Lullabye (Rockstar #6) by Anne Mercier Read Free Book Online

agrees.
    “What about my girl?” Xan asks.
    “The hell you say,” Ben answers.
    “What? She’s my niece too.”
    “Oh dear Lord,” I mutter.
    “Kierah Carlotta,” Lucy says.
    Nana Russo smiles so wide she glows.
    “All these babies,” Sera whispers. “Perfect names,” a tear falls.
    Lucy smiles softly. “We considered Lily for her middle name, but it felt like it belonged to you and Lilyana.
    “You’re just trying to wreck me, aren’t you?” she teases through a sniffle.
    “They just wanted to make sure you still cried tears and not ice,” Nana says and Lucy gasps.
    “Nana,” Lucy scolds.
    She shakes her head. “I won’t apologize for it. I know all. You need to stay on this side of that line, Serafina. Crossing it will turn you into something you were never meant to be.”
    “I won’t, Nana. I can’t. I promise you,” Sera reassures her.
    Carlotta watches her for a minute then nods. “Good.”
    “How long do the babies have to stay in here?” Xan asks.
    “I don’t know. It’ll be a while. They want them to gain some weight and maintain it before we can take them home,” I answer.
    “They’ll be home for Christmas, right? That’s over a month from now.”
    “I hope so,” Lucy responds.
    “Are you able to breastfeed?” Regina asks.
    “I’d hoped to try where we could alternate between formula and breast milk, but with them on TPN and the feeding tube, I’d have to pump until they were ready and it’s just too much of a hassle.”
    “Maybe with the next one,” Regina states.
    Lucy and I look at one another, then she looks at her mom.
    “There won’t be any more.”
    “What do you mean? Did something happen?” Anthony asks.
    “No—well, yes. Jesse told you. But we decided that four babies are enough.”
    “That pregnancy was hard on you,” Sera admits.
    “Totally. You got so huge,” Xan says, earning him a middle finger salute from Lucy. That’s my girl!
    “I admit, I was big and it was uncomfortable. Getting around was a chore already at four months, and with the possibility of having multiples again, we decided we don’t want to risk my health again,” Lucy informs them.
    No one says anything. It’s a little uncomfortable until Coley steps forward.
    “I think that’s a really great decision. But, knowing you and Jesse, you’re likely to have a ‘surprise’ with the way you go at it,” she teases.
    Lucy blushes and I chuckle. “It’ll be fine.”
    Coley nods.
    “Besides,” Lucy states, “Sera or Meggie can bring me new babies to play with.”
    “Hell no!” Meggie says.
    “You don’t want kids?” Lucy asks.
    “Not right now, I don’t. Maybe later.”
    I watch as Trace visibly shudders and shuts down. That’s not going to be good.
    Meggie points at Sera. “Her, look at her!”
    Sera looks up at Cage, then back at us and shakes her head. “We’re not ready just yet.”
    “Understandable,” Giovanni affirms. “But I expect Nichols babies at some point.”
    Sera rolls her eyes. “Get in line, Gampy. Mama and Nana beat you to that one. They’ve been on me from the minute we walked into the hospital.”
    Lucy snickers and Sera gives her a glare.
    Everyone starts to talk amongst themselves and Xan makes his way over, pulling up a chair next to the bed.
    “How ya doin’, Luce my goose?”
    “Better by the minute, Xan my man.”
    “Good, good,” he says with a nod, head bobbing up and down.
    “What is it?” Lucy asks.
    Xan keeps his head lowered but lifts his eyes to Lucy’s. “I was so afraid, Luce. You’re my best friend.”
    “Hello. Remember me?” I say.
    Xan smirks. “Always so dramatic,” he teases.
    I flip him off.
    “For real, Luce. I was so fucking scared. The nurses wouldn’t tell us shit. Only that there had been some complications and it was taking longer than they expected. Then Jesse came out, pale as a ghost, his whole body shaking and I knew. I just knew it was bad,” he murmurs, then takes Lucy’s hand and lifts it