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Steph grabbedher stomach and leaned against the pool table. “What?”
“We were out on that run…”
“You killed him?” Josie asked.
“I did,” Hawk said. “I was protecting the VP. If I didn’t shoot him, he would have shot Reese.”
“Shooting?” Steph asked. “Ohmygod… I’m going to throw up.”
Steph started to run.
Josie hesitated for a split second. She looked at Reese and frowned.
The life never ended. Just when you thought there was a small clearing of hope or happiness, something went wrong.
Josie caught up to Steph and led her back to Reese’s room. She went right into the bathroom and made it to the sink before getting sick. Josie stood there, rubbing her back.
“It’s okay.”
“It’s not fucking okay,” Steph yelled. “The father of my baby is dead. Killed by the people that are supposed to care about me.”
“They didn’t know.”
“Fuck them,” Steph cried.
Josie reached for a towel and wet the edge of it and gave it to Steph so she could wipe her mouth.
Josie didn’t know what else to say. Seconds were ticking away, and she knew that Steph was waiting for her to say something important. But this was the truth. The whole biker life. This was it. You never knew when something was going to go wrong. When someone was going to get shot. Get killed.
“What am I going to do?” Steph asked, tears running down her cheeks.
Josie helped her out of the bathroom and to the bed. “First thing, we’re going home. We don’t need to be here anymore.”
“They’re going to hurt me.”
“Who?”
“Someone. I know it. The guys here are mad because I got pregnant by another group or whatever. And what about the other group? What if they know about me? Or they find out?”
“They won’t,” Josie said. “Okay? Nobody is going to know a thing.”
“What do I tell my daughter? Huh? That her father… what? He was a biker that got killed because of a guy who is basically her uncle?”
Josie lowered her head and shut her eyes. “I know. I get it.”
“No, you don’t.”
“Yes, I do,” Josie snapped. “I understand this life more than you ever will. Dammit, Steph. You did this to yourself! And now look where we’re at. I finally start to fall in love with Reese again and look at this. This is the life. Be thankful…” Josie closed her mouth.
“Be thankful of what?”
“Maybe be thankful that your daughter will never know her father,” Josie said. “She’ll never know of what he’s done or the life he lived. Because there’s no changing this life. It’s going to hurt for her to grow up without a father… but she won’t be without love. And you can always find someone who can be a father to her. Give her a life she deserves. And you. Without looking over your shoulder that someone is going to come after you or the baby.”
Steph swallowed hard. “Josie…”
Josie stood up. “No. I need a minute. Just stay here.”
