I don’t know what happened but I know he hurt her. If it wasn’t for the fact, he loved my sister as much as he did, I’d have gutted him back then when I found out. Now I understand him. Hurting your woman is like a sucker punch to the gut. The pain doesn’t just automatically go away soon as the fist is pulled away. No, it takes a while to lose the ache it causes. Sometimes it leaves a bruise and you have to bear through the pain and hope they didn’t do any further damage.
Picking my shirt up off the floor, I pull it on over my head and grab my cut. I throw it on while sliding my feet into my boots. Standing to my feet, I turn around to look at my woman one more time. Finally, she’s mine in every way and I’ll make sure nothing takes her from me. Including this baby she’s carrying. Even if that means I’m on top of her for the entire time to keep her from doing anything that could cause complications.
Sure, I know she didn’t do anything wrong with the twins and whatnot, it was just she’s so small her body couldn’t handle the stress. This time will be different.
Bending at the waist, I brace myself with my hands pressed into the bed and press my lips to her soft ones. “Be back in a bit,” I murmur, though I know she didn’t hear me.
She’d fallen asleep nearly the minute I finished telling her I wanted her to stay in the room this evening while Fèlix was in the clubhouse. Just as a precaution.
Leaving the room, I make sure the door is locked so no one messes with her and head to the main room.
As I enter the room, I immediately spot my twins sitting in their highchairs while munching on something I’m sure Angelina cooked for them. All the ol’ ladies have a system and rotate weeks they want to cook meals. This week it’s been Angelina and we all have been treated with some fuckin’ damn good food. For a doctor, she knows how to make food delicious. The woman should have been a chef.
I make my way through the room to the table the twins were situated at with Ryder, Tyres, Lynch, and Fuse. My uncle lifts his head as I grab a chair and pull it up next to my kids.
“Everything good?” he asks.
“Yeah, everything’s good,” I confirm.
“Wanna explain what the fuck that shit was all about last night and then this morning you asking if Tiny was at our place?” he probes.
Sighing, I lean back in my chair and rub a hand down my face. “I fucked up last night. Royally.”
“How’d you do that?” Tyres asks, without looking up from the little girl he’s holding. He may be listening to the conversation but his attention is on Wren as he gives her a bottle. For a guy who fears turning into the people who brought him into the world, he’s a damn good dad to his little girl.
“Tiny told me she was pregnant last night after we got back from the zoo with the twins and I didn’t take it well. Said some shit I shouldn’t have, told her she was getting rid of it, and left her alone,” I mutter, not meeting anyone’s eyes.
“You did what?” Ryder snarls.
“I fucked up,” I murmur as I reach in my back pocket and pull the letter out she’d written me. I lift my gaze to meet theirs as I place it on the table. “I nearly lost my ol’ lady due to my shit, and if it wasn’t for the fact she was on foot when she left, I don’t know if she’d be here right now.”
“Tiny left you?” Lynch’s eyes widen at this news.
“Yeah, she left, after writing this letter to me explaining a lot of shit,” I mutter.
“What do you mean?” This time it’s Fuse who speaks up.
“Evidently when you looked into her background, brother, you didn’t get as much as we thought you did. For nearly a year before she ran away that fuckin’ father of hers had her injected with a drug that’s supposed to stay in her system for up to ten years.” Fuckin’ hell thinking about it makes me feel like a monster for having been a motherfucker to Tiny. “The drug they used was to counteract any contraceptive she took. I didn’t know any of this until I read her letter.”
“That’s some fucked up shit, Prez,” Lynch grumbles.
“You can say that again,” I mutter.
“So, she left last night and this morning you two are hitched?” Tyres questions.
“Yep, I wasn’t about to let my ol’ lady get away from me. After reading the letter she wrote, I went after her.”
“Why didn’t she come get the kids? She wouldn’t have left without them,” Ryder states.
“This is the even more fucked up part of it all. Tiny was gonna leave them though it broke her heart. She was leaving them with me because she knew she couldn’t protect them the way we can. Woman even stated she would make sure I got our new baby as well,” I sigh.
“What the fuck? So, she was just gonna abandon her kids?” Fuse sneers.
“No, she wasn’t abandoning them, brother. Tiny thinks her father is still looking for her and probably knows where she’s at. If that’s the case he’ll want her as she’s an asset to him and whatever the fuck he’s into,” I inform him, hoping he can read between the lines and know I want him to look into what the hell was going on.
Nodding, Fuse stands up from his chair. “I’ll see what I can find out and let you know before Fèlix gets here.”
“Thanks, Fuse,” I murmur, nodding in return.
As he leaves the table, I wait for my other brothers to say something.
River babbles something and
