“Trigger!” I hear yelled when I walk outside. I see Stacey run towards me.
When I give her a questioning look, she smiles. “Can you help me out? I ordered something for Tyson, I mean Torch, but it will be too heavy for me to lift. Can you come with me?” she asks motioning to her SUV just in the parking lot.
I nod my head at her. Even if I’m exhausted and excited to get back to Sophie, I would be a dick if I said no.
I climb in the driver’s seat since I’ve heard about Stacey and her driving, and we head out to the mall.
We pick up Torch’s gift, and I drive her to their place. They have an acreage just outside of town. Stacey said that Torch was at the club, so we have time to drop it off without him coming home.
It doesn’t take long for me to unload the box. There are no markings on it so I can’t tell what it is, but it’s fucking heavy.
I sure hope that he likes whatever the fuck it is after all this hauling.
We get back in the vehicle to drive back to the clubhouse so that I can get my bike.
Stacey seems to be very proud of whatever she has planned for Torch, but I just want to fucking get back to my woman.
We get into the truck with Stacey going on about how she and Torch have their anniversary coming up. She hopes he likes what he got her. She’s really nervous about it.
I just nod my head to her words. She’s a fucking good woman for my brother and clearly loves him, but all I can think about is getting home to Sophie and losing myself in her.
I don’t see the vehicle coming until it’s too late.
Stacey screams when the truck is hit.
The next thing I know, the truck is rolling over in the ditch.
“Trigger!!!” I hear Stacey scream before everything goes black.
Sophie
I spent most of the day inside my uncle’s house baking. Aunt Sasha has stayed home with me so that we can bake.
I was scared to be by myself ever since Vince had made himself known. I know that I always have a club member with me, but I needed to be around more people. Aunt Sasha was more than happy to spend some time with me so that we could get to know each other.
I learned that she and Bear couldn’t have kids and were happy just helping take care of me; that is, until my mom took off on everyone when my dad died. Sasha told me that it was like she lost her own daughter right along with her best friend.
I am glad to be back in their life. Knowing that they tried to see how I was doing from time to time helped. It was unfortunate that my mom would always lie and tell them that I was fine. I don’t think I’ve ever been fine since my father passed away.
I’m betting that the only reason she still kept in contact with them was because they were sending money for me. Of course, I’ve never seen it, so I knew automatically that my mother just used it for herself.
Getting to know my aunt and uncle today has been amazing. They had told me stories about my dad and showed me more pictures. It was exactly what I needed. When I first came, I wasn’t exactly in the right frame of mind to be soaking all the information in.
The day passes faster than I’d like it to. I end up cooking supper for my uncle and auntie.
When the sky darkens, I start to get worried. Colton should have picked me up by now.
I look at my family and Uncle Bear grumbles, “I’m sure he’s fine and just running late at the shop.”
I give him a pleading look which causes him to roll his eyes and grab his phone.
I swear I don’t take my eyes off him when he tries to call Colton. When he frowns and pulls his phone away from his ear looking at it, I start to get worried.
Colton always has his phone on him. He keeps it in case something happens with the club. The only time he has not answered is when he’s making love to me, though I probably would have hurt him if he answered his phone while he was inside of me.
“Fuck!” my uncle shouts, taking me out of my thoughts and making my heart race. That doesn’t sound good.
“What is it?” I ask panicked.
“He left the shop with Stacey hours ago and they never came back,” he growls out pressing buttons on his phone and then placing it on his ear.
The tension in the room is rising.
I can feel myself shaking. There’s a bad feeling in my gut and I start to feel nauseous.
“Shit…” he hisses.
When my uncle hangs up the phone, I look at him waiting for him to tell me what’s going on.
I can’t read the look in his eyes, but I don’t like it one bit.
“Torch just pulled up at home when no one heard from Stacey or Trigger. She told him that she would let him know when it’s okay to come home. The SUV that Stacey drives was rolled over in the ditch,” he says regretfully.
I gasp and slap a hand over my mouth.
“Oh god please don’t tell me…” my aunt pleads to Uncle Bear.
He shakes his head. “We don’t know, hun… their bodies are gone,”
he says as I fall to the ground.
“It has to be Vince,” I say with my voice shaky.
I know it’s him, I can feel it.
My uncle growls, “Fuck!!”
As I break out in a sob.
