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She steps in front of me and awkwardly hugs me, and then she instantly goes to Daisy to give her one. “I’m so excited you’re finally here!”
They jump up and down like they’ve been friends forever. I’m glad Lexie is here today. It will put Daisy more at ease as she meets everyone.
“Daisy, these are my friends JD and Elizabeth,” I tell her when Lexie finally releases her.
They each shake her hand.
“It’s nice to meet you,” JD tells her.
“It’s nice to finally meet you too. Brody’s told me so much about you guys.” She turns to Elizabeth. “Gosh, you look so familiar. I feel like we’ve met before.” Her brows pull together as she searches her mind. “Oh my gosh! You were the lady who gave me the necklace you found at the beach.” Daisy turns to me. “It was right before we met.”
“Oh, fuck yeah. I remember now. JD and I were stalking Elizabeth. I remember her handing you something. That’s how I noticed you. Fuck, that’s crazy.”
“What a small world,” Elizabeth agrees, rubbing her hand over her chest.
“Wait, you guys were stalking her?” Daisy asks, turning to face me with her hands on her hips.
I shake my head. “Not me. Him.” I toss my thumb in JD’s direction.
Lexie interrupts us. “He kidnapped her and locked her in his basement.”
Daisy’s eyes widen.
JD holds his hands up. “In my defense, it wasn’t locked.”
Elizabeth laughs nervously. “It’s not what it sounds like, but that’s a story for another time. We should get back outside. Willow is opening presents.”
“Still? I thought the party would have progressed to the food by now.”
Daisy swats me in the stomach, and I laugh. “Stop. We just ate a few hours ago.”
Lexie takes her hand. “Ash is going to be excited you’re here. You guys can sit with us.”
“We’ll catch up with you later,” JD says, patting me on the back. “We’re just going to head to the restroom quick.”
We get quite a few looks as we quietly make our way over and sit down next to Ash and Jackson. Lexie takes our baby gift from me and adds it to the mountain of presents Willow has left to open.
Jackson leans over. “’Bout damn time you showed up.”
I know he’s joking, but I see the relief in his eyes. I wrap my arm around him and tug him close, patting him on the back. “I’m here now, brother, and I’m not leaving.”
He drops his head and nods.
Chapter Twenty-Three
Daisy
Everyone is excited to see Brody, and I can literally feel how much they love him. It warms my heart. It only confirms what I already knew. He is a good man.
Jackson, the club president, sits beside me as Brody goes up for seconds. His gaze roams over my face. His wife reaches over and pats his hand. “Stop. You’re going to make her self-conscious.”
“I’m still trying to figure out how a pretty girl like you ended up with Brody.”
“Well, he broke someone’s nose for touching me within the first fifteen minutes of meeting him, so …” I shrug. “I knew he was unique.”
Willow giggles. “Unique to the rest of the world, but you’ll find the Skull men are all like that and some of the women too.”
Brody swings his leg over the bench, sitting back down beside me. “Yeah, those two right over there.” He points to a woman with long silver-black hair and a younger woman who is with the scariest looking man I’ve ever seen.
