Page 16 of Remy

“You need to take a minute,” Gunner tells me as he rubs Tianna’s back.

“Fuck that! Get the fuck out of here and let me handle her,” I yell.

“No. You’re gonna take a fuckin’ walk, Remy!” he orders. Hodge shoves me another step back, and finally, I give in. I turn and walk out of the room, punching the wall as I go. I make my way down the main room and grab the first club whore I can find, dragging her body toward mine.

“Suck me off,” I demand her. She licks her lips and lowers to her knees when Locke comes over and grabs her.

“Get the fuck up and get outta here,” he tells her. More anger consumes me as I look at him. “You’re not tryin’ to do that right now, Remy. Come on,” he says. I shake my head and walk to the bar, grabbing a beer and a few shots.

“You don’t know what I fuckin’ want right now.”

“Neither do you, brother. Don’t make a mistake with her,” he says, nodding toward the girl.

“A mistake? My first mistake was lovin’ Tianna!” I roar. I hear her cries. I know she’s out here too, and I don’t give a shit. I’m pissed. I’m beyond pissed.

“Let’s just calm down,” Gunner urges as he drags her across the room toward me.

“Get her the fuck away from me, Gunner.”

“We need to talk about this, Remy.”

“I said get her the fuck away from me!” Gunner nods for one of the girls to get her and they walk her across the room as she cries.

“You have a daughter out there, Remy. A daughter we need to find,” Gunner reminds me.

“She lied. All these fuckin’ years, she came back here fuckin’ me and tellin’ me she cared about me, and she fuckin’ lied!”

“I think you’re gettin’ hung up on the wrong thing right now, brother. She fucked up, I’ll give you that, but you have a kid out there we need to find.” I clear my throat and nod my head.

“You’re right. You’re right. I need to find her.”

“There we go.” I nod my head as I walk toward Tianna, keeping myself as calm as I can. The girls quickly step away when they see me coming, giving me space.

“Gunner’s right. I need to find our daughter. But after I find her and bring her home, you’re never gonna see her again.” That’s a threat. Tianna’s eyes fill with tears as she shakes her head.

“You can’t do that. He’s been doing that, Remy. Please. Don’t do this to me.”

“Do this to you? You did this, Tianna. You kept her from me. All those times you brought your ass over here, and not once did you say anything about her. How could you? How fuckin’ could you come here and fuck me and not tell me about her?”

“I was trying to protect her. You don’t understand. Brad kept her from me. He took her away and threatened to kill her,” she cries harder.

“And you didn’t think I could do anything about that? You didn’t trust me enough or think I could handle Brad?”

“He’s powerful, Remy.”

“I’m powerful, Tianna!” I scream in her face. “I’m a fuckin’ killer! I come home with blood on my hands, and you think I couldn’t take this motherfucker down?” I shake my head. She doesn’tknow me like she thought she did. Or maybe I don’t know her like I thought I did.

“Please, Remy,” she sobs as she begs me. I reach up and grab her face in my hand, squeezing it hard enough to leave marks.

“You fucked up, Tianna. You fucked up so badly there is no comin’ back from it. I’ve done nothin’ except be here for you. I’ve waited for you to come to your senses. I’ve waited for you to come to me, and you know what? You never did. You chose him, and you let him take my child. Now you’re gonna know exactly what that feels like.”

“I already know what it feels like, Remy! I barely see her as it is. Please, don’t do this!”

“You did this. Remember that. You fuckin’ did this,” I remind her before letting go of her face. I turn on my heel as she calls out to me. I ignore her and walk outside the back door. There’s no way anyone could get back here. There’s a huge cement wall that encloses our backyard.

I pull out a cigarette and light it up, blowing smoke into the night sky. A daughter. I’m a fucking dad. I’m someone’s dad.

“That was a lot to take in,” Locke says as he comes out and stands next to me.

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