“How?” I asked.
“He called Waylen a hellion,” Villain said. “Thought she was going to set him on fire with her eyes.
“She was pi.ssed,” Void agreed. “Never seen her that angry before.”
“She threatened to cut out my tongue if I ever said another bad word about him,” Psych told me.
“Said she didn’t care if the whole club came after her, and that I should be ashamed. And ya know what, brother? I was. Because she was right. Waylen’s just a kid.”
“Dra has a way of doing that. Making people feel ashamed, rightfully so, right Jinx?” Villain asked teasingly.
I shook my head, trying to process it all.
What the hell is wrong with that girl? Why’s she always defending my son? Doesn’t she realize how that looks? How that makes me and Waylen feel?
“She’s a fu.cking id.iot,” I grumbled under my breath.
“I also told her to go for it because of what they were saying when they came rushing outside, barely dressed, and right after a good fu.cking it seemed,” Psych said. “Fu.cking sl.ut went off about how everything that was Deidra’s is now hers and how she won. Then the a.sshat started saying that he was worried about her mental health. Sh.it pi.ssed me off. If I hadn’t let her spark that match, I woulda done something a lot worse.”
Anger rushed through me over his words. I’m not surprised at all by Sophie. She’s always been jealous of Thorn. Always. She’s a fu.cking snake. Theo bringing Thorn’s mental health into question like she doesn’t have every right to be furious and act out pi.sses me the fu.ck off. Who the hell does that little worm even think he is? He’s never been good enough for someone like Deidra. And now he’s going to act like this?
“Don’t worry, she’s safe and at home now,” Void told me. “We dropped her off there.”
Before I could deny that I even cared, Psych spoke up again.
“I’m gonna make sure that whatever charges they try to press against Dra get dropped,” he said, giving me a look I knew too well. “Want to help?”
Oh, hell yeah, I want to help.
!!!! **** WARNING! THE FOLLOWING PART CONTAINS MATERIALS THAT SOME READERS MAY FIND DISTRESSING! SUCH AS WEAPONS AND BREAKING AND ENTERING! READER DISCRETION IS ADVISED! **** !!!!
Jinx’s P.O.V.
“You sure about this?” Ice asked as we pulled up in Sophie’s neighborhood. We took a blacked out van instead of our bikes so as not to alert anyone.
Our club is known in this town. Most people either turn away when they see us or look away, like if they don’t make eye-contact, then we won’t see them. They’re afraid, but that’s because of all the rumors. Anyone who truly knows us, knows we aren’t bad people. We might do some illegal things, but we never deal in people. We protect them. We help others when they need it. We protect women and children. We welcome brothers to pledge their loyalty to us. We do charity runs, pitch in with the community, help out where we can.
Which is why the police in town usually get along with us. Well, that’s part of it. War and Russo have a sort of partnership. It’s helpful to have the cops on our side. Just like in cases like this.
However, they can only do so much if a bunch of rich white people start calling them, telling them they heard motorcycles in the area. Not that we think the neighbors would call the cops for no reason, but our bikes would draw attention. And like I said, people are scared of us. Plus, the cops can’t force Sophie and Theo to drop the charges against Thorn. Russo could only promise not to officially process the charges until tomorrow afternoon.
Which means we need to do a little convincing.
“Yes,” I replied as I put on my black gloves and made sure I had my knife and gun.
“And you’re going along with this?” Ice asked Psych. “You’re the most level-headed one in the entire club. You really gonna let Jinx go all batsh.it over some chick? I mean, his name is Jinx for a reason. You gotta know this is a bad idea.”
I gave Ice a flat look. My name is Jinx because trouble seems to follow me everywhere I go. No. matter how good I tried to be at something, or how well I tried to behave, something always happened. It was always an accident. Always something that just fu.cking happened. Just like the situation that landed me this nickname to begin with.
Ice got his roadname for a reason too. He’s cold, blunt, straight to the point. Even before he went off to be a marine he was like that. I’ve heard his mom joke about how he came out of the womb emotionless. Not even a tiny cry out of him. He’s really not that unemotional, but around most people he is. Until he’s comfortable with you. But you don’t want to be on his bad side. Trust me.
And Psych… Well, he’s named that because he’s good at fu.cking with people’s heads. Not to mention he’s fu.cked up himself. However, he excels in stealth. He’s professionally trained and damn good at whatever job he’s given too.
“He’s not going batsh.it,” Psych said.
“And this ain’t about Thorn,” I grumbled. They both looked at me, and I frowned. “What? It isn’t,” I said defensively. “I’m doing this because she’s great with my kid and I owe her. Besides, she don’t deserve this sh.it. Waylen would lose his mind if she went to jail.”
Ice sputtered out a laugh.
“Please,” he said. “She’d do probation at the most.”
“Not the point,” I replied.
“Just admit that you like her, and I’ll shut up,” he retorted.
I glared at him.
“I don’t like her,” I ground out. “It’s Waylen that’s attached to her.”
“Uh huh,” Ice replied sarcastically.
“Okay, look, it was my idea,” Psych cut in. “I asked Jinx if he wanted to come. I need you because you’re stealthy too.”
“This was your idea?” Ice asked incredulously. “Are you in love with the plant girl too?”
“Jesus fu.ck! I’m not in love with her!” I said, a bit too loudly.
“Not in love with her,” Psych replied, both of them acting like I hadn’t said anything. “She earned my respect and Jinx is right, she doesn’t deserve this. Shoulda seen her earlier. Shoulda heard what they said to her. You’d be all for this sh.it too.” He said as he tucked his gun behind his back. “Plus, I promised her the club would have her back. Gotta keep our word.”
“For fu.ck’s sake,” Ice muttered before pinning his stare at me. “You better take this fu.cking opportunity now that she’s single.” He stated. I immediately opened my mouth to deny it, but Ice shook his head before I could get a word out. “Don’t even try to deny it. You can lie to yourself and everyone else, but you’ve had a thing for that girl since y’all were little. Not tellin’ ya to settle down and put a property cut on her. I’m just tellin’ ya to go for it. Fu.ck her out of your system if you think .
“Which makes Sophie an even bigger bi.tch,” Ice stated.
“Yeah, so can we get on with this?” I asked before continuing through the house without waiting for an answer.
Ironically, we actually ran right into the happy couple in the living room. They were looking for candles to light, assuming the power was just out for some reason. Theo noticed us first. His eyes went wide, and he swallowed hard. He was shirtless, only wearing a pair of gray sweatpants. He looked like he was about to sh.it himself, and it brought a smile to my face.
“Theo, what are you doing just standing – Oh my god,” Sophie said, finally noticing us. Her eyes bounced between our faces and cuts. At first, she looked scared. And then, stupidly, so stupidly, she looked smug. “You guys here to tell me to drop the charges against Deidra or else?” She asked, crossing her arms like this was all a big joke.
“Yeah, actually, we are,” Ice stated.
Sophie scoffed.
“Please, you guys forget, I know you,” she said. “I know your road-names, your real names, your cuts, your MC. I can name you to the police, point you out in a line-up, or do whatever else. You can’t force me to do anything.”
“Is that a challenge?” Psych asked as he stepped forward, making Sophie take a step back. “It’d be kind of hard to tell the police anything if I cut out your tongue, wouldn’t it?”
“Are you threatening me?” She spat. “Do you know who my father is? Who my fiance is?”
“Oh, we met earlier, remember?” Psych replied.
“J-just leave,” Theo said, stuttering.
Pathetic.
God, what did Thorn ever see in him?
“How about you two have a seat?” Ice suggested as he pulled his gun out and pointed it at them.
They both paled. Sophie hid behind Theo, but he looked ready to bolt the moment he was given the chance to. Fu.cking pathetic. They deserve each other.
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