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Before she had a chance to take the whole place in, a woman with long dark hair and curves that made Ronnie jealous, came out of a door to one side of the room, a phone to her ear.
“I don’t give a flying fuck what it costs you or how difficult it will be.Do it.”She fell silent, as if she was listening to whoever was on the other end of the line.
Ronnie didn’t know who the woman was talking to, but knew that she needed to know this woman.
After a couple of moments, the woman spoke again, this time her voice was low, but even Ronnie could tell she was dead serious, and probably even more pissed off than when she was yelling.
“I don’t care what it costs.I don’t care if you have to call in every favor you have out, if it costs you an entire shipment of whatever shit you’re importing now.Either you clear the woman, making sure that anyone who ignores your cease order is dealt with in the same way as anyone who defies you, or you will never lay eyes on your granddaughter, not even a photograph.”
As she spoke, another man, this one with longer hair and tattoos covering what Ronnie could see of both arms came from the same room the woman had come from, a baby in his arms.He didn’t look concerned as most of his attention was on the baby.He grinned and talked to her as he moved through the room.
“You have twenty-four hours.I expect to hear from you by then.You can call this number.”She disconnected the call and shoved the phone into her pocket.
Ronnie watched as she scanned the room, a smile curved her lips as she spotted the man carrying the baby.She seemed to catch the man’s eye, then nod once before she went back to reading the room.It was easy to see when she spotted Demon and Ronnie, her smile changed from one of happy indulgence to something more professional as she approached them.
“Hi, you must be Veronica, I’m Krissi,” she said as she extended one hand.
Not knowing what else to do, Ronnie shook her hand.
“Nice to meet you.I’m Ronnie.”
Krissi’s smile warmed.“Ronnie then.”She turned to Demon.“Why are you just standing in the doorway?Come on in, get comfortable.”
“We will, I was just letting Ronnie get a feeling for the place.”He was silent for a moment then spoke again.“Puck said Giz is here.He in the other room?”
Krissi shook her head.“He went upstairs a few minutes ago.Not sure when he’ll be back down.He didn’t say anything more than he’d be back in a bit.”
“Is Jill here?”Demon asked.
Ronnie wondered who Jill was, and who went by Giz?
Krissi shook her head.“But Snake and Jennie came in a bit ago.Jenny was giggling like a school girl as they hurried upstairs.Giz was busy when that happened, but it seems like as soon as he got free, he headed up there.I’d lay odds he’s screwing with them.”
Screwing with them?Were there people somewhere above her having a threesome?
Ronnie didn’t know what her face looked like but clearly some of her thoughts showed on her face because Krissi waved one hand in the air, as if wiping away the idea.
“Not like that.I meant he’s messing with them.Jenny is Giz’s sister.She and Snake got together while Giz was on his honeymoon and he’s still not entirely over his sister settling down with one of his brothers.He takes every chance he gets to pick at them in one way or another.”
“Oh.”Ronnie blinked.“I mean to each his own, I just didn’t expect to hear someone talking about it so openly.”She couldn’t help the way her gaze flicked to the man still holding the baby as he spoke to another man, this one was tall, the sides of his head shaved and a long blond mohawk on top.
Krissi noticed her attention.Her smile went soft and affectionate.
“The one holding the baby is Ruger.He’s my ol’ man.The blond is Sadist.His ol’ lady is Beth.I won’t overwhelm you with names.They’ll be easier to remember if you can put faces to them.The baby’s Amber, she’s mine.I’m sure she’ll hear plenty she probably shouldn’t.Not to would be next to impossible around here, but we do try to keep things mostly clean around her.She’s not talking yet, but she will be soon, and I have no doubt she’ll be a little sponge.She’s already a daddy’s girl, as you can tell.”
“My favorite part is that she’s almost as content with any of us as she is with her daddy,” Demon said beside her.“Come on.I want to see her little toothless grin.”
“Not toothless anymore.She’s got two in now and more on the way.”
“Awww.Why do they have to grow so fast?”He sounded disappointed.
Ronnie made a mental note to ask him later about kids.From the way he watched someone else’s baby, she assumed he would want some, but how many?She wasn’t sure how many she wanted, but knew she wanted at least two.She wanted her kids to have someone they could count on like she had Gavin.She might have felt like he’d abandoned her when she was a teenager, but now she understood it more.Especially since he’d dropped everything to come back and help her now.
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DemonfeltRonnie’sbodytense for a moment when he’d said Amber was growing too fast.He couldn’t help but wonder what was running through her head.
This wasn’t the time or place to ask, but he’d find out later.He wanted to question Krissi about that call she’d been on when they came in.He was pretty sure she’d been on the phone with her father.As far as Demon knew, she didn’t speak to him.That she was on the phone with him, combined with what he’d heard, he could only hope that Ronnie would be safe soon.But he couldn’t ask here.That was club business, and he would have to wait to ask his questions until they were behind closed doors, in the room they made sure was clean of bugs, cameras or any other spyware.
