“No chance you coming back to the family?”
I shake my head. “No, I don’t think so. You know I’ll always do whatever I can if you need help—hell, the whole MC would—but I have found peace here. This is home.”
“Must be a woman,” Zaira says.
“You have enough to worry about than my love life, doll.”
“He won’t tell you, luv,” Michael says.
“I know, but I will find out eventually,” she says confidently. I laugh ’cause I know she is right.
Ice comes back downstairs. “Hey, guys, I’m really sorry, but Emma isn’t feeling too good right now. She asked if she could lie down some more. I’ll go up and get her when we head back to the house.”
I pull out my phone and text Honey:
Where are you?
At the clubhouse.
So am I, but I don’t see you.
I’m upstairs. I’ll be right down.
She comes walking down the steps and beams when she sees me, but her smile quickly turns into a frown when she sees Michael and Zaira. She’s not fond of the Vitalis, so I pray she behaves while they are here.
“Hi, Mr. and Mrs. Vitali, Vince… It’s good to see you all again,” she says. Holy shit, who is this woman and what did she do with my Honey?
They both greet her warmly and then I turn to her. “Hey, Emma’s not feeling too good. We have some business to handle. Can you go check on her and then keep Zaira company?”
She smiles and nods and then turns to go up the side stairs toward Ice’s room.
“Well, are we ready to take care of business?” Michael asks.
“Let’s do it,” Ice replies. We all walk toward Ice’s office, with him leading the way of course. Vince walks us through all the papers, indicating Santino had already signed. Ice signs, Michael and I witness, money is exchanged, and it’s a done deal. “Santino asked that he have a few days to have hispersonalstaff cleared out,” Michael states as Vince puts the papers away.
“He has until Monday,” Ice states. It is clear, and Michael understands Ice is not allowing any wiggle room for this one. He wants the traffickers out, and so do we.
“I’ll get everything filed on Monday,” Vince says.
Once everything is all done, Ice says, “So now we head to the house.”
We leave Ice’s office. “I’ll go get Emma,” Ice says.
I grab his arm, looking at Emma and Honey chatting with Zaira at the bar. “That won’t be necessary.”
He looks at the bar. “Guess she’s feeling better.” He pauses, then says, “Good.”
We make our way to the girls as Brianne and Tara come out of the kitchen.
Ice makes the introductions and says, “Our work is done here. Let’s head to the house where we all can relax.” He turns toward Honey. “I don’t think Emma is up to cooking tonight.”
Before he can finish, Honey replies, “I got it covered, Ice. Emma had been feeling bad all day. She already asked me earlier to take care of everyone tonight.” She looks at Emma and winks. It’s so fucking nice to see those two be friends. Emma smiles weakly at her. Damn, she looks so frail. I sure as hell hope she’s okay.
Chapter 24
Honey
We all get back to Ice’s house, and for the first time in months, I feel like my old self again. I mean, not my old self, but the self after I got out of rehab. I’m all about taking care of everyone, and it means so much that Sainte and Ice trust me. And Brianne and Tara are great, always willing to help and do whatever is needed. They’re a lot of fun too.
