“And what happened to her?” she asks in concern.
“Now she’s engaged to Verek, one of our MC brothers.”
“Oh.” Her eyes widen, and she suddenly looks even more alarmed.
“Don’t look so worried. I’m not the marrying type,” I assure her with a grin. “Now come on, let’s get to work on ruining Bailey’s day.”
Chapter Fifteen
Madison
“I just can’t believe someone would do that,” Lily says after she hears my story about the night before.
“I couldn’t either, but it happened. These two were there.” I wave my hand at the two prospects, who are hard at work on addressing more postcards. They both look up long enough to tell their side of the story.
And stupidly, I keep looking out the front windows of the office, as if expecting to see Cannon come walking up. I won’t see him until later this afternoon, after the press conference, because he said he had Savage Kings business that included confronting Bailey while I was talking to the media. Basically, they would be a distraction while we get set up and started at the police station. I have no doubt that he’s still pulling strings there through the new police chief, who I also plan to call out today. I have nothing to hide about the scary incident, but those men sure as hell do.
“Do you think the media will actually show up today?” Lily asks.
“I know they will,” I tell her. “Because I’m going to give them a dramatic story that will make headlines.”
“And you really called 9-1-1, and they didn’t show up?”
“They didn’t show up. Cannon said they wouldn’t, and he was right. At the time, I was pissed and terrified, but now I plan to use it against them. What woman wants to live in a city where law enforcement refuses to show up when men break into her house and attack her?” I ask in outrage.
“You should definitely say that later today,” Lucas comments without pausing in his work. He seems much more alert today than Jake, who had to sleep in his car. I’ll make sure he gets relieved early tonight so that he can catch up on his sleep…
Which reminds me, do I really need Cannon and the prospects keeping an eye on me all day and night after the press conference? Cannon was right — Bailey would be a fool to try and send someone after me again once I go public with what he did. But that doesn’t mean he absolutely won’t. In fact, he could be so furious with me talking about it publicly that he decides he really wants me dead and out of his way. It’s a small chance, but it’s not one I want to bet my life on. And maybe I just feel safer having the guys around. Not to mention I could definitely use the free work on the campaign. After spending yesterday and last night together, it’s like we’re almost…friends.
I never would have thought that was possible after meeting Cannon the first day. Now, I’m glad he was so persistent, or I might have been hurt beyond repair last night. Possibly not killed but horribly assaulted by those two men in a way that I wouldn’t have been able to overcome.
“Do you think Cannon will let y’all go home after the press conference?” I can’t help but ask the prospects.
“No,” both of them answer simply.
“No?”
“Not a chance,” Jake mutters, not sounding all that happy about it. In fact, even Lucas notices and kicks him in the shin. “Ow! What?” he asks the other man.
“Would you rather be sitting in the clubhouse losing to me at cards for the next four weeks?”
“No, I guess not,” Jake responds. “Sorry, Madison. I’m just exhausted.”
“I know. I am too,” I tell him.
“I can’t wait until this is all over and Roman gets the business up and running again,” Jake remarks.
“Maybe I can help with that,” I say, and they both finally look up from the pile of address labels and postcards.
“What do you mean?”
“I may be able to put some pressure on the city and see if they’ll give the permits back. Although, I probably need to know all the details first, see a copy of the notices.”
“That would be awesome,” Lucas agrees.
“The least I can do since the Savage Kings are keeping me safe.”
Lucas chuckles as he gets back to work. “I don’t know about the others, but Cannon would take a bullet for you.”
“Yeah, he would,” Jake agrees with a smirk. “Which is hilarious since he won’t even take a number from any other woman.”
The two seem to be laughing at their own inside joke, but I can’t help but wonder if they’re right – that Cannon is going above and beyond what most men would do to keep me safe. That thought shouldn’t make me happy, but it does. It has me absolutely elated, which is not something I’m used to feeling.
Cannon
“Why didn’t you call and tell me all this last night?” Roman asks after I finish telling the entire table about the shit going down with Madison.
“Everything happened so fast,” I admit with a shrug. “My first priority was making sure Madison was okay and not shaken enough to drop out of the race because of that fat fuck. I didn’t think there was much you could do, so I didn’t bother you.”
“If someone attacks a woman in my town, I want to know about it,” Roman declares.
“Hopefully it won’t happen again; but if any assholes show up, I’ll make sure you’re the first person I call.”
“You think she’ll still need protection after the announcement?” Winston speaks up and asks, rubbing his closely trimmed black beard in thought.
“Fuck yeah she will,” Verek answers. “One of two things will happen — either Bailey will back down like a scared pussy, or he’ll come after her harder because she embarrassed him. That
