Chapter 0222
** Josie’s POV
“Babe, calm down, it’s going to be perfect,” Theo says as attempt to rearrange the tables by the pool again.
“What if everyone hates it and never wants to go to a gender reveal party ever again?” I ask, covering my face with my hands in an attempt to calm myself.
“Why would they hate it? Everyone will be here because they love us and our baby and they’re excited to find out the gender. I don’t think they care if the table layout is up to standard,” Luke says.
“You’re right,” I nod. “I just feel this pressure to make it perfect, I need to prove to your families I’m capable of doing this, I want to prove I’m worthy of being in this bond group and that I’ll be a good mother to their grandchildren,” I admit.
“They already know that, and more importantly, we know that. You have nothing to prove, Babe. This is supposed to be a fun day for us all to be together with everyone we care about, so relax and enjoy it,” Theo pulls me to him and Luke steps up to my back, both of them wrapping me in their love.
I want to mention that not everyone I care about will be here because my mum won’t, and that bothers me.
“Where should we put all this?” Axel asks and I look over to see him carrying food platters with Deacon’s parents following behind with even more food.
“On these tables,” I point to the long line of six tables we had borrowed from the academy.
“Josie, you look wonderful, Dear,” Olive grins.
“Thank you, so do you,” I say, plastering a smile on my face.
“Let’s take a tea break, you look like you need a rest,” she says and motions to the chairs set out on the patio. I nod and make my way over to sit with Olive.
“Where is Deacon?” she asks.
“He’s gone to pick up my friend with Mason, they should be back by now,” I frown and check on him through our bond. He has his shields up.
What is he up to? I check Mason and he also has his shields up. A trickle of fear runs down my spine and I’m about to question them through the mind link when I hear Freya’s voice inside the house. They’re here.
Mason walks out and places a large cake on the table before coming over to me. Luke, Theo and Axel come to join him until they’re all standing in front of me and I look at them suspiciously. They’re definitely up to something.
“What’s going on?” I ask, turning to look for Freya and Deacon.
Deacon walks out of the house and comes to join the others.
“We have a surprise for you,” Deacon smiles and reaches out a hand to help me up. I take it, my mind going blank at what it could possibly be.
“Turn around,” Mason says.
1 turn and then gasp when I see Freya standing in the doorway, a huge beaming smile on her face and her arm linked with my mum’s. I try to compose myself, I can’t show too much emotion, but my mum runs at me, throwing her arms around me.
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Chapter 0222
“Oh, Josie Bean, my sweet girl,” she cries and 1 freeze.
My mum called me that before she was compelled to forget ne. Has the compulsion broken? Is she ill again? “It’s okay, she’s okay,” Deacon reassures through the mind link, “I’ll explain later but she knows who you are, she has most of her memories back, and she knows what we are,
“Mum, I have missed you so much,” I squeeze her and the floodgates of my emotions oper
My mum holds me as I cry and it’s the best feeling. I have my mum back and she knows who I am.
“How about you two go inside and catch up whilst we get this party set up,” Freya suggests and I nod. The next hour with my mum is full of happiness and plenty of tears as I tell her everything I’ve been through. I show her my ultrasound pictures and she is overjoyed that she is going to be a grandmother. She tells me how proud she is of me, and that she had seen clips of me on the TV. She says I’m a famous superhero in the human realm. I don’t question her on what she remembers, or mention her mental illness because I’m not sure what she knows and I’m scared I might trigger her if I say the wrong thing.
“Everyone is here,” Deacon says as he pops his head through the door.
“Then we’d better not leave them waiting. Let’s go find out what this baby is,” my mum says excitedly.
