~ CHAPTER 27~

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"They can't sue us can they Scarlett?"I ask her

"I don't think so" she replies

"For 2 girls who work for a law firm we are clueless," I say she shrugs

"I manage the reception, you are the PA," she says

"Please I still have baby brain," I say and this time she laughs

"Girl no"

When I was pregnant I had the worst baby brain, I would forget the smallest things, and remember the most irrelevant things, and I was so emotional all the time. I cried at everything, and so did Scarlett. We cried together.

"I think I need to pay attention more- I do want to be a lawyer"

"I agree"

"I don't think they can, from what I remember"

"They can't, it's not right," she says

"Besides, he hasn't been involved in her life for the past 3 months let alone the 9 months since you got pregnant"

"I know"

"A whole year T, a whole fucking year- he didn't call or text, nothing"

"Scar, I didn't tell him, it's my fault"

"But he never asked or called?"

"Because I blocked him"

"Bullshit, he could have called me or Gray"

"Gray said squat and you blocked him to"

"Besides the point, he's the dick and he's dating the evil incarnate," she says and I laugh

Scarlett lies down on the hospital bed and resumes flicking through the tv channels until she settles on something that she likes. But my mind won't stop ticking

"We can't tell Jane" I abruptly say

"Why, she can help us"

"Because it will ruin her. Leave a bad impression of Ellie"

"But she will take your side"

"Yeah that's the point" I reply

"I don't understand"

"It will make things worse"

"Tori, we can't risk this"

"We aren't risking anything," I say

I sigh and look down at the sweet dozing baby in my arms. Why is life so complicated? This was never my intention. We sit and silence and I know Scarlett is right.

"Look I know you are right, just, let's leave it for now"

"Okay, fine- but if I hear another threat I am going to be yelling for Jane," she says and I laugh

"Yelling for who darling?" I hear a voice say and I look up it's my mother

"No one Mama Kat, no one," Scarlett says and she winks at me

"Hey mama," I say

"Hey baby, how is she?"

"She's okay, the doctor said she thinks the reaction is from her needles- where is Jane?"

"She has gone to get coffee for us all, said the smell of hospitals is nasty" we all laugh, that is typical Jane Shepherd, I swear her vanilla flavoured candles made me want to barf during my first trimester, but Jane loves them, so I had to keep replacing them. At least the smell is now growing on me.

"That'll be good"

"Are you alright sweet pea, I saw Jackson and Ellie storm out before"

"Yeah, I'm okay," I say

"She's just a bitch" Scarlett says

"Scar" I whisper yell laughing

"Please, T, It's the truth" she replies and my mum laughs

Violet's doctor comes in for the last and confirms her diagnosis again and tells us all we can do is keep her hydrated, and give her some baby pain meds, and again stresses that if we have any other issues to come back.

She hands us the discharge papers and bids us well. I really liked her, during my pregnancy I had some really rude ladies do my sonograms. My doctor of course is so lovely and supportive as were the nurses when I was giving birth, but some people were so rude.

Once the doctor leaves, we send my mum back to her department since she had another surgery scheduled and we get to work on her discharge papers. Jane returns and helps us sign the papers and reminds us about the lunch she is holding tomorrow if we feel up to it.

The Shepherds have a barbeque every Sunday at lunch, and its just their kids and usually Scarlett, Violet and I. Generally the firm is a lot busier so it is the only day and time that both Jane and Julian really get off- despite the days they take

Once I sign all of those, we pack everything we brought up and I laugh at all of the things that we brought in, we were in such a rush we have useless shit, maybe next time we should write a list of the things we should bring in an emergency

We made it out of the hospital and into the car in no time. Like last time I sat in the back with Violet so I can make sure she is okay and Scarlett turns on the radio to some baby channel and a baby song comes up. Scarlett starts bopping to the baby song and sings to Violet. I swear she actually likes the songs for the value, but she tells me she is enriching her brain.

When we get home Grayson is in the living room and gets up to see

"How is my nugget feeling?" he asks and he touches her nose

"She is better," I say

"Good" he replies and when I look at him I can tell he has something to say

"Go on" I reply and he laughs

"Shep called for you, asked for him to call back-said he was sorry!?" he says and I am surprised

"Tell him to get fucked" Scarlett says walking past and I laugh and Grayson looks at her as she walks up the stairs and disappears

"Long story" I reply and I shrug walking up behind her

As soon as we get into our room we collapse from exhaustion, whilst Scarlett drunks as much water as she can I let my hair out of the tight ponytail it was in. I pick Violet out of her car seat and she gets a bath and an outfit change before a feed.

I feel my phone vibrate from my bedside table across the room. I'm rocking Violet in her rocking chair. It seems to be the only thing that is keeping her calm at the moment, her eyes are rolling into the back of her head and I can see she is fighting back sleep.

I feel my phone vibrate again and I look at Scarlett

"Do you want me to get it?" she asks and I nod

She walks over from her bed and gabs from the bedside table and walks over to me and her face grimaces when she sees who is messaging

"Who is it?" I ask but I already know

"Shep," she says

"Read it"

"Are you sure?" she asks and I nod so she unlocks my phone and reads the message

"Vic, It's Jax. Can we talk?" she says impersonating him, I laugh as she mocks him and I take the phone and look at the text

What could he possibly want to talk about, he has made it very clear to me his side

"What a dick," I say sighing put my phone next to me

"Your daddy is being a pussy Vi, playing both sides," she says

"Scar, don't say that"

"Tell mummy it's the truth" she replies and Violet opens her eyes

"See T, she agrees with me" she then ads and sits back down with her phone

I ignore the message, I'm going to see him tomorrow anyways.

I read the text again and I feel so guilty that I have these butterflies. He broke up with me because he wanted to go to college alone. I was okay with that, and I knew when I found out I was pregnant that he could never know.

She was my big secret and now he knows. I am always going to be tied to the man that crushed my soul, and now his girlfriend.

I don't know why but my heart still tingles for him

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