Surviving the Pain (A Baby Saved Me Series Book 1) Read Online Free

hours until she was back with her baby boy – they played hell on her back and feet. Winding between people and other staff, she headed back to the office. Knocking on the door frame, the owner – Kenny Thomas – lifted his head from the paperwork he was doing.
    “Hey, Em. You’ll have section seven tonight. It’s super busy, and I need my best waitress on the busiest section.”
    “Okay. Can I store my laptop in here? I brought it so I could do my homework on breaks.”
    “Oh, sure. Yeah, just put it in the closet over there,” he pointed with his pen diagonal from him at the closet.
    “Thank you, Sir.”
    Quickly stowing away her bag, Ember grabbed her apron and headed out to the floor after clocking in. Just as she thought, it was super busy tonight. So busy, in fact, that she didn’t get her breaks, and her lunch was cut short. She didn’t complain either. It was money, but it also drained her by the end of the night. Once she gathered her tip money, her bag, and clocked out, she headed to her car and ready to see her son and hopefully rest. Ember’s homework still needed to be done, but she was off tomorrow. Hopefully, she could have it all caught up then.
    When Ember arrived at her parents’ house, they made her stay and eat. After a several minute debate on her staying at the house or at least leaving Hudson, she ran off with the promise to come by tomorrow for Everett to have more time with his grandson. Honestly, it still shocked Ember on how supportive her parents have been through it all. They could have turned their backs on her. They could have yelled at her, kicked her out, but they didn’t. Instead, they helped her and continue to do so. Ember, honestly, didn’t know where she’d be without their help, love and support.
    Hudson cooed away in the backseat on the way home. His little noises – just him – filled Ember with so much love and happiness, she could almost forget the pain in which his arrival was possible. Almost. Sage was never far from her mind. How could he be, she stupidly still loved him. That day, that last day that she saw him, his eyes had tried telling her something. Ember has spent many nights trying to figure out what that was, but still she couldn’t. No matter, something was still off that night. Ember was probably reaching for something that wasn’t there, but it helped her through the days either way. Believing in a lie made the heartache a little easier to handle.
    Pulling into her designated parking space, she turned off her car. Sitting there a moment, she stared at the run down building. Life may not be what Ember had hoped it would be only a short time ago, but it was still filled with so much promise. Hudson has changed her pain to lessons and her loneliness to love. No matter where the future took them, as long as she had Hudson, it was in her plan. Her new plan. Her plan to move past Sage’s shadow and live for the little boy in the backseat. Collecting all Hudson’s things and hers, and then lifting her son into her arms, she headed inside.
    Hudson continued to coo away and move his arms around rapidly. It brought a smile to Ember’s face. Dipping her head, she kissed him tenderly on his forehead.
    “We’ve been through the wringer, you and I. But no matter the pain, no matter the tears, you make every moment worth it. You and me against the world.” She caught his hand and brought it to her lips, kissing softly. “I can’t regret anything in my life because it brought me you. Mommy may be sad for losing your daddy, but I’m the happiest I’ll ever be because of you. I’ll do my very best to never let you down.”

    “I understand what you’re saying,” Ember urged, trying her best not to cry. “I just don’t want to hear anything on the matter. I need to move past it all.”
    Ember’s father – though his heart was in the right place – just informed her that he’s been tailing Sage. Now, he wanted to tear down the walls she’d worked