Mom comes over, when she sees me ask the associate to look at it, “Oh, honey. That is perfect for Quinn,” tears are in her eyes and I take that moment to hug her.
“Thank you for being here for this,” I tell her.
“I wouldn’t miss this for the world, I’m so proud of my boys. Each and every one of you, even if Heath needs some sense knocked into him.”
Rome and I both laugh at her comment, “He’ll find his special someone one day, Ma.”
“Would you two quit putting shit in her head. I’m happy being free and easy,” Heath says, and then lets out a whistle when he sees Quinn’s ring.
“Damn, you’ll see her hand a mile away. Marking your territory brother?” he questions.
“Hell yes, I am. Can you blame me?”
“Glad to add another little sis into the mix, Mason,” Heath says, and the jokester calms down and shows who he really is. It’s at times like these we all know Heath hides his pain with laughter.
One day though, he’ll find the right woman that will put a genuine smile on his face, and I for one can’t wait to see that happen.
29
Quinn
I’m in a state of shock the next day when the doctor tells me one of my worst fears. As models, we all know we put our bodies through hell, I was one of the luckier ones. I’m tall, naturally lean, and I never had to deal with the fad diets to keep my figure. My metabolism was always ridiculously high. So, when he tells me, pregnancy will be hard for me, it brings me to me knees. He talked about infertility treatments, but I tuned him out.
When I made this appointment, it was to start birth control, again. I wanted at least a year with Mason before we started trying.
“I’m sorry to be the one to have to tell you this, is there someone I can call for you?” My doctor asks.
“No, I’ll be okay,” my voice shaky as I try to calm down.
“As long as you’re sure, take your time. The room is yours for as long as you need,” he says before he walks out the door.
I dry my eyes, this is just a hurdle, I can get over this. No, we can get over this. I know Mason will be by my side no matter how down in the dumps I am about this.
Instead of calling Mason, I do something different. I call Momma Tina.
“Hey sugar, how’s my girl?” she says through the phone.
“Hey Momma, can we meet somewhere?” I tip my head back trying to get the tears to stop flowing, but not having a whole lot of success.
“Of course, meet me at the frozen stand. This sounds like we need some good old fashion ice cream.”
“I’ll see you there in about ten minutes, thank you,”
“Anything for you, sugar.” We hang up, I grab my purse and head out to meet her.
It doesn’t take me long to meet her and when I do, she stands up from the chair she’s sitting in with arms wide open.
I fall into them, and the waterworks continue. She holds me through my tears until I can get up the gumption to tell her what the doctor said.
“Now, now. It’s not the end of the world. I could never give birth to my own children but look at the boys I was blessed with. If it’s meant to be it’ll be, and if not, well, adoption is always something to think about. I know Mason wouldn’t be against it either.”
“You’re right. I shouldn’t feel down and in the dumps about this. We have so many other options. I guess I should go to my next appointment. The lawyer’s office, ugh.” I tell her.
“Well, I’m always here and I’ll follow you to John’s office, so you don’t have to go at it alone,” she states.
“Thank you,” I tell her, and she pulls me in for another hug.
“I’m always here, anytime you need something, you just call me.” We break apart and we both head towards our vehicles, and she follows me to John’s office. I just hope my news gets better, instead of worse.
30
Mason
I hauled ass home after getting a call from Mom telling me not to make it a late day, and Quinn may need me. She wouldn’t tell me anything else, but to be prepared to hold Quinn and that she’s been strong all day, but she thinks Quinn will need me to be strong for her.
“Quinn!” I yell walking through the house. It’s not even a house anymore, it’s a home, our home. It has both of our styles mixed together and I couldn’t be prouder.
“I’m out here,” Quinn responds, she’s out on the back patio. Sitting on the new furniture we recently purchased, she was pissed because I wouldn’t let her help pay for it. I didn’t care though, I know her sneaky self would figure something out to repay me for telling her no. She’s done that tenfold, with the way she decorated inside and outside. The framed pictures she has of all of us framed in the hallway, and my favorite one is on the shelving by the fireplace. It’s a picture of us we took as the sun was coming up one early morning. We weren’t posed or decked out in clothing. It was simply just us.