Jordan shook his head. “That’s not—” He let go of my hair and stepped back, pacing the floor. “That doesn’t matter. My mom said he spent time with you as a baby, but not me. He refused to even see her.”
“Did she refuse the DNA test? I know he made my mom get one.” Reason number 502 that my grandparents despised them both. The thought that my mom had enough partners that there was even a question about paternity was too much for their church-loving hearts.
But I guess Mom only poked holes in Sinner’s condoms. Or whatever. Gross. More important things to think about right now.
“My mom didn’t lie. She said Sinner was my dad, and he refused to help us. So I vowed to destroy his club, and I almost did! Tracker should have died, and he was supposed to be the first of many until you stepped in and fucked it all up.”
Jordan seemed lost in his monologue, so I began to inch my way toward the back door. I looked up at the camera and noticed the blue light was on, meaning someone was watching.Thank goodness.The MC was on the way, and I needed to not get killed a little longer.
“Why did you take me to the Diablos?”Inch, inch, inch.
“They were supposed to kill you and toss your body over the Reapers’ gate. But those idiots saw all the food you broughtand wanted to eat first. Which would have been fine, expect for Bear’s obsession with you. He figured out something was up and took you away before they could kill you. And I knew at that point there was no way I could explain my way out of it. So I hid, watched, and waited until I could get you alone. I may not be able to get my revenge against the club, but killing you will have to be enough. Dear old Dad will have to notice me now.” He laughed, sounding every bit as unhinged as his words.
I was almost at the back door when he finally looked at me and noticed I’d moved.
“I don’t think so.” He raised the gun as the sound of motorcycles rang in the distance. “Ooh, looks like they’re too late. Say goodbye, sissy!” He laughed again and I closed my eyes, not wanting his face to be the last thing I saw. This wasn’t how I wanted to go out, but if this was it for me, I wouldn’t complain. I’d found love and family, two things I’d always longed for.
The gun cocked and I heard footsteps down the hall. My eyes flew open and my heart lurched as Michael raced down the hallway with a baseball bat.
“She’smysister, you crazy mother fucker!” he yelled as he slammed the bat into Jordan’s back. The gun fell onto the carpet, and the window behind me exploded with a gunshot.
I screamed, ducking down and covering my head.
The front door burst open as Bear raced in, followed by Mav and Baller.
“Lexie!” Bear shouted, grabbing me from the floor and turning to Michael. “What the fuck is going on?”
“No worries, old man,” Michael said with a grin. “I took care of the threat.”
Even though I knew Bear was coming, I couldn’t stop the wave of relief that washed over me when he actually showed up. I wrapped my arms around his barrel chest and snuggled into him.
Baller picked up Jordan’s feet and dragged him toward the door.
I heard Mav and Baller shuffle around the room and then grunt.
“Sorry you had to deal with this, Lex,” Mav said.
I mumbled a “no problem” but didn’t move from Bear’s arms.
“Bear, we’ll take him to the shed and wait until you’re ready,” Mav continued. There was a dragging sound, and then I heard the door slam.
Bear’s hands moved to my face, forcing me to look up at him while he leaned back.
“Lexie, what happened? Did he hurt you? I heard that gunshot and thought…” He pulled me close again and squeezed. “Fuck, I don’t even want to think about it.”
“I’m okay. A little shook up, but I’m not hurt.” I looked up at Bear, resting my chin on his chest. “He wanted to kill me because he was jealous.”
“Jealous?” Bear’s brown eyes scrunched as he looked into mine. “I thought you barely knew him.”
I snorted. “Basically, he thinks Sinner is his dad and that I ruined his life by taking Sinner away from him. I guess he missed the memo that I never saw Sinner after the age of five, but whatever.”
Bear scratched his head. “Sinner had another kid?”
I laughed. “Maybe? But sounds like Sinner didn’t think so. More likely, Jordan is a mama’s boy who believed exactly what she told him. But lucky for me, Michael was home from school today…”
I turned toward my brother and reached an arm out to bring him into our hug.
Michael’s eyes watered, his earlier bravado long gone. “I’m so sorry, Lexie. This is all my fault. He must have come through mywindow. I left it open when I ran off. You should send me away. I deserve it.”
