Gaining Gibbs (Marco's MMA Boys #4) by S. M. Donaldson

grab her arm. “All the more reason for us to go in and get you checked out.” I turn to her. “Unless there is a reason you don’t want to.”
    “Yes, I want to see my doctor!”
    About that time, the office door opens and I see a tall guy with blonde hair walk out. The big thing I see is that he’s got my girl on his arm. She’s been crying, I can tell.
    “You aren’t even paying fucking attention to me!” Gia screams.
    I turn to her. “How am I not paying attention to you? I’m taking you to the doctor.”
    The guy and Jade stop to look at us and he jogs over. “Hey, I’m Dr. Jennings. Can I help you?”
    “Well, he’s being unreasonable!” she screams.
    I look at the guy, I can still see Jade standing next to the building out of the corner of my eye. “She’s pregnant and she hasn’t been to the doctor yet. She’s close to twelve weeks, so forgive me if I feel like she needs prenatal care.”
    He looks at her. “Ma’am, it is really important that you get prenatal care. Why haven’t you been to a doctor yet?”
    “I haven’t been able to coordinate my schedule with my regular doctor,” she says stubbornly.
    “Well, I’m an OBGYN myself, I’d be happy to check you out today. Ease your,” he looks back and forth between us, “b-boyfriend’s mind.”
    “I’m the baby’s father. That’s it.”
    He nods. “Oh. Okay, sorry.”
    I wave him off with my hand. “It’s not a big deal. I just want to get the baby checked out, make sure everything is okay.”
    He nods. “I understand-.”
    I stick my hand out. “The name’s Gibbs.”
    “Gibbs,” he says, shaking my hand. He looks back to Gia. “Plus, it’s not good for you to get this upset. Come on, let’s go in and get checked out.”
    He guides her toward the office, not really giving her the option to choose otherwise. I see Jade wipe her eyes and start walking toward her car. I stop on the way. “Hey, are you okay?”
    She nods. “Yeah, I’ll be fine.” Turning her back and continuing to her car, she doesn’t really give me a chance to say anything else.
    Once I’m inside, I ponder why Jade is here and why she’s crying. I don’t get much time, though, because the doctor asks a nurse to take Gia’s blood and take her to a room.
    He stops me in the hall. “You seem to have concerns other than about the baby. Do you suspect drug use or anything?”
    I swallow hard. “I don’t think she’s really pregnant.”
    He looks at me dumbfounded. “Why do you think that?”
    “Well, I called off what we had going on and she shows up at my house to tell me she’s pregnant. I’ve asked her numerous times about the doctor and she’s put it off. I told her I’d like to get an ultrasound to see exactly how far along she is, she still put me off.” I stop to breathe for a second. “She was on the pill when we were having sex. I always used a condom, but I was like ‘hey, they aren’t always a hundred percent’ so long story short, I’m not sure there really is a pregnancy. And I’m not the only one, her family is curious, too.”
    He nods. “Oh. Okay, I guess I can see why you’re so concerned.”
    “Why are you helping me so much here?” I ask curiously.
    “Well, as I was walking out with Jade, she mentioned you’re a friend of the family and was a little concerned.” I shake my head.
    “Yeah, um, thanks. I’ve heard good things about this practice. That’s the reason I set her up an appointment here.” I should ask him what in the hell Jade was crying about and why in the hell he cared so much. Before I can, though, the nurse calls him to the room.
    A little bit later, he calls me back but before I can walk in the exam room, he stops me. “I shouldn’t tell you this out here, but I’m going to tell you as soon as we get on the other side of this door anyway.” He shakes his head. “She’s not pregnant. We went ahead and did a urine test, too, so we could get results pretty quickly. I have the lab rushing