left. Not before my mother slipped me some cash, of course.
It didn’t matter how upset she was with me of the decision, she still loved me. I left , and didn’t look back for a couple of years. I traveled the country, until I met Ryan. When I met him I was addicted to some hard core stuff. I didn’t care about myself at all. I would sleep on a park bench, if that meant I could use what little money I had on pills.
Ryan saved my life. He gave me a place to stay , and forced me to clean my ass up. Then the music rolled on for us. We worked harder than anybody that was out there in the industry at that time, and it paid off. Big Time.
With my past wars there was no way I was going to leave Natalie’s side. I will try my best to hold her up when she can’t stand any longer, and to be the shoulder she rests on when she’s too tired. She may not have an addiction, but she has demons just the same.
Thinking of the new situation and how Natalie plans to handle it , I hope like hell she tells him, and soon. When she tells him, he’s going to do anything and everything he can to win her and keep her by his side. With his past, there is absolutely no way he would never let her go through a pregnancy alone, nor would he let his child be raised alone.
Chapter 1 9
Natalie
The drive back home that would normally fly by because of conversation, has been lagging. I can tell Liam is still upset at me. He’s trying to hide it, keeping his eyes on the road. His knuckles are white because he’s squeezing the steering wheel so tightly.
There is nothing I can do or say to make up for th e fact that I hid it, but I had made up my mind long before I left the hospital that I wasn’t going to say anything, because I had thought there would be no chance that I would have to see Steele again. I knew that he would react this way and I can only surmise how Layla will respond.
She will pro bably beg Liam for his address in California, and fly all the way there just to confront him. She’s always been a protector. Not just for me, but for anyone who needed protecting. She elected herself to be the defender of the broken.
It’s just I can’t believe the one time I let my guard down to a guy , I end up pregnant. It’s not something I expected. I didn’t even know if I wanted children. Not that I have a choice now, because there is no question that I am keeping this child. With or without Steele being in his or her life, I will do whatever I can to provide the best life for this being inside of me.
**********
Liam pulls Layla’s car into the parking lot of our complex. I take a deep breath, gathering my bearings before I go upstairs. I know Liam will give me no other choice but to tell her today, probably as soon as we enter the apartment.
It’s not something I would ever keep from her , but it would be nice to have a little bit of time to think about how I am going to break the shocking news. It’s not something I just want to spring on her. I have to tell her gently, or she may seriously hurt Steele. She may even want to harm Liam, because he’s Steele’s best friend.
Liam walks ahead of me, silently. I know he’s taking what I said earlier back at the doctors into consideration. To think before he speaks. But Liam keeping his mouth shut is only making me worry. As much as I want to hurt Steele , I wouldn’t truly ever physically hurt him. Nor would I want anyone else to.
As we approach the entrance to the complex, Liam opens the door and because I am a distance away from him , the door slams shut. I can see through the glass door that he is entering the elevator without waiting for me to join him. As I reach my hand out to open the door, I feel a hand reach around me and pull my body back against a large muscular body that belongs to the owner of the hand.
I can’t move my head , because of the position in which I am being held, so I cannot tell who had a tight hold on me. I’m pulled backwards about ten feet, then one
It didn’t matter how upset she was with me of the decision, she still loved me. I left , and didn’t look back for a couple of years. I traveled the country, until I met Ryan. When I met him I was addicted to some hard core stuff. I didn’t care about myself at all. I would sleep on a park bench, if that meant I could use what little money I had on pills.
Ryan saved my life. He gave me a place to stay , and forced me to clean my ass up. Then the music rolled on for us. We worked harder than anybody that was out there in the industry at that time, and it paid off. Big Time.
With my past wars there was no way I was going to leave Natalie’s side. I will try my best to hold her up when she can’t stand any longer, and to be the shoulder she rests on when she’s too tired. She may not have an addiction, but she has demons just the same.
Thinking of the new situation and how Natalie plans to handle it , I hope like hell she tells him, and soon. When she tells him, he’s going to do anything and everything he can to win her and keep her by his side. With his past, there is absolutely no way he would never let her go through a pregnancy alone, nor would he let his child be raised alone.
Chapter 1 9
Natalie
The drive back home that would normally fly by because of conversation, has been lagging. I can tell Liam is still upset at me. He’s trying to hide it, keeping his eyes on the road. His knuckles are white because he’s squeezing the steering wheel so tightly.
There is nothing I can do or say to make up for th e fact that I hid it, but I had made up my mind long before I left the hospital that I wasn’t going to say anything, because I had thought there would be no chance that I would have to see Steele again. I knew that he would react this way and I can only surmise how Layla will respond.
She will pro bably beg Liam for his address in California, and fly all the way there just to confront him. She’s always been a protector. Not just for me, but for anyone who needed protecting. She elected herself to be the defender of the broken.
It’s just I can’t believe the one time I let my guard down to a guy , I end up pregnant. It’s not something I expected. I didn’t even know if I wanted children. Not that I have a choice now, because there is no question that I am keeping this child. With or without Steele being in his or her life, I will do whatever I can to provide the best life for this being inside of me.
**********
Liam pulls Layla’s car into the parking lot of our complex. I take a deep breath, gathering my bearings before I go upstairs. I know Liam will give me no other choice but to tell her today, probably as soon as we enter the apartment.
It’s not something I would ever keep from her , but it would be nice to have a little bit of time to think about how I am going to break the shocking news. It’s not something I just want to spring on her. I have to tell her gently, or she may seriously hurt Steele. She may even want to harm Liam, because he’s Steele’s best friend.
Liam walks ahead of me, silently. I know he’s taking what I said earlier back at the doctors into consideration. To think before he speaks. But Liam keeping his mouth shut is only making me worry. As much as I want to hurt Steele , I wouldn’t truly ever physically hurt him. Nor would I want anyone else to.
As we approach the entrance to the complex, Liam opens the door and because I am a distance away from him , the door slams shut. I can see through the glass door that he is entering the elevator without waiting for me to join him. As I reach my hand out to open the door, I feel a hand reach around me and pull my body back against a large muscular body that belongs to the owner of the hand.
I can’t move my head , because of the position in which I am being held, so I cannot tell who had a tight hold on me. I’m pulled backwards about ten feet, then one
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