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“It’s just the beginnin’ for them.”

“Will they be able to recover from this?” I ask him.

“I don’t know, brother. I don’t know.”

“And Tianna?”

“She has you. She has the club,” he tells me.

“Is that enough? You saw what he did to her. Fuck, brother!” I roar once more. His hand tightens on my shoulder as I blow out a breath.

“He’s gonna pay for that too.”

“And her? Hasn’t she paid enough? He took our daughter from her.”

“And we’re gonna get her back, Remy.”

“If he hurt her, Hodge, if he so much as laid a hand on her, I will fuckin’ draw out his death. I will make him suffer worse than I was already plannin’ on.”

“I know you will. And we’ll be there to back you up,” he says.

“Let’s get the fuck outta here,” Locke says as he strides out of the building. “This place needs to be burned to the fuckin’ ground.”

“Then let’s burn it,” Gunner agrees as he walks out next. I nod my head, agreeing with them. This place is toxic, and no one ever needs to step foot inside.

I watch Gunner as he goes over to the other van and grabs the gas cans out. He strolls back and passes me one. I head back inside and sprinkle gas everywhere I can before lighting a cigarette. I glance around at the place one last time before taking a long drag and flicking the cigarette to the ground. I watch it ignite before I turn and walk out, following the guys back to the bikes. My heart doesn’t feel right. I don’t feel right. This is all so fucked up. How do I tell her what he did to her? How do I make this okay?

Tianna is already so fucked up from what Brad has done and the fact he took Charlie, and now this? This will break her. This will ruin her for good, and I don’t know if she’s going to let me pull her back from this one. I don’t know if anything will be the same after this.

I climb onto my bike and follow the guys out, all while smoke billows in the sky. I ignore the flames behind me even though it’s the end of what happened to those poor girls.

We make our way back to the clubhouse and I climb off my bike, heading for the door. When I step inside, I see her. Tianna is laughing with Kiki while my stomach churns from the scenes stuck in my head.

“You’re not gonna tell her now, are you?” Locke asks as he follows my line of sight.

“No. I haven’t even wrapped my goddamn head around it,” I admit to him. He nods, slapping a hand on my shoulder before Kiki spots him. She leaps from her spot on the chair and runs toward him, leaping into his arms. That’s when Tianna spots me. She doesn’t know what to do anymore. Does she come to me? Does she not?

I give her a small smile she reciprocates before I head toward her. She finally stands when I’m almost there and fidgets with her hands.

“You okay?”

“Yeah. Just glad you’re back,” she tells me. I nod my head and pull her into my arms, holding her. Images of those men fucking her run wild in my head. I can’t fucking unsee it.

I lean down, press my lips to the top of her head, and just keep holding her. My heart aches. My head says to tell her now and get it all over with, but my heart? That motherfucker doesn’t want to tell her at all. This is a secret I need to keep.

Chapter 18

Tianna

Neither of us move. Not even when the guys turn on the music and start drinking. Remy just stands here holding me in his arms. I don’t know what happened, and I’m not going to ask. Maybe he just needs this right now. God knows I do.

The thought of telling him I’m pregnant is making me sick to my stomach more than I already am. I don’t want to see the hurt in his eyes. I don’t want to see the pain it will cause him. Tears roll down my cheeks as I keep my face pressed into his chest.

“I’m gonna grab a beer,” he says, a hint of sadness in his tone. I nod my head, but I never look up so he doesn’t see my sadness. Remy pulls away and walks to the bar as I wipe my cheeks and sit back on the couch. After a few long minutes, Kiki comes back and sits down next to me.

“They had a rough night,” she tells me.

“I can tell.” They’re all tense and drinking.

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