Colby's POV
My world stopped the minute Maisie was brought into the world.
I never thought I could love anything as much as I loved her.
I was nervous to move as she laid against my chest. She was so small and fragile and I felt the overwhelming urge to protect her from anything and everything.
There would be never be a moment where she would feel unsafe. As long as I was alive she would be protected.
I was so proud of Julia for getting through the birth of our sweet daughter.
I knew it was hard and I knew she was absolutely exhausted because of the look on her face.
She was watching Maisie and I carefully, blinking slowly.
"Get some rest, darling." I hummed as Maisie cooed and fussed slightly. "No way in hell." Julia said and looked at me.
"Come on, Jules. You look exhausted." I said as she frowned. "I don't want to sleep. I worked so hard to get her here, I don't want to miss even a minute." She explained with tears in her eyes.
"I know. We'll just take shifts so she always has one of us. I really need you to get some rest." I begged.
"Why don't you take the first shift?" She pouted. "Because I didn't birth a human being today." I argued. "Promise you'll wake me if she needs me or if she does anything cute or if your arms get tired." She said causing me to laugh.
"She's always cute, Jules. I will of course wake you if I need to." I said as she smiled. "She is always cute." She hummed.
"Get some rest, sweetheart." I said gently as Maisie squirmed slightly. "She doesn't want me to sleep." Julia said as I chuckled.
"I think I just wasn't paying enough attention to her." I said then kissed her head.
"Think about it, Jules. You guys will be sleeping at the same time which means you're bonded and connected." I said as she smiled dreamily.
"You're so right." She hummed, slowly drifting off to sleep. I was glad to see her finally succumbing to her exhaustion.
The birthing process was insanely difficult and I couldn't even fathom how she was even able to fight off sleep.
I guess I understood considering she wanted to spend time with our daughter.
I wouldn't want to sleep right now either.
It was funny because I wouldn't consider myself a baby person.
I've never been around them and I never once expected to want to have a child of my own.
That was until I met Julia.
When we fell in love, I knew that I wanted to have a family with her. I wanted to spend the rest of my life with her.
Now here we were, in a hospital room with our baby girl in my arms.
Maisie was the best thing to happen to us as a couple. We've been through so much together and have been through a lot of pain.
There was something really nerve wrecking about her being in the world though.
Julia and I both knew how dangerous the world was. We also knew that the crime world was looming around us and the decision of how we would continue forward with it.
Julia was on top, she was the one who killed the original four.
She was the one who completely flipped the crime world upside down and she was the one who had to decide what we did.
