Free Born Into Destiny: A Forsaken Sinners MC Series Novella by Shelly Morgan Page A

I’ve never seen this nurse before, but I’m sure the others have told her about the biker dad.
    “Sure am,” I say as I reach out for him just as she holds him out for me to take.
    Once he’s in my arms, I feel a peace settle over me. Even though his sister is still fighting to be able to breathe and eat on her own and his mother is still sleeping, holding him lets me know that things will be all right. His sister will get stronger and his mother will wake up.
    “Hey, buddy. Did you miss your daddy?” I say, cradling him against my chest. He makes a small noise that is almost like a coo and I laugh. “I missed you too,” I answer back.
    I sit and rock him for a while, but he starts getting restless, so I flag one of the nurses down. “Does he need to eat?” I’m not good at telling what he needs and since I only know that he was just changed, he could be fussing because he’s hungry, tired, or just cranky, for all I know.
    “No, he was fed right before we changed him.”
    Not knowing what else to do, I get up and start walking with him, hoping that will settle him down, which seems to work some.
    “Can I take him down to his mother’s room? I’d like to get back, but don’t want to leave him just yet,” I say after five minutes of walking around the nursery. I do want to get back to Dani, but also, I want him to meet his mother, even though she’s sleeping and he may not know who she is.
    “Of course. If you put him in the crib, I’ll roll him down to you in a few minutes. He can even stay the night down there with you if you’d like,” the nurse replies with a smile.
    I’m not sure if I’m ready to take care of him all on my own yet over night, but I just smile and lay him down in his crib. “Daddy will see you soon, bud. Then you get to meet your mama.”

 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    Chapter 13
     
     
    Four Days Old
     
    Dani
     
    I’m dreaming I’m holding my baby, but he’s crying and I have no idea what to do for him. I feel so helpless. What mother doesn’t know how to make her baby stop crying?
    Then out of nowhere I hear Zane hum. I don’t know how I know it’s him because I don’t think I’ve ever heard him hum a day in his life, but I just know it’s him. And it seems to be working. The baby settles down and stops crying. It makes me want to smile because I just knew Zane would be an amazing father, but sad because I couldn’t get him to stop crying and it makes me feel like a failure.
    “Shhh…it’s okay, little guy, Daddy’s got you,” I hear Zane whisper and I’m at my breaking point. Hearing him talk so quietly and sweetly to our son, hearing the love in his voice, makes me break down in tears. But when I try to cry, nothing happens. I can feel them there, but they won’t fall. What is wrong with me?
    I try to move, but it’s like my body is being held down and I don’t know why. Why can’t I move? I realize then that I can’t see Zane or our baby, so I try to open my eyes, but just like my body, they won’t move. I can feel my heart racing and a panic attack coming. Something is wrong with me! Why won’t my body do what I want it to do?
    And then it all comes back to me: being at the shop…the pain…and all the blood. No! The baby!
    Suddenly, I feel hands on my face. “Dani? What’s wrong, Baby Girl? Open your eyes,” Zane says urgently. I try to listen and comply, but my eyes won’t open and it makes me freak out even more. By now, my heart feels like it’s one steady beat it’s beating so fast.
    I hear an alarm go off and feet running, but I still can’t open my eyes. Please! Someone help me—why can’t I open my eyes?
    “What’s happening?” Zane yells at someone and then I hear a baby cry. Is that my baby? Is he all right? I didn’t think my heart could possibly beat any faster, but not knowing if that’s my baby and if he’s okay causes it to beat so hard and fast it feels like it’s going to beat right out of my chest.
    I feel