“Hildy.” He states.
“I knew,” I say evenly.
“Knew what?”
“That I could fall in love with her.”
He blinks, “And you have?”
“Yes.” Aleks exhales through his nose. “She’s pregnant.” His jaw tightens. “Her life is busy, she didn’t know until —”
“Hold up, she got pregnant in September?” He gasps.
“She’s due on June 18th.”
He nods. “You love her.”
“Yes.”
“She’s pregnant.”
“Yes.”
“You’re happy, yeah?”
“I am very happy.”
“You’re going to be a father.”
I can’t help but grin, “Lucy called me Papi this morning, so I already am.”
“Gonna need to spend more time with her, both of them.”
My family, him, Anna, Hildy, Lucy, the babies, the team. “Damn right you are.”
“You’re going to tell the team?”
“Yes.”
“When.”
“Now.”
He claps my shoulder once.
“Then let’s do it properly.”
We head to the viewing room and walk in, “Bears, I need your attention.”
Heads lift.
“I am in a relationship.”
Whistles start. I ignore them.
“And she is pregnant.”
That shuts them all down; hell, it’s everyone’s biggest fear.
