Faith (My Misery Muse)

by B. Betzold

  “Nuh uh, you’re not getting rid of me that easily.”

  “Hey sis, your husband needs help, and Mags, I think Quinn needs to be changed.” I was saved by Drake.

  “We will talk later,” she hissed and headed off towards Seth.

  “Thanks,” I said towards Drake who was carrying Quinn’s car seat.

  “No problem, let’s get Princess up to your room.”

  “Okay.”

  “So you, Princess and I are sharing a suite. We're next door to Seth, Dev and the kids; the other guys are upstairs in a suite together.”

  I stopped and stared at his back until he glanced back. “Why are we sharing a room?”

  “We're not sharing a room, we're sharing a suite. There are two suites on the floors we're on, same for the floor above. They are trying to keep everyone together to make it easier on the bodyguards.”

  He said this like it made sense or something.

  “Uhm didn’t explain why we’re sharing.”

  “Well, my suite was the only one with extra room, therefore we're sharing.”

  “I knew we shouldn’t have come.”

  He reached over and grabbed my hand, tugging me into following him. “Yes you should have come, and it’s not a big deal. Seth, Devi had three rooms in their suite; they get a room, Jaks gets a room, Ash and Cait are getting a room. The guys are sharing another room. The other room on their floor is being used for the security and others that work for the band; that leaves my suite with extra room.”

  “Oh, I guess that makes sense.”

  He snorted. “Ya think?”

  “Shut up,” I replied smacking him in the arm. I realized that he was still holding my hand, and it felt natural like it belonged—oh hell.

  Drake

  I got Mags and Quinn situated in our rooms, both down for a much needed nap. I flopped down on the couch, scrubbing my hands over my face—I am in so much trouble. I had always liked Mags, she was a pain in the ass, but she was a fun pain in the ass, but I had always put any other feeling towards her in the back of my head and left it there. I couldn’t go there; I couldn’t give her anything more than a friends with benefits relationship. My career was the only thing in my life I had time for. Being one of two A&R guys for an indie label didn’t leave much time for anything else. I made time for my baby sister and Jaks, but now with Seth in the picture, I had put even more time towards work. I didn’t have the time or want to do more than sleep with a woman, except with Mags, always Mags. Mags was unlike the girls I slept with, she was…well Mags, and she was gorgeous. Long sable hair, clear blue eyes that changed with her mood, a 50’s pin-up body that had given me more than one hard on. She was the only girl I could ever love. Now she was hurting, and she wouldn’t let me help.

  My phone beeped knocking me out of my thoughts, which was a good thing. I glanced down and saw it was from Sam.

  SAM: Seth’s room now

  I sighed…great, more drama. I hauled my ass up and went across the room to Seth’s and knocked, the door was opened instantly by Xavier.

  “What’s up, X?” I asked.

  “Hey Drake, not much, just got here,” he said then turned away and walked toward the pandemonium that awaited me.

  I walked into the living room to find total chaos. Jaks was crying while Devi was trying to calm him down, shooting hate eyes at a bleeding Brent. Seth was being restrained by a bodyguard and Sam was…what the hell was Sam doing.

  “Sam, what the fuck are you doing?”

  “Making popcorn.”

  “Uhm why?”

  “Because I like to eat popcorn while watching a good drama.”

  I shook my head and looked towards my brother-in-law.

  “Okay Seth, what’s going on?”

  “That bastard hurt my kid, and I am going to kill him.”

  “Uhm, who hurt which kid?” I asked getting pissed myself.

  “Ah shit,” I heard X mutter.

  “Our ex-manager hurt Jaks.”

  I lunged for the bleeding prick but X grabbed me before my fist could make contact.

  “Let me go X so I can kill him.” I yelled.

  “Uhm looks to me someone’s already hit him,” came Eli’s reply while walking in the door.

  “Yeah, Devi has a great right hook,” said Sam.

  “Uhm okay, why is Devi punching people?” asked Eli.

  “Sam grab Eli, before someone does, in fact, kill him.” replied X.

  “Hell no, I think someone should kill him, why do you think I am not helping?”

  “What the fuck people? I can hear the yelling in our room, you guys woke up Quinn. Now what’s so important that you had to wake up my kid?” came Mags walking in beside Eli, she looked around the room saw Brent then went white. What the hell was that about?

  “Can someone please explain what’s going on?” asked Eli again.

  “Brent came in and started yelling at Jaks, grabbed him by the arm and shook him, then tossed him to the side while yelling for Seth to get out here because they needed to talk. We walked in just as he tossed him to the side and he hit the table. I punched him in the face and got Jaks. Mike grabbed Seth before he could do anything else, and I guess Sam called the rest of you,” replied Devi still holding a whimpering Jaks.

  “So you think we can all discuss this now, without anyone trying to kill anyone else?” asked Mike the head of the security team.

  “Devi, get the kids and you and Mags go over to my room,” I barked out.

  She nodded, scooped up Jaks then went to get Ash and Cait. A minute later, they all came out and went across the hall with Devi still glaring at Brent.

  “Okay, so Brent, want to tell us what was so important you had to manhandle a five year old over?” asked a very pissed off X.

  One thing I do have to say about Seth and his band members is that family is important to them, and you don’t fuck with family.

  “I had to make sure that bitch didn’t go telling everyone her lies, so I wanted to talk to Seth and tell him my side of the story.”

  “Okay, now which bitch, as you put it, are we talking about?” asked a very quiet and pissed off Sam.

  “Mags, she keeps on about how that bastard of hers is mine.”

  CRACK

  Xavier had let me go, now he and Eli were pulling off an even bloodier Brent, but not before I got a couple of more punches in.

  “You’re fired, get your shit and get out Brent.” said Sam.

  “He hit me, I am pressing charges. You and your whore of a sister can share a cell,” was his reply as he tried to stand and leave. Mike had grabbed ahold of Seth again or he would, in fact, be a very dead man.

  He finally got to his feet and walked out of the room, slamming the doors. We all looked around at each other and Eli and X let go of me, Mike let go of Seth.

  Sam sighed. “Guess we should make sure we have enough for bail.”

  Fifteen minutes later, the police showed up and we told them what happened; they took pictures of Jaks’ bruised arm and the knot on his head. Seth and Devi filed charges against Brent, and afterwards they handcuffed me and my sister for assault; all the while Devi gave last minute instructions to a very freaked out nanny, and tried to calm down a very pissed off Seth.

  What a fucking fantastic day this had been.

  Chapter 4

  Mags

  I had stepped out in the hall just in time to see a handcuffed Drake and Devi being brought out of the room by two police officers. Damn, this was going to be a long fucking night. Drake glared at me when he walked past and I knew he now knew who Quinn’s father was. Devi just smiled at me and gave me a finger wave behind her back. Devi or Drake in handcuffs was not a new scene for me, except I was usually the one handcuffed standing beside Dev, and we called Drake to come get us, or us following Drake out of a bar after he had been arrested to bail him out. I looked over and saw a very pissed off Seth on the phone with who I am guessing would be a lawyer by the way he was talking. Xavier was laughi
ng his ass off at a still smiling Devi even when the doors closed on the elevator. Of course, she wouldn’t be upset by this, she was protecting her child, because of a situation I put them in.

  I was thinking of packing Quinn and myself up to get the hell out of there before we caused even more trouble when I glanced up and saw Eli staring at me.

  “Don’t,” Eli said.

  “I wasn’t—” He cut me off mid-sentence.

  “You will not leave; this is not your fault, and we will all talk later after we get them out of jail.”

  I nodded, especially since I had four angry eyes on me. I knew they weren’t angry at me yet; they were upset by being arrested.

  I went back into the room and closed the door to help Ash with the kids and let them handle the rest. The best thing I could do was make sure the kids were okay and help ease Devi and Seth’s minds that way.

  Drake

  “So Brent is Quinn’s dad, huh?” I asked my still grinning sister.

  “Hell if I know, but I will be finding out when Seth gets me out.”

  “Thought she had better taste than that.”

  “So did I, big brother, so did I.”

  “Ya know, this is the first time we have ever been arrested together.”

  Devi giggled. “Yeah, I was just thinking that; it’s usually one or the other coming to bail the other out.”

  “Eh, it was worth it.”

  “Damn straight it was, asshat thought he could lay a hand on my baby, he’s lucky he’s still got his balls.”

  “So when you going to drill on me again?”

  “When you have time, bro. I have my kit with me; I am putting some new ink on Sam, X and Eli while I am here. I can fit you in too.”

  “That works I want to add my angel and princess to Taz’s.”

  I had Dev start a piece on my ribs when she had Jaks. I had his nickname and I planned on adding Cait’s nickname, Angel but hadn’t had time yet, might as well add my princess while I was at it.

  “Princess, huh?”

  “What can I say I like the little girl, she’s sweet.”

  “Yep, she is.”

  “What’s that goofy smile on your face about?”

  “Is princess the only one your sweet on?”

  I groaned. “Shut up, Dev.”

  “What? I didn’t say anything.”

  “You know the drill, right? You say nothing until Seth gets a lawyer here, okay?”

  “Yeah, I know the drill. See ya soon, bro.”

  “Love ya, sis.”

  With that, they dragged us out of the car and into the precinct to be tagged and to wait and wait some more.

  Five hours later, Devi and I were released to a calmer looking Seth and a tired Eli.

  “Thanks for springing us,” I told Seth with a slap on the back.

  “Yeah well, I couldn’t very well leave my wife in here, and if I left her brother I would never be sleeping in my bed again.”

  I laughed because we all knew it was true. Devi and I were close, but we had to be, we were the only family we had left. Things with our parents went from strained to non-existent when Devi got pregnant with Jaks. I still got my inheritance when I had turned twenty-five three years ago. I hadn’t touched it, and they couldn’t stop Devi from getting her inheritance from Gram Porter when she married Seth, her will left Devi everything, and it was a lot. They were pissed about that, but with nothing left to do to stop it, they wrote her out of everything from them. Funny thing was that a lot of what they thought they had was from Gram.

  When we got in the car, Seth handed Devi and I baby wipes to get the ink off our fingers. We had been through all this before, at different times and learned one of the only ways to get the ink off was with baby wipes.

  “So how are my babies?”

  “They’re fine, I left them with Ash, Mags and Mike watching them all,” said Seth.

  “Did you have enough milk? Damn my boobs hurt.”

  We laughed while Devi readjusted herself and leaked yet again. Damn, I am glad I am not a woman. She stuck her tongue out at us, and then folded her arms over her chest causing Seth to laugh even more. Those two were perfect for each other. I was happy Seth finally pulled his head out of his ass and came to his senses.

  We pulled up to the hotel and I kicked Eli to wake him up. When we all got out and went up to the room, I guessed we were all congregating to discuss what the hell had happened. I walked in and saw X, Sam and Mags sitting with a case of beer on the table. I walked over grabbed one and plopped down beside Mags.

  “So Brent, huh?”

  Chapter 5

  Mags

  “So yeah, I guess you found out who Quinn’s father is.”

  “Uhm, you could say that,” responded Devi. “Why didn’t you tell me?”

  “Uhm, he told me he didn’t want anything to do with her, so I figured what purpose would it serve if I told everyone who it was and cause drama.”

  “Yeah, cause that worked out well,” came from X, an ass like always.

  “So what happened?” asked Sam.

  “Well, the party X threw about a month or so before Seth and Devi’s wedding, I got really drunk and met this guy, and I didn’t know he worked for you until the next morning. I found out and we parted ways nothing to it, right? A one night stand I would rather forget after I talked to him without the alcohol. So I found out I was pregnant a few weeks later, saw him for the first time since that night at the wedding and told him I was pregnant. He basically called me a lying whore and said not to contact him again, so I didn’t.”

  “So, what do we do now?” asked Seth.

  “She needs a lawyer, a DNA test, and then after that, a petition for child support,” said Eli.

  We all looked at him.

  “What? You’ve met my sister, right? I had to know what to do when that day comes.”

  Devi laughed. “Your parents would be so proud.”

  “Shut up, cuz.”

  “I don’t want child support.”

  “Well here’s the thing, he will either pay child support and all that jazz or sign away his rights; hope he signs away his rights then,” replied Eli. “But why not give the guy a chance to do the right thing?”

  “Okay I have to go wake up Cait, my boobs really hurt,” came from Devi and with that she jumped up and went out the door to find her daughter.

  “Okay then, I never thought I would say this but I am starting to get tired hearing about Devi’s tits. I mean, she’s hot and all, but she’s always bitching about them hurting or something leaking from them,” replied X.

  Seth reached over and punched him in the arm, “Don’t talk about my wife’s tits.”

  “She’s the one that brought them up.”

  “Yeah well, doesn’t mean you get to talk about them.”

  “You’re no fun anymore, Seth.” X pouted.

  Seth and Sam rolled their eyes, and then looked over at me.

  “When you get back to Dallas you will have a meeting set up with a lawyer. We’ll help you find a good one, so you and Quinn are protected, all right?” asked Sam.

  I nodded. “Yeah, I understand, and I am going to go and get some sleep while she’s still out.”

  They all said goodbye and I left with Drake saying bye as well and following me out.

  We walked in our suite to find Devi sitting on the couch nursing Cait, and Ash trying to soothe screaming Quinn. Of course she’s up and screaming, it’s all she seems to do.

  “Is she hungry again?” I asked Ash.

  “I don’t know. You nursed her not that long ago, but I don’t know her as well as I do Cait.”

  I nodded and took my daughter and sat down beside Devi and tried to nurse her but she had no interest. I sighed it was going to be one of those nights I guessed.

  “Here give her to me and go get some sleep,” Drake said.

  “No that’s okay, you need sleep, you look tired.”

  “Just hand her over, Mags and go get some sleep
. I’m fine.”

  “It’s okay, Drake; I got it, go to bed.”

  “God Damnit, Mags, hand her over and go to bed. You are exhausted, and I am pissed enough at you.”

  “Why are you pissed at me?”

  “Hand her over,” he bit out.

  “Fine, whatever.”

  I watched Drake take Quinn, whisper something about his princess then sit on the couch and place her on her chest. Her full out wail turned into whimpering then nothing. How in the hell does he do that?

  “Don’t feel bad, both Jaks and Cait are the same way with him.”

  I looked over and Devi nodded then I headed to my room to get some sleep.

  Drake

  “So Jaks is passed out on your bed, mind if I keep him there until morning?” asked Devi.

  I grunted which she took as a yes, and left the suite to go across the hall with Cait. Ash had already left to get some sleep, so it was three a.m. I had a now sleeping Princess on my chest and I couldn’t stop thinking about who her father was. I still couldn’t understand why Mags would sleep with that guy, but that explained what he was doing at the wedding when I saw her leave with him. There was nothing to be done about it now, just deal with the fall out of one of her impetuous decisions again.

  I closed my eyes and let sleep come.

  I woke up and looked around, it was just after seven a.m. I sighed and looked down at the squirming baby on my chest.

  “You hungry, Princess? Let’s go see if Mommy’s up yet, huh?”

  I picked her up and went to Mags’ room and knocked lightly, when I didn’t hear anything I opened the door and found her still sleeping.

  “Mags, wake up, Quinn is hungry.”

  She just grumbled and rolled over to her side.

  I reached over and shook her arm. “Mags, come on get up. Princess is hungry.”

  “I’m up,” she mumbled. She looked up at me, her blue eyes still clouded with sleep, her hair was a mess, but she looked gorgeous. She sat up and reached for the baby. I handed her over and noticed her nipples poking through her barely there tank top and prayed for my dick not to perk up. I had no idea what to say to her this morning, but I was saved with the sound of running feet down the hall.

  “Sounds like Taz is up, I should go deal with that.”