“You did this on purpose because you don’t like what Jonah is doing,” Big Dick said.“So, you’ve dragged me into this mess.”He gritted his teeth.“You fucker!”
“Do you want me to kick your ass?”
“My relationship with Larissa is already rocky at best.We’re living together, and I’m there for her, but we’re not close.Not like we were.I’ve got to build up trust, and you come here giving me this bombshell and expect me to, what?Not say anything?”
“Jonah doesn’t want her to get hurt.”
“Fuck Jonah.”He ran fingers through his hair because now he was agitated.This was a giant secret.There was a big difference between keeping club secrets that Larissa didn’t need to know, and this.This was part of her.
He couldn’t help but look into the house and watch as Harlow said something to make Larissa laugh.His woman put her hand on her stomach, and he had noticed her doing this more and more lately.Protecting their child.She did not even realize she was already an amazing mother.
“I’ll leave the decision to you,” Smokey said.
His Prez had gone back inside the house when he called him a prick.There were only two ways to do this.Tell Larissa what Smokey had told him and have Jonah pissed at him.Or lie to Larissa, and she would never get the chance to meet her mother.He didn’t know the history of Larissa’s mother.The woman was dying.
“You all right, big brother?”Harlow asked, coming outside.
“You need to get back inside before you get fucking cold,” he said.
“Do you want to tell me why you’re outside looking like you want to murder someone?”she asked.
He turned to look toward her.“Does it look that obvious?”he asked.
“Maybe not to everyone else, but to me, yeah, it kind of does.”
Did he want to murder anyone?Yeah, he wanted to kill Smokey and Jonah.
“I don’t want to kill anyone.”That wasn’t a lie.“Tell me, Harlow, would you rather know Mother, or wish you never knew her?”he asked.
Harlow frowned.“Is this supposed to be a trick question?”
“Come on.I just want to know.”
“Is there a point to it?”
“Yeah, and I’m not going to tell you,” he said.
“Would I rather know Mom, or not know her?”She sighed, and she also had a hand on her stomach.“I would rather know her,” Harlow said.“Don’t get me wrong, I know Mom is not perfect, but she is still my mother.We’ve talked a lot in the past few weeks.It has been good.I know it’s going to take a lot of work to fix this between us, but I’m willing to work on it, and I think she is as well.”
He nodded.“That is what I thought.”He moved toward her and kissed her cheek.“You’ve got to get inside.I don’t want you getting sick.”
“If there is ever anything you need, you tell me.”She put her hand on his arm, then stepped back into the cold.
He was more than happy to freeze his ass off, while he tried to think of what to do.What the fuck was he supposed to do?
In the end, he made his way inside and spent the last part of the housewarming party with the rest of the guys and girls.His mother and father also arrived, carrying a chicken casserole as well as a gorgeous-looking lamp.At least, he assumed it was gorgeous because Larissa loved it.He had come to realize she loved every single present, and was always thankful and grateful for what she got.He had known women in the past who were always judgey about what they were given.Larissa was like a breath of fresh air after being around so much toxicity.
They were cleaning away the mess, when Big Dick looked over at Larissa.
“Do you wish you had known your mom?”he asked.
Larissa frowned and looked up.“What?”
“If you had the chance, do you wish you had known your mother?”
“This is kind of odd.”She pursed her lips.“In all honesty, I don’t know how to answer that.”
“There’s something I’ve got to tell you,” he said.“It’s about your mother.”
