Free Unbroken (Fighter Erotic Romance #4) by Scott Hildreth Page A

the hospital.”
    “It ain’t a church mom, it’s a hospital. So, you ready for the news?” he shouted, nodding his head excitedly the entire time he spoke.
    “Eight pounds and fifteen ounces. Almost a nine pounder,” he smiled.
    “And both my little girls are doing just fine,” he shouted.
    “A girl?” Kace screamed, “Vee had a girl?”
    “ We had a girl, Shorty, she’s ours,” Ripp smiled.
    Immediately, the room was filled with congratulatory remarks and hugs. For some reason, I stood in place as everyone rushed toward Ripp. A little disappointed, I attempted to digest Ripp and Vee having a little girl, hoping all along for another boy. After a moment, I began to feel selfish and walked to where Ripp stood.
    “Congratulations Ripp, to both of you. When can we see her?” I asked.
    “Hell here in a few minutes, from what they said. But it’s like three at a time, and I don’t want to create problems down there. They’re serious about this baby business,” he said as he raised his eyebrows and nodded his head.
    “Name?” Kace asked.
    “Listen up,” Ripp said, raising his hands in the air.
    He smiled and lowered his hands, “Jessica Ann Ripton. That’s her name. We’re gonna call her Jessie. Casey and Jessie. Got a nice little ring to it, huh?”
    “Close as I could get was something that rhymed, bro,” he said as he slapped my shoulder.
    I smiled and thought of the two of them growing up together, playing and learning of life and everything in it. Children appear to change everything in life, and rightfully so. They should. The future of this earth is dependent upon our children growing into adults and being equal to or greater than the generation before them. If I learn from my mistakes and teach my children what I have learned, eliminating my many shortcomings, they’ll be able to begin life a generation wiser.
    “How’s Vee doing?” I asked over the crowd.
    “She’s doing great. I need to get some cigars, we need to celebrate,” Ripp said as he reached for his wallet.
    “Got ‘em right here, Ripper,” Kelsey said as he reached into his gym bag.
    “Brought several of both, just in case,” he said as he began handing ‘it’s a girl’ cigars to the group.
    As everyone became louder and more joyous over Ripp and Vee’s new baby girl, I looked toward the window which faced the parking lot in front of the center. A-Train, still holding Casey, walked by slowly, seemingly unaffected by the crowd. As he walked, he continued to sing. A small lump raised in my throat as I watched him looking down at Casey intently. One by one, we were bringing a new generation into this earth. Each child would carry a small piece of us with them as they developed and grew. As they grew into adulthood, they would be a product of their parents, the friends and the family they were exposed to as children.
    As I continued to watch A-Train, Kace walked up and embraced me, nodding her head toward A-Train as she did.
    “He loves that little boy,” she grinned.
    “He sure does,” I smiled.
    I turned and looked around the room, still smiling at the thought of the changes we were all going to witness in each other’s lives.
    Casey and Jessie.
    It did have a nice ring to it.

SHANE. Ripp pushed himself from the table and stood from his chair, “So, we went bowling to try and focus on something other than the baby. She was standing in her lane holding her bowling ball and she reached back,” he paused and swung his right hand rearward slowly and raised his eyebrows.
    “Fucking BOOM!” he quickly raised his hands in the air as he shouted.
    He glanced back and forth between A-Train and I as he spoke, “Slimy shit went everywhere. She didn’t even see it comin’. It was crazy. She wore that little dress because she said she couldn’t bowl in them stretchy pants she’s been wearin’. Anyway, so the shit just gushes out on the bowling alley, right there on the lane, and she drops her ball and starts