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"Hmm, I thought you got lost." She jokes.

"Nah, I had to speak with Doc." I sit as softly as my large frame will allow next to her on the bed. I show her the medicine. "He says that this is going to make you feel better. You'll be groggy in a few, though."

She shakes her head barely before she's grimacing in pain. "No, Leo. I'll be fine. I don't need to be knocked out in here. I have to go back to see momma in a few. Just let me ride it out."

"No, I will not let you ride this shit out. Why do you have to be so stubborn all the time? Just let me take care of you, Nisa." I hold the pills out for her, and she sighs.

"Okay, Leo. Okay." She tries to sit up, but she's so drained that she can hardly move. I cradle the back of her head and slip the two pills into her mouth. I open the bottle with my mouth and press the opening to her lips. She takes a few sips, enough to get the pills down, but tries to back off right after that.

"No, babe, drink more."

"Leo." She complains.

"Woman, don't make me force me this water down your throat. Drink some more."

"So bossy."

"I'm not bossy. I just know what's best for you right now. I'm not going to have you here in pain."

She drinks more before I turn the bottle away and place it on the side table.

"You know what's best for me, huh? It almost sounds like you care." She jokes as she gets comfortable again in the bed.

"Nisa, I care. I care more than I should. As much as you fight me, I hope you fucking know that." I do my best to keep my tone even.

"I hear you, Leo. I just wish you'd show sometimes." Her face seems to relax as the medicine takes hold of her.

I push a few strands of hair away from her face. She's such a drop-dead beauty. I know what she's saying. I can read between the lines. She wants me to make her mine. It's getting harder to keep telling myself no.

"Maybe one day, Nisa. Go on to sleep. I'll wait here until you do."

She smirks at me and closes her eyes in relief.

I watch her and stay there next to her long after she drifts off. I'm not the smartest man in the world, but there's one thing I know for sure.

I'm in fucking trouble.

CHAPTER 12

THEY CAME FOR MOM

Nisa

I wake up from a long, restful sleep. I'm not sure what kind of medicine Leo brought me last night, but it did the trick. I figured when I woke up, I would feel fuzzy, but I remember everything that happened. I remember him coming in here when he heard me moaning. I remember him getting upset that I wanted to suffer on my own and finally I remember the tortured look on his face when I told him he didn't act like he cares about me.

I know Leo cares about me and whatever Hugh made him promise is more than I can live with. My brother is gone. Why shouldn't I be allowed to be with who I want to be with.

I swing my legs out of the bed and slowly stand on the textured wood floor. Everything about this place feels like home. A home that I want to get back to. I lean my head back and listen to the laughter and talking that is floating around the clubhouse. Even when they are doing shit I know I have no business being around these group of misfits have always felt like family. I always want to be around them. If I was Leo's woman, I'd be able to be here as often as I want. I'd get to hear this laughter and feel the warmth of having this family.

A loud buzzing catches my attention and I turn to look at the small amount of belongings that I have with me. It's my phone. I dread picking it up, but when I turn it over so I can see the display, my mother's smiling face appears.

She's probably sick with worry. I feel so bad for doing this to her. I should have just gone back home last night instead of coming here with Leo. I quickly answer the phone and am ready to hear my mother ream me out for making her worry.

"Momma?" I answer, and tense up, waiting for the yelling to start.

"Nisa? Is that you, baby?"

"Yeah, momma..." something is off. The dread in my gut turns from not wanting to get yelled at to a more intense anxiety that comes along with knowing that something truly devastating is about to happen. "What's the matter? What's wrong?"

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