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“She’ll definitely need a counselor and will need to have doctor’s appointments set up for her hand and to make sure she’s healin’ from the surgery she needed to remove her spleen. We’re hopeful she won’t get any kind of infection from the surgery since she hasn’t already shown signs of one,” Cage answers as Vault writes things down on the paper and I have one question only on my mind.

“Where the fuck is he, Cage? Where is the stupid fuck who thought he could get away with puttin’ his hands on Alana and get away with it?” I question him, my voice hard and low as my body trembles with the rage filling me.

“We don’t know where he is, Ghost. He disappeared before Alana even called me and we haven’t been able to find him since then. There’s no way in fuck he has money because the twatwaffle has never worked since he’s been with my daughter. He’s used her money and car to cheat on her and make sure she couldn’t leave him. Alana’s given us the names she has of the women he typically goes to when they have one of their breaks and we’ve checked in with all of them. They supposedly haven’t seen him,” Cage informs us and I can hear the pain in his voice as he realizes he can’t protect his daughter the way he needs to in this situation.

“When you get your hands on him, I wanna be there, Cage. Ineedto be there. He put his hands on my woman and has beaten her down for a year. I could see the pain in her eyes when she was here for the weddin’ and I said nothin’ about it. I wanted to get to know her as she is now and take my time with her. Geek feels the same way. Whatever happens between the two of us will be at Alana’s pace and she’s in charge of everythin’,” I assure Cage after making it known that I will be there for her and want to get my hands on the stupid fuck who attacked her because he’s a fucking pussy.

“You’ll be my first call, Ghost. If everyone here agrees, we’ll bring him to you so you don’t have to leave Alana. I don’t want my girl alone again, Ghost. I believe that you and Geek are all in. So, you need to prove it to her because she’s gonna need to know it’s not just about sex. I don’t honestly know how she’ll be mentally and emotionally by the time she gets to you. The only reason I’m thinkin’ she’s headin’ to see her brother and sisters because that’s what she needs to recover and start to get back to who she is. Alana hasn’t ever figured out who she is as a person and that’s somethin’ else we’re just learnin’ about our girl,” Cage says, his voice breaking once again because there’s more damage that’s been done to Alana than what anyone realized over the years.

“Do you want one of us to meet her at the Fallen Brethren clubhouse? Make sure she gets there okay and she has what she wants. Especially when Jameson learns the truth of what has been goin’ on in her life. You know he’s gonna be all up in her business. Jameson will try to figure out every little fuckin’ thing that’s wrong with her. He’ll beat her down until she doesn’t have a choice but to give in to his demands about what’s been goin’ on in her life,” I ask Cage because I know how Jameson can be when it comes to his family. Especially his sisters.

“I’ll talk to her about it but it’s up to Alana. This is her life and it’s time she lives it on her terms,” Cage responds, before letting us know he’ll give us an update soon and hanging up the phone.

Vault and I don’t say a word. He takes his seat once more and I get back to work finishing up his tattoo. I’m lost in my thoughts about Alana and what she’s been going through over the last year of her life. We’ve all heard bits and pieces of Skylar’s story over the years and what she suffered through at the hands of an ex before she met Cage and Joker. It’s not a good story and it’s one that Skylar had to overcome with the help of her men and the Wild Kings MC. Now, Geek and I need to be there for Alana in any capacity. We’ll be her rock and strength when she needs us.

“You gonna let Geek know what’s goin’ on?” Vault asks me as I finish up his tattoo.

“Yeah. I got no choice but to let him know. Anythin’ that concerns Alana concerns both of us. Cage might have called me, but he knows I’ll let my best friend know what’s goin’ on. We can’t do this if only one of us knows. We’ve already had the talk about how things were gonna go between the three of us. Communication is the most important aspect of our relationship and it needs to happen from the very beginnin’,” I state my mind clear and focused on Alana and what Geek and I want when it comes to her.

“Good. Want to see you go into this with a clear head. We all love Alana and don’t want to see this shit bite any of you in the ass. I’ll tell you right now, you won’t have everyone at your back if you choose to fuck this girl over. She’s too loved and cherished among everyone here,” Vault states the truth of Alana and what she means to everyone who’s grown up around her.

“Not gonna fuck her over, Vault. She’s the one for us and we’ll do everythin’ in our power to make sure she knows it every single day for the rest of her life,” I tell him as we make our way to the front of the shop where Vault tries once again to pay for his tattoo.

No one from the club ever pays for their work. This is a club owned business and Vault always tries to figure out a way to pay for the work he has done. All the guys do. Even the women try to pay on the rare occasions they come in to have something done. None of them will ever understand I won’t take their money because we’re family and this shit is all of ours. Vault leaves the shop once again after shaking his head when Beckett won’t take money from him. Now, I need to figure out how the hell to tell my best friend that our girl was attacked and that we have no clue how she’s gonna handle the year of abuse she’s just been through.

Chapter Two

Geek

LEARNING ALANA WASattacked in her apartment in Clifton Falls was a punch to the fucking gut. Over the years I’ve had a crush on her and that crush slowly morphed into so much more as we got older and realized that Alana is the only woman Ghost and I will ever want to have in our lives as something more than a random fuck to find our release. None of those women will ever compare to Alana and there’s no way in fuck we’re about to push her away or do anything that will ever jeopardize her being in our lives. Ghost gave me every single detail about his conversation with Cage and that we have his blessing to be with his daughter. That he knows we’re all in when it comes to Alana and that we’ll give her whatever the hell she needs from us. Every single word he said to Cage is something I can get behind because it’s how I truly feel when it comes to the girl we’ve both been in love with for as long as we can remember.

After working with Valor half the day on a job installing equipment for some new business a few towns over, I’m finally back at the clubhouse. Ghost is sitting at a table in the back where he usually sits all alone. No one ever sits there because everyone knows it’s his table. I don’t hesitate to make my way over to him and take a seat as I pull out a chair and take a seat with my best friend.

“How was work?” Ghost asks me, a smirk on his face because it was his day off today.

“Same as always. Valor and I installed more equipment for a bunch of assholes who don’t realize what the fuck they truly want. Thought they could give us orders about what’s needed and what we had to do. Valor shut that shit down really quick, but it doesn’t change the fact that these assholes are gonna be a pain movin’ forward. What did you do today?” I ask him, accepting the beer one of our Prospects brings over to me.

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