Page 346 of Savage Brothers MC: Tennessee Chapter

“That’s not who Liam is.You’re basing your hate of him on a dramatized television show,” I respond.My voice is monotone, because I’m not sure what I’m feeling.I just know that I feel like I never knew my family at all.

“Don’t you try and defend him to me.Dawn and I both saw how broken you were when you came home.”

“Yeah, Ellie.Maybe you’ve forgotten what a mess you were that first month when Fury didn’t even bother to call you.It was five weeks before he finally worried about you.Five.You want to act like he’s such a good guy.He’s scum,” Dawn snarls and I step back, because the hate in her eyes is so deep that it’s terrifying.I don’t think it’s all directed at Liam.I think it just lives in her.

“Funny, you want to call him scum and Mom wants to talk about the things he is supposedly involved in and yet both of you are happy he’ll be taking care of Wolf’s body.How many times have you quizzed me about that, Dawn?You want to make sure he’s dead and never found again.Isn’t that right?”I ask her, paraphrasing the small conversations that we’ve had when it came to Wolf.

“Wolf was a monster, he deserved to die,” Mom sniffs, but Dawn just stares at me.I think we’re beginning to understand each other.

“At least on that we can agree,” I murmur.“While you two are busy judging my husband?—”

“He’s not your husband anymore.You should have put that mistake behind you.You knew he was bad then, or you wouldn’t have come home,” Mom snaps.“Why my girls are intent on ruining their lives over trash, I don’t know.Thank God that Dawn has finally seen the light.I’m giving up hope on you.”

I flinch.Not so much at what my mother just said, more because she’s almost right.I did come home because of Liam’s life.I didn’t trust his love for me.

“I would have went back to him, then.I just needed time to sort through all of the sadness.I would have gone back to him if you’d told me he called.”

“And that’s exactly why we didn’t,” Mom yells.The words are so loud that I know the people on the street are now staring at us.I shake my head.I thought going back home to Page back then was going home to my safe zone.I thought I could go there and think things over then Liam would call and we’d be able to fix things between us.I can see the exact moment everything began to go off the rails and it’s all pointing at me.I have more of Dawn and my mother in me than I realized and suddenly, I know that’s not a good thing.

I turn away from them, walking the opposite direction.

“Where are you going?”Dawn yells.

“Home,” I tell them without looking back.I don’t owe them anything.They’re not the people I had built up in my mind.They’re toxic.I made the wrong decisions when I left Tennessee.I need to learn from them and make sure I don’t repeat the same ones.

I just hope I’m not too late.

Chapter42

Fury

“How are you doing, Fury?”Diesel asks, coming over to sit with me.

It’s a quiet night at the club.I think we’re all starting to worry about Devil.He’s still got Wolf locked in the basement.The guy is breathing, but it’s beyond me how.With all of the wounds he has and blood loss, he should be dead.I guess that’s the thing about monsters, they wouldn’t be scary if they did what was expected of them.And Wolf?He’s definitely a monster.

“I’m okay.Got a lot of shit on my mind,” I mumble.“Where’s Devil?”

“You know where he is,” Diesel mutters.

“Yeah, I do.”

We both look over at Torrent.She’s sitting talking to Dani and Crusher, but even from this distance I can see the circles under her eyes.She’s worried about her man, just like we all are.

“Are we going to have to intervene?”I ask Diesel.He lets out a loud sigh that makes it clear he’s as worried as the rest of us.

“I hate to.God knows that Devil deserves this.I can’t imagine all of the hell he went through.I even got my turn at Wolf, but Devil…” he shifts his shoulders a minute before continuing.“There are things he needs to work through.If he doesn’t get his head together soon, I’ll step in and send in the big guns.”

“What’s that mean?”

“I’ll send Torrent down there to talk some sense into him.She’s been letting him fight his demons as best as he can, but she’s almost at the end of her rope, too.”

“He won’t thank you for letting Torrent anywhere near that fucker again, even if he is chained up like a side of beef in a packing plant.”

“Maybe not, but it might take that to pull Devil’s head out of his ass,” Diesel says and he’s not wrong.

“Women have a way of doing that.Diesel, I need to talk to you.”

“When are you leaving?”he asks, smirking.

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