Page 38 of Always Was Mine

“I know, Lilly, but this closure on my marriage has been good. It wasn’t at first, but things are better now. I promise. I’ll be home soon, and I’ll never leave again.”

“You better, or I’ll send the guys after you.” She laughs. “Gotta go, the girls just spilled chocolate milk on the carpet. Love you, Tori.” She hangs up and I smile.

I’ll be home soon.

As I put my phone on the counter, the front door opens. “Hey,” Carson calls out stepping into the kitchen.

“Hey, um, I was just talking to Lilly, Melissa is getting married on Saturday. I would like to be there.” I chew my lip and wait for his answer.

“Should work. Here.” He passes me an envelope and I open it.

“It’s official?” I ask happily, staring at the finalized divorce decree.

“Yeah,” he replies roughly.

I throw my arms around him and hug him tightly. “Thank you,” I whisper into his beard, as his arms come around me.

I look up at him and smile. Before I know what’s happening his mouth crashes down on mine. I pull away instantly, eyes narrowed. “What was that?”

“I just had to kiss you one last time.” He gives me a sad smile. “I need to go back to the clubhouse, I’ll be back later.”

He walks away and shuts the front door.

Hangman

I shouldn’t have kissed her, but I had to. I had to make sure she really felt nothing for me, that I was doing the right thing by letting her go. It hurt that she pushed me away as soon as my lips touched hers.

I pull into the compound and walk into the clubhouse. “Dirty!” I shout.

“Yeah, Pres, what’s up?” he walks out from behind the bar.

“I need you to get me all the information you can on the guy my daughter is marrying, and I want it now. I want to make sure the fucker is good enough for her,” I say.

“Got it, boss. Shouldn’t take me long, give me an hour.”

“Megan’s gone,” Rage tells me as he comes up next to me.

“Where?”

“She had a breakdown about Trevor being alive and said she needed to leave. I ain’t gonna beg or force her to stay, so I helped the bitch pack and sent her off. Who knows where she is.”

My guess is she probably went to Trevor.

“Heard the divorce was final.”

“Yeah, just showed Vicky the papers.”

“You gonna grab a bitch to celebrate with?” he smirks at me.

“No, got Dirty running a check on the guy that’s marrying my daughter. Soon as he’s done, we’re packing up and heading west,” I tell him gruffly.

“Want me to round people up?”

“Yeah, I want half the club to stay, the rest come with me.” He nods, and pulls his phone out, sending off a mass text.

“What about Scraper? You fixin’ that shit too?”

I shake my head. “The fucker wants to be part of the Fruit Loop club, he can stay there. This trip isn’t about that. I want to see my brother and meet my kid.”

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