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Chapter Thirty
Winnie situated Joeyin her arms and nudged his mouth with the nipple—not that her little man needed any help. He’d turned into quite the eater. She was so happy with the kids but she wasn’t looking forward to sharing with Bear about what they’d found out.
They’d shopped and then headed home. Having everything hanging over their heads had put a damper on their fun. More than half the drive was spent discussing the best way to notify the guys. She didn’t even appreciate the rolling hills between Medicine Lodge and Coldwater because she was petrified knowing about Gnat and his chief would set Bear back.
Bear had met weekly with the counselor they’d found. Bear’s was a different one than Winnie had gone to. Hers had specialized in grief but he’d recommended one of the members of his practice whose specialty was PTSD and anxiety over trauma. The first couple of times, she hadn’t thought it was helping because Bear’s nightmares had increased but then once he’d opened up more, she’d seen a difference.
With it being Sunday night, he’d only have a day until his appointment, though he had an emergency number he could call if he needed.
Bear walked in, leaned down, and kissed Joey’s forehead. His lips were close to hers as he stood up and he leaned in to brush a kiss across her lips, too. “Where’s the rest of our kiddos?”
“Beth and Jesse took them and the puppies all over to play in the garage. Jesse mentioned something about an obstacle course. I’m not really sure if it was for the puppies or the kids.”
He opened the refrigerator and grabbed a beer. “Do you want one?”
She shook her head. If she drank anything, she’d probably have it all come up again. She was nervous and a tad nauseous thinking about telling Bear.
The doorbell ringing had her pausing. A reprieve would be nice but she had to tell him.
“Guess we have company.” Bear led Rascal and Locks back into the room.
“What are you guys doing here? Just over to see the kids?” She tried to inject a hopeful note in her voice but her heart was pounding and it was so hot in the room.
Rascal grabbed an extra chair from the table and pulled it over in front of her. He motioned Bear to sit down. Locks grabbed a chair, joining the group.
“Well, spit it out, Winnie. Regina told us to come over and you’d explain about some adventure you and your sisters got into.”
Holding Joey was helping but she still felt off. Bear leaned over and put his hand on her thigh. “Sunbeam, you’re worrying me with your breathing. Whatever it is, we can get through it together.” He rubbed her thigh and she focused on breathing. She’d been worried about Bear and she still was, but she’d forgotten that with their family, she’d never be alone.
“I didn’t want to tell you because I’m worried dealing with it will bring up all the horrible things you’ve dealt with, but you need to know.”
Bear listened to Winnierecount what they’d really done when they were supposedly out shopping. He was fucking impressed with their plans and who knew the youngest sister would have the biggest balls of all of them?
He glanced over at his dad and Locks. Both were tense, ready to take him to the ground if he tried to head off half-cocked without a plan. What they didn’t realize was his sunbeam had finally gotten through the last quarter inch and pounded it into his brain that his analytical thinking was a blessing to his family. He was going to use everything at his disposal to figure out how and why their old chief was working with his mom and what their plan was.
He wanted to paddle Winnie’s ass and make sure she never put herself in danger again but that wasn’t who she was. She was a fierce, badass woman who would protect her family to her last breath. He was going to nurture that amazing quality, not stifle it.
Between Scoop and Sarah, they could find out why those two were spending time together and why Gnat was so confident they wouldn’t have the kids for long. Did Gnat or the chief have something to do with Cassidy’s death?
“Bear, are you okay?” Rascal questioned.
“I’m not okay in the fact that those two seem to be gunning for my kids but we’re going to gather information, figure out what their end game is, and thwart everything because these kids deserve the world. Sunbeam and I are going to give that to them. I don’t care if the MC has to call up the Texas chapter and any of our other allies but it will be a fucking frozen day in hell before she breathes the same air as my kids.”
