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Indy huffs, making me laugh. “Let’s get to the house. I need a cookie from my best girl.”

“That’s me,” Tinny says. That doesn’t shock me. It’s the way she’s staring at Skylar with anger that does that. “He’s going to be my daddy. Right, Bwaker?”

“Right, Tinny,” I murmur, kissing her cheek again. Indy gasps, and when I look at her, I see tears in her eyes. “Let’s get to the house. Lead the way, Cooper,” I tell him, clearing my throat. Skylar stares at all of us for a minute. Nods for a second andthen shocks me by coming over to Indy and hugging her. Indy is awkward for a minute before she returns the hug. “I’m sorry,” the girl says, before turning to me. “I’m sorry, Tinny. I’m very glad my brother has you. He’s wanted you and your mother for a long time.”

“That’s cause we’re a family,” Tinny says. My heart squeezes in my chest with her words.

I don’t know what’s about to happen, but I’m positive whatever does isn’t important.I have my girls and that’s all I need.

Chapter 23

Indy

“You really don’t remember anything?” Skylar asks Breaker.

We’re all in my kitchen, sitting at the table. Iva set up all the food. I was going to help her, but Breaker grabbed me and made me sit down beside him. He’s gripping my hand tightly, refusing to let go. Tinny is picking up on his nerves. Or maybe she has some of her own because she’s not leaving his side.

“Nothing. Joker looks a little familiar, but I can’t really call that a memory or say that I know him,” he answers, squeezing my hand.

“How do you know your road name then?” she continues to question.

“That’s on me. When I found him, he had on a black leather vest that I’ve seen members of other clubs wear. It had the name Breaker on it.”

“But we found his cut,” the man points out.

“I took it back and left it there. I didn’t want anything to be found that would link Breaker back to me or Tinny. A couple of members from the Feral Kings MC—the ones that shot Breaker—saw me before it happened. They knew who I was. I couldn’t take any chances.”

“You did take a chance. You stayed to try to save me and the other guy, knowing they might circle back and discover you. It was too dangerous. You should have let me die. Although now that I have you and Tinny, I’m really glad you didn’t.”

“I couldn’t leave you there, Breaker, and that was before I fell in love with you.”

That makes him grin, his body relaxing at once. “You love me, Doc?”

“Like you didn’t know,” I laugh.

“Well, I suspected, but it’s good to hear. I love you, too, you know?”

“That was pretty clear when you threatened your sister because of me. Sorry about that, Skylar,” I add, with a smile in his sister’s direction. I saw the pain on her face when Breaker yelled at her. It hurt me too, maybe because I know what it feels like when someone who is supposed to love you lashes out and hurts you instead.

“I deserved it. I just didn’t realize Mattie had lost his memory. Are you seeing a doctor?” she asks.

“Yeah, I’ve had a few appointments. He seems to think my memory will eventually come back. Everything checked out okay. They think I may have hit my head on the guardrail around the temporal lobe. There was some evidence of blood there, but it stopped bleeding on its own.

“That’s good,” she whispers.

“Did the bast—” I clear my throat to keep Joker from cursing and he winks at me. “Did those men shoot you like they did, Diego?”

“Yeah, but it was a through and through. Doc was able to patch me up.”

Skylar laughs, and we all look at her. “What’s so funny?” Cooper asks.

“That Mattie is calling Indy, Doc. He’s wanted to be like our father his whole life and it’s kind of funny that he calls Indy exactly what Dad calls Mom—especially when he can’t remember that fact.”

“He does?”

“Yeah. Mom’s a doctor that specializes in emergency medicine.”

“Wow. That sounds like a demanding job,” I murmur.

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