Ghost chuckles beside me. “Do you need anything, Babydoll?”
Deciding to grow a pair, I look into his eyes. “A coffee would be nice if you have any.” I don't want to be a bother, as he's done so much for me already, but I need something to help me wake up. That, and I'm trying to get the image of my dream out of my head.
He looks at me, and I mean, really looks at me. He slowly lifts his hand and pushes a piece of hair behind my ear. “Anything for you, Scarlett.”
I truly think he means that. I watch as he walks away into the kitchen. Needing to move my sore muscles, I follow him at a much slower pace into the kitchen. He turns around, hearing me come in.
“Hey, I would have brought it to you.” He adds the cream and sugar just the way I like it and places it in front of me.
I take a seat gingerly at the island, my body screaming at me, and take a sip, sighing in bliss. “Thank you. It's perfect. It's okay. I needed to walk to work out my sore body.”
He gets a dark look in his eyes at the mention of how sore I am. Before he can say anything, there is a sharp knock at the door, making me jump at the unexpected sound. My heart beats wildly in my chest, thinking that my dad finally found me. Which is crazy because there is no way he could get onto the compound without someone seeing him.
Ghost places his hand on my arm, making me flinch slightly. “Hey you're safe, babydoll. It's just the girls bringing you some stuff.”
My heart rate slowly goes back to normal. “Sorry, I'm just a little jumpy.” I lower my head in embarrassment. A knot forms in my stomach thinking the worst, but I should know better. Ghost would never hurt me. But old habits and all that.
He lifts my chin so I'm looking at him. “You have no need to be sorry. With what your piece of shit father has done to you over theyears, it's understandable.” With that, he walks away and opens the door. I stand up, following him.
Savannah and Hailey come through the door loaded down with lots of bags, making my eyes bulge as a prospect comes in behind them carrying the rest. They deposit the bags in the living room.
“What did you guys do — rob the mall?” Ghost laughs as he takes some of the bags from them.
“We bought her only the essentials.” Savannah says as she starts organizing the bags.
Wow, if that's only the essentials, I don't want to see how they really shop. I don’t even remember the last time I went to the mall. Hailey walks over to me and pulls me into a light hug. She has such a beautiful soul, but I’ve seen firsthand what happens when you piss her off. She definitely knows how to hold her own, and that’s why she makes the perfect ole’ lady to Blade, the president of the MC. “How are you feeling?”
“I'm definitely feeling it today.” She pulls back and looks at me with anger in her eyes for what happened to me, and I'm so grateful for all the people in my life.
“Don't worry, the guys will find them and make them pay. Nothing is going to happen to you. You are family, and we take care of our own.”
I nod my head as my throat clogs with all the emotions I'm feeling right now. “Thank you, Hailey.”
Savannah walks over and pulls me into a hug. “You're one of us. Love you, girl.”
My eyes close, and I let a tear slip from my eye, unable to hold it in anymore. “Love you guys too.” I pull back, wipe the tears, and laugh.
“Now let's show you the stuff we’ve got for you. I know the main goal was to get you essentials until you are healed enough to goshopping, but we might have gone a little overboard.” Savannah says with a smile on her face.
My eyes widened at all the bags lying on every surface. “Wow, all that's for me?” I don't think I've ever had someone buy me something before. I don't know what I've done to deserve this.
Hailey stands beside me and grabs my hand, giving it a squeeze. “You deserve this and more. This is what we do for our family. If you don’t like something, no worries; we can always exchange it for you. We are gonna go to let you get some rest, but before we do, we have something for you.”
Savannah walks to one of the bags and hands something to Hailey without letting me see. She pulls a box out of the bag and turns around. I gasp seeing the box. The picture on it shows a brand new laptop and a drawing tablet. My hands fly to my mouth in shock because this is so unexpected.
She smiles at me. “I know yours was stolen, and we wanted to do something for you. We all chipped in and got you the best. We may have had Crow help us with which one to get. This way you can get back to doing what you love.”
She places the boxes in my hands, and I let the tears fall, unable to keep them in. “Omg I don't even know what to say. Thank you so much.” My passion is drawing, and I've loved it since I was a kid. When my dad sold my old laptop, it had everything on it. I cried because I had just lost everything. And now, with this generous gift, I can finally get it back.
“I don't know how I will ever repay you guys.” My voice breaks as more tears fall. Ghost walks over and takes the boxes from my hands as I wrap my arms around the girls, so grateful.
“Repay us by getting better. When you're feeling better, we will get together and have a girls’ day.” Hailey says, making me smile.
They pull back, and Savannah gets a wicked smirk on her face, wiggling her eyebrows. “I want the juicy gossip about you and Ghost later.”
My face goes ten different shades of red as they laugh and walk out the door. I take a chance and look over at Ghost, and I know he had to have heard them as he's sporting a wicked smirk on his face right now. I do believe Sav did that on purpose. I turn around and look at everything in the living room before going towards one of the many bags. I take a look inside. Brand new clothes, all in my size, toiletries, and every accessory you could think of. They even bought a sketchbook and pencils.
I wipe the tears that don’t seem to want to stop falling. My heart could literally burst with all the happiness I feel right now. “I don’t even know what to say. I don’t even remember the last time someone bought me something, but all this I truly feel blessed with all of you in my life.”
