Page 27 of Fury
If I stop and speak to him, I’ll most likely hit him for my girl and her mama.
I sigh as I turn off my bike and eye the diner, my gaze going to the back table in the large window, and my heart aches at the sight of Tate laughing with Skylar, who is gently tickling her. Her heart is so fucking good, I don’t deserve her, but I’m taking her anyway, for me, forourdaughter.
Nodding, I climb off my bike and walk to the door, heading inside. I lift my hand to Lily, the high schooler earning extra bucks, and make my way to the back of the diner, Tate’s giggles echoing around me, soothing me.
Skylar notices me first, and her brows furrow, most likely seeing my tension, but I don’t stop my stride, my eyes taking her in.
Fuck she’s gorgeous.
Her hair’s down and wavy, her blazer on the bench seat beside her while her blouse hugs her generous tits that I fucking miss sucking.
“Hey, sugar plum,” I say when I get close, and Tate’s big green eyes come my way, her grin wide.
“Daddy!” she cheers, and I smile tightly as I round the table and kiss her head before leaning over and kissing Skylar’s.
“Hey, precious,” I mumble against her head, inhaling her lavender scent before taking a seat opposite her and grabbing Tate’s coloring book from her bag, needing her distracted for a moment. I place it on the table before her, then her crayons, and I say, “Can you color something for your daddy?”
She nods and opens her book, making me smile before I look at Sky to see her frowning at me with confusion.
Fuck, this girl is all heart, and knowing what she did at sixteen for Anna, makes me love her even more.
I place my elbows on the table and link my hands together before resting my chin on them, and I ask, “How was your day, precious?”
She tilts her head and admits, “Amazing, Tate helped me with my clients today, keeping them sweet.” My lips tilt, and she asks, “Are you okay? Did you have to work on old man Trivers’ car again?”
I hum, not surprised she knows about the Chevrolet, she and Ivy are close.
She’s been to the hospital a lot for Ivy, but always when the brothers are not around. I guess when your mother is a clubwhore, and you’ve been given the title of patch chaser for that association alone despite not having a relationship with her, she’s not going to want to be around the brothers.
“No, I didn’t. Venom’s bike needed attention,” I admit as I look over her features and I say, “I love you, Skylar,” and her mouth parts, “I love you so much, and I am so fucking proud of you.”
She furrows her brows and assesses me before side-eyeing Tate, then looks back at me and whispers, “You spoke to Mama…”
I nod and lean forward, grabbing her hand, and I rasp, “You are brave, strong, and so fucking special for what you did for her,” I squeeze her hand, my emotions taking over, “Not only did you allow her into your heart, to be the mother you always wanted but you slayed her demon, refusing to allow the people, your biological family, into your life, to hurt her even more.”
Skylar’s eyes tear up and she chokes, “She’s my mama, Nyx, my whole world. She saved me and shaped me into who I am today.” She breathes heavily as she admits, “I hate them for how they treated her, and I’ll never forgive them.”
I nod and whisper, “I know you are angry. Anna knows it too, but never say never because your heart is gold, precious.”
“For Mama, my heart will stay hardened,” she admits, and I nod, squeezing her hands tighter, knowing I can’t change her feelings over the situation.
Don’t go hurting a girl’s mama, plain and simple, especially one who took on someone else’s child while trying to protect her husband who didn’t deserve it.
Sky sniffles and then asks, “Are you going to out her past?”
I shake my head because I won’t do that, not just to her but to Anna, and I mutter, “Her secrets are safe with me until she’s ready, your secret is safe with me.”
Her bottom lip wobbles, and I fucking hate it.
I lift her hand to my mouth, and I press my lips to it as she tries to control her emotions.
I meant what I told her, she will learn to trust me again, one way or another, because I won’t lose her. Anna won’t allow her to walk away from me either her facilitating a bond with Tate is proof of that.
I look at Sky and see her eyes on Tate, who is happily coloring while Lily comes and takes our orders, and I spend the rest of the evening with my girls, proving to Skylar that I won’t ever give up.
She’s mine, always.
Chapter 10
