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Ham looked excitedly at the thought. “Could I ride your bike?”

Spice glanced at me and shook his head. “Not until your mom agrees, but you can sit on it. But don’t disrespect it, boy, a man’s ride is sacred.”

“I am going to call Iona. See what she can come up with around a teacher. Would you like to be involved in the process?” Warden asked Bryony.

“You meant that?” Bryony murmured, resting her head on my shoulder.

“Yes. Even as angry as you are, I’m not gonna punish the kids for it,” Warden replied.

“You earned that.”

“Yeah, I did, woman, so take the olive branch,” Warden quipped.

“Then yes, I’d like to be involved,” Bryony admitted.

“Call Saph. I think she knows of a teacher who’s sympathetic to our needs,” I said, recalling something Lila had said.

“Nice!” Warden took his leave, and moments later, Lindy and Spice took Ham with them.

“Aren’t you leaving?” Bryony asked.

“Nope. I’m going to be your anchor tonight,” I said, and Bryony smiled.

“Thanks, Soul.”

“Anything for you. Just ask,” I promised and sat back and wrapped an arm around her shoulders and drew her in.

For a few moments, I could offer her peace and comfort. Even if I was fighting my dick at the feel of her soft curves.

Chapter Eleven.

Soul

Inever wanted to watch a kid go through that again. The next three days with Maci were rough. Slasher ended up visiting constantly because Maci was in agony. Each time he blocked the pain gave Maci a few hours relief before the Guillain-Barré syndrome roared back. For the first time since I’d known him, Slasher looked helpless.

Maci didn’t complain once, just took it on the chin, although she cried from being hurt. Bryony called Madden and informed him Maci was in hospital and got bitched at for disturbing him on set. Next time I saw that fucker, Keres would be re-arranging his face.

Lindy and Spike had kept Ham while we were at the hospital, and he was having a wonderful time. The kid was naturally curious about everything MC, and I thought we might have started an addiction in him. Bryony hadn’t clocked on yet, but it was there.

Finally, Maci was strong enough and was released, and I took them all home. Once at Bryony’s house, I helped her sort things out with Maci, and then I sat down. Bryony was shattered and didn’t need to cook tonight.

“What do you all have from takeaway? Do you eat Chinese?”

“Yeah!” Ham beamed.

“Do you know what you all have?”

“Yup.” Ham rattled off a list of items, which I ordered. Then, he asked out of the blue, “Do you like my mom?”

I jolted. “Yes, she’s a nice lady and works very hard at taking care of you two,” I said.

“No, I meant, do you want to kiss her?” Ham pushed, and I laughed.

“Dude, come back and have this conversation in a few years. That’s private between me and your mom,” I responded.

My phone rang, and I looked down, relieved to be saved by the bell. “Hey, Lila.”

“Saph’s spoken to me. She received a call about Jenson,” Lila said without preamble.

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