UnLove Me - The Angels Warriors MC Complete Trilogy Box Set (53 page)

I got news that Lilly tried to kill herself and was admitted into the hospital. I can’t believe that shit. I blame Zippo, the fucker. I spot him sitting on his bike outside of Lilly’s house when I pull up. Looking up at the house, I notice Hilary in the front window dancing with Elizabeth.

Fuck, she looks good with a kid in her arms. I can’t help but wonder, if she hadn’t lost the baby if this could be our life—me rolling up and seeing her with our daughter or son waiting for me. Shit fuckin’ hurts, thinking of how cold I was to her when she lost our child. I try to shake the past from my mind, but it’s hard. Memories of what I did haunt me daily. I was a lousy husband in that respect.

“Man,” I say with a nod when Zippo looks over.

“Hey,” he says quietly, looking so worn out.

“How you gonna fix shit, bro?” I ask him.

“Fucks me.”

I sigh and rub a hand over my face. “You ready to ride out? Have a court case in Devon this week that we need to see through.”

“Yeah,” he says gently and starts up his bike.

I take another glance toward the house, but Hilary’s no longer in the window. I ride off with Zippo behind me.

We get to the hotel we’re crashing at, and I pull out the file and go over the case with Vinny to refresh his mind. I know the motherfucker has been dealing with a lot. He was dealt a shit hand, but he didn’t help the situation. Dumbass could have learned from the rest of us that secrets always come out and destroy everything.

I look over at him, always wearing that damn beanie. “When in the fuck are you going to retire that damn thing? You even got any hair left under there.” I kick his boot, teasing him as he digs into the pizza we ordered.

“Fuck you. This damn beanie has held up during all of my rough days.”

“I just realized that damn thing is the only thing you have managed to keep a hold of.”

He takes a piece of sausage from his slice and flings it at me.  It goes flying halfway across the room, missing me completely. “How in the hell did you manage to get your spunk in two women? You can’t aim for shit!” I laugh at him, but then I feel like shit. That was harsh of me, but what can I say- I’m a fucking asshole.

“Like you have room to talk, dickhead,” he snarls at me.

”Yeah, I know, but fuck, that shit is funny. You goin’ out this weekend with Jasper and me? We sure could use a night off.”

“Hell yeah, it’ll be nice just to have a night out- no kids, no baby mama dramas.” He laughs.

*~*

Our night out was total shit. The girls seemed to have had the same idea. The three of them ended up at the same club as us, all of them looking too fuckin’ good to be out.  Goddamn Hilary was dancing with another man just to piss me off. Then Eden just had to go and get Jasper fuckin’ pissed. We ended up cutting out early and getting’ drunk at the clubhouse.

Our night out was crap. Eden had a total breakdown, singing that stupid song to Jasper. All the guys were there, and I sure felt like shit by rubbing Mason’s face in me dancing with another man. I get to my hotel room half drunk and collapse on my bed.

I don’t know how long I was out when my phone starts ringing nonstop. Stumbling around to dig it out of my purse, I slide it to answer. “Hello?” I answer, slurring.

“Yeah, uh, Hilary, it’s Roni. Kayla’s dead,” I hear said. .

It sobers me instantly. “What’s going on?”

“I know she’s not anyone’s favorite person right now, neither am I, but she’s dead. I went over for a visit, found her in her house. Breaks just informed me that you had done up her Will?”

“Yeah,” I say while letting out a breath.

“He also mentioned that she wanted Lilly to be Rose’s guardian? Well, you need to get over to Lilly’s house. She needs to know. I dropped Rose off about an hour or so ago.”

Lilly’s going to freak out. I can’t believe someone could do such a thing. I end up making about a million different calls- to the guys, my mom, and eventually to Officer Thrane. He verified what was going on. I have to run by work and get the letter that Kayla wrote for Lilly. Kayla wanted Rose to be left under her care if anything were to ever happen to her. When she had the papers drawn up, I honestly never expected to put them to use.

I’m in shock the whole drive over to Lilly’s house. I’m not sure how in the hell she is going to take to this news. She’s been doing okay after her incident, but I’m not sure if she’s prepared to take on another baby right now, especially after everything she has said about Kayla and the whole situation. I really hope this doesn’t set her back, but then again, it may be the push she needs to accept Vinny’s other daughter and either move on or take his sorry ass back.

I dial Lilly to make sure she’s awake as I’m pulling up in the driveway, nervous with the news I’m about to share with her.

Lilly surprises me; she is being really calm and level-headed about it all. I know Kayla wasn’t her favorite person, but she didn’t wish this shit on her. And as much as I think Vinny’s a total loser, I feel so bad for him.

Tonight couldn’t have gone any worse. Seriously, first we were tricked by Roni of all people. Then we find out Breaks is a fuckin’ tool, and that he’s trying to ruin the club. What do they think they will accomplish by taking us, though? We aren’t with Mason, Jasper, or Vinny anymore.

Now we learn Momma B is part of this shit. I don’t understand how Momma B could do this. Why would she do this to us? Money? I just don’t get it.

“What’s going on?” I demand once Momma B comes out of the cabin. I need to understand.

“Now, Hilary, is that any way to speak to me? I’m the only person keeping you three alive right now,” she tells us with a menacing grin.

“What are you doing?” Eden asks. Lilly looks ready to piss her pants.
Did they kill Kayla
, I wonder, honestly feeling scared for our lives.

“Club takeover, of course. Victor wants things back,” she tells us with a shrug. “And I’m helping my man get that.”

“Victor?” I ask, confused. I thought that old nasty bastard that called himself Jasper’s dad was dead.

“Yes,” she says with a laugh. “Did you all really believe he was dead? Breaks here was working in the prison he was transferred to at that time. With a dead body and some paperwork, we were able to get him out. Took a while, but here we are.” She throws her hands out, looking proud.

She turns to look at Roni. “You’ve done your end, so you get to stay alive. Now run along, and fast, before I change my mind,” she says.

Roni runs as fast as she can through the woods and out of sight.

“We have another working with us, but of course, he doesn’t give a shit about the club. He just wants revenge,” Momma B says.  “You can come out now,” she announces. I’m scared to see who else has betrayed us all.

The door to the cabin opens, and out walks Trent. “Trent?” I whisper, not believing my eyes. It chills me to the bone just seeing the resemblance he has to our father—same dark hair and angular nose.

“Hey, sis. Surprise!” he says with a smirk. He shoves his hands in his pockets and walks over to me as his boots crunch on the ground, effectively stomping on my heart with every step he takes.

“Why are you doing this? To me?”  I ask, shocked that he’s had any part in this. I never would have suspected him—my own brother. How could he? Why would he? I thought we had come to terms with our father when I first talked to him about it all those years ago. He never gave any indication of harboring such hate.

His head tips to the side. “I want revenge against Reaper, of course. That asshole killed my mother. She was a shitty mother, but she was good to me when she wasn’t high or fucking around. He took her from me. He deserves to die, and I’ll see to it that it happens.” I knew his mother was dead; I read the papers, and he told me about it. She ended up married to the head of some drug cartel and got dead for it, but I can’t believe Mason did this.

“But he’s your brother,” I say desperately.

He snorts. “He’s no brother of mine.”  He grabs a hold of my bound hands and shoves me roughly. “Get inside,” he barks.

Fuckin’ hell. I can’t believe someone murdered Kayla. Police don’t have shit on the case either. Right now, all they have is a dead end. Fingers are pointed at Vinny, people sayin’ his relationship with her ruined his life with Lilly. But anyone that knows Vinny knows he doesn’t have a violent bone in his body. Dumbass might have a mouth on him, and when push comes to shove, he’ll throw down, but murder? No fuckin’ way. Dude doesn’t have it in him.

He is so freaked and stressed right now, but thank fuck he has Lilly. She’s stepped in and is taking care of Rose right along with the daughter they share. Really surprised us, since Lilly was so dead set against having the two kids even get near each other, but I know she loves Vinny. She’ll do anything for him. I’m glad she got her shit together after the depression shit.  Jasper and I really don’t know what to do for him other than look for answers. Breaks says he’s doing everything he can, but he isn’t allowed anywhere near the case, since Kayla was his girlfriend. Don’t know how that motherfucker is staying so calm about shit.

Jasper and I have been talking. This shit with Kayla could be an attack on our club, but we don’t want to say anything to scare any of the girls. I know we are all thinking that any one of them could be next, though. It’s kind of hard to protect them with the way shit lies between us all, and as crazy as it sounds and after how hard Jasper’s worked to turn shit around, you never know who in the fuck you can ever really trust.