Page 32 of Bound By Redemption
“Sorry to break up the fun.” A catty voice came through the small window that was opened into the bar area of the clubhouse. Turning to the sound, a bleach blonde woman with enormous tits practically hanging out of her shit because it was so damn low stood there. Her face was made up to perfection. Hell, I’d only seen people on television do makeup as good as hers.
She was beautiful in her own way. She was new, though, and I’d never seen her before. She was a sight to behold.
“What the fuck you need, Spice?” Princess clipped, and Spice’s smirk went to Princess. And what the hell kind of name was Spice anyway? This Spice chick seemed to have a death wish when it came to Princess.
“Boys are gettin’ randy and need somethin’ to tide them over.”
Princess rolled her eyes. “Go away,” she ordered, shaking her head, moving back to the cutting board and dismissing her completely.
“Surprised you didn’t offer yourself,” Carsyn, Nox’s woman, said coming into the kitchen, grabbing an apron and tossing it on over her clothes.
“Oh, don’t worry. That’ll be next,” Spice murmured coyly.
Carsyn’s back went ramrod straight as she turned to Spice, taking a step closer. “You stay the fuck away from Nox or any of our men. Bitch, we will wipe your ass out.”
Spice put her hands up, placating. “Oh, I don’t want yours. I want the new hunk of muscle around here. He’s been in the service for so long, he needs a good fuck.”
It was my turn to have my back go straight as red seemed to fill my vision. It was the next words that hit me in the gut, knocking the wind out of me.
“Besides, Emery’s done with him. The girls all talk about how much Micah loved Emery and was so devastated when she chose Jacks that he went into the Marines just to get away from them. I can help him work through all of that and put a smile on his face.” Spice’s smile had me wanting to rip it off of her damn face.
I clenched the knife in my hand, turning my knuckles white.
Not only was she going to go after the father of my child, Micah was in love with Emery. So in love he couldn’t take her rejection and went away. The second hurt more than I thought I could hurt.
He loved her. He loved Emery. I mean, what wasn’t to love. She was absolutely beautiful and had everything going for her. My guess was that they grew up together, so there was a lot of history there.
And for Emery to choose someone else to be with and not him, it had to hurt him. To be in love with someone wasn’t something one let go of easily. He still loved her if the look on his face when he saw her earlier had anything to go by.
He was never mine in the first place. We had one night and made a kid. That was all there was. He belonged to her.
“Shut the fuck up,” Princess growled, setting down the knife, which I thought was a good idea by how pissed she was. Princess stormed out the door, grabbed Spice by the arm, and dragged her away.
I never thought I was a violent person, but one punch didn’t mean I was a horrible person, did it? Hell, this place was rubbing off on me.
“Ignore her,” Austyn said, coming to stand next to Carsyn and me.
“Who exactly is she?”
Carsyn huffed, “A club momma. They hang around here for the single guys, but that doesn’t mean they don’t try for the ones who are taken too.”
Austyn explained the concept of club mommas to me around the third or fourth time of me hanging out here with them. These were women who provided sex or whatever else one of the guys needed and in return they got protection from the outside world from the club. At times there were one or two I’d met. For the most part they seemed fine. This was the first actual run-in I’d had with one, and she was a bitch.
And I could’ve skipped ever meeting the woman.
“So Micah is in love with Emery?” I asked, wanting to be off the topic of club mommas because the thought of Spice fucking Micah was going to have my head exploding.
Austyn’s face softened from the Spice conversation, and I didn’t take that as a good sign. “That was a long time ago, and tons has changed since then. Micah’s not the same scared, cocky as fuck kid he was when he left.”
“That’s true. I’ve heard some good things so far. Nox still wants to beat the shit out of him, but he says the time’s over for that,” Carsyn put in.
“I saw them outside hugging. Micah and Emery, I mean,” I announced, feeling the words rush out from between my lips.
“They’ve known each other since they were kids, Ensley, and her house is gone. She’s my best friend. I know she was grateful Micah was able to get to me.”
My head shook. “I know… I just…” I couldn’t finish the sentence, feeling like a petulant child not getting what she wanted and what wasn’t hers in the first damn place.
“Emery is one hundred percent in love with Jacks. They’ve been married for two years, and nothing and no one will come between them,” Carsyn said, and it made me gasp as all these thoughts started clouding around me.
