“I want to say thank you. They risked their lives for us, Hudson.”
“I’ll check and see if I can get them here.” I get to my feet and place a kiss to her cheek. “Do you want anything?”
She shakes her head and winces a little. “No, I’m okay, thank you.”
“Are you in pain?”
“No,” she replies and I narrow my eyes. She sighs. “Not like you think, I’ve got a headache and when I shook my head it hurt. I’ll be fine.”
I glare at her. “If it doesn’t ease, I’m calling the doctor.”
“Hudson, I’m fine.”
“Mia, I’m not taking any chances. If it doesn’t ease in the next twenty minutes I’m calling for the doctor.” She nods at my words.
Walking out of her room, I’m surprised to see the men standing outside. “You okay?” I ask them in general.
“Yep, fucker couldn’t shoot straight,” Coby says with a smile.
“I’m good boss,” Cormac says as Dylan and Roland nod their agreement.
“It’ll take a lot more than a bullet to stop us. Your dad’s fine, he’s annoying the hell out of the nursing staff. He wants to go home,” Jagger informs me.
“Mia wants to see you all.” Aaron and Rory take a step backward. “Oh no, she wants to see you two as well.” I smirk at their shocked faces.
"How is she doing?" Jagger asks as the men walk in ahead of us.
"She seems to be okay, the next twenty four hours are crucial. She had a placental abruption. The doctor said it isn't severe, it's less than two centimeters. The pain is gone, so we're hoping that she'll be able to carry the baby to term."
"Fuck," he whispers. "Thank fuck that asshole is dead."
"A-fucking-men," I mutter as Jagger and I enter the hospital room. The men are standing around waiting for Mia to say something, she's staring at them with tears in her eyes. "Princess?"
She shakes her head. "Sorry," she whispers, "Jagger," She says with a fond smile, "Aaron." She looks at him, she loves him just as she does Jagger and David. He cares for her just as much. "Rory, Cormac, Ronald, Dylan, and Coby." Her smile grows with each and every name. "Thank you. From the bottom of my heart, thank you."
"We're just doing our job ma'am." Dylan says shrugging, his cheeks heating.
Mia shakes her head. "No, your job is for Hudson. You went above and beyond for me. Each one of you got injured." She glances at Aaron. "Thank you."
Aaron shakes his head. "You're family, Mia, so we'll protect you just as we'd protect anyone else in this family. Besides, you're carrying our nephew."
"Mia, this is what we do. Not only was that asshole after you, he killed a lot of people. We weren't going to let that happen to anyone else," Jagger tells her and her tears begin to fall. She'd managed to hold them off for a while.
"I'd do it again in a heartbeat," Rory says.
"Yep, you're the sweetest chick ever," Cormac tells her and I smirk. "Do you think anyone else would bring us here and thank us?"
"This is a lame thank you," Mia tells them, "I wish there was a way I could repay you all."
"I heard you make a good meal," Cormac says and dodges his brother's slap to his head. "What? It's true. I heard she's a great cook."
"Bro, now isn't the time." Rory murmurs.
Mia laughs, I love that fucking sound. "I'll cook dinner for you all," she promises them.
"After the baby's born," I tell her, and she glares at me. "Mia, you're on bedrest until he's born."
"That's our cue,” Rory says and the men start leaving, all except Cormac. "Cor?"