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CHAPTER FIVE
Nix
Four Months Later
"You still here?" Jesse walks in, dropping his keys on the clubhouse bar
"Yeah, you sort that shit out with Liquid?" I ask He was called away an hour ago with so the rest of my brothers to sit around and shoot the shit
"Yeah, we’re doaitress Need to put another on" Jessie takes a seat next to Brooks, taking a pull fro babies?" Heon my lap, and Sy who’s down on the floor with his new son, Xzavier, sleeping on his chest
"Fuck off You’re just jealous," Sybaby X’s forehead X, is only six weeks old, but Sy has settled into fatherhood with such ease, anyone would think he’d done it before
"Jealous? Fuck that I’ in his tone tells me he is full of it Jesse is the least family orientated man I’ve everdown, he’s out of there
"Keep telling yourself that, Jesse" I laugh as Harlow reaches for er as she tries to lift it to herthe first signs of teeth conoring ets restless
"They’re almost done, so we should head out" I irls are out for so in Holly’s last feeeks of pregnancy Once every couple of weeks, the girls go out for an afternoon and do their girly shit, spend a fuck-load of ives her so time which ?" Jesse turns serious I knohat he’s asking and I know he’s only asking as her friend, but it’s not so I like to talk about Butwithlock my family up in my home and deal with it by ourselves, they stood byme a hard time ‘cause I wasn’t around the clubhousetheht Harlow home, I never kneould end up where we did When Addison had Z, it seeht and even feeding well The first feeeks of Harlow being ho was up The house was unsettled and filled with tension; it all built up until it boiled over The sleep deprivation didn’t help us either At first, the doctors said it was hormonal, and Harloas just a fussy baby, but as each week passed, I kneasproblems, and Kadence’s insecurities, she let it build a wall around her, dividing us The pressure of being a good , it all became too much for her I could see it, my brothers could see it, and Z could see it She wasn’t herself until we reached our breaking point; the night I walked through the door and had to reassure Z eren’t falling apart
It wasn’t ht, but maybe deep down I knew that as needed Whatever , it worked The , I kneould be okay It took a few days, but after talking with her reed to book an appoint ent, but after discussing our options, we decided that therapy and medication would be our plan of attack Four months, s have gradually improved
Harlow has settled so much these past weeks She has become calmer and more at peace Since the tests the Doctors ran on her, we found out she was allergic to ure Her reflux was a result of her hypersensitivity Kadence’s insecurities of not being able to bond with Harlow through breastfeeding set us back a little, but after talking to a fewthe stress on her would be too , she was able tothe last four months have been easy They haven’t It wasn’t as if those pills the doctor had prescribed Kadence fixed everything We still had our bumps Lack of sleep was still an issue Z still had school, and club business was still iood, better" I stand and hand Harlow to Beau as I gather up her toys He takes her easily, lifting her up in the air to , bud?" I call out to Z as he walks out of the kitchen
"Yep," he ansith a mouthful of food
"Can you take your sister’s shit out to the car foron the table He nods and does as I ask, waving to the boys as he goes
"How you doin’?" Beau asks, knowing I don’t want to talk about it, but asking anyway
"I’ it While we’re not back to where ere before Loe’re gradually finding ourselves "Havin’ a family dinner this weekend I want you all there" I turn back to look at Jesse in particular The last feeeks Jesse has beenhim a hard time the last few months, and since then, he’s been someithdrawn "First time she’s been ready to have you all over at once I knoe’ve had a fucked-up time the last few months, that’s been on her mind I don’t want it to be an issue, okay?" My brothers all nod, knowing this is a good sign