by Kay, Colbie
"Okay."
We get up to the hill and it's dark, it’s the best time. All the city lights are shining so bright. Hanger helps me off the bike, I take my helmet off. When I look, I see there's a blanket setup with his guitar.
"Hanger, what's going on?"
"Well, Crazy Girl. I had Ghost come out here and set this up for me."
"Why?"
"Why don't you come over to the blanket and sit down?" He leads me over and I take a seat, while he grabs his guitar and comes to sit in front of me. He starts strumming his guitar and singing Ed Sheeran's Thinking out Loud. Never breaking eye contact with me throughout the song and when it's over he reaches over and swipes away the tears that have fallen from my eyes.
"I love you, Crazy Girl."
"I love you too."
He then pulls something out of his pocket and puts his guitar down. He gets on one knee right in front of me and I gasp. I cover my mouth with my hands. He reaches up and takes one of my hands in his. "Zoey, I love you so much. Everything you have given me, I never knew I wanted. I will love you until I take my last breath. You are my Crazy Girl. I will do any and everything to make you happy. I will die protecting you. So can I ask you a question?"
"You can ask me anything."
"Even though you are already my Ol' Lady and with me always. Zoey, will you do me the honor of becoming my wife?"
I got tears pouring out of my eyes now. "Oh my god, Hanger. Yes, of course! I will marry you! I love you so much."
He slides the ring on my finger and it is beautiful. It's platinum gold, with a big diamond in the middle with a smaller diamond on each side then little diamonds running down the band.
"When did you get this? It's beautiful."
"I got it when I was on the run. I'm glad you like it." He grabs hold of me and I throw my arms around him.
"I love it." He starts kissing me softly and just like the first time, we were here. We make love on the back of his bike, under the stars. When we are done, we hold each other and look at the city lights.
We make our way into the clubhouse and Ghost must have told everyone because as soon as we walk through the door everyone is clapping and hollering. They bring us shots and are congratulating us. Zoey goes off to talk to Chatty and I sit at the bar. Gunner comes over and sits next to me. "Hey Brother, I'm happy for you. Take care of her, she's a good woman." I see an odd look on his face.
"I will, she’s a damn good woman isn't she. You will find yours one day."
"Nah, man. I don't think so. The one I've always wanted I can't have. Let's leave it at that though. Yeah?"
"Shit, yeah man." I pull out my stash, line some up, and we both do a rail.
Later on that night, we are lying in bed when Zoey looks over to me. "Jacey's not going to be coming here anymore."
"Why not?"
"She said it has to do with getting ready for the baby, but I'm not so sure that’s what it really is."
"Well, I can understand that. Why are you not sure about it?"
"I think it has more to do with her starting to show."
"Why is she being so cryptic with this pregnancy?"
"I don't know Hanger. I’ve told her to do the right thing so many times."
"What do you mean do the right thing? What is she hiding?"
"It's not my place to tell Hanger. I already told you that."
"I don’t like you keeping shit from me, Babe."
"I know, I don't like it either. I just hope she makes the right decision on this."
"You can still go see her."
"Yeah, I guess she just... I don't understand her reasons for shit sometimes."
"Yeah, she seems like she holds a lot of shit in."
"It's so strange to me. As long as I've been friends with her and there’s so much shit she just won’t talk about. She is a very private person."
"Do you know why she's like that?"
"No, if I ask her something about her past she just shoots me down, and starts talking about something else. She won’t talk about where she came from or her family."
"Don’t worry about it, Babe. If she wants to come to you she will. Maybe she’s just not ready. Sometimes people have things they just don’t know how to talk about. Now come here."
I wrap her in my arms, I sing to her until she falls asleep.
It's been a week since I proposed to Zoey and we are at her parents’ house for Sunday dinner and to tell them the news. We are all sitting at the dining room table, we just got done eating the roast and potatoes Sophia made, Zoey gets her ring out of her purse. She didn't want to wear it over here, she wanted to wait until we were ready to tell them. I guess that time is now.
"Mom, dad, we have something to tell you." she says and then she slips it on her finger. Everyone watches as it slides on. It fits perfectly on her hand. Her dad smiles, while her mom gets tears in her eyes, Ever and Writer both are smiling. "Hanger proposed and I said yes. I know it seems fast but he is it for me." Her mom gets up and comes over to her and gives her a hug.
"Baby, I'm so happy for you. It doesn't matter how fast it is, you two have been through so much already. I can tell how much you two love each other, everyone can." Her mom then comes and gives me a hug. "Take care of my baby girl, Hanger."
"I will, I promise." Her dad then gets up and comes over gives her a hug.
"Congratulations, Honey. I'm happy for you. That boy loves you so much. He will take good care of you. I know I don't have to worry." He then comes over to me and pats me on the back. "She’s made an honest man out of you, Hanger. Don't let her give you too much trouble. I'm proud to call you son. Welcome to the family." Next is her sister and Writer they give their congratulations and hugs and pats on the back. We all sit back down the girls start talking about wedding shit, so the guys go into the living room. Once we get in there we sit and turn the TV on and I look to Writer and tap him on the shoulder.
"Did you tell Ever yet?" Grant is watching with narrowed eyes.
"Did he tell her what?" I look to Writer and he is glaring at me, shit. I didn't know he would be paying attention. He turns his eyes to Grant.
"I told her, I love her. I'm in love with your daughter." Grants nodding his head.
"I know you are, son. How does she feel about you?"
"She said she loves me too." I see his face light up. Just like it always does when he mentions her.
"Well, continue to make her happy and take care of her. You already know you have my blessing."
"Let me tell you boys how I met my Sophia. We were in college and I was walking not paying attention to where I was going. I ran into somebody, when I looked up I seen the most beautiful woman I’d ever seen. When we had bumped shoulders, it made her drop her books. I bent down to pick them up for her. I handed them back and she had the most stunning smile. I felt like I had to get to know this girl. I asked what her name was and she said if I really wanted to know then I would find out. It took me a couple of weeks asking around until I got a name. Then I started finding out where she would be at. I felt like a stalker." He chuckles then continues on with his story. "By the time I got the nerve to ask her out a date, a month had passed by but that first date I knew she was the one. I've loved her ever since."
I say "I see where Zoey gets her persistence from." We all laugh and start watching TV. We stay a few more hours so the ladies can talk, then we head back to the clubhouse.
It's been two weeks since we told her parents about our engagement. I'm sitting in my office going over the books. If we don't get this shit under control with this money, we ain't gonna have shit left. Fuck, we won’t even have a club left, and I can't let that happen. My phone starts ringing I see it's Bones. "Yeah, Bones?"
"Hey, Hanger. I got a question for you?"
"What's up?"
"Well, I got a couple of guys here. They’ve gotten themselves into some trouble, they need to lay low. Was wondering if you’ve got some space for them?"
"Who is it?"
"Demon's done real good watching that warehouse with Hunter."
"Yeah, he's been prospecting with us for a couple of years, he’s ready to patch in. They are both good kids, Hanger."
"Yeah, I can use 'em, send 'em this way."
"Thanks, Hanger."
"No problem. Call if you need anything else." I walk out to the bar. "Has anybody seen Romeo?"
Bam Bam speaks up "Naw, his shift ended a couple of hours ago. He should of been back by now."
"Alright, I’ll try to call him." I walk back into the office and try calling, he don't answer.
A few hours later, I'm with Zoey in the bar when Demon and Chasyr come in.
They walk up to me and tell me thanks for letting them come here.
"Not a problem, boys. Tomorrow when we have church, we will discuss why you are here." They give me nods and I have Ghost show them to their rooms.
"Hey, Crazy Girl. You ready to go lay it down?"
"Yeah, Baby, let’s go." She says with that sexy as hell smile she gets.
I shut our door and make my way to the bed where she's sitting. I lean down putting my mouth in the crook of her neck, kissing while we take each other’s clothes off. I kiss down her chest until I get to her beautiful tits. I pull one of her hard nipples into my mouth sucking, licking, rolling my tongue around it while pulling and tugging on the other in my fingers, giving her a bit of pain and pleasure just the way she likes. After I have showed the other the same attention. I slowly lay kisses down her stomach until I get to that sweet pussy, I can never get enough of her. I take her thighs in my hands and spread her legs open. "You ready for me, Babe?"
"Yes. God, Nico, Please." I put my tongue on her running it up and down her slit, then torturing her clit. She starts bucking her hips. "That's it, Crazy Girl." She's moaning loudly "Please, Nico." God, I love it when she begs. I work on her clit and when I know she’s close, I drop one leg and put two fingers inside of her, hitting her g spot. "Fuck. Yeah, Baby. I'm gonna cum." I work harder and faster with my tongue and fingers until her whole body is shaking. Her head is thrashing back and forth on the pillow. It is fuckin' hot watching her come undone.
She starts screaming out my name. I crawl up her body and give her a good long kiss, letting her taste herself. "It's so fuckin' sexy when you cum for me." She gives me a lazy smile and I don't give her time to recover before I'm inside of her. I make sure to hit her g spot as soon as I get inside. I rub my cock on it, throwing her into another orgasm. She's clawing and scratching my back while screaming out again. "I love you, Babe."
"I love you too." She says as she tries to catch her breath but I don't let her, I pick up my speed pounding into her tight cunt. I love that she likes it just like I do. I slow down and roll my hips. I love it all with her soft and sweet or fast and hard.
"Crazy Girl, you feel so fuckin' good." I pick up my speed again, slamming into her tight wet heat. I start feeling the buildup in my spine "Fuck, Babe. I'm gonna cum."
"God, yes, Nico me too." As I let go, I feel her clenching my cock so fuckin' tight again.
I growl out into the crook of her neck. "Fuck. Babe, so good." While she's moaning out my name again. I pull out of her and bring her over to me. Once we have both calmed down, I grab my phone and try Romeo again but there's still no answer.
"Baby, what's wrong?"
"I've been trying to get ahold of Romeo for hours. His ass still isn't answering his phone."
"Maybe he's with Giovanna."
"Yeah, maybe. Let’s get some sleep. I’ll worry about it tomorrow. I love you, Babe. Goodnight."
"Night, Baby. I love you too."
I'm sitting in my office before church. When Hunter busts in and tells me someone needs to see me.
"Who is it?"
"He says his name is Anthony Gremaldi. He has information on Romeo." Romeo has been missing since yesterday, no one can get ahold of him, and I wonder what this fucker has.
"Alright, let him in." I pull my pistol from my waist and place it on my desk. Then in walks this pretty boy lookin' motherfucker. He's not too tall I'd say under six foot, he’s got some muscle on him, tanned skin, with jet black hair. "You wanna tell me why the fuck you are at my clubhouse, let alone in my fucking office?"
"I got some information on your boy Romeo."
"Well, are you gonna tell me or you just gonna keep standin’ there?"
"Before, I tell you. I need a place here." He crosses his arms and stares at me, with a straight face.
I start laughing "You must be fuckin' joking right? Why the fuck would I just bring you into my club? Your family is my enemy."
"Because, I want to crush my fucking uncle. If I turn my back on my family, I will have nowhere to go. They will kill me. If I come here, I will be in the protection of the Sinners."
“You gotta have some good fuckin' information for me to even consider thinking about letting you prospect for my club."
"Oh, don't you worry. It's good, and I'll even help."
"Well, what you got?"
"Romeo is in love with my cousin, Giovanna. She’s not who he thinks she is. She’s been getting information from Romeo. She goes back and tells our family. They started thinking something was going on with him a while ago. So they set him up. She made him believe that she loved him and that she wanted out but she doesn't."
"What the fuck? What information has she gotten from him?"
"All I know is about the plan to bring them down, you wanted to get them before they got you."
"Why should I believe you?"
"I'm here ain't I?"
"Yeah, well that don't mean shit that cunt was here too."
"Hanger, they have Romeo held hostage in the basement at Gremaldi’s. You are going to need me to get him back."
"Fuck. I knew that bitch was up to no good. Come on."
We enter church, all the guys are sitting, eyeing up Anthony.
Hacker asks "Who the fuck is this?"
"Listen, guys. Calm the fuck down. This is Anthony Gremaldi."
Gunner jumps up "What? Why the fuck is he here?"
"Gunner, sit your ass down and listen. He is here to help. He wants to prospect for the club under protection."
Gunner sits back down scowling "Why the fuck would you even consider bringing in the enemy? What the fuck is wrong with you?"
"Will you just shut the fuck up for a minute and I'll explain."
Hunter says "Protection from what?"
"I'll get to that in a minute. First, you guys met Demon and Chasyr, they are going to be here with us now. You all know they are from Oklahoma." They all nod. I'll have to ask later why they are here. I need to figure this shit out with Romeo first.
"Now, Anthony says that his family is holding Romeo hostage in the basement of Gremaldi's. So we need to come up with a plan to get him back."
Ripper speaks up "What the fuck is going on?"
"Well, the little cunt Giovanna has been going back telling her family information that she gets from Romeo and just from over hearing shit. She knew he fell in love with her. She fuckin' played him, she doesn't want to leave her family. It's all been a set up."
Bears says "Thank fuck we didn't let the girls get close to her."
"Yeah, I didn't trust that bitch from the beginning."
Hunter says "So what the fuck is he doing here?” He points at Anthony. “He's the enemy. It's his fuckin' family keeping him hostage. What does he need protection from?"
"Well, he says he is going to help us get him back. If he turns on his family, he has nowhere to go and they will kill him. That's where we come in."
Bear says "So, what's the plan pretty boy?"
Anthony replies "Well, they have him in the basement, locked in a room, tied to a chair. One guy stands outside the door on watch. I will get the keys to unlock the door, someone will have to take down the guard though."
I say "What makes you think we are going to be able to just walk in the restaurant being a bunch of bikers?"
Bear speaks up "I’ve got an idea. Prez, I want you to hear me out on this one."
"I'm listening." I cross my arms over my chest not liking where this is going.
"Okay, so what if you took Crazy Girl to dinner there? He got the key, you go down to the basement, unlock the door and get him back."
"No! No, fuckin' way! I’m not gonna take her back there. Have you lost your fuckin' mind?" I'm looking at him like he's done fuckin' lost it. "You’re fuckin' crazy if you think I'm gonna do that. There's no fuckin' way, Bear."
"Just listen, Prez. It will look like you guys are just a regular couple going out to dinner. Leave your cut here. If we all go they are gonna know something is up, and a war could break out." Everyone nods.
Gunner says" It's a good plan, Hanger. You need to try doing it so we can get him back."
"I don't fuckin' like this shit Gunner."
"I know you don't. If she was mine, I wouldn't like it either."
"Yeah, well she's not yours. She's mine and all you guys want to put her in possible danger and have her go back there, after everything she has been through."
Bam Bam says "You know Crazy Girl is strong, she will be okay and if she knows something happened to Romeo she's gonna want to get him back."
Writer responds "Just tell her what is going on, and talk to her about it. You know she can handle herself."
"Writer, what would you fuckin' do if this was Ever?"
"I would do what I had to do to help my brother. She's gonna be fine, Hanger."
"Fine, stay here. I'll be back." I push up from my chair a little too hard, they know I'm pissed.
I go out to the bar and find her sitting at the bar talking with Chatty. I put my arm around her shoulders and give her a kiss on the top of her head. "Hey, Crazy Girl, can we talk for a minute in private?" She has a concerned look on her face.
"Yeah, Baby let's go to our room." When we get in there she crosses her arms over her chest and a stern look on her face. "What's going on, Hanger?"
"It is okay, Babe, let’s sit down and have a talk." We take a seat on the bed, and she turns to face me. "So there's these people that we have been feuding with. They are taking our business and trying to bring us down."
