MC: Pres: Book Four

by L. Ann Marie

  Telling us what she intends puts us all at ease. When we leave Tess and Doc with the Dr; Ben stops us in another room telling us to let him know if the meetings with the Dr will cause scheduling problems. He'll send us help. I freakin love him. We've all agreed to take whatever time the Dr has available so this is just a reiteration and offer for help on our side. Sally smiles telling us Tess is lucky for having us. "We're lucky." Steve growls walking out the door. I wonder what link he has to Tess that he's so protective of her. Danny and Ben pack me in the suv and wave as I drive home with a smile. I think this lady can help.

  Danny

  Kate is relieved. Now that someone that understands the visions is here she's back to happy Kate. Once the kids are in bed she jumps me pulling my zipper down. Fuckin Ben laughs from the stairs. I kiss her trying to slow her down. I just got here twenty minutes ago from a meeting with clients. The only thing I've done is kiss the kids goodnight. Dinner was second on my mental list. "I see dinner is going to have to wait."

  Ben cracks up. "I'll start that while you service our woman." He goes in the kitchen. Bastard. I take Kate into Patches room and close the door. I focus on giving her what she wants. Fuck, I don't even have my clothes off and she's on my lap with my dick inside her. Fuckin Kate. She rides me on her own so I lift her shirt and moan. Fuckin no bra on her beautiful tits. I put my mouth on her flipping her jewel. She cries out so I do it again. She pushes me down and rides me harder. Fuckin hell, her tits are growing, I feel my balls draw up and help her with my hands on her waist. She puts a hand to her pussy and one on her bouncing tits. Fuck if that doesn’t do it for me, she fuckin screams and I'm gone. I pound her on me until my dick empties into her. She falls on my chest moaning a thank you. I smile. Fuckin Beautiful Kate.

  Lifting her off me I lay her down. I get her clean and move her up the bed. Once she's settled I clean up and look for dinner. I need to fuckin eat at regular times, this missing meals and Kate attacking me is fuckin exhausting.

  "That was quick." Ben says.

  "Thank fuck, I'm starving." I grab a beer and look at the pan he has.

  "I just cut the steak up, I'm heating the vegetables. If you get tortillas it can be fajitas." He says stirring the veggies.

  I get tortillas and throw three in the dish thing then in the microwave. My stomach growls, fuck it smells good. I make a plate thanking him. I eat standing at the counter.

  "She fuckin attacks you Brother. I thought you were exaggerating. She's always sweet with me. She got me this afternoon while Tiny was still here but it wasn't an outright attack. That was fuckin funny." He says smiling.

  "Before it was only mornings she was sweet. Now all I get is the fuckin sneak attack. I got no room to complain though. It's always fuckin good." I tell him with a smile.

  "I'm not sure I could take attacks only." He says thinking.

  "That's why we work. I'm just fuckin happy she wants me. I'll give her anyway she wants to take me and do it with a fuckin smile on my face." I tell him finishing my last bite. I take a drink and sit at the table.

  “What do you think about the doctor today?” I ask him.

  He sits across from me. “I think it was fuckin weird that she talked to Steve and Rich in their fuckin heads. What the fuck is our military doing with their minds? I like that she can do that though. Tess will be safer because of it. She understands about visions a hell of a lot more than we do, I think she can help. What did you think?”

  “Pretty much everything you just said. Fuckin Rich shocked me though. I see him and Patches get each other but I didn’t know he actually can talk to someone in his head. I was thinking that’s Steve’s draw to Tess. He’s protective of her like he is of the kids and Jess. I thought it odd before. Now I see how she linked in with Rich when he first saw her, Steve must get that too.”

  “Yeah. How is your shoulder doing? You had an appointment this morning.” He asks me surprising the fuck out of me.

  “I need to start workin out slow but I can start moving it. I’ll start tomorrow.”

  He smiles. “You told him it didn’t hurt? There’s no fuckin way you’re cleared after a week.”

  I laugh. “I’m not weight training. I just need to strengthen the muscle. I can do that with my regular work outs.”

  “Did you tell Kate?” He asks.

  I just look at him. “She’s not my mother Ben. She is interested and she cares but she doesn’t interfere or even comment on how I take care of myself. She trusts that I know my body and will act accordingly. The only time she ever had a problem was when they did the graph and I didn’t use patches. I kept forgetting them. She went to the store and bought three hundred. She was pissed that I didn’t tell her so she could get them. Other than that she’s never said anything. You saw when the plate was fixed. She didn’t harp on anything that I did. She’s definitely not a nag. I don’t give her reason to be either.”

  He looks at me taking it all in. “She doesn’t nag. I never thought about it. I can see that now that you say it.” He’s in his head again. Tracy must have been a nag.

  We sit in silence for a few minutes. I hear Kate moving around. She pads into the kitchen looking tired. I put my arm out and she sits on my lap. “You feeling better baby?”

  She yawns and puts her head on my chest. “I’m tired. I think I’m so relieved about Dr. Silva the stress left my body now it wants to sleep.”

  I bark out a laugh. “Could it be that you’ve had sex three times today and you’re pleasantly satisfied and relaxed?”

  She giggles. “Nope that isn’t it.” Ben laughs. She blows him a kiss.

  “I’ll take night duty. I have an early meeting tomorrow. I saw you don’t have anything until later.” Ben says.

  “That works for me. I forgot to show you my schedule, I’m glad you found it. I update it daily to keep up with the job, my clients and Chris’s schedule.” I tell him.

  He nods. “I saw that. I like the way its color coded. It makes it easier to read. Once I figured the color, I got how to read it. Everything you have is on spreadsheets. Wouldn’t it be easier to use a regular calendar?”

  Kate makes a snort sound. I look down at her. She’s smiling. “When I was doing jobs the crew would be at one house, I'd have material being delivered, plans due or meetings at another. I needed a way to watch all the schedules. Jess set up the sheet for me and I’ve used it ever since. Changing how I do things is hard for me. I would need time to learn how to read a new calendar. You saw my schedule, I’m a busy guy. I spend time with Rob right now learning how to use my phone more but I don’t want to carve out any more time for a calendar right now.” I smile at him. “It would cut into my ride time.”

  Kate cracks up. “It’s all about the ride.”

  Ben laughs.

  Thirty Five

  Three Days

  Church

  Ben

  "Pres, we need to start looking at the Officers. We've got thirty-three Associates as of today." Geek says.

  "We're waiting on Casper. He's a loyal Brother; I'm not pressuring him to step down. Get with Keith; get a meeting set up so we can look at the Brothers that qualify and how we want to do the takes for them. I'll meet with Jess and get it set up. When he does step down we can put them in place."

  Steve looks at me. "Could use help. Rich does schedulin, trainin evaluations and payroll for HS and PD already. Should be gettin paid for it. Fuckin paperwork is killin me. Got fuckin trainin schedules, payroll and Brother evaluations, Security and Brothers. Need a fuckin break."

  I look at my schedule, the amendments, then my Officers. "Two months. I'll get you some temporary help for now but we need two months to get it set up right."

  Steve and Geek nod. "Anyone else needing help?"

  Danny surprises me. "Yeah Pres. We need another crew on construction. Just for maintenance. We could use some of the teenagers but we need a foreman and at least one other full timer for it. Parking lots need to be cleaned, relined, buildings need painting.
Construction gets paid too much for maintenance and they're running full out." Danny says.

  "Everyone ok with adding a new maintenance crew?" I ask them.

  "Long as I don't get fuckin paperwork." Steve says.

  I crack up. "Just give me nays." No one talks.

  "Set it up, find your workers and get with Jess then HR for rates and hours." I tell him. He nods and puts it in his book of fuckin colored lines. Fuckin Danny.

  "Rob do you have anything? Every fuckin meeting you don't have anything." I ask.

  "Nope, all my shit is usually taken care of before I get here. The other Officers handle everything for me without problems. Even with the third bar I'm good."

  "Shoulda took the bar job." Steve makes everyone laugh.

  "We bought another in the village. You'll need to get with Danny for set up. Can you handle one more?" I should have asked that first.

  "Yeah, I'm getting bored with the cops, brawls and fuckin cowboy boots. I need something new." He smiles at me. "Really I've got the time and good crews."

  I write it down. "Nothing else on my list. Anyone else have anything?" Nothing from anyone. "Let's call the Brothers in." Rob goes out.

  "Danny why didn't you tell me you needed the help?" I ask as the Brothers file in.

  "Wasn't in church." He shrugs. Steve laughs and throws him chin.

  "I meant to tell you, I gave my book to Keith to make a copy. You fuckin color coded every fuckin page." They all fuckin laugh.

  He's smiling, "They doing the job right?" I nod. "They call with questions?"

  "No they send updates of how good the Brothers are doing and the clean businesses they opened."

  "Needed to teach them so I needed to read the fuckin encyclopedia you sent. I only have one way to do that. I did it, read it and taught it. They're happy, performing well and giving you respect. Pretty low tradeoff for a color coded book." He fuckin smiles knowing it pissed me off. The Officers are laughing.

  "Fuckin comedian." I look up and start church.

  Thirty Six

  Four Days

  Kate

  Dr Silva calls for a meeting. I decide to have a dinner party to show our support for Tess as a family. I want her to see we're committed to help her through this. Tiny and Jared have the older kids out and Nancy has the toddlers. Our dinner goes great Jess made lasagna. I made salad and garlic bread. Tess made a cake. Everyone is relaxed and ready by the time Dr Silva, Doc and Sally come in.

  Before the Dr can tell us why we're meeting Tess has a vision. Danny and Steve help her through it. Steve is nervous but he gets there in the end. I'm so proud of how everyone handled it. I'm terrified by what she saw though. All we need is another freakin war and my husband getting hurt. Rich won't come back Steve says. He's taking this very seriously. I'm glad. All this war talk and eerie predictions are caused by freakin Tracy. I'd like to beat her ass. I don't really think I could, but I'd like to imagine it.

  Dr Silva finally tells us why we're meeting. Tess will have more visions because she's opening herself up for them, freakin great! She is handling them better. She's got more control over herself and Max seems to keep her calm. That's something. She still fell asleep though. I don't know what to make of that. Is what she sees draining her? The Dr doesn't seem to think anything is wrong so I let it go. She's impressed with everything so far and gives tips to us about using the information and guiding Tess to answers.

  When she leaves Steve tells Ben this needs to be dealt with. Ben is wondering about Steve and Rich talking without words. It freaks me out a little so I tune them out and watch Tess sleep. Steve tells Ben again that they need to deal with this now. He's not playing around, he has a fierce look on his face. With his long hair he could be mistaken for an Indian on the warpath. Tess' eyes open, I figure this is the time to get her out of here and let them plan how they'll deal with the latest Tracy problem.

  I take Tess to the kitchen for some cocoa. Jess and Max follow. "I'm so impressed with Max. He sat with his head on your lap and seemed to calm you." I tell her putting a cup in front of her.

  She smiles. She's so freaking pretty her smile lights up her whole face. "He always protects me. I have to keep saying that so I know he's there. It works."

  Jess laughs. "It does work. You’re able to control so much more now. I'm impressed." Tess smiles; she’s so proud of herself. She's so freaking cute.

  Tess tells us about the activities she put together for the Little Sisters program. Earlier she had us laughing with their first outing, she's wicked funny. This time Jess asks her specific questions. I'm impressed with the way she organized the program to pair with the Little Brothers for larger projects. She even has the video messaging set up with other Chapters. She knows her shit. Jess is excited to get Elizabeth involved. In a few more months she'll be four. She can start then.

  The men come in and break up our girl talk. They take Tess and Jess home and Danny goes for Devan. While he's gone Tiny and Jared drop the kids. We do the shower thing and watch a movie. I fall asleep before it's over.

  Danny

  I can't get what Steve said out of my head. Tess gives part of her vision when she cries out because it's too much. My son not coming back is too much for me too but she said that. I'm wondering about what she didn't say. Steve was stressed after he held Tess, there's more and he didn't share it. Ben needs to know what that is. There is no way to make a decision if you don't have all the facts. The movie is over and we get the kids to bed. Kate is asleep; I leave her on the couch and grab a beer. Ben follows me to the patio.

  "We need to meet with Steve and find out what else he knows. I think he held back because of the boys. He kept looking at Patches. It seemed he was gauging his reaction." Ben says. He didn't miss a damn thing.

  I smile; I like him more now that he's more confident in this relationship. That reminds me of his meeting with Ben from Baxter's. "I was thinking the same thing."

  "I'll talk to Steve tomorrow and see if I can get the Officers together this week and we'll get moving on this right away."

  I nod. "How was your meeting with Ben?"

  He smiles. "It was good, I went through all the emotions he did. Because he's so close to them he didn't screw up as bad as I did but he felt the same things. It felt good to know I had a normal thought process. They did the therapy thing too. He said that helped more than anything else. The Baxter's are like you. They're direct and honest in their feeling and reactions. I thought it was funny that he talked about the equal thing too. All in all it was good."

  "Good. I'm glad we have them to go to for advice. Kevin and Jamie both offered it anytime we need it or if we just need an unbiased ear." I'm so glad he went even after he had more confidence in us.

  "Me too. I feel like we're equal now. I think the shit with Tracy fucked with me. I didn't realize I had thrown myself into work but never dealt with the shit she said to me. Dealing with all that actually helped me see my value here. I think it's going good now." He's looking at me as if it's a question.

  "I think it's going really good. Kate does too. We're all comfortable and happy. The kids are happy the Club is doing well. It's all good."

  He nods then smiles. "Tracy's still fuckin with me but I'm not taking it personally. Steve told me once that her need for the drug wars and Brothers fighting and dying was her problem. Now I see that. Her causing problems isn't about me lacking anything, she is." He says it with confidence. Thank fuck!

  Smiling I tell him, "I'm glad you got there. I like you relaxed and confident, we're a better match that way."

  We talk for an hour about everything going on with the kids and Kate. It's getting to the place I thought it could and I'm happy as fuck that Ben was the right choice.

  Thirty Seven

  One Week

  Ben

  Kate is killing me. I'm so fuckin tired. I drag my ass to the coffee maker. I'm surprised by Tess and Patches in the kitchen. I'd normally give them space and privacy for their kissing but I'm a fuckin bike
r and have seen worse and I need my fuckin coffee because Kate is killing me. Patches tells me he was apologizing, I tell them to go right ahead. I pour my coffee. Tess sits at the table. Patches leaves and Danny comes in smiling about Patches fixing things. I don't know if he told me what he did so I stand looking at them.

  Danny looks at Tess then me, she nods. "Patches had the baby conversation this morning." Oh fuck. She's not ready for that. How the fuck do I say that to her. "Tess isn't quite there yet." Thank Fuck! I see Danny is happy with our fuckin smart girl here.

  "Would that make you grandpas?" Holy Fuck! I'm not old enough to be a fuckin grandfather. Tess cracks up then we do. Tiny comes in asking what's going on. We laugh more. "Fuckin Tess." We both say. Tess goes to help Ally. We tell Tiny what she said, he doesn't laugh. He watches us like we've lost it.

  Ally comes running down the stairs. She signs', 'dads Tess is having a dream'. I run up behind Danny. "Patches, Ally's room." Danny says running by.

  Danny sits by her. I'm on her other side and get my phone ready to record. We've found this helpful for her to hear.

  Danny: "I'm here Tess, Max is by you."

  Tess: No tears but she's breathing heavy. "He got a call. He's mad. Swearing at another man."

  Danny: "Do you know who it is?"

  Tess: "No. He's wearing a vest. He's mad."

  Danny: "What's on the back of the vest Tess? Read the name for me."

  Tess: "Outlaws, it has a skull and President. He's yelling about a bitch. She lied. He knows, he's so mad his face is red." She's shaking but not crying.

  Danny: "Is there a calendar or book you can see the date?"

  Tess: She turns her head. "No, there's a desk, posters on the wall, chairs a file cabinet. He's still yelling he's going to make her pay." She sucks in a breath.

  Danny: "Is there a computer on the desk?" She nods. "Look at the bottom on the right it tells the date."