Chapter 50 #2
“Okay, on the left, we have our lovely queen, Levi, she’s Thor and Dragon’s Old Lady if you didn’t already know, Miracle.
Beside her is Mary and her Old Man is Patch.
Three of the kiddos running around are theirs—you’ve already met Cassie, but the other two are Ash and Izzy.
Susie is Axe’s sister and her son is Jordan.
Next to her is Nikki and her daughter is Sadie.
Nikki is my aunt, and my dad is Smoke. Elvira is in the kids’ playroom, and I think Mama Astrid went to visit with her in there as well.
Elvira is Drae’s mother-in-law and Drae’s daughter is Lindsey. ”
My heart breaks a little at that having already heard their story and Jane, Lindsey’s mom and Drae’s girlfriend, being killed by the same men and group that killed Lillian, Mae’s mom.
I silently curse myself at Miracle’s slightly confused expression before she masks it.
She doesn’t know what happened. I’ll have to mention a little about what happened later.
“So, how long have you guys known each other?” Mary asks us. Miracle and I share a grin.
“Pretty much since we were born. Our moms are best friends so we’re diaper besties as we call it,” I tell them which gets the conversation going.
The more we talk, the more both Miracle and I relax. Levi catches my eye and winks at me. I can’t help but grin in return.
Reaper walks over with a fresh drink for Miracle and me. I take mine and tilt my head back on the couch, silently asking for a kiss. He smirks and leans down, kissing me.
“Bow chicka wow wow,” Miracle and Sasha sass in unison which has both of us breaking apart, laughing.
“Dinner will be here in about thirty, ladies,” he tells us before straightening and walking back to the bar.
Mae giggles. “So how long have you been seeing Reaper? When I talked to him in September, I didn’t think he was seeing anyone.”
I roll my lips in, my good mood suddenly disappearing. Miracle reaches over, taking one of my hands in hers and almost immediately, Levi, Sasha, Nikki, Mary, Susie, and Mae quiet down.
I clear my throat. “Well, ah.” I pause and exhale heavily. “I guess you could say about a year and a half.”
All of their eyes widen in surprise at that.
“In May of last year, I caught my fiancé, Aiden, in bed with my best friend, Kelly. In my bed at my family’s house. A few days later, Aiden and Kelly came into my family’s supper club along with Aiden’s parents, Richard and Jessica Cox.”
Levi makes an unimpressed sound. “Fuck, I hate that fucking family. Learned a lot about them this past summer…” her voice trails off and her eyes widen in shock.
“It was you… Reaper told me one of his friends recently broke off an engagement to that spineless dirtbag that’s set to inherit everything of Richard’s. ”
I nod, my lips pressed thin. “That was me. They came into the restaurant and a few minutes later, Reaper, Devil, Cannon, Atlas, Punisher, and Odin came in. When Kelly made a scene, which Richard soon jumped in on, the guys came and backed me up. Looking back, even though I was two days out from breaking off my engagement, that’s really when things changed for Reaper and me.
“However, it wasn’t until after the fires in September last year that he told me he wanted me as his woman, but, at the time, I was still trying to figure my new life out after being trapped in my house,” I tell them as I push aside my hair and turn, showing them my burns.
“I wasn’t ready for a relationship, but looking back now, I wish I would have told him yes. I mean, he was there for me whenever I needed him and we talked every day, but I think I would have gotten through things better and maybe even quicker if he were fully at my side through it all.”
“Did you have to totally rebuild?” Mary asks and sadly, I nod.
“Yeah, we did. The house and the supper club. Our family’s lived in that house since 1931. The supper club was built that same year too. Because of the arsonist, we lost almost all of our family’s history and memorabilia.”
Miracle squeezes my hand. “At least you did all that preparation for your grandparents wedding anniversary two years prior.” She pauses and looks over at the others.
“For their sixtieth anniversary, Lark put together an amazing slideshow for them, but in the process, she scanned all of their documents, pictures, everything she could get her hands on. They might not be the original’s anymore, but at least you have those documents. ”
I nod again, giving her a small smile. “We were able to save some things, and for the rest, I found a company that would ensure the reprints were printed the same as how they would have looked in their respective eras.”
I take a sip of my drink and go back to Mae’s question.
“As for when we officially became a couple, it was actually on Friday, October 13th.”
They all laugh at that, though Sasha more so than the others.
“Then the next day, he asked me to be his Old Lady. Though, between our seamstress being out for her daughter giving birth to her first grandbaby, I didn’t get my cut until December 4th.”
Levi’s lip curls. “Fucking Star,” she hisses under her breath.
“No…” Mary drawls out as her gaze ping pongs between me and Levi.
“Yup,” I reply, popping the ‘p’.
Glancing over at Levi, I lift an eyebrow in question and she nods, letting me know it’s okay to talk about it.
“Apparently the bitch had stolen Mama Astrid’s keys the night you were kidnapped, Mae.
She made copies of Reaper’s key, as well as many other keys, before returning them.
Reaper had just gotten back from celebrating Thanksgiving with your guys’ club and helping move stuff out of Mary’s old house.
Somewhere between when Reaper got back and I arrived at the clubhouse, Star snuck into Reaper’s room and was lying on his bed, stark naked.
Got everything out of her for how she got the keys as well as other shit she had done, before we full out banned her ass. ”
Mary, Nikki, Sadie, and Sasha’s jaws drop at the full-out ban comment. Levi and Mae already knew all the details.
“Fucking hell,” Sasha mutters as she runs a hand through her hair. “What the fuck else did she do to get fully banned?” Then she freezes and her eyes widen. “I mean, if it’s allowed for you to say, that is.”
I give her a sad smile. “On top of interfering with our relationship, she drugged Reaper’s drink.
Thankfully, didn’t drink any of it after she spiked it.
As for the keys she copied, they were to Reaper’s room, Devil’s room, Python’s room, Church, Reaper’s office as well as all his separate office keys like for his desk and cupboards.
On top of all of that, she stole three thousand dollars from the Christmas drive we do for the kids.
We were able to recover all but five hundred of it when the guys escorted her to her apartment to oversee her cleaning out her shit.
We gave her five hours to pack as much as she could into her car or a friend’s car before the rest would be donated. ”
Levi’s lips twitch and I narrow my eyes at her.
“Though, you forgot the part where you dragged her ass down the stairs by her hair,” she says, grinning. “Fuck, I watched that bit on repeat a few times.”
I chuckle along with the others at that. When we quiet down, Levi tilts her head at me and then glances back at the others.
“Also, part of that ban is that Star can never live in a town where we have a club ever again. All the President’s got pictures of her as well as video proof of what she’d done. If she ever comes near one of our clubs again, she’ll regret it more than words can say,” Levi says.
Our gazes lock and we both nod in unison. If that bitch ever shows her face again, I will be making her pay for what she’d done.