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"A little celebration for the big winner tonight." My brother states with his smile and I leave Jax’s side embracing him with a hug.

"Dad would be so proud of you."

"Thank you, Koda." That brings tears to my eyes, damn it I miss him.

When I pull away from Koda, I turn and face my mother and I wait for it.

"I’m so proud of you Macie. That was a hell of a show."

I almost fall to the floor hearing those words come from her mouth, "Thank you, Mom."

She gives me her mom hug; I haven’t felt since I was a little girl. Like the actual mother daughter feeling, like I’ve finally been accepted by her, and I feel her love through the tightness in her hug.

As I pull away from her, my rounds begin through the rest of the guys. Then, we celebrate, enjoying food and some drinks, catching up, laughing, talking, how it was at home, without all the crazy, but we’re in our home now.

This is my home now.

Lisa

I watch Macie tonight, laugh like I haven’t seen her laugh in years.

Since she’s been gone, I learned of what Corey did, I’m so ashamed of myself. For my actions, how I treated my daughter, and most importantly how I left her to grieve her father’s loss on her own.

I was drowning in his loss myself. Literally drowning myself away in the bottle of liquor after losing Jack. I left my kids. Koda stepped up, he dealt with my bull shit, and kept an eye on Macie.

God knows what would have happened had Koda not been here. But it’s time for both my kids to live their life’s.

I am beyond proud of Macie, I know her father would be. I really wish she didn’t hide this from me, I would have accepted it a lot sooner, but I understand why she kept it from me, and her secrets.

I was a terrible mother. And all I can do is pray my daughter finds all the happiness she deserves without a single judgmental word coming from me.

I see her big picture, clear as day now.

Game Day - Part One

Jax

My house is full with the guys from our home team, passed out scattered through my fucking house; Fucking ass holes.

Also, there are three girls in my bed. Yeah, Macie took Bree and Keri to our room last night, and when I went to check on them they were asleep. So, I flipped Keri's ass to the other side of Macie and laid my ass down. I had to sleep somewhere, though it would have been a much better night doing something else with three girls in my bed, fuck.

It's game day for Koda, Sully, and I, hearing Koda stirring around, but Sully's ass I bet is still sleeping so, time to wake the fuck up Jax style.

I grab a water pitcher from the kitchen and fill it with cold water adding some ice cubes from the freezer before I take it up to Sully's room.

"You are going to piss him off before the day even starts." Koda laughs standing in the doorway to his room.

"Guess he shouldn't have partied so hard last night."

Koda laughs and follows me into Sully's room. And sure enough Sully is passed the fuck out, spread face down naked of fucking course, he never sleeps with clothes on.

I toss the ice water on him before Koda, and I lose control of our laughs as they roar from our throats. Sully springs from the bed with his roar, "Fuck!!! Did you put ice cubes in there?"

I laugh out loud, "Game day fucker, let's go!!!"

I tackle Sully's naked ass and he fights me back, a typical game day tussle, except I started it with a cold bath.

We finally get broke apart, but not before I shove him back down to the floor that we both stood from.

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