“Let me arrest him. We can try him send him to jail.”
It makes me laugh as I shake my head. “So what? They sentence him to 3 years, serve a year and a half and get out for good behavior. If he even gets sentenced, if they don’t go up there and try to discredit anything my sister says… make her look guilty for what happened simply because of who her dad was and who her brother is.” I shake my head as I look back at the paramedic as he walks Drew to the ambulance. “Tell me, with those odds, would you put Becca through that?” I guess it’s the benefit of graduating with the deputy knowing who his sister is. Eli and I were friends. His sister liked me, I knew that, but never did I let her get too close to me. “Or would you phone an old friend and ask him to take care of it for you?”
He stands, staring at me, unimpressed, but also conflicted.
“We’re getting ready to go.” The paramedic calls from behind me and I nod my head, before glancing back at Drew, who looks up at me and looks so much like mom at the moment and it breaks my fucking heart.
“Please.” She whispers from behind me. And I nod my head, looking from her to Tatum and immediately crawling up into the ambulance and moving over to her as I look out at Axe and he nods back, telling me he has my bike.
When I sit down next to Drew, she bursts into tears. “Shit.” I whisper before I pull her into me to comfort her.
I can hear the beeping first and I can smell the sterile environment.
“Hey.” I hear someone call into my room and I’m about to open my eyes when I hear another respond.
“What do you want?” I know it’s Zane, and I remembering dreaming about him calling out to me from a distance. “If this is about earlier man, you already agreed to it. It’s set in motion.”
“Nah, it’s not that. It’s something you said.” I’m finally able to place the voice as Elias’s.
“What?”
“She doesn’t have a boyfriend.”
“I never said that she did.”
“You said—”
“I know what the fuck I said.” Zane snaps back.
“Then what did you mean?” There’s a long pause and I’m curious now what it is Zane said. “Oh shit, I thought the rumors were just that, but… didn’t realize it was her.”
“Get the fuck out.”
Elias laughs. “One other thing.”
“What?” I can hear the patience in Zane’s voice tested.
“What you said about calling an old friend…” he trails off and I’m more curious what it is he’s asking.
“Come on Eli, you know I’m never opposed to cops owing me favors.” There’s a long pause. “Fine.” Zane finally says quietly. “You know I would do it, regardless.”
I open my eyes as I see Elias walk out of the room. All I can see is the back of Zane’s kutte.
“What was that all about, fuccboi?” It comes out in a whisper cause it’s been so long since I’ve spoken last, but it still causes him to spin around as he looked at me with a surprised face. “How’s Drew?”
“She’s okay, but she’ll be fine. They released her this morning, kept her overnight for some observations. She’s home, Ella’s with her.”
“I’m glad she’s okay.”
“I can’t even think of what would have happened if you wouldn’t have been there.” I watch his nostrils flare as he says it.
“I’m glad I was.”
He walks across the room and sits down in the chair, leaning over, placing his forearms on the bed and looking at me. “I’ll never be able to repay you for what you’ve done.” He reaches over, lacing his fingers with mine.
“I didn’t do it for you.” He bites his lip and nods his head, knowing that I’m right. “No one should have to go through that. And men who feel like they can just do whatever the fuck they want…” I stop myself, taking a deep breath. “What was he meaning?” nodding back towards where Elias just left from.
I try not to laugh when I watch the tough biker’s face turn red.
