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Stunned, my silence continued. That first tear followed by a few others. When I could finally meet everyone’s eyes, I found no judgment. Only care and concern, until I looked at Gambit. He looked at me, not like I hung the moon, but like I’m the very air.
A banner moment in my new life.
Chapter 17
Gambit
Stormy’s prayer chokedup everyone around the table. I could see my brothers blink back tears. In the week I’d been gone, my woman had made an enormous impact on my brothers. I gave everyone a couple of minutes to gather themselves while I held Stormy’s hand.
“Stormy, I’d like you to meet my father’s best friend and the chapter’s V.P., Trinity.”
“Pleased to meet you,” Stormy said.
My dad started passing dishes of food around so everyone could serve themselves. It looked like Pops and Trinity had gone all out. Pimento cheese souffle, fluffy scrambled eggs covered in melted cheese, bacon, sausage, country ham, red eye gravy, biscuits, home fries, fried chicken, and waffles. Someone put Stormy’s baked goods on platters. They sat on the table beside the rest of the food.
“Stormy, Nola says you’re a writer. How did you meet my son?”
“I’m a writer with a BA in business and a degree in hotel management. Decker’s sister, Willow, suggested me to the club to outfit the new compound.”
“That’s nice. How’s that project going?”
Papa answered for her, “She’s knocking it out of the ballpark.
Works her ass off for eight hours a day and then every night last week she came to the clubhouse and cooked dinner for everyone. Ito swears he’s going to marry her before Gambit gets her to the altar.”
I growled, “I’m putting that motherfucker on cleaning duty for the next month.”
“Oh, you’ve got it bad,” Trinity said.
I flipped him the bird before dropping a kiss on Stormy’s temple. The next two hours flew by as we ate, talked, and ate some more. Stormy’s baked goods were a hit. She’d made butterscotch blondies, brown sugar-caramel bars, peanut butter oatmeal cookies, and perhaps the best brownies I’ve ever tasted.
My dad gave her the grand tour after brunch. I followed along, watching her face light up, and noting the things she loved. As soon as Jackson and Sons had a free crew, they were starting on my house. Until today, I hadn’t completely decided on layout and design. Now I knew exactly what I wanted. Something similar to Pop’s place.
I didn’t think I’d get Stormy away from my sister, and my dad told her he expected her at Sunday brunch from now on. They even made plans for her to come early in a few weeks and help cook. Apparently, my woman loved to cook.
We pulled in front of Stormy’s place early in the evening. Half Pint should be here soon to take Honu back to the compound. I wanted Stormy with me tonight. Two days ago, I messaged Dakota to help me set up my suite for a special evening. He recruited Chardonnay and Kelsi. The two bunnies had taken a serious liking to Stormy. At least the other bunnies were avoiding her for now. I had a gut feeling the three wicked bitches, as Kelsi referred to them, weren’t quite done yet. If it came down to it, we could find more pussy. The three bitches should watch out before they get thrown out. I’d talk to them about it tomorrow night.
