Never Too Far

“Yes it is,” the doctor replied. “And there… and there he is,” he said.
I stared at the screen as a small little life began to take shape.
“He?” Blaire asked.
“Yes, it’s most definitely a boy,” the doctor replied.
I reached out and grabbed Blaire’s hand, unable to take my eyes off the screen. That was
our baby. I was gonna have a son. Fuck… I was also gonna cry.

In two weeks that last name would change. I was ready for it. I didn’t like her being called Wynn. She was Blaire Finlay to me already.

“I love you and because I love you I am letting you go. I want you to get out of life what you want. I don’t want to be a chain around your leg.”
“What did you just say?” I asked as the words ‘letting me go’ sank in. Like hell she was letting me go.
“You heard me, Rush. Don’t make this harder than it is,”

The baby wasKiro’s and well, you’ve grown up around Kiro. You know him well enough to know he isn’t father material.”
Kiro was Nan’s father? I buried my face in my hands as different memories came back to
me. Kiro coming over late yelling and cursing at my mom about stealing his kid.

’d had a day from hell. Telling my mom she had to get
another house and then telling them I was going to ask Blaire to marry me had sent them all into a wild rage.

“Blaire. Please. Stop now. I can’t listen to any more.” I closed the distance I’d put between us. “You’re my world. I want everyone to know. I don’t know how to date so I never even thought of taking you on a date. But I can promise you right now; I will be taking you on so many damn dates that there won’t be a person in this town that doesn’t know I worship the
ground you walk on,”

“When have I ever made you think I didn’t want to be seen with you? Because if I have then I swear to you I’ll go fix it.”
She shrugged again. “I don’t know. We’ve just never really gone out on a date. I mean there was the honky-tonk that time but it wasn’t really a date. Your social functions normally don’t include me.”

“Don’t. If you want to walk out of here with your dignity then don’t. If you ever say anything like that about Blaire again I will cut you loose. Do. You. Fucking. Understand.”
Nan’s eyes went wide. I’d never spoken to her this hard before. But she’d gone too far. She jumped up and threw her napkin down on the table. “I can’t believe you. I’m your sister. She’s just… she’s just…”
“She’s just the woman I’m in love with. You need to remember that,” I finished for her.

“I love you. When you walked into my life I didn’t know you. Nan was my irst priority. But you changed that. You changed everything. I was going to tell you but my mom came home too soon. I was so scared to death of losing you that I lost you anyway. Nothing is going to take you away from me again. I’ll spend the rest of my life proving to you that I love you. You and this baby,” I touched her flat stomach and she trembled, “come first.”

Rush,” she said softly. “I don’t want my baby to ever feel unwanted. Your family. .” she trailed off and her face had gone pale.
“My family will accept what I tell them to accept. If they don’t I will take you and my baby and leave them to pay all their own damn bills. You come first, Blaire.”