“Why didn’t you go to school, son?”
“As a matter of fact I did.” Rory scowled at her and continued before she could question him further. “Does it matter to you what the fuck I did or didn’t do, Mom? You left us for two fucking days.”
“Watch your fuckin’ tone, Rory,” Outlaw barked. “You ain’t talkin’ to your ma like that in front of me.”
“Why not? When she clearly deserves it. She deserted Dad, so he deserted us.”
“What?” Kendall gasped.
“Don’t act like you fucking care, Mom,” Rory spat. “You left us! Was it to fuck someone else?”
Outlaw growled and balled his fist, but Kendall’s halted him.
“No!” she cried. “No! Don’t hit him. Please.”
“Rory, I ain’t tellin’ you but once. Get the fuck outta this motherfuckin’ office beforeIfuck you up. Ain’t askin’ CJ to do it, like I did the last time. This ain’t a club matter. This about you disrespectin’ your ma because of motherfuckin’ Johnnie.”
“That’s my dad!”
“Who ain’t worth a motherfuckin’ thing. The only reason that motherfucker still breathin’ is cuz of your ma, you, and your brothers and sister, so I suggest you count your fuckin’ blessins.”
“Why’d she leave, Uncle Christopher? Her phone was off and everything. I tried to call her just to talk to her, but she didn’t care.”
“I did, Rory,” Kendall said helplessly.
“The fuck you did! You wouldn’t have tried to pretend we didn’t exist.”
Just as Kendall started to sob again, Outlaw snatched Rory off his feet and shook him so hard his head jerked back. Ignoring Kendall’s pleas, he carried Rory to the door, opened it and tossed him out. She just managed to see her son crumple to the floor before Outlaw slammed the door shut and turned to her.
“Who you want me to call, Kendall?”
Beaten and broken, Kendall shrugged. “Meggie.”
“She ain’t home. She took Rebel shopping in California.”
“I just want to go home,” Kendall said, sniffling.
“That ain’t safe, baby,” Outlaw told her.
“I-I’ll go to the club then.”
He studied her. “You wanna tell me what the fuck happened?”
“Johnnie,” she said quietly.
“When don’t that motherfucker happen?”
“And Charlotte,” Kendall added.
His look enigmatic, Outlaw didn’t answer.
Her lips trembled and she returned to the main reason she was so upset, even if Charlotte had set her off. “I didn’t know Johnnie was gone.”
“Neither me.”
Then no one knew where he went. “Rory blames me.”
“Rorya fuckin’ fuckhead,” Outlaw spat.
