Chapter 40
Kendra POV
Today I will finally marry Bradley in an actual ceremony on the beach just like I wanted. Too bad I am due any day. It took forever to get all of Bradley’s family to agree on a date for the wedding. I was patient and did not fuss. I would never give Alissa an issue over the marriage. I gave her complete control.
She turned the cabins over to Bradley and me to run while she was still healing from her broken shoulder. We moved into the cabin with the front office, and Chuck and Alissa moved to a cabin at the rear of the property. She is ready to be free, I can tell.
Alissa helped me set up a nursery, pick out names, and decorate my house. She has done more for me than anyone has ever done for me in my life, well, except Bradley. Bradley has given me my life back. I hope he is happy. He says he is happier than he has ever been in his life. He is crazy excited about the baby coming. I am miserable and ready for the baby to come. We decided not to find out what we are having. I want it to be a surprise for us.
Alissa comes into my room to help me step into my wedding dress.
“I am so fat,” I say.
“You are still beautiful,” Alissa says.
“I should have waited until after we have the baby,” I complain.
“This is my fault. I am sorry,” Alissa says.
“It is okay. I don’t mean to be complaining. I am hurting and ill and fat,” I say to her.
She helps me into my dress and zips it up. I look into the mirror at myself. Alissa is standing behind me, crying.
“Please do not cry,” I say as I begin to cry.
A sharp pain hits me. “Ouch!”
“Are you okay?” Alissa asks.
“Yeah, I have been having these weird pains all morning, but I am fine,” I tell her.
Alissa places flowers in my hair. I did not want a veil. I decided instead to pin flowers in my hair. She carefully pins more flowers in my hair. When she finishes, she hugs me. “You know Chuck, and I love you,” Alissa says.
“I love you both,” I say.
Alissa and I leave the cabin to begin the walk to the beach. Bradley’s family and Bradley are on the beach waiting for us. I start to think about that walk Bradley and I took to the beach. We have come so far. I was a scared woman the day I met him, and now here I am, getting married to an amazing man, and we have a baby coming any day.
Alissa walks me to Bradley. I thought it was perfect to have her give me away. Chuck stood with Bradley as his best man. The wedding is simple and perfect, just the way I imagined it would be.
As soon as we say I do, I feel a very uncomfortable pain in my stomach. “Bradley, I think we have a problem,” I tell him.
“What is it?” he asks me.
“I think I am in labor,” I say.
“Are you serious?” Bradley asks.
“Yes, I have been hurting all morning,” I say.
“Okay, let’s get you to the hospital,” Bradley says.
“Take me to the cabin to change first. I am not going in this damn dress,” I snap at him.
Chuck goes to get the car, so I do not have to walk back to the cabin. Chuck is back in a flash. It takes all three of them to get me and this massive dress into the car.
“Oh fuck, please hurry,” I say.
We pull into the cabin. The three help me out of the car and follow me into the cabin. Alissa begins helping me out of my dress; as I step out of my dress, my water breaks. There is water everywhere.
“Call the doctor, have him come here,” Alissa says.
“It hurts,” I begin to cry.
“We have no time for tears, come on, let's get you undressed and in the bed,” Alissa says.
Bradley helps me undress and grabs me a t-shirt to slip over my head. I climb into the bed and begin to scream from the pain.
“I cannot do this,” I scream.
Bradley takes my hand. “Yes, you can,” he says so softly.
I cry as he holds my hand. “I am so scared,” I tell him.
“I am here with you; there is no reason to be scared,” Bradley says.
“I am sorry, I should have told you I did not feel well,” I say to him.
“It is fine. You will be fine. Try to rest until the doctor gets here,” Bradley says.
I lay my head back on him. The pain slows down for a minute, allowing me to relax. I open my eyes and begin to scream. The pain is back.
“She is having contractions every 30seconds,” Alissa says.
“I feel something; something is happening,” I yell at them.
“I am going to look,” Alissa says.
Alissa lifts the sheet. “The baby is coming; I see ahead,” Alissa says.
“What do I do?” I ask her.
“Bear down and push,” Alissa says.
Alissa is between my legs, ready to deliver the baby when the doctor comes into the cabin. He steps in to help.
“This baby is about to be born,” the doctor says.
Alissa comes to my side. Bradley and her both help me to sit up and push. “You can do this; keep pushing,” Bradley says.
I push with everything in me, and then I feel the baby leave my body. The baby begins to cry.
“What is it?” I ask the doctor.
“A girl, you have a beautiful fat baby girl,” the doctor says.
I lay back. “Are you happy?” I ask Bradley.
“Yes, happier than I have ever been in my life,” Bradley says.
“Good because I am never doing this again,” I say to him.
“Do you want to see her?” Alissa asks.
“Yes, I do,” I say.
Bradley and Alissa prop me up on pillows so I can sit up to see her. The doctor places the tiny bundle in my arms. She is perfect.
“Can we name her Angel?” I ask Bradley.
“We can name her anything you want to name her,” Bradley says.
Bradley cried as I held our baby. Our life is complete. After everything we have gone through together, we are finally complete.
Alissa and Chuck left the cabins a few weeks later. Bradley and I continue to run the cabins. We built more cabins to house anyone running from the wolves. We never shifted into our wolf again. We decided we wanted to be human and nothing else. The darkness I went through brought me to him and our family. Everything I went through was worth it. I have never seen a man more gentle with me or his daughter. True love always wins, even in the darkness.
The End
