I had to find a way to fix this before it landed on Alex’s, Shae’s or even Tierney’s heads. I had to.
TEN
Three Weeks Later
Shae
The sound of the clubhouse starting to get busy woke me from my slumber. I reached over, but Dempsey’s side was cold to the touch. My eyes shot open and I looked up and around me to see if he was in the bathroom.
Nothing.
I pulled myself up and got dressed, pulling my cut on and sweeping my hair up into a braid before I stepped outside and went looking for him. It wasn’t like him to wake up before me, nor was it like him to leave without a text or note. I saw the bar was busy with club members all lounging around or starting the party night already. Iwas finally cleared for work again, and I couldn’t fucking wait to get back to the shop.
“Where’s Demps?” I asked Maree who was behind the bar.
She looked around as if she wasn’t sure and shrugged. “No idea, sugar. He must already be out and about. You could ask Bear.”
I nodded and headed out to see where Bear was. He usually hung out close by Orla’s ink shop near the garage in the compound, never far from her. I liked that. He was such a miserable prick half the time and yet when it came to that blast of wild energy, he was a puppy dog.
Opening the door, I saw Orla was already deep in a massive tattoo on Viper’s leg. Bear sat by the back wall, reading the paper. I motioned for him to follow me out and he did without hesitation. Orla didn’t even look up. She loved her artwork.
“What’s up?” Bear asked once we were outside. He immediately pulled a cigarette out from his pack and lit up.
“Did you send Dempsey out? He hasn’t left me a message.”
“He on a leash or something?” Bear asked me. His expression was blank, and much like always, I never knew how to take him. He was a man of very little words.Usually I liked that, but not when I needed to find shit out.
“No…he just usually tells me what’s up.”
He sighed. “Tierney called him for help with something earlier. He took off to go and help her with a package or something. He’ll be back later.”
I nodded and let out the breath I didn’t realise I was holding. “Right, I guess I’m just still getting my bearings since my injury.”
Bear kept his eyes on me, the smoke enveloping his face as he breathed out. How the hell didn’t he choke on the smoke?
“What are your plans now that the shit with Demps is done?”
I shrugged. “We haven’t discussed it yet.”
“I have an idea, but I’d rather discuss it with you both. We’ll have drinks tonight, yeah?”
I nodded. “Sure. I might head to the shop if you don’t need me around here. Keep myself busy. If he comes back, tell him to meet me there.”
“You got it.”
I moved off toward my bike, pulling my key out of my pocket and jumping on. Kicking my stand up, I took off toward the town centre where our shop was. I wonderedwhat our future looked like. All I knew was wherever Dempsey went, I would follow.
There was no way in hell he was going to leave again.
He wasn’t allowed.
I realised as I pulled in to the shop that I’d left my phone at the clubhouse. Fuck. Pulling back into the traffic, I tore down the roads toward the clubhouse. I could probably get away with not having it, but knowing my luck, they’d try and get in touch with me and I couldn’t answer. I pulled in and ran down to the clubhouse. Bear was sitting at one of the booths with Hawk and Savage when I ran back in.
Bear’s eyebrows furrowed in response.
“Forgot my phone.”
I heard jeering from the boys as I headed back into the room I was sharing with Dempsey. Grabbing my phone, I saw a missed call from Tierney about twenty minutes ago. Weird.
