Page 2 of Whip’s Wisdom

I look up at him, “I think we have said everything we’ve needed to say to each other last night. See you later, Whip.” As I call him by his road name, I notice he flinches.

After that interaction I did not talk to him the entire trip. Shit with Knox and I really took off in a way that we were not expecting. The spring break was really amazing and as time went by I really did not want to leave, that was going to be a whole wonderful conversation with my parents that they are not going to like. Plus a horrible conversation with my twin that I have never been away from in our entire 19 years of life.

The day to leave comes and I head to the common room with my hand in Knox’s hand and I look around for my sister and spot a head of thick dark brown hair with deep purple streaks. I squeeze Knox’s hand and nod to Parker.

“I’m going to go have a chat with Parker before I head to Uncle Gavin’s office to call my dad.”

He nods his head and bends to kiss me on the lips and heads over to the bar towards some of the other brothers.

“Hey Parks, what are you up to?”

“Just waiting to get ready to head out. Did you know Whip left two weeks ago?”

“No, I really wasn’t paying attention to what Whip was doing.” She looks at me with the look that she knows is bullshit.She knows everything about me and how I have been obsessed with Cooper Stone for pretty much my entire life, just like I know that Steven Montogomery is the man that she has been obsessed with her entire life. Both men are friends with our older brothers, Steven is 29 and one of our brother Luca’s best friends. Cooper is 27 and has been best friends with our older brother Tanner since they were little. It’s a complicated life young girls live with they have a shit ton of older brothers who all have hot as fuck friends.

“We both know that is a lie, Peyton. What happened between the two of you that made him leave? I’ve been watching you get all close to Knox over there. Is that the reason he left?”

“No Parker it isn’t. He told me that I’ve never meant anything more than a fuck to him, that the whole time we had been sleeping together he was fucking around with other whores, so that is that. He’s probably just pissed he had to be here and couldn’t be getting his dick sucked or wet from some of his favorite bitches back home.”

“Whatever, if that is what makes you sleep at night. So we have been here for a few weeks, are you ready to head home? Bummed you’re going to be leaving your new boytoy behind? I’m itching to go see mama and see how she is doing. Dad says everything is normal, but she still hasn’t woken up yet. So I can’t wait to get there to help dad and hopefully mama will wake up soon.”

I play with my fingers in my lap and take a deep breath then look up at my twin sister, “Actually, I’m going to stay. I’m going to call and talk to dad about it after I talk to you. I’ve already looked into transferring here. I signed up for all my classes and honestly, everything still stays right on track. I know things are rough with mama, but I have to finish school and dad told us before we left that we need to keep going about school and everything. I like it here and honestly, I feel like I need a change of scenery. I know that you’re not going to be thrilled with me, but I need this.”

She is fuming, the look on her face could kill me if she had that ability.

“Are you fucking serious, Peyton?” She whispers and yells at me to not alert the rest of the people in the common room of the clubhouse. “We both know why you don’t want to go home and it is because Cooper fucked up and made you feel like shit. That is selfish. You want to stay here where there is a piece of dick that actually wants to be in a relationship with you. I didn’t realize you were so fucking easy to persuade. I guess it is a good thing you want to be a fucking doctor right. You are being dumb, so fucking dumb. You just want to spread your legs for this Untamed Rebel because the Devil that you wanted shut you down. You also know how shit is at home and that is selfish as fuck! Our family needs us and you just want to stay here with some guy you just met. That’s ridiculous, Peyton. Boo fucking hoo that guy didn’t want you so you went and found another one. Good for you. Gosh Peyton I never realized you could be such a selfish bitch.”

I sat there in shock and I’m pretty sure I have tears coming out of my eyes. She has never talked to me like this ever. She doesn’t even wait for me to reply, she gets up and storms out of the clubhouse and I see Doc give me a look before he heads out after her. Figures. I bet something happened between the two of them or he did something fucking stupid while he was here that made her more upset than she should be. I don’ t move from my seat and what feels like an hour I feel someone come up behind me and sit down in the seat next to me. I feel a hand come up and turn my head towards him.

“Are you okay, Pey? That looked really intense. I can’t believe that was the reaction to you staying here.”

I bring my hand up and wipe the tears away from my eyes, “I’m fine. It’s fine. She is upset. She’ll get over it.”

“What did she say to you, Peyton?”

I looked up into his eyes and sighed, “She insinuated a lot of things. I am selfish, not thinking about how our family is in turmoil right now. She said I’m only staying for you and she didn’t realize how easy I was. That one guy was nice to me and I threw everything away to move here. She never even let me reply to that, never even let me tell her that I enjoyed being here not just because of you. I want to get to know this family I have here, I want to do something that is just for me. I want to be Peyton without being Parker and Peyton all the time. Everything she said was horrible. She’s never talked to me like that before.”

“Baby, I know the truth.” He says as he wipes tears from my eyes and bends his head down to kiss me. “You know the truth, your dad is going to know the truth and understand. She should have never said hurtful things to you. I think there is more going on with her than just you leaving, but hopefully she will understand eventually. It’s not like you guys can live together forever. I know this is probably sooner than she wants, but sometimes you just need a change. I understand that and I know the rest of your family will too. Let’s go call your dad with Grim.”

He stands up and puts his hand out for me to grab, I sigh and place my hand in his. With that we head to my Uncle Garrett’s office to use his computer to facetime my father and also include him in the conversation. I am hoping that my father takes everything better than Peyton did. All I know is that my life is going to change and I hope that my twin sister, my best friend will come around.

Chapter One

Peyton

Six Months Later

The talk with my father went really well and he was totally understanding about me needing to move forward and wanting to do the rest of my undergrad here in Devil’s Hollow, North Carolina. I think he was relieved to have one less child around to have to worry about anything that could happen to them at home with that psycho still on the loose. I have been taking a crazy amount of credits in hopes that I will be finished with my program early and it is looking like I could finish my undergrad in two years. Which is amazing. My mama finally woke up four months ago and Knox and I flew in to visit with her and make sure she was okay. Everything appeared fine after she woke up, so I was able to go back to North Carolina relieved that she was going to be okay.

I have been loving getting to know the family I have here and all the women are such badass bitches. The club here is run so differently than the club at home because women have a more involved role and they have a seat at the table, it is kind of like their own table to be honest. It is amazing to think about all that these women can do. I have loved getting to know Knox and his family. They have been truly welcoming and I have never felt like an outsider. I can truly say that in the time I have spent with Knox, I have fallen in love with him. I don’t understand how you can be in love with two people at once, but I am. I wish it weren’t true, but Cooper still is there in my heart. Knox and I have had more than one conversation about it and he understands and has said he is okay that there is another man in my heart. He feels like maybe this relationship has room for both of them. The man is crazy.

When I moved here I didn’t hear from Cooper for a couple of weeks, then all of the sudden he started trying to reach out. After that happened I decided the best thing for me was to block him. We are nothing and I don’t want to hear from him anymore. It did feel like ripping out part of my heart and soul, but I’m focusing on the here and the now. I don’t need a man who thinks that free pussy is the way to go. I need a man who is going to stand by me and let me stand by him. That is what I have found with Knox. Our relationship has been going really well and we just keep getting stronger, a couple of months ago he made me his ol’ lady. It has all been pretty amazing, I just haven’t been very open and honest with my family about everything. I will contact them when I need to, but things are really tense with Parker and I don’t like sharing things with my parents before her, but she’s still angry with me and has barely talked with me.

A couple of our friends back home Rose and Liza have been hooking up with some of Chaos and normally this would be something Parker and I would chat about, but she wants nothing to do with me. Liza has been with our brother, Cane, for a few months now and honestly I love that for both of them, I’m just hoping that he doesn’t do anything stupid to fuck it up. I think he’s still in the we aren’t that serious part, but from what Liza tells me he’s brought her to his home on the compound and not just his room at the clubhouse. He’s even met her kids, I think he’ll pretend for a while it’s nothing serious because he doesn’t want to make it seem like he’s settling down, when we all know he doesn’t do these things for other girls. Which like I said I’d love to talk to my sister about. Rose has been with Caleb, or as the brothers call him Rage. That one I am afraid will end badly, but she won’t hear any of it when I talk with her.

Another thing that I wish I could talk to my sister about is how I’ve been feeling off lately, not just emotionally, but physically. I’ve been really run down and nauseous. I decided that I wanted to talk to one of my siblings before I decided I should take my ass to the doctor. I’ve chalked a lot of it up to being stressed with school, but I don’t think I can do that anymore. I’ve gained some weight in the belly region and honestly it’s been a few months since my period. Which in my case isn’t weird, I have never been regular. So since Knox is out doing stuff at the mechanic shop the club owns and I don’t have any classes I decided I was going to call Sophie.

My phone rings two times before I hear it connect.