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"Thanks," he said before hanging up.

He placed the phone on the coffee table and knelt in front of Joe. "Baby, I think we should get you set up on the floor. What do

you think?"

he suggested, brushing her beautiful long hair out of her face.

"I think," she said, glaring at him with murderous intent, "that if you or that damn battering ram you have the nerve to call a dick

ever comes near me again so help me I will-A aaaaaggggghhhhh!" she broke off her beautiful words of love to scream.

"Time to get you on the floor," he said, ignoring Nathan's amused chuckles as he gently helped Joe lie on the freshly polished

floor.

"Get behind her and let her sit back against you," he said, thankful that Nathan did what he asked without complaint.

"Um, what are you doing?" the woman he'd forgotten about suddenly demanded.

"Dinner appears to be over. You might want to leave before this gets messy," he said, not bothering to take his eyes off his wife

as he carefully pushed up the soft flowery cotton maternity dress that she hated so much.

"I don't think you should be doing that," the woman said, ignoring his polite way of telling her to get the fuck out.

"It's fine. I really need you to go now," he said as he gently gripped Joe's wet pink panties and pulled them off. When he saw

what was waiting for him he nearly groaned.

"Look, you shouldn't be doing that. I'm going to call an ambulance for her," the stubborn woman said, obviously refusing to

leave.

Eric liked to think he was a patient man, but his wife was in pain and from the looks of it his son was crowing and ready to

make his appearance. "Look, sweetheart, this is a family moment and you're not family so you can either haul your ass out of

here or I can throw you out. It's your choice," he snapped, moving to do just that.

"Fine, you didn't have to be so rude about it," she snapped, placing her phone in her purse and she practically stormed out of

the house.

"Don't bother calling me," she bit out, probably to Nathan, he decided as he placed a towel on the floor between Joe's legs.

"Where the hell does she keep finding women like that?" Joe bit out tightly between panting.

"I don't know, but I really wish she'd stop looking," Nathan grumbled.

"You know what you have to do if you want that to happen," Eric said conversationally as he placed his hands between his

wife's legs.

"Not until I find the one," Nathan grumbled and Eric just barely stopped himself from bitch slapping his brother upside the

head.

The man wanted the perfect woman and he didn't realize that Eric already had her. He was too damn picky and stubborn to

realize that any of the dozen or so women he'd dated in the last five years would have made him a very happy man. It was a

mistake that he was afraid was going to cost him.

"A nyone home?" a familiar voice called from the front door.

"Come on in!" he yelled.

"Oh god," Joe muttered and he knew she was going to be embarrassed to have the guys from work witness this, but there really

was no choice in the matter. Their little guy was coming whether she was ready or not.

He heard people piling into the living room, more than he should have and risked a glance back and had to laugh. It seemed all

the guys on duty decided to come help, even Teddy. That didn't surprise him as much as it would have a few years ago.

A fter the accident Teddy become more somber and serious at work. For a while people were placing bets on how long it

would take the old Teddy to come back. So far no one had won that bet.

It was one of the good things that had come as a result of the senseless tragedy. A lmost overnight every ambulance service in

the county changed their ride along time. The company that Greg had worked for changed the time from two days to a week.

Not that it mattered since the company went out of business. It probably didn't help that the third rider in that accident had sued

and won, pushing the company into bankruptcy.

"Hey, Joe," Teddy said as he knelt beside Eric.

"Hey, Teddy," Joe nearly cried.

"Getting ready to have another beautiful baby I see," Teddy said as he pulled open an OB kit, a birthing kit every ambulance

carried for such an occasion.

Joe nodded weakly as Nathan used a towel to wipe sweat off her face. She looked so damn beautiful. A ll he wanted to do was

take her into his arms and tell her how much he loved her, but he knew she'd kick his ass if he let anyone else do this.

"I need you to push now, Joe," he said, accepting the sanitized towel Teddy handed him.

"A nd I need to kick your ass for doing this to me!" she snapped even as she pushed.

Nathan grunted in pain as she squeezed his hand. Teddy reached over and took Joe's free hand into his, manfully taking the

abuse that she dished out as she began push.

"Suction," Eric said when the head popped out. Teddy thankfully was ready and handed him the rubber bulb. He quickly

cleared out his son's airway before handing the bulb back.

"Push," he said, gently holding his son's head as he slowly came out.

"You push, you bastard!" she yelled, earning several nervous chuckles from the guys.

"Oh, you're all here!" he heard his mother say. "Why don't some of you boys come help me make coffee and cut some cake," his

mother thankfully suggested. He knew the guys were anxious for Joe, but he really didn't need witnesses when she went for his

balls.

"Yes, ma'am," he heard Jeff say.

"Here we go," Eric said as the baby's shoulders cleared. He caught hold of his wiggling son as Teddy swooped in and

wrapped the screaming infant up in a swaddle.

He smiled down at his son as Teddy quickly moved to tie off the cord and cut it. Jonathan, a fire fighter and part time EMT

moved in to help wipe the baby down. Not once did his baby stop screaming and Eric couldn't have been prouder. He didn't

think it was possible to be happier than he was at that moment. Of course Joe just had to go and wreck his moment of bliss.

"You are so buying me a steak dinner for this," she bit out.

His eyes shot to his brother who simply shook his head with pity. "Little gold digger," they both grumbled, earning a killing

glare from the woman he absolutely adored.

Life really couldn't get any better, he decided as he placed his screaming child in Joe's arms and leaned over to kiss her,

narrowly missing her shot to his balls.

"I love you, you little gold digger," he whispered against her lips.

The End.......

Table of Contents

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ebook ISBN 978-0-9832125-7-7

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Chapter 24

Chapter 25

Chapter 26

Chapter 27

Chapter 28

Chapter 29

Chapter 30

Epilogue

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• ebook ISBN 978-0-9832125-7-7
  
• Chapter 1
  
• Chapter 2
  
• Chapter 3
  
• Chapter 4
  
• Chapter 5
  
• Chapter 6
  
• Chapter 7
  
• Chapter 8
  
• Chapter 9
  
• Chapter 10
  
• Chapter 11
  
• Chapter 12
  
• Chapter 13
  
• Chapter 14
  
• Chapter 15
  
• Chapter 16
  
• Chapter 17
  
• Chapter 18
  
• Chapter 19
  
• Chapter 20
  
• Chapter 21
  
• Chapter 22
  
• Chapter 23
  
• Chapter 24
  
• Chapter 25
  
• Chapter 26
  
• Chapter 27
  
• Chapter 28
  
• Chapter 29
  
• Chapter 30
  
• Epilogue