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"I hope you're right."
"Haven't you heard, Dilemma?" I tuck a strand of hair behind her ear before tapping her on the nose. "I'm always right."
For the first time all night, she cracks a smile, letting me know that she's going to be just fine.
Chapter Eleven
Bronx
Bright and early thenext morning, I slip out to head to Garrett's, only to find Gemma's sisters in my driveway. I'm not sure how long they've been out here, but as soon as they see me, they break from their huddle. Leia Bayliss marches toward me, clearly ready to do battle.
"I want to see Gemma," she demands.
"Are you here to talk, or are you here to yell? Because if you're here to talk, she's upstairs. If you're here to yell, she isn't here."
Charlie, the sister closest in age to Gemma, grins. "I like him. He's spunky."
"We're not here to yell," Heidi says. "We just want to talk."
"She's upstairs. The door code is her birthday, backwards."
"You're just going to let us in?" Leia asks.
"We could be here to rob you," Charlie adds.
"Okay, well, maybe don't do that? It'd just piss me off. And Gemma will kick my ass if I have to call the police on you guys so let's try to keep the theft to a minimum. Deal?"
"We're not going to rob you." Heidi shoots a dirty look at Charlie. "Ignore her. She likes to cause trouble."
Charlie just grins at me.
I shake my head. If the stories are true, maybe she's the one they should be worried about. She's always causing some sort of chaos in town. It seems to come naturally for her.
"Just behave when you go up. If you upset her, that's going to piss me off too," I say, heading for my bike.
"Bronx, wait," Adalynn calls, the first thing she's said since I stepped outside.
I pause, turning to look at her.
"How is she?"
"She had a rough night."
"I mean lately. Is she okay?"
"She's good. Happy." I grimace. "At least she was." I twirl my finger around indicating the four of them. "This is breaking her heart. You might not realize it, but she believes she's alive today because of what you guys did for her when she was a baby. And she feels immense guilt that you guys were separated. She'd do anything for you, even sacrifice her own happiness. But she's been going through the motions for a long time. That ended the day she walked into the club."
"I didn't know that," Adalynn says, stricken.
"Now you do." I sigh. "Do with it what you will. Just…don't break her heart. Out of everyone I've ever met, she's the most deserving of happiness. Let her have that."
"You love her," Heidi whispers.
I meet her gaze, letting her see the truth. I don't deny it. Why would I? There will never come a day when I deny how I feel about the woman sleeping in my bed right now. "She's my world. It's as simple as that."
When I pull upin Garrett's driveway, Razor, Xavier, and Colter are already there. I guess the whole damn family is on red alert this morning. I'm not mad about it. I'm glad Gemma is surrounded by people who love her this much. She deserves that.
I'm less worried about how things here will go than I am about how things will go with her sisters. I know they love her and want the best for her. But I get the feeling her sisters are just as stubborn as she is. I also know just how often people in the kink community end up ostracized from their families. People fear what they don't understand.
