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Storm had called a meeting in the clubhouse’s bar. It was a casual setting with OG members, Maddox and his council, and prospects.
“It’s utter bullshit.” Storm hissed. “We’re in a good place with other clubs. Who in the hell is targeting my daughter?”
“You’ve made a lot of enemies through the years. Can you think of anyone with family that would come after yours?” Maddox asked.
“Fuck, I don’t know.” Storm dragged his hands down his face.
“I’m sure someone out there would like retribution, brother. We buried a lot of trash back in the day,” Hero said.
Storm nodded, then his phone rang in front of him. “It’s Birdie.” He answered the call. “Are you calling to yell at me again?” He raised his finger in the air to show he was putting the call on speaker.
Several of us chuckled because we’d heard them arguing earlier today when Birdie asked to leave the compound. Those two were as stubborn and hotheaded as old mules.
“Dad! My brakes don’t work! I can’t stop! What do I do?” Her frightened voice pierced my eardrums. I was on my feet, pacing. Ember was with Birdie.
“Calm down, Birdie. Where are you? Where the fuck is Chase?”
“Behind me.” She cried, gasping for air as if trying to calm down.
I cut my gaze at Raymond, staring at the phone with a horrified expression.
“A tractor! I’m going to hit it!” She shrieked. “I’m going to die, Dad! I love you! I’m sorry!”
Metal hitting metal filled the room, along with Birdie’s screams.
“Birdie!” Storm shouted. “Birdie!”
The call ended, and Storm’s phone instantly rang, but he looked shellshocked and didn’t answer it.
Hero took the phone and put it on speaker. “Talk to me Chase.”
“Jesus fuck, Hero! It’s Birdie. She just hit a tractor and flipped four fucking times into a ditch! I need help!”
“We’re coming.” Hero grabbed Storm by the arm and tugged him out of the bar toward the exit. “What do you see?”
“Dad, it’s me.” Ember sobbed, and I was so relieved she was okay. “Chase ran to help Birdie. I called for an ambulance.”
“Good, girl. Stay on the phone with me until I get there.”
“I will. Hurry! It looks bad, really bad.” My girl sobbed into the phone, and it pushed me to run faster to my Jeep. Raymond was hot on my heels.
“I deserve this,” Raymond muttered as we followed Hero and Storm.
“What are you talking about?”
“I did her badly, and this is my punishment. I caused this.”
“No, you didn’t. Her brakes gave out.” Out of the corner of my eye, I could see him swiping tears away.
“God is punishing me. I did Birdie dirty. Pushed her away after Florida. I knew she loved me, but I couldn’t. I just couldn’t be with her. It would kill me if I lost her, too. And now she could be dead.”
“She’s not dead!” I shoved his arm hard. “Pull yourself together. You can make it up to her. Beg for forgiveness.”
“It’s too late.”
“Stop saying that! She’s going to be okay.”
“It won’t matter. Tabitha is pregnant.”
