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“She needs the sleep,” Josie said. “She’s been stressed. And not just the pregnancy.”
“Yeah?”
“Yeah.”
“Talk to me about it,” Reese said.
“When we found out she was having a little girl, she started acting funny.”
“Funny like what?”
“The ride home, she wasn’t all that excited about it.”
“Shock?”
“Scared.”
“Scared of what?” Reese asked.
“You. The MC.”
“Me? The MC? What does it matter?”
“It matters,” Josie said. She slipped her hand into his, interlocking her fingers with his.
Reese swallowed hard and gritted his teeth. “What the fuck are you about to tell me?”
“Something that isn’t good,” Josie said. “She’s afraid you’re going to kill her.”
“Me? Kill her?”
Josie looked at Reese. She was being serious.
Reese took his hand away and put a little space between himself and Josie.
“Okay, sweetheart, I get it. I’m a rough and tough biker. I’ve got a sketchy past and I do what I do to survive. My brothers out there are ruthless and don’t follow the same laws you and Steph do. Fine. But we’re loyal. We believe in honor. So, what the fuck could Steph be worried about?”
Josie bit her lip for a second. “I’ll tell you this, Reese, but tomorrow, it’s up to Steph to say it. She has to own her… well, what she did.”
“And what did she do?” Reese asked.
Josie sighed.“She got pregnant by a biker in a rival crew.”
* * *
When Reese triedto get Josie into the bed, she refused. She ended up sleeping in his arms, which was fine with him. He didn’t sleep all that much though. Josie left him hanging with some of the information, wanting Steph to tell the rest. But it was pretty clear what had happened. Steph snuck into a bar, had a fun night of drinking, and ended up hooking up with a biker. That biker wore a leather cut and it wasn’t a Back Down Devil MC one. Which posed a serious problem. It was no wonder that Steph was scared half to death. Fooling around with a rival crew was one thing. But to get pregnant by one…
Shit.
Reese watched Josie sleep as the sun crept through the window and slowly began to light up the room.
The world of uncertainty was getting worse by the day. But there was one thing that Reese was certain of. The way he felt when he looked at Josie. She was everything to him. Always had been. Always would be. What happened to them was a mess. Her old man bit off more than he could chew with another MC, hoping to connect Back Down Devil in some kind of major cartel deal. He wanted to wipe out both MC’s, take down a cartel, and make something of himself. In some way though, Josie’s old man knew that what the MC did in town was for the better, even if he battled it so hard. He got in over his head and the MC got dragged into the mix of hell too. When the bullets started flying, they came from all directions. It wasn’t just one crew shooting at another for some turf war. This was bigger than anyone had ever seen before. And when the smoke cleared, a lot of the guys were hurt, but it was Lasz who took a bullet to the heart. And Josie’s old man took one to the head. An execution style murder that was nothing more than a stern warning to everyone as to what happens when you push too hard.
And it ripped him and Josie apart.
Reese mourned the loss of his best friend while Josie mourned the loss of her father. She blamed him and the MC for what happened. And Reese blamed her for what her father did to drag the MC into the mess. There was no other outlet for their anger other than each other.
Steph woke up before Josie did. When Reese saw her starting to wake up, he eased away from Josie to let her keep sleeping. He went to the door and opened it, finding the prospect sleeping with his back against the wall. The prospect listened to Reese because of the leather cut and his position in the MC. That meant Steph had protection. But Reese wasn’t sure how long that protection would last now though…
