I snorted, “You better get very good at not pissin’ me off then.”
Kane snorted and pulled me into his chest. He slid his arms down to my arms and rested his head on mine. I put my arms around his and hugged him back, which was weird as hell. I never hugged Kane.
Ever.
That was kind of sad considering I had sex with him, yet I’d never hugged him.
“Have you ever seen them so civil?” I heard Keela murmur to everyone.
“Nope,” Ryder replied back. “Twenty euros it only lasts till morning.”
“Hey,” I said and pulled back from Kane and turned to face my family, “don’t jinx this. This is a rare event.”
Everyone chuckled.
“Okay, so you and Kane are havin’ a baby. Do your brothers know?” Bronagh asked me.
My good mood was instantly squashed. I surprisingly didn’t think of telling my family about the baby... and I wished Bronagh had never brought them up.
I shook my head and groaned out loud, “I don’t want to think about tellin’ them.”
Branna widened her eyes. “Your brothers don’t know... Does your da know?”
I winced. “No... I was hopin’ I wouldn’t have to tell any of them either.”
Kane came to my side and frowned. “Why not? You’re twenty-eight.”
I said nothing so Branna filled him in for me. “Being pregnant isn’t the problem; it’s who her baby daddy is that will be the problem.”
“Why would they have a problem with me? They don’t even know me,” Kane asked, his tone confused.
Keela snorted and said, “That’s not exactly true.”
All the brothers looked at Keela and in unison they said, “Explain.”
Keela looked at me for permission and I shrugged my shoulders. “Go ahead, they’ll find out sooner or later.”
“A year or so after Nico and Bronagh started datin’, at one of Nico’s fights in some club in town, Aideen’s eldest brother beat the shite out of Ryder for accidentally knocking a drink out of his hand. You three proceeded to beat the shite out of him and his brothers which had to be broken up by her da, who tagged along to watch the fight. Her family is really into UFC.”
Kane snapped his head my way. “Your older brothers are James, Harley, and Dante Collins?”
I shrugged my shoulders. “Yep.”
All the brothers glared at their girlfriends.
“Why did you never mention that?” Nico snapped at Bronagh.
Bronagh shrugged. “After they almost bested you four that night, you told us never to talk about them or even mention the fight again, so we didn’t. What good would it have done to know we were friends with the sister of the brothers you hate?”
Kane put his face in his hands and groaned.
I placed a hand on his shoulder. “It won’t be that bad.”
“Yeah, it will,” Nico sighed and shook his head. “If your brothers don’t kill him for getting you pregnant, your dad will.”
“Are you okay?” Kane asked me the next morning as I sat in the passenger seat of his car.
Was I okay?
I was on my way to tell my father and brothers that I was pregnant and that the baby’s father belonged to a group of brothers they hated with a passion.
Why would I be okay with any of that?
I gently shook my head. “I was up all night thinkin’ about this and I’m pretty sure I’m currently havin’ a silent panic attack. Outside I’m calm, but inside I’m freakin’ the fuck out.”
Kane snorted, “It’s goin’ to be okay.”
I glanced over my shoulder and groaned, “If it’s goin’ to be okay, why are your brothers in the car behind us?”
Kane shrugged and glanced in his rear view mirror. “They don’t trust your brothers.”
I growled, “I do. They will be pissed at first, but they’ll get over it... eventually.”
“Well, let’s call them worried shadows just until this meeting is over.”
The word ‘meeting’ translated to ‘death sentence.’
I shook my head. “Their presence will only make things worse.”
“It will be fine.”
That phrase was starting to piss me off.
“Stop sayin’ that to me. Everyone keeps sayin’ that to me.”
Kane opened his mouth but closed it before any words escaped.
I thought of my brothers during the silence and I figured it would be best to ring and call them around to my father’s house for a family meeting. I dug my phone out of my bag, unlocked it, found Harley’s number and pressed it.
“Who are you calling?” Kane inquisitively asked.
I looked straight ahead as I answered, “Me brother.”
Out of my peripheral vision, I saw Kane nod his head in understanding. I refocused on my phone when I heard a voice say, “Hello.”
“Hey, are you with James and Dante by any chance?” I asked my brother, Harley, when he answered his phone.
Harley chortled, “Good morning to you too, little sister.”
I rolled my eyes. “Are you with them or not, Harley?”
He clicked his tongue at me. “Temper, sister. They’re both round in mine. Why?”
I exhaled a nervous breath, “Meet me at Da’s house in ten minutes, I need to tell you all somethin’.”