Page 23 of Walker

She rolled her eyes. “Everyone knew you were cheating on your wife already anyway. It was Poppy who needed to be clued in.”

“Yeah, because for some fucking reason you thought I’d jump straight from my ex-wife to your bed.” I laughed. “Never. That would never happen. I fucked every bitch who came in and out of this club except you. You would think that would clue your ass in on a few things, but no. You’re still hanging around here trying to pick up scraps these assholes toss you while waiting on me to ‘come around’ to your way of thinking. Never gonna happen.” I glanced around the common area and noticed Quickshot sitting in the back. He was paying close attention to the scene too.

“I don’t know who keeps bringing her around, but she ain’t wanted here,” I called out to my VP.

He stood and moved out of the shadows so that Tanya could see who addressed her. “You heard my brother. You ain’t wanted here. Get your ass gone and don’t let me see you at the clubhouse again.”

“What do you mean? I’ve been coming around for years. You can’t just stop me.”

“I’m the fucking VP of this club, woman. Icanstop you. This ismyclub. You ain’t patched. You damn sure aren’t anyone’s old lady, kin, or even a club whore. So, what the fuck are you even doing here?”

“I’ve been involved with the club since Chief and Walker prospected here. How can you say all that time means nothing?”

“It means you’ve been wasting your time pining after someone who don’t want you. You might have been welcome back when you were Poppy’s friend, but that’s about it. After that, I don’t know who brought you around. I do know a club brother just questioned why you’re here because you are harassing the man. So, now I have to question who keeps letting you in here.” Quickshot glanced around. “This ain’t a party night. It’s not a family day. It’s the middle of the fucking day on Friday, so what the fuck are you doing here and who let you in?”

“That’s my bad,” One of our prospects spoke up. “She’s always here, so I thought she was one of the club girls.”

“What?” Tanya hissed at him.

The kid shrugged. “Seen you with a few different brothers. You get passed around, and you’re here all the time, if it quacks like a duck…”

“Get gone, Tanya. You are not wanted here.” I turned my back on her after that, but I could still see the reflection of everyone behind me in the mirror.

“Prospect, escort her out and make sure the others know she is not welcome back. Take a picture of her and circulate that shit with the other prospects to be sure everyone knows exactly who we’re talking about. Make sure all the members, their women, and the club girls and hang arounds get that memo too. I don’t want to see that bitch back in this clubhouse for any reason.” Quickshot turned and walked back to his spot in the corner.

“Is his woman with yours?” I asked quietly. Spike shook his head.

“Let’s take a walk,” Spike insisted. We both took off outside and headed up the mountain behind the clubhouse.

“What the fuck is going on? Seems most of the men who have a woman in that club are miserable right now.”

“Yeah, Steel’s fine. He’s blissed out with JoJo like they’re still on their honeymoon. Fucking fourteen years together, you’d think he’d be tired of her by now. Nope. They rebuild bikes together, raise their kids, and go home to fuck like the happily married couple they are.”

“You don’t sound the least bit jealous,” I taunted.

“Damn right I am. That’s the life I wanted. Everything has been strained with Tash and me. From the pregnancy she didn’t really want to go through with, to the marriage she reluctantly agreed to, and the kid who takes up so much of our time. Then my surprise teenage son got added to the mix and thwarted my wife’s attempt to divorce me. It has been one thing after another.”

“I never would have known Tash didn’t want to have Diesel.”

“Nah. She was pretty adamant about it in the beginning. I had to beg her to change her mind. She’s a great mom, though. Won’t take that from her, but she went into everything very reluctantly. She could have taken over as Prez of their MC if it wasn’t for the time demands our kid puts on her.”

“Take over as Prez?” My attention snapped back to him instead of paying attention to my surroundings.

“Listen, you didn’t hear this shit from me, but the women’s club is restless right now. They’re… Well, they’re talking about overthrowing leadership and everything. Quickshot is at the clubhouse because he’s torn between his woman and his life-long best friend he has in Jamie. Plus, anything that happens to Jamie comes down the other side because you know Sweet will have his woman’s back. Quick is trapped because I’m fairly certain they’re wanting to replace Angel Girl with Keys as their Prez.”

“Well, fuck. No wonder I’ve been that bitch’s favorite whipping boy.”

“Not for nothing, but the other day when we were there when you came out of that little meeting, Tash went in to lay it all out for them. Sweet needed to know what the fuck was really going on because his woman isn’t keeping it real with him.”

“What the hell is going on with her? She used to be mostly level-headed.”

“Yeah, she’s having a hard time with some bullshit. I don’t know the details and don’t want to. Obviously, she isn’t doing great at keeping things compartmentalized.”

“Sounds like a problem I’ve been having with our own Prez.”

“I have it on good authority that he has now seen the error of his ways. He was taking everything that Jamie said at face value because she’s been reliable until recently.”

I scoffed at that. “Never known that bitch to be reliable.”

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