Each one of them takes a turn to give me a hug. When I get to Ice, I hold onto him longer than I have the rest.
“Come on, fighter. We’ve got you,” Ice says. For a moment, I think that by “we,” he means Maverick and him; but I shake that thought quickly from my head.
Maverick stands on the opposite side of Ice, putting me in the middle as we make our way in.
Maverick has a hand on my back, and I haven’t let go of Ice’s arm. I feel like I need them both to keep me up.
When we get to the front where our seats are, and my father is, my knees give out as it hits me yet again that this is it.
I’m being held up by both sides as they walk me to our seats.
My aunts are surrounding my mom, and I look over to my sister who turns to look at me with a sad expression on her face.
I hear someone suck in a breath before my sister’s eyes go wide and a huge body is walking past me.
“Fuck. I was beginning to think you weren’t real,” Tank rasps before pulling my sister into his arms.
“Serena?” I ask when he lets go but doesn’t take his eyes off her.
“Did I forget to mention I saved a biker from your club and pretended to be his wife?” she asks with a sheepish look.
“I would remember that conversation, considering Tank has been looking for you for months,” I hiss out, trying to keep my voice low.
“I wanted to stay, but then mom called about Dad and there wasn’t anything I could do. I was needed at home. I was going to ask you after everything was over,” she says with a shrug.
“We need to make room for Tank,” I whisper to Maverick.
He nods and gets everyone moved over so that my sister is sitting between Tank and him. She gives me a wide look, but I just shrug. I can’t tell her at this moment that he claimed her as his Old Lady already; despite not knowing if he would ever see her again.
We can get into all of that later.
I blow out a breath and focus on what’s about to happen.
This is all that matters right now.
Levi “Ice”
Ana hasn’t let me go all day.
I thought I would just give her a hug and sit in the back with the rest of the brothers and Vicious Snakes who had showed up, but I guess she needed me more than I had thought.
Ana had held onto my arm tightly and only let it go long enough for us to drive back to her mother’s house.
It completely shocked me but, if she feels like she needs me, I will be here for her. We had gotten to be pretty good friends over the months. Viking didn’t seem to mind also.
I stood with both of them while everyone gave their condolences and regrets.
“When do you guys plan on coming back?” I ask them when people stop walking up to Ana.
“Whenever Ana wants to,” Viking replies. I feel a bit proud of him for actually being whatever his wife needs.
“You can’t be away from your job or the club much longer,” Ana says softly.
He looks at her with a determined expression on his face. “I’ll be here for as long as you need. I’m not going to rush you home. The club understands.”
“That’s right, we do. Ana, you are club too and need your man here. We can handle everything without him until you are ready,” Prez says while walking up.
“What about everything else? Why I left. I can’t just go back and pretend it’s all perfect,” Ana says quietly.
