“Well?” Tex boomed.
He looked at the big man with his big beard and wild head ofgray-blond hair in his plaid flannel shirt, and then his eyes swept through theroom.
It was so full, some were coming up from sitting on thefloor.
“God, tell us, brother,” Duke demanded, and Marcus lockedeyes with the man with the gray braid, leather vest, black T-shirt, and redbandana wrapped around his head.
“Serious, dude, spill!”a man (loosely termed as thus) whocalled himself TheKevstershouted.He was standingbut doing it shifting foot to foot.
“It’s a girl,” Marcus said.His eyes moved to one of thewomen in the room.“Her name is Annamae Shirleen.”
Delivering that, he watched as tears slid down Shirleen’scheeks.
Marcus looked through the Rock Chicks, their men, and therest of Daisy’s friends that were family and finished, “Both mother anddaughter are perfect.”
“Holy crap,” Indy breathed then burst into tears and shovedher face in Lee’s chest.
“Oh my God,” Jet murmured then smiled a smile that made avery pretty woman stunning, turning to aim it to her husband, Eddie.
“Holy cow,” Roxie whispered, then she too burst into tearsas well as shoved her face in her husband, Hank’s, chest.
“Damn,” Jules muttered though a huge smile, and leanedagainst her husband, Vance.
“Awesome,” Ava sighed, her body visibly trembling fromeither trying not to cry, or perhaps laugh, so her husband Luke pulled hercloser.
“Lordy be,” Stella mumbled, also smiling, standing in theround of her husband, Mace’s arm.
“Aces,” Sadie breathed, tears brimming, and her husband,Hector, pulled her into a tight embrace.
Shirleen just stood in the curve of her adopted son, Roam’sarm, silently weeping.
“Righteous,” Ally muttered, looking like she was about readyto burst out laughing.She had both her arms wrapped around an equally smilingRen’s middle and she gave him a visible squeeze.
“Cigars, all around!”a woman named Annette declared loudly,opening a big macramé bag and pulling out a fistful of brightly-colored,plastic-covered cigars made of bubble gum.
“Oh my God,” Tod mumbled and turned to his husband, Stevie.“Thank heaven I went with the pink baby book.I know the ultrasound said girl,but sometimes they mess that up.I was thinking yellow, just to be sure.ButDaisy screamspink!Seeing as I already filled it with seven-dozenpictures of her pregnant, and seven dozen more of that shower May threw her, Ican’t go back now.I’m glad in twenty years I don’t have to explain a pink babybook to a surprise boy.”
Stevie just shook his head at his husband, but he did itsmiling.
“Rock ’n’ roll!” Tex bellowed for some reason,making some jump, others smile, and the rest start laughing.“Can we see her?”he asked.“Thatbein’ bothhers,” heclarified.“Daisy and Mini-Daisy?”
Marcus nodded but said, “She wants Shirleen first.”
He nearly had to jump out of the way as Shirleen sprinted tothe doors behind him.
Sniff,Shrileen’sother adoptedson, chuckled.
“Woman’s nuts for babies,” he muttered.
“Thank God,” Ava mumbled into Luke’s chest.
Marcus let his gaze slide through the Rock Chicks.“She’llwant the lot of you next.”
He got nods and then Marcus looked to Darius.He looked toLee.After that, he looked to Luke.
He felt Michelle come up to his side.His sister gave him ahug.
He hugged her back and said into her ear, “Be ready.We needto take turns, but she wants you too.”
