Page 36 of Griz's Edge

“I’ll get Chelsea, and we’ll go over and grab what she needs,” Lucky states.

“Appreciate it.”

“See ya back at the clubhouse in a bit,” Blow states, tapping the hood of the truck as he backs away.

“Yeah.” Starting around the truck, I look to Sniper, “Think you can go by the diner? Ask Deloris for Marley’s usual and two of the specials for the day.” I figure since we’re not gonna have dinner at her place, I could get her something I know she’ll enjoy.

“No problem,” Sniper agrees.

I nod to the others as they start to the bikes. Getting in behind the wheel, I start the truck and put it in reverse.

“Someone blew my car up,” Marley murmurs quietly. I’m sure she’s probably talking to herself, but still, I heard her.

“We’ll find out who did it, sweets.” Reaching over the console, I grab her hand and bring it back to my lap. “Blow is going to take a look over it after they get it towed. He’s got an eyefor finding shit. So does Nines. They’ll probably call in Calyx to take a look at it as well.”

I could see Nines calling Meadow’s biological dad. Considering his profession, he’d be able to find something faster than anyone else. Still, the car needs to be gone through with a fine toothcomb to find anything and everything that could have been a part of the problem.

“My phone was destroyed. All of my cards. My wallet. My birth control pills.”

We hadn’t talked about that shit, and I fucked her more often than not without a condom on. I knew I was clean. I didn’t have to worry about her having anything. It was one of the things Keys had in the report on her. Granted, he hadn’t put in there she was on the pill.

“We can get you a new phone. Same with all of your cards. But don’t worry about any of that right now. We’ll handle it all later after you’ve rested and had a chance to process everything that happened.”

“I need to call my dad.”

Cocking a brow, I glance at her briefly before focusing on the road once again. “Why?”

“I told him I’d call him this evening. I promised I would. He said if I didn’t, he was calling a family meeting, meaning my brother and sister were going to get involved.”

“Wanna enlighten me into what they’ll get involved in?” She’s not making sense to me.

“In the fact that I’ve been short with my parents since I asked them about the stalker my mom had. Marshall, Marla, and me at a family meeting is not a good idea.”

“Now, you want to explain that?” As far as I knew, she loved her brother and sister. I heard the affection she holds for them in her voice the first time she mentioned them to me.

“Remember me telling you about not liking to share? Well, because my siblings and I are like oil and water. If I don’t talk to my dad, he’s all but siccing them on me.”

Ahh.

Sibling rivalry.

The best kind of relationship you can have. They might fight, but they’d do anything for each other.

“You can use mine to call him. We don’t need you stressing about anything more. You’ve been through enough, I think, for the day.”

“Thank you,” she whispers on a breath.

“No problem, sweets. Once we get you settled at the clubhouse, you can make your calls.”

If I had it my way, she wouldn’t be calling anyone. I’d hold her up in my bedroom and keep her there until I knew for sure she was out of harm’s way. Meaning, until I found the fucker who tried to kill her.

After having spent the weekend with her, inside her, I knew deep down she was meant always to be mine. I could kick myself for almost fucking it all up with her. It’s a good thing I’d been able to convince her otherwise. I had enough of riding on the edge of what I wanted. I decided to go full-on out to do whatever it takes to make sure I got what I wanted, as well as keep Marley right where I have her.

Anyone who comes after her, I’ll kill before letting them get to her.

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

MARLEY

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