by M. T. Ossler
After a minute of Anton and me staring one another down, he speaks or shall I say snarls at Gator and me.
“I’ll leave with my men, but this isn’t over. I will be back for her and the other two little bitches and that fag boy of hers. I will own all of their asses,” Anton spews laughing and goes to turn. When he turns, Ace is in his face with a hostile look on his face.
“You will never touch any of them, and if I have too, I will kill you myself before Gio gets his hands on you. The girls and Cesare are off limits to you now and forever. They are under all the men in this state’s protection, so you had better abide by our demands. You are outnumbered here tonight, and any other time you try, 10 to 1 if not more. So leave Florida and never show your ugly fuckin’ face here again. Go crawl under a fuckin’ rock and stay there. You got me, asshole!” Ace yells in his face spitting his words all over Anton. |
I stand frozen and watch Antonio and his men finally file out of the bathroom and out the side door, which they apparently came through.
I hated to see him leave. It’s like the old saying “so close, but yet so far.” I had that motherfucker in my grasp and had to let him go. It kills me that he gets another day, let alone another breath. He should have been six feet under by now.
Goddamnit, I need to get my itchy hands on the bastard.
Once they are all gone, my brothers follow suit and leave, heading back into the bar, I take a deep breath and send the beast back for now. Then I turn back to Bella, and I take my angel from Maddox and into my arms to calm her. She so frazzled after this incident, she can’t stop crying to catch her breath. I think it’s time to call it a night and get her and Ces back to Maddox’s Clubhouse.
I pick Bella up, cradling her in my arms and look at Gator and Maddox, who are as infuriated by the situation as I am. We are the only ones left in the bathroom.
I know Ace ran right back to Jules to soothe her and let her know my girl is safe.
“God, Gio, I was so scared, I’ve never been that scared in my whole life.” She sobs into my neck, I raise her chin with my hand and stare into her eyes.
“You never have to be scared when I’m around, baby. I got you, Gigi and our boys forever.” I place a soft kiss on her wet lips. Then she rests her head on my shoulder and stares in my eyes.
“Baby, he’s never going to touch you ever again. He will have his judgment day by my hands, soon, baby, very fuckin’ soon. I promise you. You will never fear that bastard again! I will always protect what’s MINE!!”
We all stay in silence a minute longer, and I stare into Bella’s eyes. She’s telling me to do my worst on him and soon. She wants this nightmare to end.
“I hate to ask this, but I need a dozen men to escort us back to your Clubhouse. I’m taking Bella and Ces back. I’m sure Ace will probably want to get Jules out of here as well.” I stare straight at Maddox as I address him.
“You got it, Beast,” Maddox says.
“I think I’ll head out with you and take Sam back, it’s safer there than here tonight. I don’t want her anywhere near this until we know what that asshole’s next move is. All the women and children need to be on protection duty. I’ll send a mass text out, if their men aren’t with them, then a prospect or a patched member needs to be with them. No single riders either, we ride in groups until further notice,” Gator orders taking out his cell phone.
This is the first day of the Rally and being that it’s Thursday night, nothing is really going on. The real party will start tomorrow and end Sunday night.
“Sugar, how are you and those babies’ feeling?” Maddox asks in a calm, soothing tone. He places his hand on her back, rubbing calming circles.
“We’re fine now and ready to get out of here. Thank you guys for protecting us.”
“No thanks, needed, I’m just glad we got here when we did. Let’s get you back,” Maddox says.
“I texted Joker, he’s around here somewhere, and I’m gonna have two of his prospects, that he left stuck at his club, on alert for him and his men,” Gator says to us, then we all disperse out the room.
Once we get into the hallway Bella’s brothers, run up to us. Val growls at the sight of her face and tries to take her from my arms. “No! Don’t touch me!” Bella yells at him, and he takes a step back with his hands up in the air. Then Jules and Ces come running over with Ace, Blaze, and Ryder on their heels.
They all see her face, as they get closer. She has red streaks on both her cheeks and they are starting to swell and bruise. Her right eye was swelling as well and red. Val gives me a look, but stays quiet, for now. We’ll get our answers from her once I get her back and calm.
“Lovey, you good, we got you.” Ces coos, taking her hand in his, up to his lips for a kiss and she nods.
Then he turns to me. “I know you're taking our girl back. I want to go with you. I don’t want to leave her side after this?” he asks, and Bella turns in my arms and take Ces in hers, while I keep her in mine and I nod to him.
“I wouldn’t have it any other way. She needs you as much as me right now.”
“I’m taking Jules back too. I think a quiet night together will be good for the girls,” Ace says to me. “You good with that, sweetheart, or do you want to be alone with your man?”
“That sounds good to me. I need to be in my man’s arms and hold my baby sister while keeping these babies calm. They are going wild in my belly. Feel,” Bella says to me. I want to feel them, but she’s kinda occupying my arms, so her brothers, Lorenzo, Ace, Blaze, Ces, Jules, Ryder, Gator, Sam and Maddox all get to feel them.
“Il mio amore, sentire il tuo bambino ragazzi,” Bella says to me with tears still stinging her eyes. She wants me to feel our boys move and I want to more than anything, but I don’t want to let her go.
“Give her to me, so you can feel your babies, man,” Val says, and Bella nods for me to do as he says. I reluctantly pass her over to her brother and place my hands on her belly. My boys are going wild inside the small space. I can feel them moving all over the tiny bubble in her belly. They are so strong; their kicks are making my hand jump up from her belly.
I lean my forehead against Bella’s and gaze into her beautiful teary eyes that seem to be light gold tonight.
“I nostri ragazzi. Ti amo, mio angelo,” I whisper to her. Wow, those are our boys. Our baby boys are active from all the excitement.
“Ti amo, amore mio.” She leans forward, placing her lips on mine and wrapping her arms around my neck. I can’t help myself, I need her closer to me, so I tug her to me and deepen our kiss.
She’s safe and thank God, he didn’t hurt her too bad. It’s nothing she can’t heal from and fast.
My heart hurts for her because of what she just had to endure, but she stayed strong in the eyes of fear and the monster.
I’m so proud of her, more than she will ever realize.
If I had to guess, I would say she did it for our babies. She’s going to be an excellent momma just like I always knew she would. Now, I just have to get her to believe it.
“Okay, enough! Time to get her out of here,” Val says.
I release Bella’s lips from mine and take her back in my arms.
I need to get ice on her face soon. As if he heard my thoughts, Bash comes next to us holding a bag of ice.
“Take this for your face, Princess.” Bash hands her the bag, and she places it on her cheek.
Then I turn to Maddox and Gator. “We all set?”
“Yeah, I got more than a dozen men wanting to follow you back. The guys are ready to call it a night and just hang out at the clubhouse,” Maddox says with a half-smile. I’m not sure I believe him fully, my brothers never give up a chance to party. So, either Maddox asked them to leave, or they are doing it to keep the girls and Ces safe. Either way, I’m indebted to them for their support.
“They’re all waiting out front by your cage. Let’s get her back before she ends up in the hospital from all
this excitement.” I nod to Maddox, and they all follow me out and mount their bikes to trail us back.
I place Bella in the passenger seat, lock her seat belt securely around her, place a kiss on her lips, and then shut the door rushing over to my side. I get in, take her hand in mine, once the guys are in with us and take off.
When I am stuck at the first light, I look over at my girl. She’s holding my hand so tight, it has to be hurting her more than it’s hurting me.
“Baby, you need to take deep breaths for me. You did great back there, I’m so proud of you. Just ignore everything he said, you hear me. Nothing he said is true or worth rehashing in your mind,” I say to compose her, but I can see it’s not working.
She releases my hand, pulls her legs up under her body angling her feet to the side of the door. Then grabs my arm with both hers, wrapping her arms around mine, over the center console, and buries her face behind my arm.
Shit, I can’t do this with her now. I need to get us back to the Clubhouse, and then I can take all her fears away. Five more minutes and we should be there.
“Gio, he said some horrible things in front of your brothers. Now, they all know what he did to me. Now, they’re all going to pity me. I don’t want their pity or sympathy. None of it, please!” she pleads through her sobs. Before I can answer her, Romeo speaks.
“He not only hit her, he told everyone what he did to her. Gio, I know you said you would be taking him out, but I get five minutes at least with that bastard,” he growls. “Me too,” Bash and Lorenzo say in unison.
“You and I are having words, once you get her settled. I want some fucking answers Gio, and I’m sure Val will too,” Romeo growls at me, and I ignore him and concentrate on my girl.
“Baby, none of my brothers are going to treat you any different. Well...” I say, looking down at her, quickly before looking back at the road. Her face is still buried behind my arm and saturating my shirt with her tears. Not like I care.
“They may, but not in the way you’re thinking. When they look at my girl now, they’re going to see a hero, a survivor, the strongest woman that they will ever have the chance to know.
“Baby, you faced down your real life monster tonight. You faced him on your own. For Christ sakes, baby, you held a goddam knife to his neck with a steady hand. You stood up to your fears, and I know why you did it too.” I wait for her to answer. I know why she faced her fears, and it wasn’t just for herself, no it was to protect our sons. That’s why I’m so proud of my girl.
She removes her face, wipes her tears away furiously, and looks up at me. “I had to protect our babies until you came for us. He could hit my face, all he wanted, but I would never let him hurt them. Ever!” she bellows as she wipes more of her tears off her gorgeous face. I kiss the top of her head, while still looking at the road.
“Sissy,” Bash says with a huge smile full of pride for his older sister on his face. “You are not just my older sister, you are my hero, you have faced so much in a short time, and here you are standing on your own two feet. Yeah, you have Gio when you fall, but from what I have seen since we’ve been here, you don’t need him.” He emphasizes the word need for her benefit, and she lets his words register.
He’s right, though, she doesn’t need me, and she can handle herself. That doesn’t mean I’m going to allow her to handle things on her own. I will always be there to take care of her and protect her whether she needs me to or not.
“Baby, any reservations you may have about being a good momma, get rid of them now. Tonight you proved to the world how good of a momma you’re going to be. Between the way you are with Gigi and the way you protected our sons, you should have no doubts in that pretty little head of yours now.” I place another kiss on the top of her head as I park the cage in front of the Clubhouse.
I run around to her, taking her into my arms, carrying her into the Clubhouse and we go straight to the media room with the guys. We find mom and Gigi in there watching a movie. We all join them. I sit on the couch with her on my lap, and she takes Gigi in her arms next to us. The rest of our troops join us, and we find a movie.
I give Gigi the censored version of what happened, and she holds onto her big sister tight. Their brothers stay close to them, sitting next to us and comforting my girl the way she needs. Ces sits on the floor in front of us with Ryder keeping a hand on Bella’s leg.
Val, the guys and I will be having a talk later, once I get my girls settled in bed, and I will tell them everything that went down tonight.
Mom and I can talk in the morning, she’s not satisfied with the version we gave Gigi, she wants the uncensored version.
No such luck, it will have to wait until morning.
We all end up falling asleep in the media room, and for the rest of the night, I hold both my girls in my arms.
Chapter 26
Bella
After the excitement Thursday night, I wasn’t up for anymore. So Friday morning, I decided to stay here at Maddox’s Clubhouse with my sister and mom. I had to do a lot of persuading with my husband and brothers, the five of them are hard nuts to crack. But in the end, they left me at the Clubhouse to go have some fun. I missed Gio like crazy all day, and as safe as I feel with him, that wasn’t the reason I stayed. Since seeing him, I felt safer staying with my baby sister behind the locked security gates. Ces and Jules also decided to stay with us. Gio, Ace, Gator, and Maddox ordered 10 prospects and 2 patched members to watch over us.
Of course, I only had to wait until dinnertime before my boys all came barreling through the bar doors. We had just sat down to eat pizza, my craving for the night with bacon, of course. Gio, Ace, Ryder, Val, Romeo, Bash, and Lorenzo came rushing to sit by us.
We had ordered twelve pizzas before the guys showed up. We finished those by the time ten more were being delivered. Damn, can the men in my life pack it in, where they put it all I couldn’t tell you?
After dinner, we all congregated back to the media room for an action movie.
We watched Furious 7. Ces, Jules, Gigi, and I love these movies. We all might have a tiny crush on the sexy, ripped, tattooed, Gods, Vin Diesel, and Dwayne Johnson.
Hey, they are hot eye candy, even if they are old enough to be our fathers. Their bodies are off the fucking charts. Well, except for my man’s that is. He is the sexiest, ripped, and tattooed, Adonis I’ve ever laid eyes on.
Ces had to spill the beans and expose our little secret to all of them. They had a bit of fun with us about it, all in good faith. My brothers kind of knew, but never asked us to confirm it. They have always been happier thinking that we never ogled any men. They razzed us for a while.
Gio and I called it a night for some alone time when the movie ended.
All and all it was a good day.
Now, it’s late Saturday morning, and Gio has insisted I go with him today. He missed having me with him yesterday, by his side, even though he was able to ride his bike around with his brothers and friends.
He promised me he wouldn’t leave my side, and in all honesty, I want to be with my man. I hated being apart from him, I feel safer and more at peace when I feel his touch.
So, I find myself back in the bar with everyone waiting to leave for the day.
Gio and I had a spectacular morning of sexual bliss in bed and in the shower to hold my sexual desires at bay for the day. Well, watching my man around all his friends and all the bikes... I shake my head of those dirty thoughts; because he turns me on just looking at him, imagine seeing him in his element. It’s a million times hotter.
I have another pair of my new maternity jean shorts on, a Harley tank top and my kutte. I tried to wear one of the sundresses I had packed, but Gio wouldn’t allow it. He wouldn’t give me an explanation, and I didn’t want to fight. So I did as he asked and wore my shorts.
Out of nowhere, one of the babies kicks me really hard, knocking the wind out of me.
“Owwwww!” I scream from the sharp pai
n igniting in the center of my abdomen, and I double over forward. I sit in the chair next to me. I flop down in it, very unladylike mind you.
Gio comes rushing over to me, from his place at the counter, bending in front of me, to see what’s wrong. All the men follow him with concern written all over their handsome, loving faces.
“Baby, what’s wrong? Are you okay? Are the babies okay?” he asks panicked. As bad as this hurts, I have to laugh, full on hysterical laughter bubbles out of me. They all stare at me like I’ve lost my damn mind.
I pull my kutte open, lift up my shirt and see a red mark on my stomach. I may have a bruise or two tomorrow from their strength. You can see clear as day my stomach is bouncing up and down, and rippling from them.
“One of the boys knocked me on my ass,” I say through my laughter, and they all join in.
I take Gio’s hand to my belly for him to feel how hard the boys are kicking me. He gasps and starts to laugh, half-heartedly, mind you. I can tell by the look on his face, he’s not happy the babies are hurting me like this. There is nothing he can do about it, and that’s killing him.
“You two are going to have your hands full with those boys. You can kiss your sex life goodbye,” Bull says, laughing.
At his words, my laughter turns to sad sobs. I don’t want to lose the sexual connection Gio and I have, ever!
Gio takes me in his arm still leaving his hand over our boys and whispers in my ear. “Do you really think I could stay away from your sweet pussy for long, baby. I will hire you a team of people to help you for that not to happen. Your pretty pink pussy will always be mine for the taking, every fuckin’ day I will desire you.” I shiver at his words and stop crying as his lips find mine.
My man always knows what to say and do. Unfortunately, his words and lips do more than soothe me, they have me turned on. Big damn time, my nipples are hard and hurting, and my pussy needs release.
