“What the fuck is going on here?” one officer demands. I recognize him from when I use to live here. The badge on his uniform reads, Turner.
Both parties are silent, they just keep staring each other down. Kane and Havoc both shake off the officers holding them back from the Vipers and try to come over to us. More police have shown up and block their path.
“Why don’t you ask Hector and his clowns?” Kane remarks, pushing past the officers in his way.
Kane stops in front of me checking me over from head to toe before wrapping his arms around my waist pull me in to him. My arms immediately go around his neck and I nuzzle my face in his chest. There’s talking in the background and orders commanded, but I can’t hear anything outside of our bubble right at this moment.
“You okay, Wildcat?”
“Yeah, he didn’t hurt me.”
“What in the hell is going on over here!” We hear someone yell and I hear Kane grunt. “I want every one of those thugs arrested and I want it done now. Today’s supposed to be about the children and this happens. Get this trash out of here, Turner!”
The voice sounds familiar, but I’m blocked by Kane’s large body. I peer around and finally see who it is and the audience with them.
It’s my stepdad, Mayor Dennis Burns, and right beside him is my mother with a few of her snobby friends along with Sutton’s father. We’ve drawn quite the crowd now.
The officers jump at his command and start placing handcuffs on both MCs. As one approaches Kane, I step out of his grasp to block them.
“You aren’t arresting him or anyone from his MC,” I demand in a firm tone to the young officer approaching us.
“Ma’am, please step aside and let me do my job.”
“I don’t think so. They didn’t do anything wrong,” I argue.
“Ma’am, if you don’t step aside this moment, I’ll have to place you under arrest for obstruction,” he tells me but his voice is breaking. He’s nervous as he should be.
I’m about to retort a smartass remark but get interrupted.
“Raegan? Raegan, what are you doing over there? Let these men do their jobs and arrest these criminals,” my mother screeches as she stands right next to Dennis, who’s smirking. When he sees me over by Kane, though, his face changes.
“Kane and his guys just saved me from these lunatics. They wouldn’t leave Sutton and me alone. Thank god they stepped in and to helped us.” I try to play the damsel in destress act.
There is a bit of shock running through my mother’s face, but she recovers quickly.
“Raegan, step back and let the police do their jobs, honey,” Dennis lectures and then nods to the officer.
“You can’t do this, they were helping us,” I plea.
“Babe, it’s okay. We’ll sort this out,” Kane calmly tries to assure me.
I’m shaking my head and block the officer again as Kane places his hands on my hips nudging me to move over. The officer tries one more time and I still refuse to budge.
This isn’t right.
The officer lets out a deep breath, “Okay, ma’am.” He grabs for my wrists to turn me around to cuff my hands, but all hell breaks loose.
I hear both Mom and Dennis shouting at him to let me go. Then a flash of Kane’s fist moves over my shoulder connecting with, I’m assuming, the poor officer’s face yelling, “Don’t you dare touch her.” All of a sudden Kane and I are both on our stomachs in the dirt looking at each other. He has a knee in is back as two officers are cuffing his hands.
“Turner, have you lost your fucking mind? Get those idiots off of my daughter right this minute!” Dennis yells, and I’m quickly released and standing upright again.
Sutton runs over and engulfs me with her arms. Mom is right beside her checking to see if I’m okay while rubbing my back. I shrug off her touch rejecting her affection.
“Honey, are you hurt?” I hear the concern in her voice.
“I’m fine.”
“Honey, let these men do their jobs, please. You have no idea who you’re dealing with right now.”
