Four or Dead by G O A

Four or Dead

Chapter 81

Jayden 12

Asher has been checking the time on his phone every few minutes since Emma called to say she was coming home. I'm not sure if this will be a quick visit or if she is officially moving back in, but I am just glad to see her again so soon. The house is oddly quiet without her here. It's hard to believe how we handled the silence before she ever came to live with us. Things have changed so much, and it hasn't slowed since the day we brought Emma into our lives

Something is off with her though and it has me worried. I know she is dealing with a lot, I understand more than anyone given my past, but it's more than that. The way she keeps looking at me, and how she seems a little nervous around me making me wonder if she's upset with me for some reason. Things seemed good with us before she left, more than good. So what could it be? .*

A knock comes at the door and Asher is out of his seat faster than lightning. Emma's smiling face greets him as soon as the door opens and he pulls her into him immediately. She lets out a small surprised laugh but wraps her arms around his waist. Asher's head raises from where he was resting it on top of Emma's head and focuses on the guy standing directly behind her

Wyatt

I vaguely remember him, but that's about it. He seems to have turned

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into Emma's shadow, and I can't say exactly how I feel about it. If she is interested in him I guess we can't be too mad. She already has the four of us wrapped around her finger, what's one more? I'*)

Asher moves away from the door to let Wyatt in but he doesn't let Emma go, instead, he tucks her into his side while giving Wyatt a look of disapproval. I *)

"Play nice," Emma warns him and Asher lets out a grunt of an agreement

Wyatt closes the door behind him and stands awkwardly waiting for someone to offer him to sit or move. Emma tears herself from Asher and takes Wyatt's hand and leads him into the living room where the rest of us are waiting. Leo and Logan stand to greet her with a kiss on the cheek and I give her a small smile that she returns with one of her own

"So you missed us so much that you couldn't stay away huh?" Logan says to Emma

"You could say that." She shoots back with a sassy smirk

She leads Wyatt to a spot where they can sit side by side. She looks at him and they seem to have a quick silent conversation before he nods his head and she clears her throat. She hasn't let go of his hand even when they sat down, and it looks like she's holding it even tighter now

Something is wrong if she is so tense. >)

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"Actually I also came because there's something I need to tell you all." She pauses and takes in a breath. "First I want to say that no matter how you feel about this news, anything that happens after is my decision to make. I won't be pushed aside unnecessarily. I know you guys want to protect me from all the bad that's coming but I won't let that happen. I have men depending on me, and I am working with The Angels, not for them. So if we cant come to an understanding I will have to handle things on my own. Okay?"

"Okay, what's going on?" Leo asks

"Im pregnant." She says and the room goes completely silent

each of us and waits for someone to

stunned and speechless, what do we say

She's pregnant? How...when?

over it suddenly all makes sense. How

before you left," I say and

my kid. I was the last one to be with her. My mind seems to have stopped working because I

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thought about becoming a dad, ever. I just assumed I was too screwed up to even consider it. How could I be

person is growing inside

but

end of the couch with his arms crossed tight against his

that matter?" Leo asks

to me. Is it...his?" Asher is

"No Asher he isn't the father. I never slept with

could even try. So no the baby isn't

hurt and

it flares a strange sense of jealousy in me. She's carrying my baby, it should be

of this book for

even know how? Would she want me

the father, but I understand that this

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am very capable of raising and taking care of

it's probably because she thinks none

the father is, you are our girl.

leans forward to wrap

the dad is, that little thing is our kid.

at him from Leo's shoulder and smiles at Logan with tears forming in her eyes. Of course, those two would jump at the chance to be dads but Asher and I seem to be having a harder time working through this. He and

and I instinctively rest my hands on her hips to keep

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family, but you're wrong. My father was a monster, but we can look at our pasts and do the opposite of what our parents did. We can

her to raise our baby and never

want to see her stomach grow and be there for doctor appointments. I never thought this

for everything," I tell her and without breaking

closer to pull me into a hug,

I'm going

He runs a hand down his face and shakes his head. Emma tenses in my arms like she's waiting for him to lash out at her and I feel a strong urge to protect her that I haven't felt before. If Asher says one