Page 209 of Savage Brothers MC: Tennessee Chapter

I slowly open my eyes and I do it to see Dragon staring at me.His face is somewhat blurry through my tears, but his face is intense and heated.

“Were you bringing Ryan home?”Dragon asks, surprising me.

“I… uh well… not really,” I tell him.“I didn’t know Ryan had a home that I could trust.I was giving Mr.Dawson a chance and if I found I could trust him, I was going to take Ryan to him…” I mumble.

Ryan pulls away, getting my attention.We look at each other, and I use the back of my hand to wipe my tears away and then the tips of my fingers to do Ryan’s—which have finally slowed.

“No more tears, baby.We’re okay now and soon you’ll have your Daddy.”

“No more tears,” Ryan says.“I love you, Rory.”

“I love you too, baby,” I tell him, kissing his forehead.“Now you eat so you can have some cookies,” I tell him.

“Okay,” he agrees and then slides from my lap.This emotional outburst might be done, but I know it won’t be the last.

“How far are we away from your home… umm… Dragon?”

“About twenty minutes,” he says and my eyes dilate while I gasp.

“Twenty minutes?”

“Yep,” Dragon says with a lazy grin.

“Ryan!Why didn’t you tell me Dragon was in Kentucky?”

“Um… I’m only five Rory.I didn’t know.I thought he was in Tennessee like me and Dad.”

Dragon laughs.

I grumble under my breath and for some reason that makes him laugh harder.

Whatever.

Chapter16

Dragon

“You get her?”

“Hello to you too, old man,” I respond to Crusher.I stretch out in my chair at my desk, kicking my feet up and smile because I have my door open.In the distance, I hear Nicole laughing with Ryan.I hear Rory’s quiet voice blend in, too.There’s no laughter from her.There’s pain.I’ve seen that pain too damn much, and I’m fucking tired of it.

“Sorry, man.It’s not good here.”

“What’s going on?”

“They hooked Diesel up for dialysis again and his heart went crazy.Fuck man, I thought he was gone.”

“So, things haven’t changed,” I mutter, hating that burn deep inside my gut.Diesel is a good man, one I depend on just like he is one of my own.He deserved better than this shit.

“For the worst, maybe,” Crusher says, sounding tired.

“Why do Rory and Ryan think he’s alive and doing fine, brother?”I ask.

Crusher curses under his breath.

“I didn’t exactly tell them he was okay, Dragon.”

“Boy, don’t piss on me and tell me it’s raining.”

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