Page 18 of True Me

“I want to eat and then go to bed with the two of you,” she says, leaning into Eagle’s side as I lean up against her back so she’s surrounded by the two of us.

Crow pulls into the parking lot of the compound and parks as close to the door as he can. Hawk and him get out of the SUV and head inside the clubhouse without looking back. Eagle slides out through his door and lifts Rebel in his arms while I get out of my side. The three of us make our way inside and Rebel points at the table she wants to sit at as Alex jumps out of her seat and rushes into the kitchen. She rushes back with three plates of food as Zoey grabs drinks and brings them over to us. Neither woman says a word to us as they set everything down and disappear so Rebel isn’t overwhelmed. The three of us eat and whisper to one another until the plates are clear. Today’s the first day our girl has eaten without one of us having to force her. When she’s done, the three of us head to my room and lock the rest of the world away.

Chapter Ten

Rebel

I’M ABSOLUTELY DREADINGtoday and all it entails. Today is the day I say goodbye to my grandma for the final time. We’re burying her in a cemetery close by and I’m not ready for it. It’s only been three days since I met with Mr. Jacobson and went over everything in Grandma’s will and shocked the hell out of me. I had no clue she had as much money as she did and that she planned to leave everything to me. Grandma might not have had any more relatives, but she sure as fuck loved her charities. I didn’t know she was on the board of several of them. My grandma was full of secrets it seems and I’m only going to learn more about them as I go through the house and start to pack everything of hers away. That’s not a task I’m looking forward to if I’m being honest. Cash and Eagle have already told me they’ll be at my side and will help me. Even if it’s just them carrying boxes or bags from the house out to one of the trucks to be donated for others to use.

“Doll, can I come in?” Cash questions me through his bathroom door.

The three of us haven’t left the clubhouse in the last three days. Honestly, we haven’t left Cash’s room unless it was to get something to eat or drink. We’ve stayed in bed for the most part and the guys have been trying to distract me. Cash has been on the phone with Hawk as he sits at his desk to work on figuring out my money situation. The two of them are single-minded when it comes to helping me out with this. I’ve never seen Cash be so completely serious as he has been lately. Eagle has been lighter than normal. It’s like they’ve switched roles for some reason and I kind of like it if I’m being honest.

“Of course,” I answer him as the door opens and Cash steps in and up behind me in front of the mirror.

“Are you okay, Doll?” he questions me, his voice soft as he leans down and presses his lips to the top of my head.

“No, I’m not,” I respond, my voice breaking already as tears form in my eyes and I try to blink them back so they don’t fall. I’m so sick of crying and feeling my heart break for the millionth time.

“That’s okay, Rebel. We’ve got you and aren’t goin’ anywhere. You lean on Eagle and me and we’ll handle everythin’,” he promises me as I look at our differences in the mirror. “I need to talk to you and Eagle about somethin’.”

“Okay. What’s goin’ on?” I ask him as he leads me into the bedroom where my dress is waiting for me to put it on.

I’m currently standing in nothing more than a black lace bra and matching thong. My hair is curled and left to hang loose down my back and I’ve got absolutely no make-up on. There’s no point in wearing any when it’s just going to be washed off with my tears. Today I know I won’t be able to stop them from falling. This is my final goodbye to such an amazing woman and I know this has to happen. Just like I knew it had to happen when we did this with my parents. Though we didn’t have a funeral at the cemetery or anything like that. We still had a celebration of their life.

“You look sexy as fuck, Sweet Girl. Though, I’m not sure this is what you should be wearin’ to your grandma’s funeral,” Eagle says, a lightness to his tone I’ve never heard before.

“I’m not planning on wearing this. My dress is on the end of the bed,” I answer him as Cash stands in front of me and Eagle comes up behind me. They’re always sandwiching me in between the two of them.

“Personally, I like this look,” Cash says, running his fingers down my chest causing goosebumps to break out on my skin. “Maybe you can show this off when we get back and you need us to take your mind off shit.”

“We’ll see. What did you need to talk to us about?” I question him as he stands in front of us.

“I know we’re all still learnin’ about your ex, Chad. This is the last thing I want to bring up, but why do you think he’s comin’ at you now after leavin’ you alone for so long?” Cash questions me as Eagle hands me the dress and helps me slide it over my head before pulling my hair out of the material covering my body.

“I honestly don’t have a clue. Other than the fact that he sees me as a piece of property and nothing more than that. I didn’t see the signs before now. If I look at everything objectively, I can see that’s all I was to him and I don’t like it. I left him when I caught him cheating on me and that’s why Pound found him beating the fuck out of me that day and brought me back here,” I answer him, letting the negative thoughts regarding Chad fill my mind on the last day that’s what I need to be thinking about.

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