“No,” She looked up to me, the panic now back in her face, “Inkpop, are you sending me away? I’m not leaving without you. You have to come!”
“It’s okay, babe. I’m not sending you away. I’m coming too.” I smiled at her, and she visibly relaxed and walked back over to Mikki.
Sudden movement had my eyes shifting as I watched Vida run up onto the small porch and jump me. Her legs wrapping around my waist and her hands going into my hair, milliseconds before her lips crashed down on mine.
At first, my body balked at the intrusion to my personal space, but then a flood of memories assaulted me. I loved Vida; she was the woman I’d always wanted. She was my woman before I got taken. Our relationship was wild and full of passion. I could tell by how she kissed me that she was still that woman I had fallen in love with. I kissed her back, god, how I missed her.
She dropped down from around my waist, dragging her lips against mine one more time. “I can’t wait to get you home,” Vida smiled seductively before she turned and walked over to Mikki and Angel.
Slow footsteps.
My ears perked up, and I turned back toward the open door, Jazmine stared icily at me as she took another step backward.
Jazmine.
I closed my eyes and let my head fall back; she had just watched me kiss another woman.
“Prez, I need a few!” I called as I rushed into the house and slammed the door.
“Jazmine, hold on a minute.”
She turned toward me, seething mad. “No, I will not hold on a minute. I should have known. I guess you got what you needed from me; you can leave.” She gestured to the door.
“Stop that shit, you know it wasn’t like that! Fuck, you were the one who told me to find them! What the hell did you expect?” I yelled at her.
She punched me hard in the chest, “Don’t you fucking raise your voice at me. I expected a bit of fucking common decency. I expected, not be thrown aside like yesterday’s trash just because your old flame shows up. That’s what the hell I expected.”
“She’s not an old flame; I love her,” I said. I have loved Vida for as long as I could remember.
Jazmine squinted at me and walked up, getting closer to my face. “You love her? Did you love her when you were fucking me into oblivion? Did you love her when you were crying in my lap? Did you love her when you were holding me like you never wanted to let go?”
I backed up and looked at the woman whose life I had completely turned on its head. A woman who had trusted me just because of the look in my eyes.
“I have to go home. It’s what I’ve been fighting for. I didn’t mean to hurt…”
She threw her hand up, stopping me from continuing, “Save it Ink, go be with the woman you love. Get the hell out of here. Be safe.”
I turned, my body and soul feeling heavy. I felt like shit. “I’ll send some guys over here to make sure you’re okay until all my shit is resolved. My problems won’t mess with you.”
“Whatever.” She replied as she walked away from me and up the stairs out of my sight.
I closed the door and walked down to where the guys were. Ripper came up and gave me a key and a lid.
“Didn’t think you’d mind if I rode it to you.” He smiled and went to go to the car with Mikki, Lorelai, and Angel.
They had brought my bike. I hadn’t even recognized until I was right next to it. I smiled and jumped on the beautiful machine. I turned the engine over, and Vida came and jumped on behind me. Kissing me quickly on the cheek as she took my lid and put it on her head, just like old times.
One by one, we peeled off, the dust from our wheels clouding the air around Jazmine’s home. I laughed and pushed the bike faster. I was free. I was supposed to be, but there was still a large part of me locked down, I had a feeling the key to my binds was back with Jazmine.
Chapter 19
We made it back to the clubhouse in quick fashion. Everyone was still working and finding the connections we needed to make sure the Giles family was just a horrible memory for me. We would find them, and we would kill them no matter what.
That night though, a party was in full swing held in my honor. I was home, and it was a cause for celebration. Everyone came through, the club bunnies, the Spawns minus that crazy fuck Tex, a new club we were allies with called Eve’s Fury, our family was complete.
The music blared as the club bunnies did their best work on the portable stripper poles. Vida was dancing in the middle of the floor with a woman they called Bumblebee. It was very provocative, a little more so than what I would have liked for my woman, but she was having fun, so I let it be.
“What the fuck are you doing here without a drink brother!” Clean caught up to me and shoved a brew into my hand. He laughed and hugged me. “Oh, I bet you can’t wait to get Vida up to that room. It’s been long overdue!” He chuckled before his woman caught his attention, and he stumbled drunkenly over there.
“Yes! Get it, Vida!” A club bunny screamed, and I turned to see what Vida was doing. She was on the bar doing body shots off another woman’s
