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Reese stood up. “Steph. You’re an adult. You’re pregnant. You have a busy life ahead of you. You have a child to raise now. No more being afraid.”
“What about you?” Steph asked.
“What?”
“You and Josie. Why are you afraid to be with her?”
Reese gritted his teeth. “Deflecting to me now?”
“No,” Steph said. “I’m being honest. You should have seen her face yesterday while you were gone. She doesn’t just care about you, Reese. She’s in love with you. She never stopped loving you. The whole time I’ve been living with her she’s never had anyone in her life. Because of you.”
“Tell you what,” Reese said. “I’ll handle my business. My personal business. But right now, we need to handle your business. Thanks for worrying about me.”
“You deserve to be happy, Reese. And I know you’re happy with Josie.”
There was a gentle knock at the door.
Reese opened it and the prospect came in with the coffees.
That’s when Josie opened her eyes. Reese hurried to crouch next to her, smiling.
“Morning, sweetheart,” he said.
“I smell coffee.”
“I forgot how easy it was to wake you up. Either coffee or sex, right?”
“Stop it,” Josie said, blushing.
Reese grinned and offered his hand and helped her to her feet.
They had coffee, which was the quietest part of the morning.
“You two get ready,” Reese said. “I’m going to round up the guys. We have to talk.”
“Right,” Josie said.
Steph didn’t say a word. She just looked down.
Reese went to the front of the clubhouse and surveyed the night’s damage. It wasn’t all that bad, surprisingly.
Ellis was curled up on a pool table, snoring. A few prospects were on the floor, heads turned to the side, semi-dried pools of vomit next to them. That’s where Reese started, a couple of swift kicks to the ass to wake them up. He ordered them to start cleaning. To wake up Ellis, he just rolled him off the pool table. Ellis screamed and popped up.
“What the fuck, bro?” he yelled.
“Get a beer and round up the guys. Meeting. Out here.”
“Out here?” Ellis asked.
“Yeah. Out here.”
As Ellis stumbled his way to the bar, Levi came from the back of the clubhouse, coffee mug in hand.
“Prez,” Reese said.
“VP,” Levi said.
“We need to talk. Out here. All of us.”
