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“I couldn’t just sit back a watch you fuck everything up, Nyx. You don’t know it but I’ve been looking out for you since you were born and our mama left a twelve-year-old kid in charge of his baby brother while she went out earning money to feed us.”
Shit this guy really must be high.
“What the fuck you talking about?” I step back out towards him.
“When she died, I was too young to take care of you, and I couldn’t go into the system, Nyx, not when I knew what had happened to her. I had to find the guy who killed her, so I ran before they could find me.”
I slump down on the chair and pull my hand over my face while I try to take in what he’s saying.
“I never stopped watching out for you. I tracked you down a few times in those shitty foster homes they put you in. I felt bad as hell about it. Then I lost track of you until I showed up here a few years ago on a run and found you prospecting. Hell Nyx, I don’t know how the fuck it happened but we’ve somehow ended up on the same path.”
I try to piece everything together in my head, looking back to the first time I’d seen the patch, the rider who visited my foster home. I’ve spent all this time looking for a Father, not a Brother
“You were the guy that came to that home all those years ago, you threatened Bill and Toby”
“You knew about that?” Brax looks back at me surprised.
“It ain't a coincidence that I came here. I came looking for you. I saw you that day… not your face, but the cut. I thought you were my dad.”
“Well looks like you found me, kid, and I’m sorry to disappoint ya.”
“Wait, you said something about our mom, what happened to her?” These are the answers I’ve been searching my whole life for.
“Look, we can talk about this another time, Nyx. Right now, we need to figure out how to get you out of this shit. And if it helps… I’m sorry, okay?” His attempt at an apology looks like it cost him some fucking pride, but it’s gonna take a lot more than that to make up for what Ella has had to endure. “I guess I didn’t realize what the consequences would be when I was trying to save your fuckin’ life.”
“Jesus.” I look up at the stars and shake my head. A kid, a fuckin’ brother, the threat of an impending death. How many more surprises can land on me today?
“I hear you got a meeting with Prez in the morning,” Brax looks at me focused.
“Yeah,” I nod, taking the cigarette that he offers out to me.
“I’ll have a truck ready for you, the girl, and the kid in case that shit goes south. I have enough cash to see you through for a while, and if you can manage to stay low for a few days. I can try and sort you out something more permanent.”
“You can’t betray the club, you know what the consequences are,” I remind him.
“I may be a part of this club, Nyx, but I’ve always made my own rules,” he tells me, before taking a sharp inhale on his own smoke. “I’ll admit it, I fucked up. I was trying to protect you and this is on me. Get back to your girl and your kid, and know that I got your back if that's what it comes to.”
I nod at him before I head back inside the cabin. I can’t deal with all the questions in my head right now, and I like the idea of having a plan in place if shit goes wrong tomorrow.
I head to the bathroom and take a quick shower before returning back to my room. I don’t know what I’m gonna do about the judge, but if my conversation with Brax has taught me anything it’s that I got to think things through better before I act on ‘em. I got no space in my life for mistakes now. No more being reckless.
Ella is fast asleep with our little boy beside her when I step inside, and it physically hurts me when I think about what could have happened to them. Brother or no brother I can’t see that I’ll ever forgive Brax for what he did.
Maddy is sitting watching them from the chair, chewing on her nails with a real worried look on her face.
“What?” I ask her, wondering how much more I can take tonight.
“How much did you know about the judge, Nyx?” she asks me nervously, grabbing my arm and quickly ushering me out of the room.
“I knew he hurt her tonight. That he hit her and I doubt it was for the first time. That’s why I’m so mad at myself I should have been there…”
“Nyx, if I tell you something you got to promise me that you won’t react straight away.”
“Jesus, Mads, what is it?” I look up. There can’t be more, not tonight.
“Promise me,” she insists.
“I promise,” I shrug, telling her whatever she needs to hear so she’ll spit out what she’s holding back from me.
