MC: Pres: Book Four
by L. Ann Marie
Ben James was groomed to become an Officer in the MC. Prospecting early he was sent to college by the MC President that was looking to form a new type of leadership in their Club. When the President was killed in drug wars and the Brothers started taking each other out to get a bigger cut of the drug money, Ben steps into the President role fighting to keep his Brothers alive and get out of the flesh and drug trades. Pulling his best friend Knight into the VP slot he has his security specialist keeping the Club moving in the right direction. As he moves out of the quick money and into legitimate businesses his Club grows. The new Officers; fight for right, respect their women and value their kids. Working to make money legitimately makes for happy members. All but Ben's old lady, without the constant threats and excitement of wars she leaves Ben and they're adopted son Jessie. Ben sees his Officers finding strong women that build and solidify their purpose and his dream of a clean Brotherhood working and living peacefully within their drug free neighborhoods and community. Raising their kids to take care of each other and treat their women with respect, Ben is so close to his dream but he has no one to share it with. Kate runs the Women's Center within the MC's backyard. The MC supplies the buildings for her offices, shelters for abused women and security to keep them all safe. Ben admires Kate's strength, ability and compassion running the Center and adopting kids from the shelters that would have gone into the system. Danny, Kate's husband, is Ben's Building Supervisor and number two High Security enforcer when he's needed. He's proven himself and earned respect from his Brothers and Ben. When his old lady leaves he moves a few houses away from Kate and her family. His son spends so much time with the LaPonte family Ben is invited regularly to dinners and family activities. He finds himself drawn to them and starts to wonder if he'll ever find a woman like Kate to share his life with.**