Knight: Over The Edge Part 25

Chapter 23.

Kat The ride back to the house has me lost in my own head. Cole keeps glancing at me, but he doesn't say anything. I'm thankful he understands my need for silence right now. My mind is focused on Seth. His mother may have been a piece of s.h.i.+t, but she was still his mom. My baby will be devastated. He not only lost his mom, he's the one who found her.

How does a nine year old cope with that. h.e.l.l I'm twenty three and I'm not sure I could deal with it. I hate my mother and would hate to find her dead even now. What must be going through his mind? To have gone in to tell his mother good morning to find her not breathing. It has to have scared the s.h.i.+t out of the poor kid. All of them Cole, Justin, Julie and now Seth had lost their mothers. I still had a mother out there, not that she was worth f.u.c.king much.

Cole barley stops the car before I run into the house.

"Where is he?"

"Julie's in his room with him."

I take off running up the stairs. I burst into his room and stop short seeing the little boy I love laying on his bed face first, and I hear the sobs coming from him. Julie is sitting beside him rubbing his back.

"Oh baby."

I call out as I make my way to the bed. I crawl up from the foot of the bed. I lay beside Seth and for a brief moment, I am at a loss what to do. "Seth" I call softly.

His little sobs are the only sound I hear. Then a m.u.f.fled "Kat" as he hurls his little body at me wrapping his arms around me tightly.

I encircle him with my arms and hold him as he sobs into my chest. I glance at Julie and she gives me a bittersweet smile. One that says she is thankful I am here with Seth right now. Cole and Justin enter the room and join us on the bed. I lay there holding Seth with his siblings sitting around us. I need to go to the bathroom and I would really like to get out of this dress.

"Seth, I need to go to my room for a moment" I try pulling away, but he is not letting me go "I promise I'll be right back. I just need to go to the bathroom and change clothes, okay buddy?"

Cole finally pries Seth's arms from around me. He holds his little brother to him tightly. I move quickly down the hall. I use the restroom and throw on some sweats and a tank top before going back into Seth's room.

Ms. Bea is waiting in the hall when I step into it.

"Mr. Knight is still at the hospital."

I wait. Her body posture tells me she has more she wants to say.

"Master Seth is going to need all of us, but especially you Ms. Katarina."

A soft smile crosses my face, this woman was the best thing ever to happen to this family. She continues with her tale of what happened this morning.

Seth came rus.h.i.+ng out of his mother's room yelling for his dad. Bruce called 911, and she was transported by ambulance to the hospital where she was p.r.o.nounced dead. Bruce is still taking care of the required paperwork. An autopsy would be performed, but everyone was sure it be ruled an overdose.

Stupid selfish c.o.ked up c.u.n.t leaving her nine-year-old son behind to pick up the pieces.

I may not be his mother, but Seth would always be able to count on me to be there for him. Protect him from the likes of Martin and anyone else who dares f.u.c.k with him.

I stop short as I reenter his bedroom.

Justin and Julie have disappeared. What catches my attention is that Cole is holding his little brother tightly in his arms soothing him. He would make an awesome father one day. My chest constricts with that fleeting thought. I crawl back into the bed and as soon as I lay on the other side of Seth he turns from his brother back into me. I put my arms back around his little frame. Cole's bigger arms encircle Seth and me. We lay there quietly until all of us drift off to sleep.

Seth wiggling wakes me up a little later.

"Kat, I got to go. Tell Cole to wake up" his small voice whispers to me.

I free one of my legs and kick Cole in the s.h.i.+n.

"What the h.e.l.l?"

"Your brother needs to go to the bathroom release the death grip on us."

Cole's arms loosen and Seth takes off for his bathroom. It's then I notice Bruce sitting across the room.

"Holy s.h.i.+t!" I grab my chest as Bruce manages to scare a few years off my life.

"Sorry, didn't mean to startle you. I came in and saw the three of you and it just made me thankful for so much." Bruce speaks quietly.

"Dad what the f.u.c.k?"

"Not now Cole." I say to my boyfriend while I crawl off the bed.

I walk over to Bruce. I sit down beside him.

"Are you okay?"

"I'm better than okay. Got rid of a horrid wife and my kids are all alive and healthy."

"Bruce" I say only half shocked at his words.

"Katarina it warmed me to see you and Cole working together to comfort Seth when I came in here. You two are meant to be together" he sighs. "You are my son's other half. All of my kids love you."

"Bruce, I don't know what to say."

Tears pool in my eyes at his words. Before anything else can be said between us, Seth comes running back into the bedroom.

"Daddy!"

"Hey kiddo."

Seth climbs in his dad's lap. I stand up and motion for Cole to follow me.

"We're just going to go down to my room for a bit. Seth if you need me again, come get me okay?"

"Ok Kat. I love you."

"I love you too Seth."

The tears fall as I walk out of the room. Cole grabs my hand pulling me into him.

"Kitten why are you crying?"

"I've never understood why your dad loved me so much."

"What's not to love?"

Cole wraps me in his arms. The warmth of his body brings me comfort.

"It's not like Bruce gets anything in return for loving me."

"Sure he does you love him too."

My body leans more into Cole's as I relax.

"He was on your side five years ago."

Cole points this out to me. It's true Bruce helped make UCLA a reality for me.

I snicker.

"Yea, I guess he was."

"My dad'll always take your side over mine."

"Whatever Cole."

I smile at him as I wipe the tears away. My meltdown over.

Hand in hand we walk down to my suite. We enter and flop down on the sofa.

"When you moving in with me?"

Still having a hard time processing how fast things are moving with Cole, I don't deny the inevitable. But then again we moved fast the first time too. I just hoped we weren't making a mistake this time.

"Now."

"Really looks like you're just sitting on the couch with me."

"Smarta.s.s" he says with a smile "I'll have the maids work on moving my clothing tomorrow. But I plan to get some personal things together and bring them in here."

"Good" I say "I was hoping I hadn't asked your dad for nothing."

We sit there silently holding one another. It's comfortable and brings peace to me. I'm so glad to be back in Cole's arms where I belong.

"Kitten."

"Hmmm"

He s.h.i.+fts beneath me his arms tighten a little more.

"I want to us to have a baby"

"Mobster say what?"

He laughs at me.

"I want us to have another kid together. Holding Seth this morning it hit me we should have kid who is five. You'd have been an awesome mother."

I lean back against him for comfort again. I let out a sigh.

"Maybe one day. I'm not saying no but not saying yes. Let's just see what happens."

"So that means no more condoms?"

"Perve! Your stepmother dies and you want to make sure you don't need condoms when f.u.c.king me?"

"It's all about priorities. You are my priority Kat. Plus I like being bare with you."

We lapse into silence again. I feel my eyes getting heavy until there is a knock on the door.

"Come in" I call out.

Bruce walks in carrying Seth.

"I have to go make some arrangements Seth said he wanted to come hang out with his favorite sister Kat."

Chuckling, I tickle Seth's side.

"Better not let Julie hear you say that."

"Too late" Julie calls out from the open door that she and Justin are standing in.

"Uh oh, Seth's in trouble" Justin sing songs.

I swear that boy is never going to grow up. He's like a giant kid. Bruce sets Seth on the floor. I ruffle the top of his head "Go sit by Cole" he skips off to sit with his brother.

"Bruce, you going to be okay to do this on your own?"

"Ms. Bea has agreed to help me."

"Okay."

I stand and watch Bruce's back as he moves down the hall. Julie and Justin have joined their siblings in my living area. Before I close the door Luke pops his head out of his bedroom door.

"Wanna join the party?"

He smiles and enters in the room sitting by Julie on a love seat.

"Stop hitting on my sister."

Justin calls Luke out for flirting with Julie. This brings it to Cole's attention. This is going to be fun.