Page 47 of Whip’s Wisdom

He nods his head at me and then looks at his brothers before starting his bike and turning out of the clubhouse. I then ignore my brothers and head into the clubhouse and go towards my room. I just want to and need to be alone for the moment so I can figure out all this shit that is going through my head. When I get to the officers wing of the clubhouse and enter my room I finally feel like I can breathe.

Not long after I get into my room and am sitting on my bed to pull out my phone and let Peyton know I won’t be coming home tonight there is a knock on my door. I ignore it and continue with my text to Peyton.

Me: Hey Pey, I know Knox will probably tell you but I’m staying at the clubhouse here in Richmond tonight. I hope you get some sleep and have a great day at school tomorrow. Love you, baby.

After I hit send the knocking continues and I walk over and open the door to see Thorn standing there. I should’ve seen this coming, he’s going to be sticking to me like glue now and I don’t know if I am okay with it or not. I step back to let him in the room and he comes in and sits down on the chair across from my bed.

“Talk to me, Cooper. What is going on in your head right now?”

I sigh and grab a seat on my bed, “Tanner, I don’t know man. My head is all over the place. I mean, I just found out my entire life has been a lie. Like can you imagine all the events that had to happen to get me so I’m in this place that my bio father is in. That one of our brothers is actually my father. My life could’ve been so different and all the bullshit I went through and all the fucked up shit that family put me through may have been different if my bitch of a mother did the right thing and gave me to my birth father.”

“Yeah that would’ve been a game changer, but your mom is a fucking bitch. So what are you going to do about all this?”

“I don’t know. I want to know, but I don’t want to know. I mean I’ve been right under everyone’s nose and honestly all those men she named are all happily married with kids now. I don’t want to disrupt anybody’s life.”

“You know that every single one of those men she named is going to want to know. I think it would be best if you tell them.”

“Yeah, well we both know that Terror is out there right now gathering them up and telling them. That man is going to do whatever he thinks is best for the brothers. Even if my head is all over the place.”

He nods his head because he can’t deny that his brother is out there right now calling up Devil, Chains, Ghost, Diesel, Stone and Snake. My mother called Peyton a slut when really it is that bitch of a woman.

“Do you think your dad knew? I mean he was here during that time. Do you think he remembers my mom being a club whore? I mean he would have to right? He did see her when he would bring me home.”

Tanner looks at me and you can tell he is curious as well and pulls out his phone and after four rings it clicks to answer.

“Hey bud, what’s up?”

“Where are you right now?”

“Just pulled over at a rest stop when I saw you were calling, what’s going on?”

“Did you know that Cooper’s mom used to be a club whore for a few years?”

We hear Bulldog sigh, “I mean, she looked familiar when I met her the couple of times I brought Cooper home. Why what’s going on?”

“She kindly explained to me tonight why my family hated me so much. She told me that she got pregnant with me while Ray was locked up and she decided being a club whore sounded like a solid option for money and a drug hookup.”

“Fuck, Cooper. Listen, if I would’ve known that any of the brothers was your father, I would’ve gotten involved more than I did. I hated that life for you. That was why we tried to keep you at our house as much as possible when we figured out some of what was going on over there.”

“Yeah, you don’t even know the fucking half of it! My life was horrible! Now I find out that everything I knew was a fucking lie and everything could’ve fucking been different! You may not have fucking known that someone here could’ve been my father, but you had known it was possible because you knew she was a club whore.”

“Listen son, I’m sorry. Did she give you names?”

“Sure did. Devil, Ghost, Chains, Diesel, Stone and Snake. She shared that her favorites though were Devil, Chains and Ghost.”

“Fuck. You’re going to have to tell them Cooper. All of those men are going to want to know. My money though Cooper because of looks would be Devil or Chains. I mean your eyes are different from Devil’s, but your build and everything else is him. Chains you’ve got the eyes maybe a different shade of blue and some similar features, but those would be my two guesses. Either way both those men deserve to know and Cooper, you deserve to know too.”

I don’t say anything, Thorn looks at me and then answers his dad.

“I think he knows that dad, but I think he wants time to adjust and think about it. We know that Luca is probably out there right now making calls though, so chances are he might not get the time to wrap his head around all of this.”

They talk for a couple more minutes then hang up. My phone rings on the night stand and dreading who that could possibly be I turn and see that it is Peyton. Thorn also notices so he gets up and smacks my back before heading out of my room and closing the door.

“Hey.”

“Cooper, hey. So I just talked to Knox and I got your message. Are you okay?”

I chuckle, but it isn’t a humorous chuckle.