Page 24 of Lash’s Love

“I want to feel safe, Toby. I’m so scared. Before this even happened I was scared. But knowing that we aren’t even safe at home. It just makes it worse.”

“So Lips is Acid’s daughter. She knew some of who was working with him in our businesses and our club. So we’ve got all those bitches and little assholes held at the cabin. We are working on finding more members. The security around the house is better, Wizard upped everything at our house, cameras and everything. We have a gate around our property now. I’ve been looking into some dog purchases and or adoptions. I know we’ve got a lot on our plate with all the kids, but shit we’ve got enough property on club land and the kids would love a dog. Plus there is that layer of security with a dog. But, we’ve made sure everything’s good. The kids are being homeschooled by my mom. They still attend their extra stuff like hockey and shit, but they have a bunch of brothers with them when they go. I’m going to keep you all together and safe, baby.”

“Okay, that’s good. I can get behind the dogs. I’ve always wanted pets, you know this. What about my other baby, how’s the shop?”

“Everything’s good, Luca has been helping out.”

She paused and gave me a look.

“Yeah I know, he met Ruby. Don’t know he seems to be smitten. But before you say anything he seems serious. He hasn’t taken anything further with her til Tasha signs those papers. So you know he’s serious. But anyway numbers and everything look good. Your clients miss you, but they understand. Plus now you’re gonna have rehab and shit too. So you’ll be out longer. I mean it’s a good thing your right arm is good, being your dominant hand and all, but they said you’ll still need rehab for all the injuries you’ve had. But I’ll be here every step of the way. They are gonna want to keep you here for a little while. There is enough room for us and the kids. Mom and dad are at a hotel helping with the kids. Obviously your dad was too, but I think he’s headed out of town now.”

She nods her head, “I’m fine with all of that. I guess I can deal with Luca being whatever with Ruby. He better be good to her. We have a long way to go Toby. We have a lot of shit to work out together and as individuals. The kids definitely need some help too.”

“We will do everything we can, baby. No matter what, no one or nothing is going to come between us. We have always been end game. I won’t let anyone do anything to tear us apart. They’ve tried and they’ve failed every time. So fuck them. We will get the help we need, we can get through anything.”

I lean down and kiss her lips before we turn back to the babies we are holding.

“I’ve got to get pictures of this moment.”

With that I took my phone out and took a picture of the four of us in bed. Several different poses. Then I handed Leon to Sophie so she could hold both babies and got up to take pictures of her and the boys. I know we have a long way to go, but I feel so complete.

Now we just have to find the assholes that tried to take my family from me. I’m going to destroy all of them.

Chapter Twenty-Two

Sophie

Being laid up in bed sucks, especially when you find out you’ve been in bed for months. Rehab, sucks. It’s all just a big old suck fest. After Toby and I had a moment with our new babies he called his parents and had them bring my other babies to me. Declan has really not left my side at all since he got here. It’s like he’s keeping watch and making sure everything is okay. He does all his schoolwork sitting on the bed next to me and will go see his nana if he has questions. I give my mother-in-law a lot of credit for taking on these five kids and their class work. Delaney was just in daycare, so really she plays with her grandpa all day. I haven’t been able to look in Rocky’s eyes since he showed up that day with the kids. I know that he is my fathers oldest and best friend, I’m sure he knows everything that went down between dad and me that day. I won’t apologize for how I feel, my feelings are valid. If my father hadn’t been such a stubborn ass about everything and shared what was going on sooner, chances are things wouldn’t be going on. I feel like I would have been safe, my kids would have been safe.

That bitch, Lips, apparently is my cousin. She opened her fucking mouth a bunch in between beating and stabbing me and letting her buddies beat me. She told me all about how her dad had planned on giving Toby to her, how he planned on selling my children and myself in some human trafficking ring. Her family all sounds like psychos if you ask me. I mean she told me all about how her daddy thinks he’s the oldest and grandpa's legacy should be his, not my fathers. That my brother is currently sitting in a seat not made for him. She talked about how she talked her father out of killing all the men in my family because they were all just so handsome and the crazy nasty woman said she wanted her turns with all of them. Like what kind of backwards bullshit is that. Nasty. She wants to fuck her cousins. She’s a psycho. She mostly wants my husband. Said my life should have been hers, minus the kids because she hates kids. Says they made me fat, well I’m sorry lady, I’ve had women jealous about how my body bounces back after babies. Yes I have curves, but what woman wouldn’t have any after eight kids. I mean shit, I’ve carried multiples twice. I’m sure if Toby has his way I’ll be carrying more in no time.

I don’t know exactly what is going on with her, just that they have her locked up with her stupid goons that put me here. Toby has told me they have found more people that work for and are in the Acid MC, traitors because Lips has been very forthcoming thinking it is going to save her ass no doubt. They are still looking for my psychotic uncle and haven’t had any luck with that. Today I am done with my physical therapy and waiting to hear when I can go home. They don’t want to let me go home since I’ve only been awake for a few days, but I’m going crazy. I hate hospitals unless it’s to bring life into it, I want no part of it. I want to get home and relax. Toby has brought sketchbooks from home so I can draw, but that is not enough. I’m so over just sitting around except for the few times a day they will take me out to do therapy. We have a doctor in the club and nurses, I think I will be fine if these people would let me out of this damn place. Plus I want to do some digging and I can’t do that here.

I hear a knock on the bedroom door and look up to see Luca, Levi and Tanner walk in.

“To what do I owe the pleasure of having my older brothers come in and harass me in my torture chamber?”

They shake their head and look over at Declan who is sitting next to me on the bed reading a book.

“Hey there Sentinel. You doing good buddy?”

Declan looks up at his uncles and smiles, “I’m better now.” He looks over at me and smiles.

“Hey, so Uncle Cane is outside and he’s got something for you. You wanna head out so we can talk to your mama for a minute?”

Declan looks at me and I nod my head, moving hair off his forehead. “I’m okay baby. I promise. Go see what Uncle Cane has for you.”

Declan turns and gives me a hug and kisses my cheek before he heads out to the main room of this ridiculous hospital room they’ve sent me up in.

“What’s going on? And Sentinel? When did you give that nickname to my kid?”

“Well he got patched in, so he needed a road name.” Levi says like it’s obvious.

“What do you mean he got patched in?”

“He wouldn’t leave Toby’s side while you were out so he was in church a little bit, he had to have a road name. Which is why Cane’s got his new leather for him out there.” Luca states.

I nod my head, “You got him new leather and gave him a road name? He sat in church? Learning things he shouldn’t have learned at ten years old? What’s next, give the ten year old a bike too? Maybe some tattoos? Maybe hook him up with some of the bitches you guys all love so much? What club business did you let my ten year old hear?”