22
Two days later…
Tammy looks over at me nervous about what the lawyer will say. I hold her hand to ease her worry. She has nothing to worry about. I’m sure it’ll work out for us. Destiny can’t take care of Jackson. “Okay, Dalton. I’ve issued a full-custody doc to the judge and adoption papers for Miss. Murphy for Jackson, to the judge as well. When he looks over it, we’ll get a court date.”
“Destiny was served with these papers yesterday. She’ll also be at the court date probably trying to get an appeal,” the lawyer warns.
“Thank you,” Tammy whispers. “Thank you for everything,” she adds.
“Not a problem, ma’am,” Tammy playfully looks at him and hisses.
“I’m too young to be called Ma’am. So, if you don’t mind, please call me Tammy. When you say Miss. Murphy, it’s like your addressing my mother,” she adds and he nods his head.
“Dalton, I will contact you soon with the court date. If you fail to come to said court date. You automatically forfeit the right to full custody and the adoption of Jackson.”
“So, that’s it?” I ask and the lawyer nods his head.
“That’s it,” he replies and Tammy squeezes my hand. It’s a relief knowing this is really happening. Jackson deserves a mother like Tammy, not Destiny. I feel bad for my boy having a mother like that. I was always worried that it would be me, that would leave my kids and so forth but it’s Destiny who’s showing traits of my father, not me. I would die for my kids, for Tammy.
“Let’s go home,” I mention and Tammy nods her head.
Tammy’s parents are watching the Jackson and Mia right now. I want to take my lovely woman out to celebrate. Ice cream seems like a good fit. Oh boy, I can’t wait to give the kids their first taste of ice cream. They’ll be in heaven. Tammy tells me they are still too young for that but man, when they hit a year maybe a year in a half, boom, it’s on like Donkey Kong. What in the fuck did I say? Am I really quoting Donkey Kong?
Thirty minutes later…
We get home and Donna and Garrett are sitting in the living room watching TV while the kids are in the playpen sleeping.
“Hey, thanks for watching them while we took care of things,” I say taking a seat on the other sofa in the living room.
“Oh, don’t mention it. We were happy to watch the little ones,” Donna says with a smile.
“So, what did the lawyer have to say?” Garrett asks, his voice firm.
“The lawyer said the papers were served yesterday to Destiny. Which I’m surprised she hasn’t blown up my phone because of it. We’re just waiting on a court date now.” Tammy’s father nods his head a few times.
“I hope it goes in your favor. Which I’m sure it will. From what you’ve both been telling me. This Destiny, can’t even take care of herself let alone a baby.”
Donna looks at her husband. “It’s time to go, let's give them the rest of their night,” she says getting up from the couch. Garrett follows, Donna grabs her purse and kisses Tammy’s cheek. “If there’s anything, just call.” She gives me a wave and then heads to the door. Garrett, slaps my back not too hard but hard even that it’s a manly goodbye and then kisses the top of Tammy’s head. Garrett follows his wife out the door.
I look at Tammy and give her a little pout. “What do you want Dalton?” she asks chuckling.
“I was thinking of going to the club to have a beer with Ace and Blaze. Do you think you can hold down the fort?” I ask nicely.
She grins, looking at me with her finger tapping her chin. “Hum, I don’t know. It’s a lot of work taking care of two babies,” she says. Then she laughs at my sad face. “You can you go and hang out with the guys Dalton. Jeez, calm down.”
“Thanks, baby. I need to chill with the guys and have a beer,” I mention and she raises a brow at me.
“Don’t drink too much, Dalton. Your driving.” She mumbles as I hug her to me.
“Don’t worry, I won’t have more than two beers. You don’t have to worry about me,” I say softly.
She tilts her head up and looks at me. “I always worry, Dalton. Always,” I kiss her lips and she groans against me. Ah, hell. She tastes amazing like always and it’s hard to pull away from her. I want nothing more than to throw her down on the couch and have my way with her. But my boner is shot dead when my son starts to cry and then Mia starts right after. I groan pulling my lips from hers.
She chuckles at me. “Don’t worry. You might get some if you’re not home too late,” she whispers, before placing another kiss to my lips. She turns around and walks over to the playpen to check on Jackson and Mia.
I follow her and I see they are both up and wanting to be feed. I help Tammy with feeding them and then she tells me to get going. God, I love her. After kissing her again, I finally get out of the house and take my bike. Fuck, I miss my ride. My girl, my baby. But she’s not the other one in my life anymore. I have Tammy, Mia and Jackson now. But the rumble of my bike, soothes my soul.
I pull up to the clubhouse and park my bike then I head inside. Ace and Blaze are already at the bar, on their third beer by the looks of it. Parking my ass on a stool beside Ace, he looks over at me and tips his beer to the side. “About time you got here,” Ace mumbles.
“I help Tammy feed the kids before I headed out. Like a good man would do,” I joke and Ace chuckles.
“I get ya, man. I did the same thing before showing up,” he mentions and Blaze bursts out laughing.
“I’m just lucky I don’t have any kids or a woman to hold me down,” he grumbles under his breath and Ace and I look at him. He might not admit it, but he has a thing for Maggie and Maggie just so happens to have a child who is four. When Blaze found that out, let’s just say, that it was a slap in the face. He backed off from Maggie. I know Maggie is hurting from it, because Tammy has told me that she was talking to Alison and she brought it up. I just hope Blaze gets his head out of his ass before it’s too late. Maggie’s a good girl. She would do Blaze some good.
I shake my head because there’s no use in trying to talk to Blaze, he must learn this on his own. He’s still young, he’ll have to figure it out. Hopefully, before she figures he’s not worth it to the hurt and waiting. I make a sign to let David know that I want a beer and he brings one right over, uncapped and in front of me.
“How is everything going?” Ace asks, sipping his beer.
“Man, this has been a long three weeks. You know what happened with Destiny a while ago and then again two nights ago, she was drunk out of her mind,” I hiss. Ace shakes his head. He’s never had the chance to really meet his mother, so, the way Destiny is with Jackson hurts Ace more than I knew. I take a sip of my beer and groan, fuck I love my beer. I don’t drink a ton, well I used too. Before Tammy, and well, I guess when she left me too.
“Fucking, good for nothing,” he snarls out and I’m taken back. Usually, Ace is level-headed but when it comes to kids and the mother or father are deadbeats it’s not a pretty sight. Ace get’s pissed. “Jackson, doesn’t need her man.” I nod agreeing with him.
“I know man, but she’s still his mother. We went to the lawyers today and Destiny was served with papers yesterday about me wanting full custody of Jackson. Once, the judge looks at the paperwork for that and adoption papers for Jackson from Tammy. Now we’re just waiting for the court date.” I say.
“Man, you got this. I’m sure the judge will grant you full custody, he would be a fucking idiot not too.”
I slap his shoulder with my hand, then my grip tightens some. “Thanks, man. I appreciate it.”
Blaze looks at me with a serious face. “I hope you get it man. The kid deserves a loving family. Not that stripper whore of a mother,” he snarls.
“Thanks man.” He nods his head at me, and drinks his beer. He’s sidetracked when a club-bunny comes around the corner. He downs his beer and jumps from the stool and walks into her direction.
“Catch you guys, later,” he shouts and Ace and I chuckle, shaking our heads.
Ace looks back at me and whistles. “Man, you have one hell of a mess. I know what’s going to happen in court already. The dumb fuck wouldn’t side against you but Destiny on the other end. You're going to have a fun time with that one.” Fuck, do I know it, but he doesn’t have to repeat it.
I sigh heavily. “Fuck, I know,” I mumble through a sigh.
I don’t know how long I’ve been here chatting with Ace but I look at my phone and notice the time. Shit. I got to get home.
“Ace, man. I got to get going, it’s getting late and Tammy’s alone with the kids.” I tell him.
He nods his head. “Yeah, I got to get home to Alison. Geri-Ann should be sleeping. I hope Alison is in the mood when I get home,” he says with a wink. I chuckle. The fucker is hornier than me. Wait, scratch that, Blaze is the hornier one out of all three of us.
“Talk to you tomorrow,” I tell Ace. I get up and walk out the front doors of the club.
I can’t wait to get home and hold Tammy in my arms. I know, I sound like a pussy I know, but fuck it if she doesn’t make me want to be the biggest pussy of them all. I hop on my bike and peel out of the parking lot. I head in the direction of our house and within minutes, I’m pulling up to my driveway. I park my bike in the garage and head to the front door. The door is locked, like I knew it would be. Tammy’s probably already fast asleep upstairs. I try to get inside the house as quiet as possible. I don’t want to wake the kids up.
Once I’m inside the house, I shut the door behind me and lock it.. I check the other doors and make sure no windows are open downstairs. After not hearing from Destiny, makes me worry about what she’s going to do next. If she finds out where we live and end up showing up in the middle of the night and end up doing something stupid.
After making sure everything is closed for the night. I turn the lights off in the kitchen and walk out, heading upstairs. I check in on the kids and they are fast asleep. When I get to our bedroom, Tammy is out cold and she’s lightly snoring. I bite my lip hard from laughing. I wouldn’t want to wake her up. She’s a she-devil when she’s woken up. Taking off my shirt, I throw it in the laundry hamper and go to the bathroom and I brush my teeth.
After I’m done, I head towards the bed taking off my jeans and socks off, putting them on the chair beside my side of the bed. I pull the blanket down and slide in behind Tammy and wrap my arm over her stomach and she groans in her sleep. I smile against her neck. “I love you,” I whisper into her hair before laying my head down on the pillow and close my eyes. Her scent drifting around me gets my cock hard. Shit! If I wake her up after the draining day we’ve had with the lawyer and then her being here with the kids. I think she might just cut off my balls. I move my ass back a bit so my cock isn’t knifing her in the back.
Finally, after getting comfortable, sleep comes quickly.