Page 98 of Brage & Dinah

Epilogue

Dinah pulled the littlecap down on Tyr's head. Brage concentrated on the conversation going on between Roar and Elling while mesmerized by Dinah's ass swinging back and forth as she swayed up and down the alley holding Peer's son.

"The agent questioned me about where we were three weeks ago. I told him we were out for a Sunday ride and returned to the club late. He asked what was happening here that night, and I told him it must've been a hell of a party because I don't remember who was here or what anyone was doing." Elling shoved his hands in his vest. "He kept asking questions, but I was done listening and walked to my motorcycle and rode off."

Roar's mouth hardened. "You're the second person who the agent has questioned."

"Next, he'll be following us anytime we ride past the gate." Brage shook his head. "We'll have to break off into more crews, take him on a goose chase."

"Agreed." Roar turned as the back door of the bar opened. "Keep me updated."

"Will do, Prez." Brage nodded at Lizzy as she joined Roar.

Elling walked off toward the group of men by the motorcycles. He strolled over to Dinah, interrupting her talking to the baby.

Tyr, at six months old, lifted his head and looked around at all the activities going on in the alley. He nuzzled Tyr's neck, growling to make him squirm, then kissed Dinah.

Despite her wearing an off-white lace dress that hit her mid-thigh and wearing high heels, she carried the baby as if the chance of getting spit on was no big deal. She'd taken a crash course in babysitting last month when Peer and Coco were both called in different directions and had asked her to watch Tyr.

"Nervous?" he asked.

Lizzy smiled at him. "Excited. I hope my mom gets here in time."

"We can wait until she arrives."

It was the first time Dinah, and her mom would get together after meeting for the first time the day Aldridge gave her the information about her parents. Since then, they called each other often and spent many hours asking each other questions.

There were times he overheard her explaining how it was growing up under the care of the Reed brothers, and he would've gone and killed them on the spot if they were still alive.

They might not have physically abused her, but they were master manipulators making Dinah believe that she was inadequate in all her attempts at spreading her wings. Just the damage they'd done falsifying her birth certificate and forcing her into school before she was mature enough, set her on a path to struggle academically and with other kids who were two years older than herself. It made her grow up faster than what was natural and made the hardships ten times worse.

"Do you see your daddy?" Dinah turned Tyr. "That's him acting silly over by the motorcycles."

Peer motioned in the air, talking to Viktor, appearing happier than he'd been in a while. He'd gone through hell searching for Kelli with no hint of where she could've gone. It looked like he was finally letting the need to find Tyr's mother go.

Tyr burped. Dinah laughed, rubbing his back.

"Bet he feels better now." Brage leaned against the wall.

"I hope so. Nita's supposed to watch him today, but she can't walk around with him when he's fussy with her knee hurting. I'll take him back inside and let Nita rock him to sleep. It's almost nap time." She stepped over to him. "I'll be right back, and we can get started."

Dinah kissed him. He patted her ass and gawked at the way she swayed in the heels. If it were him, he'd skip their plans today and take her upstairs. She could even keep those heels on.

"Gate's opening," shouted Dag.

He turned his head. An older blue SUV pulled in slowly. Squinting, he recognized Ann Gardiner in the driver's seat.

Pushing off the wall, he motioned for Dinah's mom to park near the back door of the bar. Following the vehicle, he opened her door when she shut off the engine.

"Dinah will be glad you made it." He stepped back.

"Not as glad as I am." Ann shifted and got out of the car, smoothing the front of her dress. "Thank you for inviting me."

"It was all Dinah."

She reached inside the vehicle and brought out a present. He shut the car door.

Ann glanced at him and nodded once. "I thank you all the same."

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