Chapter 30

Six Months Later

One by one, I stuck the pink-colored candles into Izzy's girly pink flower cake. She had developed this weird thing about flowers and plants and was totally obsessed with them, so of course, her first birthday was flower-themed. 

"So, how is nausea lately?" Rhea asked as she started opening the package of pink plates. 

"It's okay. It was definitely better this time around than when I was pregnant with Izzy. Which I am happy about." I said as I started to light the candles carefully. 

"That's good. I remember it being easy as hell with Marcus. Maybe being pregnant with boys is the key to a nausea-free pregnancy." Rhea said, shrugging. I smiled. 

"Doubtful. This little guy has given me some rough mornings for sure. Just not as bad as his big sister." I said, lifting the cake. "Ready?" I asked. Rhea smiled and nodded.

"I wish you  would let me carry it." She argued as she followed me out to the backyard. 

"I am not even that fucking big yet." I joked. She laughed as we went through the back door, looking out at the large birthday party. I looked over at my one-year-old daughter, who was now grinning ear to ear. I smiled as Rio turned his body, Izzy, in his lap. He stood up slowly with Izzy in tow. When I got to the table, I set the cake down. Marcus threw his squirt gun down and came running over. After we all sung happy birthday, I watched and snapped pictures with my phone as Izzy started digging into her solo cake while Rhea cut the guest cake. Eddie sat at the end of the long table with the rest of our tatted-up crew, talking and laughing. 

Rio stood behind me, his hands covering my swollen belly. Looking at him always made me remember the night I almost lost him. If Eddie hadn't have disobeyed Rio's orders, Rio wouldn't be standing next to me today. I would always be grateful to Eddie for that. 

"You make one hot mama. You know that?" He whispered, sending chills down my spine. 

"Mmm, you better knock it off. My pregnancy hormones are raging right now, and if you keep talking dirty like that, I may not be able to wait for everyone to leave." I said as he kissed the side of my face. 

"I love you," Rio said as I turned my face so I could look into his gorgeous dark eyes. 

"I love you," I said, knowing that no matter what got thrown at us, our romance would always be savage and true. 

Authors Note- Thank you all SO much for coming along for the ride! This was a super fun fan fiction to write. If you liked my work, please check out my other stories! I just started ANOTHER Good Girls Fan Fiction, a continuation of season 5!