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I go to turn around, but before I can Rage is right up next to me and he grabs me by the back of the neck. He pulls me in for a crushing kiss, but being mindful of the baby between us. Honestly for the first time since I heard him say all that shit about me, it finally feels like I can breathe. What feels like minutes later, we are both catching our breath as he pulls away leaving his forehead pressed against mine. He brings the hand that was wrapped around my neck to cup my jaw and the other moves so he is holding Reid who is content in his little carrier attached to my chest. As I look into Rage’s eyes, I see everything that he has been keeping locked inside himself and hidden from me since that night we made love in my room after he found out Missy died.

“I love you, I hope you know that and see that. I am truly sorry for everything.” He places another kiss on my lips before he turns back towards the stalls to finish feeding the horses.

Chapter Thirty

Rose

“So he kissed you? And you finally said more to him then what time the baby ate?” Sutton asks as she bites into her waffle.

“Oh and Sutton don’t forget, they are having a lunch date! We finally have progress and maybe Rose is thawing.” Abby says as she laughs at the glare I shoot her way.

“Can you both stop, it is not that serious.”

“Oh try to downplay it all you want, Rose, but this is very serious and so fucking amazing.” Brynley chimes in as she stuffs more waffles in her mouth.

“Okay, Miss Piggy, eat your food and shut up.”

All of us laugh.

“So how long do you think he is going to be gone for? You think he’ll be burning rubber to get back here before lunch?” Sutton asks.

“No, he had to drop Mason off at the McGraw’s house on the compound and then I think he was going to stop in and see if he was needed for anything before he came back. I didn’t ask for many details.”

“Well, I am proud of you. I think this is just what you needed. You really just needed to stop being so stubborn and now you can admit I was right. He didn’t sleep with those bitches because you broke his dick! It only worked for you! Also can I say, good for you.” Abby says and I throw a piece of strawberry at her.

I might still be mad at her for telling Rage and my father everything that was happening, but she is one of my best friends and we grew up together. She has always been there for me through all my dark shit. We are really like sisters. We fight, we bicker and we do shit that some people wouldn’t agree with, but that is just who we are. I love her.

There is a knock on the door just as I hear Reid start to stir on the baby monitor.

“You go get him, I’ll answer the door for your handsome biker.” Abby says.

I laugh and shake my head, “It might not be him, I’ve got a feed delivery coming in for the therapy barn. So it might be someone up here asking me to sign for it since I don’t think anyone is down there.”

“Well, duh, have you even hired any employees yet? You know you’re going to have to—”

Suddenly Abby stops talking, which for her is very weird. So I stop walking towards where Reid is, thankful that he is not crying yet and turn to look at the door and my friend. What I see makes my heart stop in my chest.

“Well hello, baby. It’s been awhile.”

The man who made my teenage years a nightmare is standing in the doorway with a gun trained on my best friend. Before I can reply he nudges her forward.

“Let’s move this party inside. I’d hate for any of your friends to see us out here talking.”

He looks different, he dyed his hair black and is wearing what I’m sure he considers biker attire. As he pushes his way inside I notice he brought two friends with him. Sin and Ash come prancing in behind him.

“Oh hey, Rose! Long time no see. I see having a baby did nothing for your figure, still fat in all the wrong places.” Sin says as she reaches in her bag and pulls out a gun and hands it to Ash before reaching in again with another one.

“Alright, let’s not talk about my woman like that. Sure she slutted herself out to a biker like you whores, but she won’t ever do that again. Right, baby.”

Before I can reply there is noise coming from the baby monitor and Travis glares at it.

“You better turn that off. I don’t want any reminder that you let that dirty fucker have any piece of you. You know how much I don’t like to fucking share. Let's go into the kitchen since I know that is where your other two bitch friends are.” He says as he keeps the gun trained on Abby and grabs her arm pulling her to the kitchen. He then yells, “They better not have called in any of those nasty brothers they are spreading their legs for either. I will start shooting before any of your friends outside know what is going on!”

“How did you even get onto the property without them seeing, Travis?” Abby asks as she tries to free her arm from his grasp.

“Easy, it pays when you know how to get onto a feed truck and you happen to know some sluts who can get you access to a cut. Those dumb asses thought I was a fucking prospect or something. Thought that we were helping with your feed delivery. It was fucking easy. Waved me right on in. I also changed my appearance. Had these girls change their looks so that they would look like little cowgirls. It was really not that hard to fool dumb bikers.”

“Yeah, did you fool the mafia men too?” Sutton asks.