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“She’s our little biker princess, and she knows it,” Joni said.
“Now we rage,” Brooklyn said. “And by rage, I mean I’ll drink a mocktail, have some food, and pass out at seven thirty.”
“Don’t tempt me with a good time,” Joni said, laughing.
Brooklyn sighed. “Come on, let’s get to the clubhouse. Brielle and Jazz took care of everything and I want to see their splendor. They wouldn’t let me help.”
I met Bones in the sanctuary where he was talking to Smoke and Logan. When he saw me out of the corner of his eye, he reached his hand out to me. I slid into the spot next to him, and he wrapped his arm around me and tugged me close.
Logan’s gaze darted between me and Bones and settled on me with a smile.
“We’ll see you at the clubhouse,” Bones said, slapping Smoke on the back.
Bones kept his arm around me and we began to walk toward the exit. When we were in the parking lot, he said, “Have I told you you’re beautiful today?”
“Twice.”
“Well, I’m saying it again.” He slid his hand up to my neck and touched the pearl necklace. His promise from yesterday had been simmering in the back of my mind the entire day.
My dark hair was down and in big waves. The dress I’d worn was burgundy, with a full skirt, a lace bodice and open back. My heels were four inches tall, though they didn’t do much to put me on an even playing field with Bones.
A dark-haired boy who looked on the verge of entering his teenage years loosened his necktie. He held Lily’s hand as they walked with Darcy to her car. “Mom, can I ride with Silas?”
“That’s fine with us, Cam,” Mia said.
Darcy ruffled her son’s hair. “Go for it.”
“Mom,” the boy whined, trying to fix his hair that his mother had messed up.
“Mom,” Darcy parroted in the same tone, but she grinned.
“Cam no!” Lily yelled, squeezing his hand tighter and not letting go. “I want you to stay with me!”
“I’ll see you in a few minutes,” he promised. “We’re all going to the same place.”
“No! You can’t leave me!” She let go of his hand, but then launched herself at her older brother, wrapping her arms around him like an octopus and refusing to let go.
Cam looked at his mother.
“Your choice,” Darcy said to her son.
Lily whimpered.
“Okay, I’ll ride with you, Lil,” Cam relented. “Don’t cry. I’m right here. I’m not going anywhere.”
“Keys, please,” Bones asked me quietly. “I’ll drive so you don’t have to drive in heels.”
I fished my car keys out of my clutch and handed them to him. He unlocked the car and then opened the passenger door for me.
When the doors were closed, I said, “Wow. That was about so much more than Cam riding with Silas, wasn’t it?”
“Yeah.” He sighed. “Losing their father has been rough on the kids—especially Lily. She’s got major separation issues now. Not really surprising, but even though she’s seeing a kiddie shrink once a week it’s not getting any better.”
“And Darcy?” I asked as Bones started the car. “What about the brawl she almost got into two nights ago?”
“The Old Ladies are gonna stage an intervention.”
“An intervention? I know you said she’s been hitting the booze hard since the death of her husband… Is she a full-blown alcoholic then?”
