Page 64 of Menace

I swore I’d be careful, and stay safe.

In my heart I silently wished he was the one keeping me safe.

It was not to be.

He nodded stood and without another word walked out of my room.

I lay there feeling the way I had felt when I watched him drive away from me.

Lost. Alone. Empty.

Well, not really empty.

Next to my bed sleeping peacefully was the child he had given me. A child I would give my life to protect. A child he hadn’t touched the entire time he had been in my room. He had glanced at him but that was all.

It said loud and clear that he didn’t think Ry was his.

And the slut he was hanging out with for his club?

No filthy bitch was going to get her hands on my boy.

Not in this lifetime.

Or any other lifetime for that matter.

EIGHTEEN

Lucky

He’d done it again. He fuckin’ walked away. Again.

He didn’t look back, couldn’t. If he did he wouldn’t have left, he knew it to the bottom of his soul.

It was the most difficult thing he’d ever had to do.

Leaving her and her son upstairs. Unprotected.

Actually that was untrue. She had protection in the form of his brothers and the man waiting on him at the bottom of the stairs.

He gave him a nod. He had done what he had told him he was going to do. Tell Harper the truth, well, a part of the truth.

Now it was done and he had to leave the way he got in, via the tunnel under the house. It was a good thing his prez had rented one of their safe houses to Pixie because without the tunnel it would have been difficult to sneak in. But before he left he wanted to check on their security, just to be sure.

“I know you have shit under control but I want to check anyway.” He said and Brendan shrugged.

Viper, who had been drinking coffee in the kitchen leaning against the work top, rinsed his cup then set it on the drainer.

“I have a perimeter check to do. Talk to you later, brother,” he said as he walked out.

“Follow me.” Brendan didn’t wait to see if he followed as he headed deeper into the house.

They walked back into the small windowless room that was set in the middle of the house, their security room. There were two desks with laptops and several screens on the walls. On every one of them there were different views of the outside and inside of the house.

“We have cameras around the perimeter, as you can see, and several on the house, the street and the neighbours. They ensure we have the best coverage possible. We have cameras inside as well, the only concession is her bathroom, and before you ask, she knows about them. All windows and doors are connected to the alarm system and we monitor the situation from here. We do constant perimeter checks because we’re not taking any chances with her or with Ry.”

Sitting at one desk he waved Lucky over to the other. Taking a seat he watched the screens, watched Viper slowly walking the perimeter. His eyes flicked to the other screens, checking the street, the neighbours and finally her room. Harper and the baby wasn’t in the room and he was happy to see there were no cameras in her bathroom.

“What do you do if you’re attacked?”

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