by M. T. Ossler
“You know...” I hear mom say from next to us, breaking our moment. We pull apart and look up. “I could always move into the room you’re having done for me and be there all the time to help you with Gigi and the twins.”
Gio stares into my eyes for a few heartbeats, thinking about her words.
“What do you think, Princess? We could always add a little house for mom, to give her, her own space too.”
I turn away from Gio, leaving my hand on top of his on my belly, to look at mom.
“Do you really want to leave your home and live with us to help out?” I ask her not believing she would want to do that and live with us. She needs her own space.
“Bella, honey, you are all my family, and family is everything to me. You, of all people, should know that.
“Those are my grandbabies, I’m the only grandparent they have, and I want to be as close to them as possible. If it’s okay with Gator and all of you, I would love to move in with you and help out.”
Her words of love and family warm my heart and the tears falling out of my eyes are happy ones. I miss my parents immensely, it hurts all the time and them not being here to share this with us kills me.
Soon my brothers will be leaving us too, and that is going to be the worst pain I will have to endure. I’ve had my family with me my whole life, and I hate not having them. Having Gio’s mom with us, not only helping me with the twins, but... Family will also be good for Gigi and me.
“I would love that. Thank you so much for all you have done and being a mom to Gigi and me. We need you more than you will ever know or we could express.” I get up and embrace her as Gigi and Gio join us.
“Thank you, mom,” Gio whispers in her ear and kisses her cheek.
“I guess we just got ourselves a new house mom. Welcome to the family Cindy,” Gator says as we all break apart.
Gio fixes my shirt back down in place, and the guys all take their turn to feel the boys before they sleep for a few hours.
“Mom, do you by any chance have any pictures at your house of our parents?” I ask sadly. I’ve been meaning to ask her, and I keep forgetting.
Gigi comes up to my side, tears starting to form in her eyes. I take her in my arms, and Gio takes us both in his.
“I have tons. When we get back, I’ll run home and get them all for you, honey. I’m sorry I never thought of it before.”
I thank her, and Gator offers to send a prospect with her when we return home. Then we finish up and head out for a day full of biker fun.
I can’t wait until next year’s Biketoberfest. I will be able to ride on the back of Gio’s bike, up and down A1A with him and all the guys. I miss being on the back of his bike. My arms wrapped around him and my breast pressed against his back. With the wind in our faces, the thrill of the ride, with my man in my arms, for a change.
We arrive at the festivities late afternoon, and it’s in full swing. The vendors are all over, there are naked women running around and a ton of men roaming about. I thought it was busy here Thursday; no this is ten times busier.
There have to be thousands of people milling about, it’s so... wild, crazy, and fun. I kinda wish I wasn’t pregnant now so I could have more fun with my man. Oh well, next year we will have a blast.
We make our way over to one of the many bars for lunch to start our day. None of the men from the other night have said a word to me or looked at me any differently, and I’m grateful for that. I’m sure, Gator, Maddox and my man had something to do with that. They all like to protect me and keep me at ease.
After lunch, we walk around and watch some fights. Gio’s main club brothers nor my brothers will be fighting today, he said maybe tomorrow, but we'll see.
He doesn’t want to leave my side, because he doesn’t trust anyone else with keeping me safe, even my own brothers. I don’t blame him after what happened. Daddy always used to say, ‘if you want something done right, you gotta do it yourself!’ That is what my ol’ man is doing; he will keep me safe, with back up, if he has to.
I have drank a river again, eaten an astronomical amount of junk food, shopped till my heart’s content, and walked up and down Main Street. I’m exhausted, but the guys are just getting their second wind.
I’m trying my best to keep up with all of them and not complain. But as night falls, it’s getting harder and harder for me to keep up with them. My feet are swollen and killing me. My back is achy, my breasts feel so full and heavy, and the boys have been so active today with all the music playing around us.
I’m ready to be back in our room, with my man buried blissfully inside me, for a round of unadulterated, boisterous, demanding, sweaty, sex. Then a good night’s sleep in his safe, comforting arms with no monsters in my dreams.
He finally sees the pain on my face and calls it a night for us. We head back to the Clubhouse for some alone time.
The rest of the weekend is uneventful, thankfully. We spend Sunday with his brothers doing pretty much the same thing as Saturday, a lot of walking and meeting new people.
All in all, the weekend ended up being fun after the debacle, and I loved meeting all the new people and hanging out with everyone.
Hanging out with my brothers like this was a new experience for me, but a good one. I got to see them relax and enjoy themselves more than they ever have.
Now, it’s time to get home and start preparing for our Halloween party. Gigi is so excited, and so am I.
This will be the first time I get to dress up for my man. Well, pregnant or not I want to wear something sexy, and I know Gio will approve of the dresses Gigi and I picked out.
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It’s finally the Club’s Halloween party tonight, and it should be a full house, like usual. Gator lifted the locked down for the weekend. His men followed the bastard and his men out of state, and supposedly they haven’t been seen since. My gut says they will be back and it will be soon. Mom, Jules, Gigi, Sam, Ces and I are the only ones on lockdown. We are also being highly guarded, until they can find him and bring him back here to the Clubs. Well, back here to my husband’s hands, to be exact.
Gator is having the party start early, so Gigi and mom can attend before it becomes wild. Normally, the guys don’t dress up, but this year they are for Gigi, even my brothers are participating for her. Well, I should say they are not dressing up like superheroes or anything. Gigi wanted a masquerade party, so that’s what we are having. All the guest have to wear masks, and we requested the women wear dresses, like 20s style dresses. Nothing fancy, it's casual but nice. It warms my heart that these big men would do all this for my little sister. They decorated the backyard and made a haunted maze in the back of the property, just for her. I’m so excited, I love Halloween. Actually, I love all the holidays, but Christmas is my favorite. I’m so glad we have our new big family and my brothers to celebrate with us. At this rate, they should be with us until the end of the year.
Tonight, Gigi is wearing a 1920s Gatsby Style V Neck Embellished Fringed Flapper Dress. It’s white, sleeveless and ends at her knees. She looks beautiful in it with her white beaded matching mask, and her hair is down. Gio and our brothers allowed her to wear a little makeup. No red lipstick was the consensus from all the men, which went for all us girls. They all felt the need to emphasize that fact to us. Jules, Sam and I let the guys have the last word since we would never wear that color on our lips. We will leave the red lips for the whores.
I have a silver silk dress that flows, but also hugs my body perfectly over my big 17-week pregnant round belly; it almost looks like a slip. It ends at my mid-thigh, and if I do say so myself, it looks stunning on me even with me being pregnant. I found a beautiful silver mask with a butterfly on the right side in sparkles. I even got Gio the male version of mine, its black with no butterfly or sparkles. He will be wearing a black dress shirt and black jeans with his kutte, of course. He hasn’t seen my sister’s or my dress, I hope he approves.
Well, speak o
f the main man himself; he is just entering our bedroom. He’s been overseeing the preparations with Val to make sure everything is perfect for our baby sister. This is one of the reasons I love him so much. I don’t have to ask him to do these things for her, he just does them out of love.
He makes it a few steps into our room and freezes. I’m standing in front of the floor length mirror, that’s hanging over our closet door, appraising myself. I am fully dressed and ready to go, Gio still needs to put the new shirt on I got him for tonight. I love online shopping now, and Amazon has so many options.
“Porca puttana, sto vedendo un angelo? Baby, Sembri... incredibile,” he says as he walks to me and plants a hungry kiss on my waiting, tingling lips. He said Holy shit, am I seeing an Angel? You look... incredible.
He breaks our kiss, leaving me breathless and wet for him. After I compose myself, I show him his clothes I left on the bed. He dresses, we get mom and Gigi and head downstairs.
Mom is wearing a simple black A-line dress to the floor and a black sparkly mask.
Gio takes my hand and my sister’s, and we head out back for the party. The guys are all in black with their kuttes and different style black masks, as requested. Some are cloth, some are leather, and I even see a few that are silk. The women and kids are in an assortment of colors, some have feathers, some have beads and bling. None of them have a butterfly like mine.
I have to admit, it’s a bit sexy, mysterious and fun not to be able to determine who the guys are until you talk to them.
Well, most of them anyway. I could pick out my close friends and family anywhere if need be. Even Ryder looks fetching as ever with Ces on his arm, I knew it was Ryder before I saw him and Ces coming our way.
It’s early evening, and it’s just starting to get dark out, which is perfect to give my sister time with us before heading in for the night.
As Ryder and Ces get closer to us, I see the rest of our entourage coming our way. Ryder has a simple black leather mask on, and Ces has a black silk with silver bling and black feathers off the side.
Jules is in a simple short gold slip dress with a matching mask with glitter on it. She looks absolutely radiant. My bestie seems to be glowing these days.
Sam is wearing a 20s style flapper dress in bright blue with silver glitter and the matching mask.
We all say our hellos. Gigi grabs Blaze’s hand and leads us to the far back where the haunted maze is set up. I guess we are doing the maze first tonight.
We have an extraordinary night with her. The haunted trail was scary enough and fun enough to satisfy her requirements. Seeing her this happy warms my heart. My brothers even made an effort to thank Gio and the guys for doing all they have done for her.
She’s always been somewhat spoiled in our family being the baby, and Gio’s brothers are no exception to her charm. She’s just as spoiled here, too, with all these big tough looking men that all have hearts of gold.
The Club has not only saved us, but they gave us the family we so desperately desired. Our baby boys are going to be the luckiest boys around, with more family than they will know what to do with. And a ton of uncles and aunts to love them, and teach them all sorts of things.
If only I could get my brothers to stay here with us. Having the four of them here would fill the hole in our hearts that will be there once they leave us. I just hope I can repair Gigi’s with mom and Gio’s help.
Well, we will have to cross that bridge when we get to it. I may have a trick or two up my sleeve to keep them here with us for good. I think trading in their suits for leather kuttes would fit them all just perfectly, don’t you.
Chapter 27
Beast
Things have been quiet since Biketoberfest, over the past three weeks, too quiet for my liking, though. No one has seen or heard from Anton and his goons since they left that night.
Thanksgiving is next week, and I want things to go off without a hitch. For my girls, this will be the first one we all spend together as a real family. Also, it will be the only one before the babies arrive and complete our little family.
Mom is still with us, and we still have the girls on lockdown for the most part. We leave for my girl’s doctors’ appointments. Bella is on bedrest now and doesn’t walk at all; I carry her wherever she wants to go. When I can’t, Val, Romeo, and Lorenzo help.
She has grown beautifully, but it’s too much for her tiny fame to handle. Her blood pressure is still up, and at this point, Doc said it’s not going to go down. So we have to find ways that won’t raise it higher. We can’t afford for her to be in the hospital just yet, so bed rest it is.
The guys and I have a plan to sniff out Antonio soon. We all agree we want this done by the New Year.
Bella had her doctor’s appointment today, and Doc is sending her downstairs for bloodwork and a glucose test. She said, normally they wait until a woman is between 24-28 weeks pregnant, but with Bella having twins and her high blood pressure, she wanted to do it early. Bella is 20 weeks, halfway through, God willing she doesn’t go early.
We have our entourage with us today - Ace, Blaze, Snake, Hawk, Ryder, Jules, and Ces. Jules and Ces wanted to join us, and I needed enough guys for extra protection. It may be a little bit of overkill, but when it comes to their protection, the more eyes, the better. My brother Ryder still hasn’t claimed Ces, so in the eyes of our Club, he is my responsibility. I don’t take this responsibility lightly, either. He’s too important to my girl, which makes him important to me.
After her blood work, my girl is starving and wants a nice, big, juicy, bacon cheeseburger. So, we hit up a diner on the way home with the best burgers around.
We all sit and enjoy an excellent lunch together. The food is filling, and as my girl's belly gets full, I can see she’s starting to become exhausted.
It’s been a long morning and afternoon for her, and she is ready for her afternoon nap. The babies take all her energy these days. She naps a few times a day.
I settle with the server treating everyone to lunch for tagging along with us today.
I’m just helping Bella up from her chair to bring her to the restroom before we head out when Ace’s phone rings. After a minute or so, he waves me off to take her with a look that says get her out of here. I hand my keys to Ces as we walk away from the table.
On our way out of the diner, I notice Ces and Jules are already in my cage, and the guys are waiting on their bike scanning the area. Ace is standing by the door when we exit. He gives me a look that says we need to talk, but first I need to get Bella in my cage. He follows us, and I get her locked in her seat before turning to him.
“What the hell is going on now?” He gives me a look that I know all too well. “Antonio is back for the girls. Now is our time to get him.” He shakes his head. I take him in, I can see it’s worse than I could ever imagine. He looks torn between worried and mad as all hell. He almost looks like he might be sick at any moment.
“Tell me, man, I can see it all over your face.” I’m not in the mood for bullshit, and he can see that, so he lays it on me.
“Gigi’s missing,” he says, and my stomach turns. I think I may lose my lunch. Oh, dear God, please don’t let him get to her. We can’t lose her, it would destroy my Bella and our family. I have to find her and fast.
“She stole Dusty’s phone and snuck out of the compound, somehow. Throttle is trying to track the phone, with no luck, just yet.
“He searched Dusty’s phone records and apparently, this isn’t the first time she’s taken his phone. She’s been doing this shit for months. She’s been texting a friend of her’s named Abigail and had a fake Facebook account. She’s only connected with a few of her old friends, until today. Today, a burner phone belonging to Antonio, contacted her with a message, it came in three hours ago. It was for her to meet him or he would kill you, Bella, Ces and my Jules in your cage. I had the boys check your cage for any explosives, and it’s clean.
“Anto
nio sent her a picture of all of us leaving the compound and having lunch together, to prove he could get to them. He scared her and so she...” he doesn’t finish because his phone rings again.
“Gator,” is all I hear him say before I tune him out to think. I do notice the worried look on his face, though.
My heart that was just full of joy and happiness is now shattered, I think for the first time in my life... No maybe the second, I’m scared and fearful. That bastard - it’s always that bastard - got his hands on her, and he’s going to hurt her. I can’t let that happen, we have to get her back before he leaves the state with her and we can’t find him.
Shit, this was Bella’s dream not too long ago, and I dismissed it, not thinking much of it. How wrong was I to do that, fuck?
I take a few deep breaths to compose myself; I can’t worry Bella just yet. I can’t let her see how I feel or she will be devastated.
“Gio, what’s the matter?” Bella’s voice breaks through my thoughts, and I turn to look at her trying to get out of the cage. I rush over to stop her and get her locked back in again. I take her in my arms needing her in my embrace to ease my raging nerves.
I don’t want to tell her and have her stroke out from her blood pressure. Then she’d have to be admitted to the hospital, and I can’t protect her there and look for Gigi.
Shit, I don’t know what to tell her. I never got a chance to think that far ahead. Gator called, all I could think about was getting Gigi back before he could hurt her, and not showing Bella any of my emotions. I guess the last one backfired on me, she must have seen my face before I composed myself.
Fuck, fucker, fuck, I don’t know if I should tell her now about her sister in her condition or wait.
Nevertheless, if I don’t tell her something and stay silent like I am now, that can’t be good for her either. Her breathing is already starting to accelerate, and she is shivering in my arms. I have to say something, I don’t want to hurt her more, and I hate lying. Especially, to her and she does have a right to know, it is about her sister who she has taken responsibility for. I will wait to tell her.