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I stood rooted to that spot on the dock, never taking my eyes off the murky water, praying for my woman to pop her head up, begging, pleading with God to grant me this one wish.
“Son,” I heard my father say, as he placed his hand on my shoulder. Shrugging him off, I refused to move. “It’s been hours. I’m so sorry, son.”
“She’s not dead.” I growled, daring him to say otherwise.
“Son, York needs you. It’s time to leave.”
“I’m not going anywhere.”
“Montana,” my father said, his voice firm. “She’s gone, son. The sooner you accept that, the faster you can heal.”
Turning to my dad, I grabbed him by his suit jacket and pleaded with him. “She got out. I know my Tess, dad. She’s a strong swimmer. She got out. She’s alive. You hear me! She can’t be dead!”
Grabbing me, my father wrapped his arms around me like I was a small child. Holding me tight, I held onto him for all I was worth as I cried. I couldn’t remember the last time I cried. I didn’t think I knew how to anymore. I couldn’t do this without her.
She was my everything. I needed her to be alive.
“Please,Dad. Please.”
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Tessa
I slowly woke from a fog to the sounds of a heart monitor beeping a steady rhythm as someone encouraged me. “That’s it, baby. Come on. Open your eyes for me.”
“Montana?” I moaned, then winced when I tried to move. My whole body ached. What the hell happened?
“Yeah, baby. It’s me. I need you to open your eyes for me.”
“I’m so tired.”
“I know, baby, and I promise I’ll let you sleep all you want, but please open your eyes for me.”
Moaning, I slowly opened my eyes as Montana’s face came into view. He smiled at me, then sighed.
Closing my eyes, I drifted back into the fog.
~
An angry voice pulled me from the mist as I heard him say, “I don’t give a fuck, Mercy. That motherfucker took a hit out on me and my family and my club. Hell, Malice is still in a goddamned coma. The fucking doctors don’t even know if Silver will ever wake up. Fury, Pippen and several others are still recuperating from their gunshot wounds. That’s not including the hits on the other families. That motherfucker knew where to hit and he hit hard. I don’t care what you have to do, but I want payback.”
“We do this we will start a bloody war, Prez.”
“We’re already at war. The moment that bastard started shooting, he declared war. He fucking knew what he was doing. Now it’s time I showed him what I can do.”
Slinking back, I let the mist surround me.
~
His voice penetrated the fog again. As I opened my eyes, I saw him near the door, talking with Kansas and two others that looked remarkably alike with him. They had to be his other brothers. The two I hadn’t met yet. “You sure you’re okay to travel?”
“Yeah. Doc cleared me this morning. Look Montana, I wanted to thank you for getting Kali out of the vehicle.”
Oh, thank God. She was alive.
I liked Kali, and I didn’t want to see her hurt.
“Don’t,” Montana replied. “I’m just happy that you and Kali are okay.”
