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Once we were outside and the sun beat down on my face, a sob escaped me.
“Let it out, Red,” Sam said gently, carrying me in his arms. “Let it all out.”
I latched on to him and cried against his chest.
It was over.
I lost my mom in the process, and I would never forgive myself because of that. But at the same time, I knew that she would be happy I no longer had to fear that Will would come for me.
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(Sammy)
I could feel her soul shattering in my arms. Amber was breaking before me, and I didn’t know how to help her through it. Maybe she needed to do it on her own. But whenever she needed me and however, she needed me, I would be there. With open arms. Whatever she wanted, I was there.
I placed her in the back of the SUV I shared with my brother and leaned my forehead against her temple.
Thankful the SUV was still driveable even though it was shot to shit by Will’s men.
I breathed her in, the sweet scent of her skin calming the racing nerves rushing through me. I almost lost her. I almost lost her and our babies. We lost men. Cheesy and Locke were so damn young, they never deserved this. My chest tightened as I tried thinking up ways I could gently let their parents know what had happened.
Will fucked Amber up and I wasn’t sure if she would ever get through it, but I would help her. Always. Forever. No matter what and no matter the cost. I would help her with whatever she needed.
When I went to pull away, she whimpered. “Shh…” I kissed her head. “I’m here. Not going anywhere, pet. Just giving you some space.”
She shook her head. “I don’t need space. I need to go home. I need to bury my mom. I need…Oh God, Cheesy and Locke…did they…are they okay?”
I shook my head. “I’m sorry, pet, but they died with honor.”
Tears fell harder down her cheeks. “Are you okay?”
I stared at her, taken aback by her question. There she was, sitting before me, crying and losing pieces of herself, but yet, she still asked me if I was okay.
“You need to get checked out,” I said instead of answering her. We would take her to a doctor we knew that worked out of the Mayhem’s Revenge clubhouse. Hospitals could be dangerous. Especially when, depending on the injury, they could call the police. Amber had been through enough. She didn’t need to go through that.
“Don’t close the door,” Amber said. “Please.”
“I won’t.” I turned as Cyrus, Jaron, and several of the other guys came toward us.
“I’ve called the cleaning crew,” Jaron said. “We’ve lost…” He shook his head. “Fuck…this…”
Cyrus wrapped his arm around his shoulders. “I know, brother. I know.”
Jaron took a deep breath. “Price is dead.” He shook out his hand. “It was almost too easy but fuck me, was it ever satisfying. Tiny’s prospects have Amber’s mom. We’ll give her a burial and a funeral.”
“We’ll put her with our parents.” I looked at Amber. “If that’s okay with you.”
She nodded. “I would like that.”
“Is that okay with you?” I asked my brother.
“You don’t even have to ask me, Sam.” He clapped my shoulder. “Ever. We can bury Cheesy, Locke, and everyone else, at the same location. Like always.” He ran a hand through his hair, a deep frown settling between his brows. “Fuck, I have to tell Ainsley about Cheesy. This is going to hurt.”
“Be there for her,” I reminded him. “She’ll need you.”
He nodded.
I slipped into the back seat with Amber. “We need to go see Ricky and get Amber checked out.”
