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I get her voicemail once again and kick the rock I was toying with. “Fuck!”
“Still not answering?” my VP asks from behind me.
“Nah. Tried calling her five times.”
“Sasha’s not answering either.”
“I left lunch with her right before I rushed here.”
He nods, worry twisting his whole face. I know it’s not his daughter that Reaper’s worrying about, but rather one of his best friends.
Reaper may be a little bit younger than my dad, Tank, and Horse, but that doesn’t mean the four of them aren’t as close as real brothers.
On his way home to eat lunch with Maggie, Horse got into an accident. He’s currently in surgery to relieve some sort of internal bleeding. The rest of the club family is in the waiting room, waiting for news about our brother. Trigger took Pebbles home after she had a small panic attack being in the hospital again, and Lilah isn’t answering her phone. They are the only ones missing.
“I’m going to head over there. I don’t like that she isn’t answering,” I admit.
Reaper nods, sliding his palms over his cheeks. “She’s probably in the middle of decorating a cake. She gets into a trance, and the whole world escapes her.”
“I’ll bring her when she’s ready.”
I turn to head toward the parking lot before Reaper’s deep voice calling my name stops me. “Be careful, brother.”
“Always,” I call back.
“Not just because my daughter will be with you either, kid. Be careful.”
I nod with a wave.
The roughly thirty-minute drive from the city back to Desert Rose only takes me fifteen minutes as I fly down the highway. I don’t even bother parking in the parking lot at the other end of the plaza and instead stop my bike along the street in front of the bakery.
I let out a breath as soon as I enter the kitchen through the back. Lilah’s eyes whip up to mine from her place on the other side of the counter as she draws intricate flowers on a large cake.
“Ringer, what’re you doing here? I thought you were going back to the shop?”
Lilah puts the frosting bag down on the counter, and if I wasn’t so worked up from the emotions of the day, I’d eat up the fact that she strolls right up to me, greeting me with a kiss and a smile.
Wrapping my hands on both sides of her face, I press a kiss to her forehead, holding her against me and breathing in her intoxicating scent.
I’m thankful that she works her arms around my waist so I can hold her when I give her the news.
“There was an accident, babe.”
Lilah pushes back from me, meeting my eyes. “What do you mean?”
“Horse got into an accident, and everyone’s at the hospital.”
Lilah’s brows furrow, and she stammers over her words. Pushing the rest of the way away from me, she scurries around her kitchen.
“Why didn’t anyone call me!” she yells tearfully.
“I called you seven times, Lile.”
“What? No, you didn’t!” she accuses.
I don’t fight her as I realize how startled she is. We all are. I make my way around her kitchen with her, looking around for her phone.
“Your dad called Sasha too, and she wasn’t answering either.”
