“Well, contact Buzz or Drag. Get them to come fetch the bitch, or ask Nell to come and collect another one,” the man called Wings says and gives me a wink and a shit-eating smile.
Clapping her hands together, Delta chants, “Nell, Nell, oh yes, Nell.”
I’ve no idea who Nell is, but Delta obviously likes her. I open my mouth to ask, but Wings gives me a tiny shake of the head, so I snap my mouth closed.
Wings looks at the woman and when he sees she is out for the count, he releases her and she flops to the ground, banging her head on impact. I close my eyes because I know how much a concussion hurts.
“She’ll need to be taken away,” Delta sighs as she pulls out her phone and types a message to someone.
Stupidly, I ask, “Do I want to know?”
Wings is a very handsome individual, and knows it, just like Chaos. But he is huge, he must be 6’4”, built like a tank, short blond hair, silver-gray eyes, and he has a huge smirk on his face. I blush a little because I’ve been caught red-handed checking him out.
“How big was your mama?” I ridiculously spout, which has Delta burst out laughing.
“She was 5’5”, but my daddy was 6’3”, so hey, I take after that asshole. But only in size,” Wings replies.
I zip my lips because honest to goodness I could dig myself into an enormous hole. I look down at the nurse and she is still out cold. “Do you think she really is a nurse? Delta, check her pockets and see if she has a syringe because she came in here to do something bad.”
I watch as Delta squats and searches the nurse’s pockets, bringing out a syringe. “Oh, yeah, she has one.” Looking up at Wings, Delta smirks, I’m not sure why mind you. “Nell’s boys will be here soon, Wings.”
“Who is Nell?” I ask because this isn’t the first time I’ve heard her name. Both Wings and Delta ignore my question.
Wings takes a seat next to the bed, but he’s got one eye on the nurse. Delta perches on the foot of my bed, and she isn’t showing any sign of being worried about the woman on the ground. I just hope nobody walks in here and sees her.
The door opens and two men step inside, give me a nod before doing that man slap thing with Wings. One drags a gurney in and the other throws the nurse onto it, covering her with a sheet. Now it looks like they are taking a dead body away. Jesus, I’m not sure if I should hang around with these people!
“See you later, Tank,” Wings says, but he has a tone that I’m not recognizing, and do I really want to?
“Yeah, we will hold them until you are ready. Nell said to bring some pastries from the bakery and some of the club's wine. That’s all she wants,” Tank replies giving Wings a pointed look.
“No problem, I can do that,” Wings responds before starting to close the door behind them.
“Hold on there, guys. She had this in her pocket.” Delta hands over the syringe to the one called Tank.
“Oh, Nell is gonna love having that. Thanks, Delta.”
Delta then gets my attention when she asks, “Okay, so tell me what you are going to do when you leave the hospital.”
“I’m not sure, but first I’ll go to my apartment. I will check in with my clients, then decide about staying here or moving on.”
Wings chuckles. “Victoria, you know Chaos isn’t going to just let you leave, not on your own. He’ll either want you to stay or he’ll go with you.”
“Well, I know he’s pretending to be my boyfriend, but he has no say in what I do, how I do it, or anything else.” I snip a little because come on, I don’t know these people, not really, although they are treating me like one of them.
I notice Delta looks at Wings, and Wings looks at Delta, right before they both burst out laughing as though I’ve said the funniest thing they ever heard.
I must look at them aghast as that has them laughing more. What do I do? The only thing I can, I turn over and give them my back, huffing while I do. “Like hyenas,” I mumble, which of course sets them off again.
Delta crawls up the bed and cuddles me, but she’s giggling while she’s doing it. “Come on, Victoria, we are joking with you. Somewhat!”
The door opens and I look up when I hear a snarled, “Get off my woman.”
Delta laughs as she jumps off the bed, and rolling over I see it’s Chaos who has stepped into the room. I give him a small smile and a weak-sounding, “Hi.” Which, I tell you has me cringing some, because I’m not that weak type of person. Not really.
Walking over to me Chaos perches on the side of the bed, leans into me and kisses my forehead. “You okay, babe?”
Wings jumps into the conversation and explains all about the nurse and that she’s gone to Nell’s. I’ll have to find out who this Nell is because it’s fairly obvious they all know who she is, and you can see the respect on their faces when they talk about her.
“Who is Nell?” I blurt.
Chaos leans back on the bed, throws an arm around me and pulls me to his side. “Nell is a friend of the club. She owns a bed-and-breakfast place just outside of town. Marvelous woman she is, and she has an Italian man chasing her, but he’s not caught her as yet. Her brother lives with her and two friends, Tank and Richie. They are both former military and good men. Tough men, but would have your back if you needed it.”
“I think they came and took the nurse?” I say, but with a questioning tone. Delta nods, and that is the end of that conversation. For some reason, all three quickly talk about other subjects.
I listen for a while but get bored with the topic and drift to sleep. Unknown to me the three took out their phones and started sending messages, right before giving each other a satisfied nod.
