.“Stop the car”I tell the driver, wiping a tear from my face as I pull out my purse and hold my hand out for drakes wallet. He smirks taking everything out of it but as he goes to get out caden stops him“Don’t give it all to them, just enough for a few meals, they need to be able to hide it from there mum or she will buy drugs”I gasp in shock, looking to the kids. Seeing the girl had pockets I look to caden “Do you know them? Can you give it to them and tell him to hide it?”He nods, taking some of the money and he climbs out, talking to the kids. They nod, separating some of it and she gives a little to the boy who nods and runs off calling for his mum as the girl hides the rest and waves to us. Caden gets back in, watching them“She will be watching, if they don’t give her something she will search them”I close my eyes sh
“Why do I not love him?”She says like it was a normal thing to say, I stop layla from growling and I nod. “Because he’s not mine”I frown at her “I produced eggs but I can’t carry a baby. We did IVF and our friend became our surrogate but her and my husband had an affair. They denied it, always said it wasn’t true but I knew. She carried her baby to my husband but not mine. I told her I didn’t want it, he agreed to wash his hands of it too but then the bitch died in childbirth”She snorts shaking her head “We had no other choice but to take it, clearly you wouldn’t understand but loving another woman’s child isn’t possible”She tells me nodding to my belly, my jaw ticks as I try not to glare at her. “The only good thing in my life was my husband. After the tramp died he became a real mate, he looked after his mistake and I stayed away. Then he died. He did. Not the mistake! my fucking mate did and who came back to life? Not my mate. No, that thing rose from the ashes and actually
“How much for the jacket?”She smirks at us“You couldn’t afford it”“Try me”He snaps back, her eyes light up“10 grand, US dollars”“Done”He snaps the jacket off her and hands it to a wide eyed Caden. Drake pulls his checkbook out and writes it up, ripping it off and handing it over. “Anything else you want caden?”I ask him, he shakes his head “Are you sure? Family stuff you want to keep?”“No, I don’t need anything”I nod towards the door and he leaves as I look back at Leanne. I grab her hair, pulling her head back and I grab her throat with my other hand“If we ever hear from you again I’ll slit your throat myself”I fuck her against the wall and turn walking out, the lawyer, drake and Tate were all holding back smiles as I stomp out. I had quite enough of her bullshit and I needed to get the fuck out of here before I change my mind and kill her. I tap the kids and point to the car, they don’t speak seeing my face, and they scurry of. That makes me pause and smile, the look
“Hey baby”She gushes, caden climbs in beside them as they just stare At her, her big wide eyes looking back up at them. I frown looking to drake.“What time is it?”He smirks “8am”“How long did I sleep?”I was shocked, I was so tired it felt like I had hardly slept atol. “All night, you were out cold so I thought I’d let you sleep”He tells me kissing my head then he reaches forThe baby“Caden can you get Baylee into her seat? we will be landing any minute”He smiles, climbing from bed and turning, Baylee jumps on his back giggling as he runs out of the room. “Get comfortable, this is going to feel weird”He tells me, climbing in and holding me. I sigh, closing my eyes, exhausted and ready to sleep some more. Dain starts to purr, my body relaxing against him. My life had somehow fallen into place, my world aligning and perfecting in the most magical way. That’s the moment I knew everything would be ok, nomatter what we go through, Nomatter what we face, we had each other and t