Chapter Eight
“What else did you find in that book?” Titus asked him.
“Enough to figure out that if this book had come to light twenty years ago, my father would still be in prison today.” Crank snarled.
“I need to follow up and dig deeper to double check to update the information. That’s gonna take time but yeah, she was right, my dad would have chased her for what was in that damn book. ”
“So what do you want us to do?” Titus asked.
“I need to protect them both, until I can figure out just what is still going on here. I need to figure out just how deep my brothers are involved in his mess.” Crank shook his head.
“We also need to watch over the city, we need to keep our eyes open. Or before we know it, my father’s men will be sitting on our doorstep, waiting to take the shot that will take her life before protocol can step in. ”
Titus nodded. “You got it. I’ll get Hot Rod to add to the camera system we got.”
Crank paused for a moment then asked, “Can he do that quietly? I mean I found something in that book I need more information about before I say anything.”
“And what was that?” Bouncer asked.
Crank snorted. “My father, in his infinite wisdom and honesty, broke his vows time and time again. I knew he cheated on my mother over the years I was growing up. I want to make sure there are no surprises waiting in the background.”
Bouncer just glared and shook his head. “Your dad sounds like a monster in a suit.”
Crank nodded. “That’s a great description actually.
It’s exactly the kind of man he was and that’s one of the reasons why I got out the moment I turned 18.
I mean I never knew it for sure, but I knew he was cutthroat in the business world already.
He was a terrible father, a bully type of guy that used his fists on anyone who stood up to him, including his own children, his wife, his girlfriend, anyone at all who ever dared to have an opinion that didn’t agree with his own.
” He tapped the table with his hard fingers.
“I learned that lesson very early in life. My father was harder on me than he ever was with my brothers.” He shrugged.
“Maybe I was too much like him but I didn’t take his bullshit and we ran head to head on several points when I was a kid.
I stepped up to protect my mother when he began bullying her and yeah, he hit me sometimes, but that stopped when I got big enough to fight back.
My mom was still alive back then and she saw what he did to me and asked me one time to stop antagonizing him into fighting with him but I told her I would protect her if she needed it anytime, anywhere she needed.
There was one day she told me she wasn’t worth it.
That’s the day I told her she was. That I was her son more than I was his son.
” Shaking his head for a moment he finally admitted, “I think that was the day her eyes were finally opened to the sort of man he really was. She saw it all and she lived it every day, but I don’t think she ever felt anyone was ever on her side before that.
Then three days later she was gone. She died from a hit and run accident.
A car t boned her by running a stoplight.
They never found the guy that hit her, but she was still dead. ”
Titus paused, then suggested, “Did the police check out the accident, or did they just assume it was an accident?”
“You think it wasn’t an accident?” Crank stared at him
Titus shrugged. “You know him better than I do, could that be a possibility?”
Crank sat there for a moment then he snarled, “Yeah, it's more than just possible. Just another thing to investigate.” His hands clenched into fists. “But you can bet I will find the answers now. I always thought it was just an accident but now? I’m not so sure anymore.”
Bouncer nodded. “You got any other family out there? You said your daddy liked to spread his spare time beyond his wife’s bed? Did he maybe leave a little something else out there?”
Crank snorted. “Well shit, anything is possible.” He shook his head. “I’ll dig into that as well but right now I need some down time. Although my mind is running on fumes. I can’t even think right now.”
Bouncer nodded. “You need some sleep. We got a little time to regroup and keep looking.”
“Then when you’re ready, we will go after him.”
Crank nodded. “And you’ll find me leading the pack when we discover everything we can.
That bastard cost me years with the woman I love and my child’s whole lifetime.
I missed so much I can never get back, my kid’s first smile, her first tooth, taking her first steps, her first day of school.
Her first date, her first heartbreak, just everything. He isn’t gonna get away with that.”
“And your brothers? What about them?” Bouncer stared at him.
Crank slowly shook his head and stated quietly, “Every man has to make his own decisions in life. Good or bad, he has to make his own way. He also has to stand up for what he believes in. They had a choice, to follow him or stand on their own. I broke away and they could have too. If they chose to stay and be counted with him then they will fall with him. I can’t save them now.
So if he goes down, they go down too. I have to let the chips fall where they fall.
” He stood from his chair and looked down at the two men.
“I’m gonna try and get some sleep for a few hours. Are they in the infirmary?”
Titus nodded.
“I’ll be collecting Ursala and taking her to my room. Can you keep an eye on Reno for me? I just need to make sure they’re both safe.”
Titus nodded. “I’ll watch over her.”
“Good.” Crank then turned and strode down the hall. He stopped at the infirmary and scooped Ursala’s sleeping body up into his arms. Without waking her, he then carried her to his room.
When he laid her down on the mattress, she opened her eyes and smiled.
Crank gave her half a smile then went over to the other side of the bed to strip off his clothes. When he joined her in bed, he wrapped his arms around her and pulled her into his embrace.
He looked down at her tear stained face. Reaching down, he wiped her tears away. “No more of these. You are home and we can finally have a life together.”
“Can we?” she asked. “We need to talk about—”
He placed his fingers onto her lips. “I want to ask you to forgive me, first off. Right after you left, I searched for you and it did look like you left on your own. Your clothes were gone and other stuff. I...it hit me harder than I ever would’ve imagined.
I became a bitter man. I mourned you. It changed me in ways I don’t.
..” He cupped her cheeks with both hands.
“But you need to know that I love you and have only ever loved you. I want you with me for as long as time.”
She stared into his eyes. “I-I had to run away...”
He nodded slowly. “I know and I now understand all of that.” Crank glared into her eyes. “And just let anyone try to take you away from me again.” He then crushed her lips with his.
Ursala whimpered under the onslaught as she wrapped her arms around his neck.
Crank held her close and devoured her lips. He’d forgotten how she tasted and it made his entire body hard. He pulled away. “I know I should let you rest and wait till later. But I’ve waited for over two decades.”
Ursala blinked at him. “Well, I’m not arguing.”
He grinned then he tugged her shirt up and off. Then he yanked her jeans down.
As he undressed her, Ursala laughed.
He looked into her eyes. “I wanna see my woman,” he growled as he reached around and unsnapped her bra, freeing her breasts.
Finally, Ursala only wore silk panties.
Crank stared at her.
She swallowed heavily and placed her hands onto her belly. “I’m not the same—”
Crank grabbed her up and kissed her neck. “You are more beautiful than I remembered.”
“I-I mean after having Reno—”
He pulled back and gazed into her eyes as he grabbed each breast in his hands. “So lovely. The only woman I ever loved and you are more than I deserve.”
Ursala’s eyes filled with tears again. “I missed you so much, Nolan.”
He kissed her hard and deep as he tugged her close.
Ursala was drowning in love, an overwhelming storm called Nolan.
He tugged the sheet off of her and then slid downward to her calves. Spreading her thighs, he growled. “First, I’m going to feast.”
“Oh, my,” she stated nervously.
Lowering his lips to her clit, he tongued her button up and down.
Ursala released a shuddering breath. “Ohh,” she moaned as she felt his hot tongue lash her skin there.
“Beautiful,” Crank whispered to her skin as he opened the folds to expose her to his tongue. He eased a finger into her.
She flinched as she felt herself grow wetter.
Placing his lips on her again, he sucked on her.
“N-Nolan,” she stammered.
Lashing her repeatedly with his warm tongue, he slid his finger in and out of her wet core.
Her torso stretched out with the ecstatic throbbing.
Relentless, he kept up the licking rhythm, stuck another finger into her and pumped her fiercely.
“Oh, oh...” She panted. “Nolan, I’m gonna—” She gasped for air as she felt herself climax. He continued to suck on her and she could feel his mouth draw her cum from her clit. “Ahh!” She shuddered with pure bliss.
With a smile, he rose up a bit. “Mmm,” he purred to her lips while tugging her body closer. “I will never get enough and I will go back for more later.” Crank then parted her thighs and lined himself up. He pushed inside in one large thrust.
Ursala screamed and he lowered his lips to hers to kiss her scream away. Then he removed his lips from hers. “Did I hurt you?”
She bit at her lip. “I-I haven’t...” Her voice fell away.
“What?” He stilled and stared at her.
“B-been with anyone since you.”
His eyes widened. “That is a long time, baby.”
She nodded.
He cupped her cheeks with his hands again. “I should have been more careful.”
“No, you shouldn’t. I’ve dreamed of this so many times. I missed this so much.”
Crank kissed her tears. “I promise that you will be tired of me, long before I ever let you go.” He pulled out then entered her slowly and lowered his mouth to a nipple.
At the continued glorious assault, her head fell back. “God, I missed this.” Her leg muscles quivered from the previous orgasm while he sucked on her nipple.
Crank was intoxicated by all that was his Ursala, the taste and smell of her.
All that silky skin she had, he wanted to run his tongue over every inch of her.
He hadn’t been celibate but it had only been a few times over the years and it had never meant anything.
But to think she had... He kissed her deeply again and then lowered a finger to her clit and stroked her slowly.
Seemingly obsessed with pleasing her, he continued to plunge into her at the same time.
“Oh—again!” she exclaimed.
Crank raised his head to look into her eyes. “Yes again and again.” He stroked deeper into her and pulled her higher by grabbing her asscheeks with both hands.
“Unh—unh,” she released a helpless sound as she couldn’t seem to form words.
He ground his cock high up into her and his body grew rigid as he grasped her face and pushed his tongue into her mouth.
Sucking on his tongue with a fevered need in that familiar way of many years ago, they both went over the edge of bliss and hung onto each other desperately.
Crank wrapped his arms around her, underneath her body and breathlessly told her, “I...am complete now as I finally have my one back.”
Her long sated sigh sounded so beautiful as she said, “And I can finally breathe easy again.” Closing her eyes, she immediately went to sleep.
Holding her to him, he closed his eyes and for the first time in what felt like a lifetime, he fell asleep with no problem.