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“I got you good, J.” Sammy stood, holding out his hand.
I let him help me up, pulling Piper along with me. “Thank you for knowing what I needed.”
“Anytime. I’m actually surprised it hadn’t happened already.” He cupped my shoulder. “We used to fight all the time.”
Cyrus grunted. “That was until Aunt Eve almost kicked our asses worse than what we did to each other. Remember when Jaron had to pop his shoulder back into place?”
Sammy chuckled. “Oh yeah. I thought she was going to throw up.”
“Hey.” Piper turned me toward her. “You okay?”
“No.” I bent at the waist and brushed my nose against hers. “But at least my nose isn’t broken.”
“What the fuck ever man.” Sammy gently shoved me, pulling the hem of his shirt up to wipe his nose. “You’re bigger than I am.”
I scoffed. “Right.”
“You two fuckers done fighting, so we can get this shit on the road?”
All of us turned at the sound of Shadow’s deep voice as he stalked toward us. “The shit I have to clean up while my son is off doing fuck all. He’s lucky I enjoy pretending that I’m still the president.” He held two ice packs in his hands. My dad followed behind him with Tray and Catch on either side of him.
“We’re good,” was all I said. I wasn’t but fighting it out, mixed with the pain from Sammy’s punches, helped more than one would think.
Piper stepped closer to my side, wrapping her arm around my lower back.
I looked down at her and kissed the top of her head. “We’ll find out what’s going on and then go home.”
“We can stay at the clubhouse,” she murmured. “I just want to get out of here.”
“Okay.” I kissed her head again.
“You good, Son?” Dad asked me, clapping my shoulder.
“No but I will be. Both of us will be.” I cleared my throat. “I’m sorry about—”
“Don’t worry about it.” Dad walked away. “We’ll meet you at home.”
Linking my fingers with Piper’s, I led her to the twins’ SUV. “Thank you for everything, Shadow.”
“No thanks needed. You don’t even owe me this time,” he said, following us.
I helped Piper into the back seat before turning to him. “What’s the catch?”
He grinned, scratching his jaw. “No catch.” He nodded toward Piper and handed Sammy and me an ice pack each. “I like your girl.”
I raised an eyebrow, the hairs on the back of my neck tingling. “Should I be concerned?”
A laugh boomed through him. “You’re a jealous fucker. That’s not what I meant. I like her as if she were my own granddaughter. She makes me not miss Bee so much.” He shook his head. “I like them young but not that young.” His laughter shook his shoulders.
“I’ve come over here with Sammy and Cyrus,” Piper explained. “I would have a drink with him while the rest of the guys did their thing. Since he’s not president anymore.”
“She kept me entertained. Spent many nights talking about you, Jaron.” Shadow leaned an arm on the hood of the SUV. “You don’t need to worry about anything. You have Piper’s heart.”
I knew that but it still didn’t mean that I liked the fact that he got her alone when she should have been with me. But my stupid temper got in the way and ruined everything.
“We should go,” Cyrus said, his eyes flicking to mine.
“Right.” Shadow closed the door, give us a two-finger salute, and headed back into the club.
