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It felt good to laugh after the last few hours of stress, focusing on getting this shit right and keeping everyone safe. Guilt had settled in my stomach, knowing that I let something so simple slip by me. Knowing I should have been paying better attention.
“I would definitely—” Looking down at my phone, my heart stopped. I could practically feel the life drain from my body. Numb, my entire body had run numb. Those words staring back at me like God haunting me.
Laughing at me.
I couldn’t let him have another one.
He wouldn’t have another person I loved.
Five. Missed. Calls.
Kev:With Hadley and Meyah. Shots Fired. Clubhouse now.
“How about I take Macy and Harlyn home with me so the girls can have a play,” Rose suggested as we got to our cars. All three girls jumped up and down in glee, their bright faces making it an easy decision.
Kat, Lucy, Jess and Skylar all waved as they climbed in Lucy’s car. They were going to do last minute shopping while the stores were still open late for Christmas and then meet us at the clubhouse later. Leo had invited the boys from the security firm back to have a few drinks and check out the club. He said a few were thinking about patching in which was exciting.
The Brothers were growing and growing.
The club getting stronger and fiercer.
“I’ll come, too,” Chelsea commented, rubbing her belly and looking down at it with a frown. “I’m not feeling so good.”
I placed my hands over hers, breathing in relief when I felt her two little ones fighting each other for space inside that tiny compartment. That was a good sign. It meant they were okay. Pressing my hand to her forehead, she was sweating slightly, but that could be because she was so damn uncomfortable.
We loaded Chelsea in Rose’s car with all the car seats and boosters with help from Kev and Camo. Skins got on his bike, following them slowly out of the parking lot.
A loud roar went up from behind us, and both Camo and Kev grinned. “Sounds like we won!”
Camo hooted, throwing his fist in the air. The noise of the crowd echoed into the vast parking lot, and I screwed up my nose as I could tell it wasn’t all cheers of victory and celebration. There was an angry tone that sent shivers through me.
“Maybe you guys should go back in and help Leo,” I suggested as I placed my hand on Meyah’s back and guided her to the passenger’s side of the truck.
Kev frowned for a moment before patting Camo on his shoulder. “You go help, I’ll get the girls home and then come back to see if everything’s good.”
Cam gave Kev a snappy salute before jogging back to the stadium entrance, nodding to Phil who was standing guard outside with all the brothers’ polished bikes looking alert but completely bored out of his mind. Phil wasn’t the sharpest, but he had a huge heart and never complained about being given the shitty jobs around the place. Since Ham was patched in, he seemed to have been dumped with a lot more of them alongside Skins and Neil.
“You dropping Meyah off home?” Kev asked before I climbed inside the truck. I looked to Meyah who shook her head.
“Can I come to the clubhouse for a couple hours?” she pleaded, her Bambi doe eyes already melting my insides. “Denver has friends over and I just can’t deal with that at the moment.”
Kev chuckled, and I turned to him with a smile. “Clubhouse it is.”
He nodded and jogged over to his bike. I turned the engine but waited until he was moving before I pulled out of the parking space and headed for the road, Kev rumbling behind us.
I smiled as Meyah talked happily about the game. Apparently, Nick had been playing and every time she watched him get sacked hard by the opposing team, it gave her a little relief. Especially, when the coach ended up sidelining him because in her words, “he sucked.”
We even made a quick stop at the store and got an ice cream to celebrate Nick’s downfall.
I didn’t see Neil as we pulled in through the clubhouse gates. They were open but I assumed he knew to be expecting everyone back soon.
I should have never assumed.
As I pulled Leo’s truck in next to the concrete wall, Kev glided in, parking his bike next to the clubhouse where all the brothers would usually line their babies in perfect formation. Things began to slow down, the click of Meyah’s seatbelt as she took it off, the sound of my door opening as I pulled the handle, then the frightened tone of Kev’s voice as he screamed at us to run.
I startled, my eyes instantly searching for the danger.
I could see him walking across the gravel, the gun in his hand sparkling with what was left of the daylight as the sun was going down.
