Page 35 of Reckless
Chapter Nineteen
Wrench
Carly still isn't up for being on my bike with her ribs, so I have her follow me in the car. I had her pack a bag too in case everything goes as I hope. We are all still supposed to be on lockdown, so if the club accepts her, we'll be staying here tonight.
Pulling up, Mikey is at the gate, and I give him a wave and point to the car behind me. I wanted to kick his ass for turning her away last night, but I know damn well that if he as a prospect went against Pres, he'd be out on his ass. I wouldn't have chanced that for anyone when it was me.
Torch is outside, and I see his eyes going to her car. He walks up to me as I climb off my bike. "Got somethin' to tell me?"
“I’ll say it in front of everyone.” I walk over to Carly, letting her lean on me as she walks knowing how uncomfortable she still is.
I wrapped her ribs for her today to try and ease the pain some. After I sort this shit out with the club, I'm gonna find that asshole Tony and kill him. I told him not to touch her again, and he wasn't smart enough to listen.
As we walk into the clubhouse, I feel her tense. "Just calm down." I look around seeing Izzy at the bar and steer Carly there.
Izzy looks up seemingly surprised, but she smiles at us. "Well, look what the cat dragged in."
“Hey.” Carly gives her a smile as she sits down on the bar stool.
"Well, I am going to leave you girls here and head into church." I walk down the hallway hoping this plays out the way I want it to. After the Pres is done talking about whatever he has, he always asks for new business. I'm going to stand up and call for a vote to get the rule overturned. If he shoots it down or the vote is a no, I'm going to tell them I want a transfer.
I love my club and my brothers. I never thought that anything or anyone would make me question that. However, I can't picture my life without Carly in it at this point, and if she can't be a part of it here, I'll go somewhere where she can.
Checking my email, I see my contact got back to me, and he successfully transferred the balance of that account to us. Whoever is coming after us is now broke.
I walk into church getting Torch’s attention because he is closest to the door. He walks over giving me a questioning look. “What’s up?”
"Let Pres know the transfer went through and we have everything," I whisper to him not wanting everyone to hear.
"Fuck yes." Torch claps me on the back and walks over to Pres. He whispers to him, and Pres looks at me giving me a nod. I'm hoping this will give me enough credit for them to consider voting on the rule.
Pres bangs on the table, and the whole room goes quiet. "So, no update yet as to who the assholes are but" —he points at me— "Wrench just fucked them up big time. We took every cent they had to their name and put it in our account."
The room erupts in cheers and brothers are patting me on the back and shoving me.
"This is a small step in the whole process. That being said I'm sure they will be pissed so lockdown is still in effect and it's strict. I'm taking prospects off the gate. I want no one outside of the clubhouse. Do not make yourself an easy target." He looks around, and everyone's faces harden as the gravity of what our victory could mean. "No one rides unless you have permission from me."
Pres goes over a few other things before looking around the table. "I'm sure you have all heard of what has been going on in reference to one of the rules we have had since this club was formed." He looks over at me, every set of eyes are on me.
What the hell is about to happen?
"This is going to be put as a decision we make as a whole. I am not willing to do away with this rule completely. It's there for a reason, and I think without it, all the club girls we get would be patch chasers." He looks back at me. "If there is a brother who wants to make one of the club girls an old lady there will be two votes."
Two votes? What the hell does that mean?
"The brothers will vote first. If it passes unanimously, then the old ladies will vote. Bringing a club girl in as one of them can throw off their dynamic which will affect all of us, so they get a say." Everyone around seems to nod in understanding. I have to say I'm more than surprised. I know Nikki and Izzy said they were working on him, but I never thought they would get anywhere.
"So right now, Wrench is looking to make Carly his old lady. We will vote, and then Nikki will lead the girls in a vote. Take a minute and let me tell the girls to get together in one room.”
Pres walks out of the room and conversations break out between everyone. I feel a tap on my shoulder and turn around to see Brick standing there. I can't stand him right now, but I know I need to keep my cool, especially if I want this vote to go my way.
“Listen, I know what you assumed happened, but you’re way off.” He sits down in the vacant chair next to me. “I brought Carly in because I wanted to talk to her. I feel the same way about Jess like you do for her. I couldn’t tell you though because of how you were going up against Pres with it. I didn’t want to get dragged into it.”
I look at him in disbelief. “So you’re telling me you let me go fucking crazy and get to the point that I wanted to beat the shit out of you, and all you did was talk to my girl?”
“Yeah, I was just trying to get my head on straight, and I wanted to talk to her to see if she thought Jess would even want me.”
“Jesus Christ.” I shake my head.
