Page 70 of Breaker

His face reddens. "Let me guess, you're picking her up from the airport?"

I clear my throat. "Actually, I'll be flying out to her and traveling back in her car."

Some brothers curse while the old timers, who have known the truth about Kennedy, nod in respect to me.

Doc stands angrily. "Does your old lady know about your infatuation with Kennedy?" I suck my lip ring in my mouth, trying not to laugh. "You always wanted her, didn't you? That's why you're not willing to help me? That's why you fucking hit me, a brother…."

I laugh, I can't help it. Sniper grips Doc's arm before he can swing at me, and I state loudly, "What I'm about to say does not leave this fucking room. Do I make myself clear?" I look around the table, the brothers all looking at me confused, and I make eye contact with Doc. "Lola only knows because Ken had enough of her shitty behavior, my old lady knows because, well, she's, my woman, and Tech knows because he's Tech, he knows all."

Doc furrows his brows as Bull, Snake's dad, states, "We old brothers know as well."

And I nod. "They also know."

Snake speaks up, "We promise not to mention anything outside of this room, including to our women. What don't we know, brother?"

I nod before sighing. "Fuck, she may kill me for this…. Kennedy is my blood cousin."

Doc sits down in shock, the men all looking at me with their mouths open, and I continue.

"My dad," I look at Crow, "my birth dad…." He smiles. I look at the brothers, whose eyes have softened. "…and Kennedy's momma are siblings." Their eyes now widen. "When dad chose the club and momma, his parents, who were extremely Christian, disowned him, and so did his sister. My grandparents have seen the error of their ways, just too late. They know Ken and I want nothing to do with them out of respect of my dad, but have set up trust funds for each of us. Neither of us have touched the money, though I did encourage Ken to spend hers to move out of her momma’s. Still, the girl is stubborn and knows as soon as Cora finds out about the money, she'll demand it."

Sniper cuts in, "Why the secrecy?"

I sigh, running a hand through my hair. "Her momma hates the club; she'd stuck by her parent's beliefs. When Dad died, she said it was karma. Brothers, Ken's life growing up was hard on her. It's why she spent most of her time here at the club, staying in my room. Her momma is a bitch and a whore, while her father is an abusive drunk. When she was a kid, my father made sure she got to know us, and Ken always knew not to tell her momma. Dad also wanted her to know she had a family that loved her."

I make eye contact with Doc. "Ken is my cousin, Lucas. You hurt her, so I fucking hurt you. That is how it goes. Her feelings come before yours. Yes, I understand why you did what you did, but you still hurt her. I'm going to put her first. Yes, I will help you as I promised, but she has asked for a few days to settle back in. She's not stupid, she knows you're going to go full force, and I've tried to get in her head about you and your love for her, but you made her the other woman. You lied to her. You have a fucking lot of groveling to do, and you need to tell her why you chose the oath you did. There is shit you don't understand, Lucas, shit I refuse to tell you because it's not my place, and my loyalty is with Kennedy, my cousin by blood, my sister, my heart. Plus, I have better things to deal with than your hurt over not knowing when she's coming home. You need to understand—Noah, Quinn, me, we're her reason to come back here, but you need to work on being the reason she stays."

He swallows hard, and I sigh, admitting, "I leave in a week; I'll give you her new address after she has settled. That's all you're getting."

He bites his lip and rasps, "I'm sorry, brother, and you can hit me again, I'll take it."

I nod with a chuckle as Smokey asks, "What other shit do you have to deal with? Well, except for Kennedy's momma, but you have us brothers to help you with that bitch." He tilts his head, and I start to sweat because my woman is going to kill me. I don't regret it, I’m only frustrated that she won't speak to me for a while. Smoke continues, "You have a beautiful son who has started to thrive again despite his trauma, a woman who loves you and said son enough to jump in front of a bullet for you both, and your blood cousin who—honestly, we all thought you had a thing for—is coming home…. What did you do, brother?"

I suck my lip ring into my mouth as the brothers all look at me with furrowed brows.

Crow sits forward, asking, "Son, I know that look; it's the same one you gave me and your dad after crashing his bike. What the fuck did you do?"

Fuck, he had to bring that up….

I clear my throat. "I uh, well, you see…."

Sniper swears. "Aw fuck, brother, what have you done."

I swallow hard and admit, "I…fuck, I didn't want to lose her again, so I-I….”

Bull blurts, "Spit it out, brother."

Shit.

"I swapped her birth control pills for vitamins a few months ago, and, if my calculations are right, she's roughly five weeks pregnant and doesn’t know."

The brothers all look at me in shock, and I nod. Because as happy as I am that she's carrying my baby, she's going to kill me, and my balls are going to be very fucking blue.

Tats blinks before rasping, "Fuck. It's like a full circle. A bitch traps you, and you decide to trap your old lady."

I wince because, yeah, that sounds bad.

Doc clears his throat. "Yeah, brother, you're fucked. Never mind your old lady killing you, just wait until she tells Ken."

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