Page 8 of Papa's Beloved

“Kelsi, hold on, I'll take you.”

“Come on. Let’s head to the garage. We can take one of the SUVs.”

We hurry out the back and to the new garage the Jackson brothers just finished. I make my way to the keyboard while the others head straight for the SUVS. I grab a set of keys and hurry over to them.

We all pile in and I hurry to Mercy General for the second time tonight. Kelsi’s brother, Bub, got in with some bad people.She’s been trying to convince him to let the Kings help him get out but has had no luck so far. I pull to a stop in front of the emergency entrance.

“Go with Kelsi. I’ll park and find you.”

Nay nods and gets out of the SUV with her best friend. Saber goes with them. Kelsi may be a doll, a fuck toy for some, but to us, she’s family. Just because they take care of the brothers and like sex, that doesn’t make them less of a person. Frankly, I’m tired of a double standard that says I can sleep with as many women as I want and I’m a stud, but my Nay is a whore because of the men she slept with. I’m not even talking about her former profession. It’s not like she had a choice. The men in her family saw to that.

I park the SUV and hurry inside. I don’t see them in the ER waiting area, so I give Saber a call. He tells me where they are and I hurry to the ICU unit. Saber is comforting Nay, and Kelsi is nowhere to be seen. She must be in the room with her brother. As soon as Nay sees me, she rushes into my arms. I wrap her up tight and drop a kiss on her head.

“How bad is it?”

“It’s bad.”

She gives me a laundry list of the kid’s injuries.

“Kelsi’s worried they’ll come back and try to finish the job,” Nay finishes before bursting into tears. It sounds like the kid is hanging on by a thread.

“I’ll take care of it. We’ll have church. Will you be alright here with the trips?”

She nods. I send off a quick text to the prospects before calling Gambit. He picks up on the fourth ring.

“This better be good,” he mumbles.

“I’m at the hospital with Kelsi, Bub’s in ICU.”

“Fuck. I’ll call church. Do you need me to send prospects?”

“Already on it. I have the triplets heading this way.”

He chuckles. “I don’t know what it is about this club and multiples. Between the prospects and the babies. We’re up to our eyeballs in twins and triplets.”

Besides the prospects, Boomer and his ol’ lady are expecting twins and Smoke’s ol’ lady is having triplets.

“We are at that,” I agree. “I’ll head to the compound as soon as they get here. Saber’s with me. He was with Kelsi when she got the call.”

“Poor Kelsi. I’ll talk to Stormy. I know she’ll rally the ladies,

and Kelsi won’t be alone.”

“Doc’ll need to talk to the board and let them know what’s going on so we don’t get kicked out. They’ve got a new doctor. He’s a real pain in the ass.”

“What’s his name?”

“Ethan Montgomery. I plan on giving his name to Wizard in the morning.”

“Now he has a head start. I’ll have him run the guy.”

“I’ll see you as soon as possible.”

“It’s going to be a long night. I’ll have Havoc and Mayhem make a food run.”

I hang up the phone and drop another kiss on Nay’s head.

“You know I’d rather be here, right?”

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