Chapter 8
-:- VICTORIA -:-
Once Chaos has left, the three older ladies and Star give me a look that could mean trouble. “What?” I warily ask.
Bitty takes a seat next to me at the table and pats my arm. “Okay, now he’s gone. Tell us all.”
Star has a huge smile on her face and rubs her hands together right as she takes a seat. Amelia and Sybil take a seat and all four of them are staring at me with expectation on their faces.
“Um, I’m not sure what you want me to tell you about?” I again warily ask.
Star laughs, reaching over and grabbing my hand, giving it a light squeeze. “We want to know how you met Chaos, and what is going on with you two?”
Amelia leans forward, resting her bosom on the table, while Star rolls her eyes right as she speaks to Amelia, “Get your tits off the table, Amelia.”
Now, that breaks some of the ice as we all laugh at the comment and the way Amelia moves, but gives Star a nasty look while she does. “You leave my tits alone.”
“So, Victoria?” Sybil asks questioningly.
“I dove in the river to save a little boy who had fallen in…” I pause as realization comes to me, “Actually, he didn’t fall. I remember now…the man standing with them pushed him into the river. Oh my, he tried to drown him!”
Star jumps to her feet. “I’m going back to the clubhouse. I’ll see you later, Vicky.”
We all watch as Star rushes out of the apartment, and I look at Bitty and murmur, “Vicky.” It seems I’m getting my name said as Victoria and Vicky these days, but from people I’ve only just met it feels personal! Friendly!
“So, what is going on with you and Chaos?” The three ask at the same time.
“Well, nothing is going on. He saved me when I hit my head in the river. Stayed with me when I was transported to the hospital. It seems he has called himself my boyfriend, but I don’t even know him.”
“These men don’t mess about, Victoria,” Bitty says. “If he is calling himself your boyfriend, you can bet he has marked you as his woman.”
The three all nod in agreement, and they all look damn smug with it.
Sybil speaks now, “You could do much worse than being with Chaos. He’s a good man, works hard at the shooting range. He’s been a bit of a Casanova, but that is done with now.” Sybil stresses the word Casanova, which has me frowning because that could be interpreted as being a man whore!
“At least his wild oats have been sown. Unlike some idiots who get married or into a relationship and still keep shoving their dick where it doesn’t belong,” Amelia says with a nasty look on her face.
The door is banged on, and Bitty rushes to answer it. Before it’s even fully open four elderly women rush into the apartment with a younger woman behind them. What the heck is this? A quilting bee?
“Hi, Victoria, I’m Nyx, Colton’s old lady.” Now, Nyx points to the ladies, “This is Carol, Sandy, Tina and Joan. They wanted to come and welcome you to the club.”
I blink quite a few times before I have to ask, “What club?”
“The Raging Barons MC. Now that you are Chaos’ woman you are part of the club, and once it is official, you will be in the girl gang.
I’m sure Kya will be along to see you when she has the time,” Nyx replies as she is getting the women settled the best she can, grabbing chairs, and even picking them up and sitting them on the counters.
“Okay, Victoria. Spill,” the one named Joan says. Seeing my confusion, she continues, “What’s he like? Does he have a big dick? I mean he is a big man, so surely our good Lord gave him a dick to match?”
“I’ve seen Wings' dick. At the time, it was covered in glitter,” Amelia adds to the conversation.
“I reckon the women at the club have probably seen everyone of them’s dicks.
Let’s be honest they have no shame and just strut around like they are peacocks.
I must have seen Meat’s dick more than I saw my husband's, God rest his soul,” Bitty says with a grin on her face. “Meat has a mighty fine dick, too.”
Nyx is leaning against the counter, giving me a shrug while grinning.
She mouths, ‘Go with the flow’ and I look back at the group of women who are discussing who has the biggest dick, in length, width and how much use it’s probably had.
I’m sitting here thinking this is definitely not a quilting bee, it’s more like a porn show.
I think I’m in shock and if it wasn’t for my concussion, I may have hit the bottle of tequila I’ve hidden in the back of the cabinet.
Three hours of this and I’m ready to scream. I know about dicks, asses, tattoos, and something about Jo, Knuckles and a stock cupboard…that was followed with a tale about a room at the hospital. Maybe this author writes from experience?
The door opens, and Delta walks into the apartment with a man behind her. “Right ladies, it’s time you all left. We have business to discuss. You know the rules about club business.”
The oldies kiss my cheek as they all file out. Nyx gives me a hug along with a giggle as she then follows them out. I take a large intake of breath because wow, just wow, they are a bit much at first meeting.
“This is Specs, Victoria. We are both here as tech people, and we want you to help us figure out what the hell is going on with this up-and-coming senator.” Delta sets a laptop on the table along with Specs.
“I’m the tech man for Raging Barons MC. I’m a full brother, as you can tell, and I’ve done some digging already.”
“Let me get my laptop,” I respond and head to the bedroom where I kneel and grab a box from under the bed. I take out the laptop and quickly head back to the kitchen.
Delta has cleared away all the mugs from the old ladies and made fresh coffee for all three of us. She’s also placed a glass of water and two pain tablets by my seat.
“Thank you, Delta.”
“You are welcome, Victoria. I know they can be a bit much. They seem to have lost their filters.”
I can’t hold back the giggle, and Specs chuckles before shaking his head. “You need to try living in the same place as them for more than a few days. Along with Meat and Star, they are all stark raving crazy.”
“Okay, let’s get down to it.” Delta is tapping on her keyboard already.
“I found that your friend Bethy’s brother is the start of the issue.
He’s owing a substantial amount of money to this so-called up-and-coming senator.
I say he’s a crooked piece of shit that needs to be stopped before he gets into the Senate.
Art, the brother, told this Joe asshole that you are a computer wizard and you could do some fiddling of moving money around. ”
“Yes, that is why they approached me. I turned them down and then the threats started,” I reply as I tap on the keyboard of my laptop to show them what I have on Joe Tizwald.
“I have a trail that was fairly well hidden of cash that they have moved to an account in the Caymans. It is from something illicit you can bet your life on that. But what?” Specs mumbles as he keeps tapping.
“Hang on, let me get my backup phone.” I again rush to the bedroom and grab my spare phone that I always keep in case my other is lost.
Back in the kitchen Specs asks, “Why do you have a backup? Where is your phone?”
I sigh, “I had my phone in my hand when I went into the river to save the boy. But I had to let go of it when I went under to find him. Hence, the phone is at the bottom of the river. It’ll be useless now.”
“Yeah, that would do it,” Delta grins.
Tapping out a message to Bethy before I make the call. The last thing I want is her brother to know I’m speaking with her.
Victoria: Bethy are you free to talk?
It takes only a minute before I receive a reply.
Bethy: No, but you can text.
Victoria: Where did Art’s debt come from?
Bethy: Gambling.
Victoria: He told them about me. For what? Money laundering?
Bethy: Yeah, and to get information about Joe Tizwald’s competitors. You know the others running for the Senator position.
Victoria: Okay. Delete the message. Are you able to get away yet?
Bethy: No, but soon.
“That was my friend, Bethy. She confirmed Art’s debt is from gambling.
Joe Tizwald wanted me to cover up money laundering and find shit on anyone that stands against him.
Maybe I should find his shit and give it to the other one?
” I mumble, more to myself than Delta and Specs, but when they both laugh I look up from the keyboard.
Delta smirks. “That is one good idea. Let’s do that.”
Two hours later I’m sitting on the couch, legs tucked up and a throw over them.
A hot drink in one hand and a book in the other.
Jack had arrived just before Delta and Specs left, and he is now sitting in an easy chair facing the window.
Why I don’t know because it’s not like I’m on the first floor.
My goodness, this book is raunchy. It makes me blush a little while reading it. Jack is staring out of the window like his life depends on it. But I can now imagine he doesn’t want to watch my expressions as I’m reading this.
“Have you read Jo’s books?” I ask Jack.
“Yeah, I think everyone has. The brothers with a woman act out the darn things when they are released. Sometimes it’s more than obvious the way they all walk the next morning.” Jack laughs out loud, and I can see he’s enjoying the memories.
“No!”
Jack laughs again, “Oh, yeah. But you’ll find Jo and Knuckles in the most unusual places having sex. Jo calls it research. Knuckles calls it getting down and dirty, and we’ve all caught them at it at one time or another.”
Star arrives with a thermos of soup and three meals. Jack and I don’t hang around; we quickly sit at the table and have the soup.
“After the soup, you can have the meal. I’ll put it in the warmer,” Star states as she organizes things.
“I gave the details to Meat about that asshole pushing his kid into the river. He’s going to speak to Chaos, and you can bet something will be done.
Specs will be told so he can dig deeper into the family.
They are trying to kill the kid for the insurance money on him.
But it’ll not happen, because we know about it now.
” Star gives a grin which would be suitable for a horror movie, and I feel all the hairs on my neck stand up.
But if that is true, I don’t give a damn what happens to the parents.
Jack nods in agreement with Star, and I can see he feels exactly the same as I do about them.
“I didn’t tell you, Jack. I had visitors today.”
Jack looks at me and I give him a look that I hope says, what the hell happened?
“Amelia, Bitty, and Sybil came first. Then I had an addition to that. Nyx brought four ladies with her, and Jack…It was chaotic.”
Jack gives me a shake of the head right before throwing his head back and laughing loudly. “Oh, God. I can see you survived them. They are all crazy ass women. Honestly, they are as bad as Star.”
Now, Jack comes to a halt and gives Star a panicked look. I look at Star to see how she’s going to react, but you know she’s a hell of a woman as she gives a wicked grin.
“Why, thanks Jack.” Right before she kisses his cheek and leaves the apartment singing.
“I hope she says nothing to Meat. I don’t want my ass pinned to the treehouse by cleavers.”
Cleavers? What the hell is Jack talking about now?