Page 21 of Always Mine

“Calm?Look at her.Look at Daisy.Look what you did.”

“First of all, this is none of your business,” Anthony said.“Second, I’ve been looking at her for the last two days, and you finally decide to turn up now.”

Tabitha glared at him.“I’m in Piston County—”

“I don’t give a fuck where you are.You and I both know if you were in this position, Daisy would be there.Shit, Daisy would be there for you if you needed a sounding board, and ice cream.”He glanced back at Daisy.“You don’t get to know why she is here.”

“You took on the Monster Dogs.How could you have been so fucking stupid?”Tabitha growled at him.

He glared at her.“I suggest you be careful.”

“Or what, you’re going to put me in the hospital?I thought you loved Daisy.I thought you would do anything—”

Anthony reacted and wrapped his fingers around Tabitha’s throat.Simon went to take a step toward him and held his hand up.

“Don’t you ever fucking question how I feel for that woman, do you understand me?Right now, you should be grateful for Daisy, because if you were not her best friend, you would be dead, and so would your husband.I wouldn’t give a fuck about leaving your kids without parents.Daisy is everything to me, and you are nothing.You left the club, Tabitha.You made your choices, and you do not get to come in here and throw accusations around.You left her, remember.You followed your heart, and you didn’t look back.Daisy was nothing more than an afterthought.”

“What is going on here?”Whizz asked, stepping into the room.

Anthony had the urge to tighten his hand around Tabitha’s throat.It would be easy to do, and then if Daisy was ...gone, someone would be there for her.

Stop it.

Daisy would not forgive you.

She is not dead.

She is going to kick your fucking ass.

Let her friend go.

Tabitha didn’t move, she didn’t even wriggle.Anthony let go of her throat, and without another word turned to his woman, his soul mate.

“I’ll be outside.”

He went and took his position outside, leaning up against the wall.It was already morning, and Whizz was back.

Lacey came out of the room.Anthony didn’t even see her step inside.He didn’t look toward her, and instead continued to stare straight ahead, until the chair beside him was moved.

“How are you?”Lacey asked.

He turned his head and looked at the woman with the ever-changing hair.This time, it was a deep red and black.He knew Daisy loved how she did her hair, because when she moved her head, the color looked different.

“I’m sorry,” Anthony said.

“I don’t need you to apologize to me about what happened.I know Daisy, and she was there by your side.She would do anything for you.”

“She told me it was a bad idea,” Anthony said.“She ...always knew when things were bad ideas.”He pressed his fingers to his eyes.

“Yeah, well, I think you need to get yourself together, because when Daisy wakes up and the Skulls are suddenly at war with Chaos Bleeds, she is going to have a whole lot of questions.”

“I never meant for her to get hurt,” Anthony said.

“I know,” Lacey said.

“I would never hurt her.”

“We both know that, but Whizz just ...he can’t stand that he can’t help her.It has been a long time since he felt this helpless.We both wanted children, but I don’t think we thought about the cost of actually having them,” Lacey said.“We always want the best for them, but the biggest problem is what they want for themselves.Daisy wants to be with the club, and at times she wants to prove her place.”

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