“Aye. The one that you caught in the dressing room?”
“Yes. Him. He showed up tonight and started to threaten me. But Francesco heard him and had him escorted out.”
“And that’s why Noah’s going to be with you?”
“Yeah. I’m sorry. I know this sucks.”
“Don’t be sorry. I’m pissed because no one talks to you like that. Especially some arsehole who cheated on you.”
I walk over and hold her. Fuck this arsehole whoever he is. If he comes near my woman again, I’ll fucking show him what I think of him.
CHAPTER SIX
Callum
We head over to the Cimaruta clubhouse to meet with the Lake Renegade council and the Cimaruta council. Here in Lake Renegade, we have a council made up of seven men. Enea, Leonardo and Antonio Mancini are part of the Chicago Mafia. Giacomo Bastianini is the president of the Cimaruta MC. Then there’s Zeus Athanasiou and Panagiotis Nikolaidis, they’re the heads of their shifter families. The seventh council member is Elio Salvadori, he’s the head of the Southside Mafia. The Mancini family are the founders of Lake Renegade. As the years have gone on, they’ve brought in the other families.
By ten a.m. sharp, everyone’s sitting down to talk. Francesco explains what happened last night. And tells everyone his concerns about Zachary.
“I also want to do a more in-depth background check on him. First off, he lied about Celestino telling him to come down to the club. And then he threatened Moira,” Francesco says to everyone.
“We did a check on him before we hired him,” Celestino says as he pulls out a packet of papers.
“I remember he’s from Ohio, single mom. And if I remember correctly, I didn’t really like him. There was something about him that just rubbed me the wrong way,” Isabella says to us.
“I want to look into him again. Maybe we can find something in the two years that he’s been gone.”
“Agreed. And Noah will stay with Moira until we’re sure that he’s not going to come around anymore. If he comes near you, Callum, you’ll need to let us know too. You never know what these guys will do,” Giacomo says.
As everyone gets up, Francesco comes over to me.
“So we haven’t found any information about your father or Cillian’s yet. And it’s actually making me a little mad.” He chuckles.
“Do you think it’s because he’s dead?”
“Well, if he was dead, I think we’d find something about it. But I’m wondering if he gave your mam a fake name. I know he was with her for a couple of years. But we’ve all heard stories of men living fake lives. And I have a strong feeling about that with him.”
“That’s not something I’d even thought of. What the fuck is wrong with people?” I frown.
“There’s lots wrong with people. So you’re still sure you want to know who he is?”
“Aye. I need to, now. I think my mam deserves to know too.”
Francesco nods. “I’ll keep you posted on what I find. Because I will find something.”
“Thank you for this. I used to wonder more about him when I was younger. And then when I was in high school, I just felt sad for my mam. If he played her back then? I want to confront him. Because he’s a shitbag. I mean, no matter what his excuse is, he’s an arsehole.”
“Oh I agree. I’ll never understand men who do that. And I could be wrong. It’s just a feeling I’m getting because we’re not finding anything with the name he gave your mam.”
After talking with Francesco, I go and find Moira. She always makes me feel calm and right now, that’s what I need. This thing with my faither is making me crazy. Why would you have a child with a woman and lie to her?
Moira
It’s been two weeks since Zachary came to the club. But I don’t think that he’s given up. I feel like I’m being watched, and sometimes I think I see him at school. It’s really starting to scare me. Noah doesn’t leave my side when we’re at school, but he’s also not allowed into my classes with me. I’ve told both of them how I feel and what I’ve seen. The good thing is that my girls are all in school too. So we’re together all the time. I’ve also been asked to move onto the property. Callum made sure that I moved in with him. I told him it’s kind of early for that and he just ignored me. He said that if it made me feel better, I could stay in one of the other rooms, but I would be in the same house with him. Of course, I’m not staying in a separate room. And living with Callum is so easy. It’s like we’ve been doing it forever.
I know this thing with his father is making him mad. I wish I knew how to help him. He says that my being here is helping him. I really hope so, because I’d hate to see him or his mom hurt. I hated my parents. But at least I knew who they were. My situation was hard enough, but seeing what Callum’s going through? I think that’s worse.
Sitting in class today, I can’t concentrate and I don’t know why. It’s been a long fucking day. I just want to be at home. Iscan the room and my eyes land on the one person that I’ve been worried about seeing. Zachary. I don’t know how he got past Noah, but somehow he did.
