Looking back at Remedy, I say, “That means she hasn’t had drugs in her system for longer than six hours.She is going to start withdrawing soon.She’ll need help to keep the detox from killing her.”
“Who says she wants to get clean at this point?Why shouldn’t we just drop her on her ass at the edge of the marsh?”Terro rumbles, arms crossed over his chest.
Anger, like I’ve not felt in too fucking long, grips me.Surging to my feet, I spin on them, putting myself between them and her.
“I know I’m not walking out of this room a free woman.I have sins to pay for and I’m goddamn ready to finally pay for those fucking sins.What I will not do is watch the best men I've ever known treat this broken woman like trash just because you're fucking angry.When I ran like a fucking coward, Nova was barely fifteen.Think about that for a minute,” I growl.
Raider steps close to me, towering over me.“Just like Terro said.”He points at Nova.“She has not asked for help and at this rate neither of you has a goddamn right to ask us for anything.What is about to fucking happen is Blitz is going to march you to the cell.Terro, I want men in her room tearing it apart.Hermes needs her phone right the fuck now.Once I’m satisfied you haven’t tampered with anything in my clubhouse, we’ll talk.”
With every word, every threat, Raider confirms that no matter what I wanted or needed to believe to make it through the time here, I never meant anything to anyone.I roll my shoulders back because I will not allow any of these men to see me break.
Blitz steps up to my side, gently grabbing my arm, though I can feel him shaking with barely controlled emotions.“Let’s go.”
We step around Raider and slowly make our way towards the door.
“Oh, and Blitz, don’t pull any dumb bullshit.At this point, your patch is up for a fucking vote.The only thing that might save you is if you had no clue who the hell she was when you brought her in.”Raider’s tone holds no emotion.
“Understood, Prez,” Blitz agrees before pushing me out into the hallway.
When we make to the end of the hallway and step out into the great room, I find myself being grateful that the only people there are brothers.Blitz points us in the direction of the hallway that has the offices, only stopping at the last door on the right.Blitz types in a code, scans his ring finger, and then the door hisses open.
The room is sterile white.There is a bed attached to the wall on the right and a toilet and sink across from it.I step into the room without a word, wrapping my arms around my middle.
“Phone,” Blitz snaps from the door.
“It’s in my room.I don’t keep it on me when I’m at the clubhouse,” I decide to be honest.
“I’m going to have to pat you down to be sure you don’t have one on you.”The words seem to be ripped from him.
I open my arms wide so that he can pat me down.Blitz does it quickly before stepping away from me, and I drop my arms.As he makes it to the door, he stops, turning to look at me with such a look of devastation that it nearly brings me to my knees.
“When you called, did you know?”he finally asks me.
Tilt my head in confusion.“Did I know what?”
“That I was a King?”His question throws me.
“When I dialed that number, I had no idea if anyone would answer it.Six handed me that card literally ten minutes before NOS shot and killed him,” I state dryly, fighting the emotions talking about that night brings up.
“Six?”he questions.
Huffing, I stomp over to the bed, plopping down on it.“Six, or as you know him, Boston, was my husband, you know that.What you don’t know is that he was also Six, the president of the Lucifer's Knights.That is, until the night NOS turned his club against him and then killed him.”
“Fucking hell, Charlie, do you have any goddamn idea what this means not only for you but for me?Don’t fucking answer that.”Blitz storms out, slamming the door behind him.
Once the door is closed, I finally let the dam on my emotions crumble.I pull my knees up, wrapping my arms around my legs, and drop my forehead on my knees as I let the sobs wreck me.Years of pent-up heartbreak and devastation finally shatter me until I pass out from exhaustion.
Seven
Blitz
Slamming the door closed, I lean back on it, my heart no longer beating in my chest as it lays in pieces.I’m such a fucking dumbass.I knew she was hiding something.That there was more to the story, but I never once considered the fact that she was the Ol’ Lady to the previous president of the MC we’re about to go to war with.Peeling myself off the door, stand tall, ready for whatever is to come next because even though I want to rage and blame only her, it’s as much on me as it is her.
I never truly wanted to hear about how much she cared for my old friend Boston, or how she ended up the broken woman I found, because then I would have to live with the fact that I let her down.Is that completely fucked?Yes, and now it’s come to bite me in the ass.Raider calls for church as I get close to the end of the hallway.Making my way into the room, I stand at the back of the room, leaning against the wall.No fucking reason to take a seat when there is very little chance I’ll be walking out of this room with my patch still on my back.
Raider storms into the room, slamming the door shut.“Have all of you lost your goddamn minds?”
“I wouldn’t say we’ve lost something that we never truly had to begin with,” Remedy shrugs.
