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He studied her closely before finally conceding. “Fine. Three weeks. If I don’t like what I’m seeing, you’re moving in.”
When he immediately shifted his attention to me, I knew he was done negotiating with her, and I had a feeling he was just appeasing her. Bear wanted her to move in with him, and it was unlikely he’d stop pushing her until she just gave in. I’d seen him do this to her before but never without reason. Becs has a wild streak, and I think he knew if he didn’t keep her close, she had the potential to follow those impulses too far.
I knew all too much about that.
“If I’m called out for any reason, I need you to be able to take her to work and pick her up.”
“This is ridiculous. I can drive myself,” she complained.
“Don’t push me, Becs. I gave in on more than I wanted to already,” Bear said. “The Widows need to see you with one of us so they get the message you’re untouchable.”
“Don’t you think you’re assuming a lot right now? They haven’t even—” She began but was immediately cut off.
“Stop.” He leaned his forearms on the bar top. “They will do whatever it takes to get to us, me especially, and until we figure out the best way to shut them down, I’m not taking any chances that something happens to you or that baby.”
Her shoulders deflated when he continued speaking. “I need to know you’re safe. Lost everyone else. I’m not losing you.”
“I know,” she replied quietly.
He stood straight and pointed his finger at her. “No partying.”
She slapped his finger down, and her eyebrows pulled together. “Don’t point at me. And stop lecturing me. I’m five months pregnant. I’m not partying. How stupid do you think I am?”
“I don’t think you’re stupid.” Bear defended himself, but I was barely listening. I was still stuck on the announcement that she was already five months along. I hadn’t known that, but it made more sense to me now why he was being so overprotective. She would be showing soon, which meant everyone would know, including the Widows.
“You wouldn’t be the only one if you did,” she remarked, glancing at me quickly before facing him again. “We done?”
What the hell was that about? I didn’t have a minute to even think about it before she stood and gestured toward the hallway. “I’m going to use the computer in your office. Just find me when you’re done.”
We both watched her walk toward the hallway before I heard Bear speak quietly. “This isn’t going to work.”
“Why not?”
Bear ran his hand over his beard. “She isn’t gonna listen. She never fucking does.”
I didn’t believe that, and sometimes I thought Bear underestimated her. “She knows how serious the Widows threat is.”
His eyebrows lifted. “She tell you that?”
“Not in so many words,” I admitted. “But that was the impression I got.”
“I hope you’re right.” He crossed his arms over his chest. “She’s strong willed. Likes to do shit on her own. Always has. But she can’t do all of this on her own.”
“You mean the baby?”
He nodded slightly. “Her apartment is only one bedroom. Even if this shit wasn’t going down with the Widows, she’d need a bigger place.”
“How many bedrooms you got?” I’d been to his townhouse, but never upstairs.
“Three.” He glanced one more time at the empty hallway and continued speaking. “She’s moving in to my place in three weeks, sooner if I can make that happen. Until then, I’m asking you to be on call if I need you.”
I nodded. “So you’re not waiting to see how it goes like you told her.”
He snorted. “Not a fucking chance. This is the Widows. We already know how this is going to end.”
I had the impression he felt this could end the way so many stand-offs between clubs do. Bloody. “You got a plan?”
“Working on one,” he admitted, not surprised he was telling me. As an officer in the club, I was privy to everything. Bear appointed me Road Captain a couple of years ago and since then I’d sat through hundreds of meetings. “Don’t know enough yet, but as soon as I do, I plan to meet with you guys and then move her.”
