“Your egg donor spends at least every other week at a house in Myrtle Beach. I’m assuming you know of this house. Looks like this house was deeded over to you shortly after your eighteenth birthday. It shows you and you alone own this house outright. Good ole Charlie has been using it for a regular fuck palace since you’ve been gone,” Happy stopped talking when he noticed my face. I had no clue the house was in my name. I remember visiting a beach house when Charlotte's parents were still alive. Her mother and father, my so-called grandparents, and I never really got to know each other. They were always sweet when I got to see them, but I can only remember meeting up with them at the beach house when I was a little girl. My mother told me her parents died shortly after my ninth birthday. I found it odd that we never attended their funerals, or my mother never seemed to grieve but as a child, I never thought to question it.
“You mean I own a house? A house in Myrtle Beach? A house that could be the large beach house that my mother’s parents once owned,” I asked quickly?
Happy seemed taken back with my questions as he took a minute to think about what I said. “I never thought to check into how the house came to be in your name. I wasn’t sure what pieces of the puzzle you were aware of and which ones you would be able to help with putting together. I’ll check the deed paperwork tomorrow. I should know something in the next few days. In the meantime, I’m going to reach out to your grandmother’s lawyer and try to set up a time to meet with him. With your birthday right around the corner, I want to make sure we set it up because I’m pretty sure you won’t be leaving the compound until then.”
“You’re damn right she’s not leaving until then. If I have my way she won’t be going a damn place until we squash this shit with the Grizzlies and the fucking Loftland fucks are on a leash! You might as well see if the suit could be persuaded to make the trip to the clubhouse to handle the paperwork. That way we don’t have to spread ourselves thin keeping a watch on her and the compound. She would be better protected here anyway,” Wall growled before I could answer for myself.
Even after a few months here watching the overprotective men in this family I still wasn’t used to having my life dictated to me. Yeah, I understand it comes from a good place, but I would have answered much the same as my new brother would have. It just would have been nice to be able to answer for myself. Part of me wanted to tell my brother exactly what I was feeling, and my sister must have sensed it as well. She squeezed my hand and shook her head softly silently telling me to just let it go and keep my mouth shut on the subject. Besides, I think we’ve all had enough to deal with for the last few hours. Right now, I think we all needed to step back from the happenings from the last few days and just enjoy each other.
“Okay, so if I promised to stay put and act like a good little girl can we take this meeting down a few notches,” I asked my brother which seemed to confuse him which had me pulling away from him to address the room full of family all together. I scan the room before I began to speak stopping when my eyes locked with the hypnotizing set of deep purple eyes that I knew would someday be my undoing. “I guess what I mean is, I don’t want this night to be something we all stress over. I don’t think the way I found out about my father was the ideal way and I’ll always ache knowing that I wasn’t able to meet him but that doesn’t mean that this news has to be all bad. For so long I have envied what you’ll share and have prayed to any god that would listen that I would finally earn my forever spot in this family. Looks like I finally got my wish and I couldn’t be happier. Rest assure that you’ll be wanting to get rid of me first before you have to worry about me packing up and leaving you all behind. I’ll be here as long as you’ll have me. I want to watch my niece grow up and hopefully be considered an honorary Auntie to Hunter and the newest little O’Shea’s on the way. I love you all and I can’t see my life anywhere but here.”
Tank moved around everyone to pull me into my arms and land one heck of a kiss on my lips. It was closed mouth, but it wasn’t lacking any of the passion we normally shared when our lips came together. Tank was the first to break the kiss only pulling back far enough to speak to everyone while holding the deep look in my eyes. “Well everyone I think I speak for my girl here when I say it’s time to celebrate. Enough for the heavy shit. Let’s break out the whiskey and wine and toast to family!”
That was all it took to table the dread and worry most everyone was facing. I wasn’t stupid. I know that it would resurface come morning but at least we all could take a few hours to relax and celebrate. I finally had the family I always wanted and never had to worry about it being taken away from me. I was truly happy, and I know without a doubt that I would never have to face anything alone ever again. For the first time in my life, everything seemed right!
I spent the next three hours sipping on too much wine with my girls while most of the men took their seats at the large kitchen table with their variety of whiskey, burton, and tequila. Every once-in-a-while, I could feel Tank’s eyes on me which in return would have me turning to meet his stare. He was at the end of the table with Wall, Throttle and Axle sampling his favorite tequila. The first few times I stole a glance at the four of them they seemed to be in a heavy discussion but after a while it seemed to dissipate into lots of ribbing and joking.
By one a.m. everyone was feeling the lack of sleep from the last few days and was slowing splitting off to find a place to lay their heads. I stayed behind with Carrin while we unloaded the dishwasher only to fill it back up with everyone’s tumblers, shot glasses and wine goblets. I had just placed the last glass in the top rack when Carrin spoke for the first time since we were alone. “I’m so happy you’re okay with all of this, even though I’m hoping you thought of us as family before it all became official because that’s what you’ve been long before tonight. You were my sister long before some hair sample test proved it, just like the rest of the group.”
“It took some time to come to that realization, but I did. I knew I was family before the news broke tonight. That little test just cemented it. It just means you’re stuck with me forever now,” I said hoping to try and tease her a bit.
“Huh, me stuck with you. That’s funny. We’ll see how long it takes for you to join our bang wagon of bitching and complaining about the overprotective males of this family. You’ve only gotten a taste of that sweetheart and from what was said earlier tonight you’re in for it ten full. Just know the rest of us will be here with unlimited amounts of wine and gossip when it gets to be too much. I’ll catch ya in the morning sis. It’s pushing one thirty and I’m sure my man’s not gonna allow me to fall asleep anytime soon, which I love but Tivie will be up by seven raring to go, which makes for a long ass day for me.” With a quick hug, I watched Carrin walk in the direction of her room.
After shutting the lights down in the kitchen, I crept down the steps to the basement apartment. I needed to get out of this get up from earlier and into some comfy sleep clothes. From the looks of all the bodies spread across the available places to sleep it was safe to say I would have to sneak up to the chaise lounge in the living room if I want a soft place to sleep tonight. The only spot left down here to curl up would be the floor and with Diesel already sprawled out between the couch and the bed that didn’t leave much room for me to crash. As much as I like to cuddle with my fur baby I wouldn’t be joining him on the hard floor.
Within minutes I was in my yoga capris and tank top leaving the skinny jeans, hooker heels and corset for the next time. Some much-needed online shopping was on my agenda. I carefully untied the scarf wrapped around my head opting to let my hair out its braid but wait for the brush it out in the morning. Moments later I had fresh breath and was headed back up the stairs to crash in the living room. Thankfully none of the guys had beat me to it. With a smile on my face, I fell into a deep sleep curled up in the comfy chair dreaming of waking next to the man who has stolen my heart.
Chapter 17
Tank
When Bree be
gan to panic and was fighting to pull away from me, my first instinct was to hold my woman in my arms and soothe the pain she was feeling. Wall, on the other hand, had a different idea. “Let my sister go, asshole. She doesn’t need you crowding her like that! I told you that you were going to give her fucking time to process this shit. Now back the fuck off,” he roared grabbing by the collar.
I reached back to swing on my Enforcer for getting in my way of taking care of my woman only to have someone grab my arm to stop me while yelling back at Wall. “Let him go, fucker. I told you this was not the damn time of place for this shit. You need to reign that shit in right fucking now. Can’t you see that your sisters are holding on by a fucking thread? Stop pulling the macho card and go comfort your damn sister and leave this asshole be.”
Wall released me, but I still fought against my president to go after him. That’s when my brother helped Axle escort my ass to the living room to calm down. When they finally let me go I started to pace like a caged animal. I wanted to check on my woman and these fuckers were doing nothing but standing in my way, so I didn’t want to do something that would freak Bree out even more than she already was.
“I need you to be the bigger man here tonight, brother. Wall is handling this shit all wrong with you, I know that, but at least he took the news better than what everyone was thinking. Give him a few and let him settle down and then you all can have your little chat. If he won’t give you his blessing, then I won’t have a problem with stepping in and putting him in his place. Right now, though, I will not have a full out brawl in our family’s home just, so you two dicks can prove who the better man is. We’ll go see about your woman when I’m convinced you’ve chilled the fuck out. Until then you can pace this fucking floor all night,” Axle laid out for me. I knew he would have my back when it came to Wall, hell the whole club would.
As I began to calm myself enough to think rationally I had to admit the Wall had a point, Breezy needed time to process this. The ball was in her court. I would hang back and wait for her to seek me out. I’d give her space until she came to me but when she did all bets were off. Wall would have to get the fuck over his self because I wasn’t going to leave my woman hanging.
It wasn’t long before I was able to take a deep breath and make my way back into the kitchen with Axle by my side. When we moved to join everyone the first thing I saw was Bree in Wall’s arm. She had pulled him in for a quick hug before pulling back to put him on the spot. “Okay, so if I promised to stay put and act like a good little girl can we take this meeting down a few notches.”
I watched as she started scanning the room stopping when her eyes locked on mine before continuing her little speech. “I guess what I mean is, I don’t want this night to be something we all stress over. I don’t think the way I found out about my father was the ideal way and I’ll always ache knowing that I wasn’t able to meet him but that doesn’t mean that this news has to be all bad. For so long I have envied what you all share and have prayed to any god that would listen that I would finally earn my forever spot in this family. Looks like I finally got my wish and I couldn’t be happier. Rest assure that you’ll be wanting to get rid of me first before you have to worry about me packing up and leaving you all behind. I’ll be here as long as you’ll have me. I want to watch my niece grow up and hopefully be considered an honorary Auntie to Hunter and the newest little O’Shea’s on the way. I love you all and I can’t see my life anywhere but here.”
I couldn’t stand it anymore. Her eyes were telling me to come to her and I wasn’t about to leave her hanging. As if second nature, I pulled Bree in my arms and tried to put everything I was feeling into one kiss. I needed her to know that this was her home, this was her family and I was her man. She belonged here, and I’d be damned if I let her get away. When my dick decided to make his presence known I figure it was time to cut the kiss short before I did something stupid like lay her out on the kitchen countertop and take what I know we both desperately wanted but we had lots of eyes in the room and that wasn’t changing anytime soon. I pulled back from her lips making sure to keep my eyes locked on her as my face broke into a smile. If my girl wanted to celebrate then that’s what the fuck we were going to do! “Well everyone I think I speak for my girl here when I say it’s time to celebrate. Enough for the heavy shit. Let’s break out the whiskey and wine and toast to family!”
I held onto Bree for as long as I could before I finally gave up and went to sit down at the table to get out of everyone’s way. Between everyone wanting to hug and welcome Bree to the family along with their hunt for a glasses and booze I was just in the way. At least I was able to grab a chair facing my woman. With my back to the windows, I was able to look into the house. Thankfully I didn’t have to move from my chair at all. My brother had the bottle of tequila and two shot glasses in his hand as he took the seat to the right of me. No doubt having the same mindset as me except he was keeping an eye on his favorite redhead, not my brunette goddess.
“How’s our favorite munchkin doing today now that it’s sunk in that she pretty much lost everything she owned in the fire? You have a chance to talk to her yet,” I asked my brother as he poured us both a shot.
“She was still upset with losing everything, but she was more pissed than anything. Not only was it aimed at her but also her sister and even Trevor. If we hadn’t stumbled across that bitch we’ve got locked up in the barn the night before they would’ve been there, asleep. Things could have gone a whole different way, brother. Romy will be fine. The motherfuckers responsible for it though better pray that we get to them first. If we leave it up to the Munchkin it won’t be quick or easy,” Throttle answered with a half ass laugh.
Throttle and I threw back the first shot and was refilling the second when were joined by Zeus, Axle, and Wall, with Wall taking the seat to my left putting him at the very end of the table. Both men dropped their glasses on the table to be filled with the clear liquor without saying a word. I remained quiet waiting for one of the newcomers to speak as I was sure there was a reason they came over. My gut was telling me this was Axle’s way of getting us to hash this shit out calmly once and for all.
We all threw back our shots and by the time the glasses hit the table Axle had the bottle in his hand to refill them proposing a toast. He raised his glass and we followed waiting for him to tell us what we were toasting, “here’s to you two fuckers not killing each other before tomorrow.” Leave it to the Prez to break the ice and get us all laughing.
“I’ll drink to that man and add the one who’s worth fighting for. Here’s to Bree, may she finally find peace and enjoy our crazy ass family,” Throttle added for good measure.
I looked to Wall to clink our glasses with a nod of respect. When he was done with his shot I made the first move. “So, what will I need to do to get your blessing to make Bree my oldlady. I’ve already talked to her about what it would mean earlier today. Two days ago, you were busting my balls to get my patch on her back now it seems you’ve changed your mind. Have I done something in the last forty-eight hours I don’t know about.”
“You know damn good and well I wouldn’t have been busting your balls if I had known she was my damn sister. I’m not sold on you being able to keep your dick in your pants when it comes to the rest of the female population. Hell, because my dad couldn’t do that very thing the world was graced with Breeanna and we just found out about her,” Wall forced out through gritted teeth. This shit wasn’t going to be easy that was sure.
“Wall, come on, brother. Your judging me for what I did in my past. I never made a commitment to any of the woman I’ve had before. Half the time I didn’t even bother trying to wine and dine them. They knew the score and it never ended with my patch on their back or promises for the future. I’ve been fighting myself for the better part of three years trying to come to grips with what Breezy means to me. I’m done fighting it mother fucker. No one, not even your grumpy ass, is going to stand in my way of making that girl mi
ne in every way. I will have it all with that female; the patch, the brand, the ring, the house and hopefully a few more little devils to add to the mix. I will have it with or without your blessing I just would prefer for you to be on board with it and I’m sure she would too.”
“You haven’t even given her a chance to let this shit affect her yet. Yeah, she seems to be alright tonight but what if she wakes up tomorrow after she’s had time to really think things through and she decides to run. You going to go after her or you going to just cut your losses and move the fuck on? You're worse than me when it comes to a track record with a woman in this club. At least I’ve stood beside and protected a woman for the last twenty years. The only reason why she’s still floating around without my brand on her is because up until the last few months I knew I wasn’t ready to settle down, asshole!”
“It wasn’t that you weren’t ready to settle down, my friend, you were just scared of following your father’s footsteps. You didn’t want to put my sister through what your mother had to endure. Because Madison would probably end up in jail for killing you before she would have actually left your ass no matter how bad you fucked up. The fact that you were aware of that and put my sister wellbeing first is the reason why you will always have my blessing make her your oldlady. I’d never judge you for your past, so I think you need to cut the fucker some slack, Wall. Everyone in this club has watched him pine for her and protect her as she was his. I don’t think that shits going to change anytime soon. So, stop being a dick and tell the man who you know will take care of Bree til his last day you give him your blessing,” Axle said coming to my defense.
“Yeah, I guess you’re right. Just remember, Ax, I have witnesses that heard you say that shit so when I can finally convince that hard-headed fucking woman to give me a chance I expect no blowback from you. Just like the advice I gave you days ago, Tank. Don’t waste time over-analyzing shit. Take your woman and make her yours in every way possible. Treat her good and protect her with your life, if not I’ll be there to kick your ass, pretty boy. Don’t make me regret this,” Wall mumbled before throwing back another shot.
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