“Shit,” he continued. “What kind of father would I be if I hadn’t noticed how happy my daughter has been since you two met?”
“I don’t know what to say. I thought we’d kept everything on the DL.”
“You thought you’d kept me in the dark is what you mean?”
I shrugged. “Yeah, I guess so. I’m not really sure what to say here, because I’m not sorry for what I did, even if it means not getting my patch.”
“Why the fuck do you think I let you sneak around all this time with my daughter? Because I had a feeling you were the kind of guy that would be loyal to this club, but even more to my daughter.”
“How the hell could you have known that?” I asked.
“I didn’t know, but like I said, I had a feeling. Especially after seeing how happy Violet’s been. That’s not an easy thing to do, you know. Make her happy. Not because she’s difficult but because she holds the highest standards and expectations of the people closest to her. If you’re making her happy, that’s all I need to know about your relationship, and if you’ve passed Violet’s sniff test, that’s all I need to know to bring you into my club.”
“I...I don’t know what to say, Sundance. I’m kinda in shock, here.”
“That being said, don’t break her heart or I’ll let my boy kill you and bury your body in the desert,” Sundance said extending his hand.
“I won’t, sir.” I said, shaking it. “Besides, if Ididbreak Letti’s heart, I don’t think she’d give Orion the chance. She’d take me out herself.”
“See,” Sundance said with a grin. “I knew you were smarter than you looked. See you tomorrow at family night.”
I smiled, and walked out the door, hearing Sundance bellow as I left, “What the fuck? Fuckin’ checkmate? Goddammit!”
Violet
“Violet, we’ve got to go,” Aero bellowed down the hallway.
I let out a frustrated groan and leaned forward to get a closer look at myself in the mirror, plucking at a rogue eyebrow hair.
“Babe!”
“I’ll be ready when I’m fucking ready!” I growled.
“I really like your eyebrows where they are, beautiful. You keep plucking at them and you’ll end up looking like some nineties version of Rhianna.”
I scowled at him in the mirror. “Let me worry about my Rhianna eyebrows.”
