But today is the day I am getting released from the hospital. And I can’t wait to get the hell out of here. While Monica and I are packing all my stuff Tank and Toni walk in.
Without even looking up I say in a very smartass tone “Well isn’t it nice for the big bad bikers to come help out finally.”
“Uh Haylee.” Monica says a little shaky.
“What?” I look up at the three of them standing there and I freeze what I am doing. The looks on their faces tell me something is wrong. Immediately I think something has happened to Emma. “Is Emma ok.” I ask quietly.
Toni shakes her head yes. “Emma is fine. Babe sit down. We need to talk.” He walks over and helps me onto the bed.
“Ok.” I say and I sit down. Something bad has happened because Monica isn’t looking at me anymore. Just staring at her hands in her lap. Ok now I am really worried. “Ok tell me what the hell is going on.” I demand.
“Ok babe we are going to tell you but I want you to know you are safe. No matter what you are safe and will be the entire time.” Toni says.
Tank walks over and grabs one of my hands. “Haylee when we got you from the compound we killed everyone that was involved.”
“Yeah I know you told me this already.”
Tank continues. “Well we killed everyone. Except for one.”
I yank my hand away from Tank and stand up. I know who they didn’t kill. I felt save for me and Emma knowing she was dead. But now I need to see Emma. I need to know she is safe. I turn and look at Toni and I hiss “Liar.” He looks down at the ground. “You told me I was safe. You promised Emma was safe. As long as she is alive neither of us are safe. Fucking liar.” I yell the last part.
Tank steps in front of me. “You are safe. Vera is not walking the streets or anything like that. We actually took her to one of our warehouses and have kept her there.”
“Is she near Emma?”
“Fuck no. You really think I would let that bitch anywhere near my daughter.” Toni says angrily.
I just shrug my shoulders. Anymore I don’t know what they would do. “Why didn’t you just kill her?” I ask frustrated.
“Honestly we thought maybe you would want to talk to her.” Tank says.
“I don’t want to fucking talk to her.” I bark back.
“Do you want to kill her?” Toni asks from behind Tank.
I stand there frozen for a few minutes thinking about everything she put me through. And everything she wanted to put my baby girl through. But can I be a killer. Can I take someone else’s life? I don’t know if I can. Am I that kind of person. I don’t even notice when Toni walks up to me. Takes my face into his hands and brings my eyes to look at him. “Haylee you do not have to do anything. I will take care of everything if this is too much. Your happiness and safety is all that is important.”
I nod my head. Tears streaming down my face. “I don’t think I can kill someone.” As much as I want to I just don’t think I can end a life. Even someone as evil as Vera.
Bringing his lips to mine he whispers “Then don’t. I will take care of everything.”
Knowing I don’t have to gives me a relief I never thought I would feel. But then all the anger I have built up for what happened and what could have happened rears its ugly head. I might not be able to kill her with my own hands but I want to make sure she feels pain before she dies. Making eye contact with Toni I say “But that doesn’t mean I can’t watch.”
TONI
I am all on board with torturing the shit out of Vera. I want her to feel more pain than Haylee ever felt. And I want her to pay for thinking about hurting my baby girl. Hearing Haylee say that is who Vera was wanting to originally kidnap pisses me off more than ever. And then killing my baby. I am not going to lie that fucking hurts like hell. I wanted to have more kids the second I found my family. And to know I was going to have another baby but this crazy bitch took that away from me. From Haylee. Yeah she will pay. I will make sure of that.
Tank wanted to give Haylee the option to take care of Vera on her own. And if Haylee says she wants a chance then by all means I will stand by her for support and help in any way I can. But I know that is not who she is. She just can’t take a life away from someone. Even if they hurt her the way they have. And honestly I am thankful she still has it in her heart to not want to kill someone even someone like Vera. Because taking someone’s life changes you. And this experience alone will change her. I don’t want the fact that she she took someone’s life attached to her soul like it is mine. I am not scared to take a life. Honestly I am ok with taking the lives of those who deserve it. People like Vera. I will not lose any sleep over taking her life. But even knowing I am doing a justice it still deep down eats at your soul. In the past some would say I was a heartless asshole with no soul. But meeting Haylee changed everything for me. She gave me hope, happiness, love and most importantly she gave me a family. She gave me the one thing I thought I would never have. Something I thought I would never want in my life. But I want my family more than my next breath. And I will do everything I can in my power to make her happy. That includes protecting her heart and soul from acts such as this. I am still not fully ok with her wanting to watch me or Tank torture Vera. But if it helps her heal. Then I will make sure she has a front row seat.
When we walk into the warehouse I can feel Haylee begin to shake. I stop her and bring her hand up to my mouth to give it a kiss. I want her to feel safe going into this and I want her to always feel I am right here. I am not going anywhere. I haven’t let go of her hand since we left the hospital. But feeling her shake concerns me.
“Haylee you don’t have to do this. I can take care of this and you will never have to know what happened.”
She shakes her head no. “I have to do this. Let me just take a second and then I will be fine.”
I pull her over to a chair in the corner and sit her down. Kneeling down in front of her “As long as you need.” And that is the truth. As much as I want to get this over with and get home to my family, I will stay here all day if that is what Haylee needs. We sit there for no more than 5 minutes before she stands up and nods that she is ready. Going to the door at the far end of the building I knock on it. It is locked for a reason. The only ones who need to be coming into this room are the people who have a reason. Tank opens the door for us. He wraps his arms around Haylee and gives her a tight hug. Planting a kiss on her forehead he gestures for us to come into the room. It’s a large room. But on the very far wall is Vera. Strapped to a chair with a blind fold over her eyes. So she has no idea who is here. And that is good. She would expect me but she wouldn’t expect Haylee to be here.
Tank has brought in a very nice plush chair for Haylee to sit in. I told him it wasn’t needed but he told me she needs something that will make her comfortable. He loves my woman just as much as I do. Most people might get jealous at how much he loves her but I know I have nothing to fear. He loves her on a whole different level. And it gives me comfort to know someone else is also out there to make sure my family is safe when I am not around.
Tank goes and stands next to Vera while I get Haylee situated in her seat. Bending down I try to just give her a small reassuring kiss. But her soft lips taste so good it back fires and makes my dick hard as hell. It has been so long since I have been with Haylee. God I can’t wait to be with my woman again. And it isn’t helping that she looks fucking sexy as hell right now. One thing Monica and Haylee both agreed on is that Haylee had to look her best. They both wanted to show Vera she may have physical hurt Haylee on the outside but she wasn’t going to kill her spirit. And damn if her spirit didn’t turn into a sexy beast sitting in front of me. It doesn’t help that I want to show Vera the love she will never experience. I want to show Vera that what we had was nothing but fucking. Because when I am with Haylee it is so much more intense than it ever was with Vera. But I can’t. I have to wait to experience all that love later.
Haylee must feel the same way because she light
ly pushes me away giving me a wink. I growl knowing that she wants me just as much as I want her. But doing so let’s Vera know I am around.
“Oh I would know that growl anywhere. Is that my baby.” Vera says.
Haylee pushes me off. I can see the instant change in her. Before she was calm and had herself together but hearing Vera call me baby I think did something inside of her. I step back and watch as she gets up. She walks over to Vera and slaps her hard a crossed the face. I just stand there in disbelief. So is Tank. We look at each other not knowing what to do. Both of us decide the only thing we can do is have Haylee’s back. We both step to her side and cross our arms. When we get in position Haylee yanks the blind fold off of Vera and slaps her again. Vera’s eyes widen in shock at seeing Haylee but then she collects herself quickly.
“Oh if it isn’t the club whore.” Vera sneers. “So nice to see you again club whore.”
I take a step forward but Haylee lifts her hand to my arm and stops me. Turning her attention back to Vera she says “Oh I think everyone in this room knows who the real club whore is.” Both Tank and I laugh. That is so true.
“Do you feel tough with your big biker boys by your side.”
Haylee smiles. “You felt tough with yours. But there is a difference between my biker boys and yours.”
“And the fuck is that?” Vera barks back.
“Your biker boys are dead. Mine aren’t.” Turning on her heels she walks back to her chair and sits down. Tank and I look at each other in disbelief. Not believing any of that just happened. My sweet little Haylee has a darker side to her. And damn if that doesn’t make my dick harder than it already was.
Tank turns to Haylee “Haylee I am at a loss for words. I never knew you could be so dark. You are a true Diablos.”
She shrugs her shoulders. “What can I say. I won’t sit back and let any club whore call my man her baby.”
Walking over to Haylee I bend down and give her another kiss. “I was never her baby. Just yours.” One last kiss before I turn my attention to Vera. “As my wife says you were just a club whore.”
“She isn’t your wife. I am.” Vera yells.
I laugh. “Oh you were never a wife. You were just something I fucked. And compared to what I have now I see it wasn’t even that good.” Yeah I am trying to piss her off. And it works. She begins to scream all sorts of nasty things at me but honestly I just ignore it. None of it means anything to me. So I turn my attention back to Haylee. “My love. This is your show. What would you like us to do?”
Haylee stares at Vera for a few minutes. Vera calms down and watches Haylee. Haylee gets a big smile on her face. Turning to me she says “Do what you do best.”
Tank and I turn our attention back to Vera with big smiles on our faces “Oh the pleasure will be all mine.” and start on our task. 30 minutes into our torture Vera is bloody from head to toe. Crying in pain. I keep turning to look at Haylee. I can see it is bothering her to see someone going through this but I won’t stop until Vera is dead or until Haylee commands us to stop. Before we continue on with our task Haylee says my name in a way that has both of us stopped in our tracks. Even Vera lifts her head and looks at Haylee. I can see a ray of hope in Vera’s eyes. She thinks she is going to be let go at the end of all this. But no matter what Haylee wants in the end Vera will die. I can’t go on living day after day knowing she is out there and could possibly hurt my family.
I walk over to Haylee Kneeling down in front of her “What is it babe?”
“I am tired. I am ready to go home.” Placing her hand on face “Can we finish this up so you can take me home.”
Closing my eyes and leaning my face into her hand. I would do anything for this woman. “Anything you want.”
I go to stand up but she grabs a hold of my arm. She stands up and grabs my hand. We walk over to stand right in front of Vera. Once in front of Vera, Haylee turns and places her hand on my chest and begins to speak. I know she is speaking to me but she is also talking to Vera. “She may have taken something very precious from us. But she will never take what matters.” Looking down at her she places a small kiss on my mouth. “She will never take our love.” Pulling her head down to my chest to shield her as much as I can from my next movement. She takes my lead and wraps her arms around my waist and snuggles up as close as she can get.
Pulling my gun out from its holster I turn my head and aim my gun right at Vera. “You are nothing but a whore and you will never hurt my family again.” Pulling the trigger and killing Vera instantly. I feel Haylee tense in my arms. I am worried she is going to look at me differently. It’s one thing to know I am a killer but it is another to witness me doing it. Putting my gun back I wrap my arms around Haylee and I just hold her. After a few beats Haylee lifts her head and looks at me. I am fully exposed here and for the first time I am scared at what she might think of me. But she puts me completely at ease when she shifts on her feet and brings those soft sexy lips to mine. Lightly kissing me she whispers “Take me home and make love to me.” Oh fuck yeah. I love this woman and want nothing more than to do just that. Scoping her up into my arms and walking out of the warehouse. I know I don’t have to worry about cleaning any of this up. Tank will make sure it gets cleaned up in the way it is supposed to be handled. I need my woman and she needs me.
CHAPTER 16
HAYLEE
6 MONTHS LATER
“Are you ready for today?” Monica asks when she comes into the room.
“oh yeah. I am ready.” I say looking at myself in the mirror. I am so ready for today. Today is my wedding day. Toni had asked me to marry him when we first got back together. He proposed the night of Tank and Monica’s wedding. I will say asking during sex is not the most romantic time to ask someone to Marry you but honestly I loved every second of it. It showed all his love and need for me.
We had discussed just running off and eloping. And yeah that did sound exciting. I really do want to be married to Toni but also I have never been married. I really wanted the fancy white dress, the bride’s maids, and everything else that comes with it. I mean seriously I am a woman. Every woman has some type of wedding they always dream of having. And Toni has made sure everything I want I have. Which is why we waited 6 months after I was released from the hospital. And that day is today. Monica is my one and only standing up with me. Of course Emma is behind us twirling around excited to be a flower girl again. Giving one last look in the mirror I turn to Monica “let’s go get my man.”
Standing at the same door I walked out of for Monica and Tank’s wedding waiting for Monica to reach the end of the aisle. I bend down to Emma “Ok baby remember what you are to do.”
She shakes her head yes. “Walk towards daddy and throw my flowers.”
Giving her a kiss on her forehead I push open the door “Ok baby. Time to go throw your flowers.”
Now my time has come and I begin my walk down the aisle. Immediately I lock eyes with Toni who has a huge smile on his face. I have never seen him so happy. I want to be his forever and I waste no time getting to my man.
After only 10 minutes we are married. It only took 10 minutes for me to become Mrs. Antonio Hernandez. Rushing down the aisle and into the club house. Toni picks me up and carries me directly to his room.
“Toni what are you doing?” I laugh when he picks me up
“Consummating my marriage.” He says practically running to his room. I laugh the entire way there. I know Monica will watch Emma and honestly most of our guest are a part of the club so I know they wouldn’t expect anything less from us.
Once inside his room he sets me down on the bed and crawls on top of me. “Toni wait I have something I need to tell you.”
“Wow so serious so fast. We just became husband and wife. You’re ready to get rid of me.” He says jokingly.
“Oh shut up and listen to me. No I am not getting rid of you. I am very excited to be your wife. I am very excited to be the mother of your babies.”
“Well we
have to have another baby for it to be babies.” He says while kissing my neck.
I don’t say anything which makes him jerk up. “Hold up. You said mother of my babies. Does that mean what I think it means.” I shake my head yes. “Holy fuck your pregnant.” He yells. I shake my head yes. “Oh my god. We are going to have another baby.” He jumps off the bed and yells his excitement. I reach out for him to come back to me. “You beautiful woman, I love you so much.”
“Prove it. Make me truly yours.” I say and begin to undress him.
“Oh you have always been mine.”
Life for us may not have started out with the most conventional way. And we have had to fight hard to keep our family whole. But in the end no matter what our back ground is, where we came from, or what we do for a living. Our love will always win. Forever!
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