Chapter Twenty-Four Dragon
I have been trying to keep myself busy for the last few hours hoping that someone would give me some news about what was going on with Ruby.
I don’t know her all that well, but I know she means a lot to my brother and even to Sophie.
She works for Sophie and for a while there lived upstairs in the apartment above the studio.
I have no idea when shit got serious between her and Terror because he has kept that shit quiet.
When he told us she was pregnant we all knew that that was the end of it.
Terror has always been extra careful with women after his ex got pregnant when he was fifteen.
He tried to start a family with her, but she threw that all to shit when she ran scared after having Natalie.
I can’t even imagine how he is feeling right now and to know that shit happened on the compound.
We thought everything was safe after shit happened with Sophie, but apparently when you allow a bitch on to the compound once or twice she is not put on a list of do not come back after she starts acting crazy.
I just don’t think Terror thought she was a threat.
I swear all this shit that has been happening lately is too much.
This was part of the reason I pushed Liza away, even though I never really had any bitches that would think we had something.
Before her I fucked them and left them. Never really had the same bitch twice.
I stayed away from the club whores because I know how crazy those bitches can be.
So when Liza texted offering an update on how things were going, I got a sense of dread.
I knew I wanted to head home to be with my brother, but he had given me orders as president that I need to stay and help this chapter with whatever they need until they are all caught up with all their bullshit.
I grab my phone and text Liza back telling her that I love her and to stay safe.
After that I head out and try to find Thorn to see what he knows about what is going on at home and if he thinks we should head out.
I get out to the common room and spot several brothers on the couches sitting with some of the girls that are here at the club. I immediately ignore them and I am not going to deal with all that right now. I spot Brawler, Wolf, Fury and Blaze at the bar. I walk up to them and lean against the bar.
“Hey, have any of you guys seen Thorn around? Some shit has come up at home and I wanted to check in and see if he got any word about it.”
Wolf looks up, “No man, we haven’t seen him since last night. Maybe give him a call, we know he isn’t one to really be out at night anyway. The guy doesn’t fuck around with women. What’s going on at home?”
I look around the room and back at the brothers in front of me, “Terror’s woman was attacked and he told us to stay here, but I’m getting nervous. I just got word that it’s not good news.
I mean she is pregnant and some crazy bitch that has been stalking them got into the compound and shot her at their home.”
“Fuck, see this is why I don’t fuck bitches more than once. I don’t need some crazy person showing up here and targeting anybody.” Blaze says as he picks up his beer and takes a swig.
“Have you talked to Shep at all? He might tell you to head out. Even though I know he has orders from Terror to keep you guys here til we get everything squared away with the Callahans.”
“No, I haven’t talked with him, but fuck it, I might do that if I can’t find Thorn.”
I step back away from the bar and begin to head outside to see if I can spot Thorn’s bike out there.
It is weird that he hasn’t been back to the clubhouse.
I know yesterday he told me he had some shit to take care of, but it isn’t like him and honestly he was cagey about what the fuck was going on.
I don’t know what shit he would have to take care of in Maine.
So I just assumed that Terror sent him on something by himself while we were all here.
I spot one of the brothers from my chapter outside as I am trying to scope out Thorn’s bike.
“Hey, have you seen Thorn around? His bike isn’t here from what I can see. The brothers in the clubhouse told me they haven’t seen him since last night. Does he have some special orders or some shit from Terror?” I ask Slick.
“Nah, brother. I haven’t seen him. I don’t think he has anything special assigned to him from Terror. I did notice when we were out yesterday that he stopped when he saw a woman walking across the street with a little girl.”
That gives me pause, I know my brother is into women, but it is really just one woman in particular that ruined him for every woman. So for Slick to say a woman made him stop what he was doing and then disappear I have to know what is going on.
“Thanks Slick. I think I’ll give him a call and see what the fuck is going on.”
I walk a little further and spot some picnic tables and take a seat at one and pull up my phone to call my big brother.
“What?”
“Wow, what a way to answer your phone. Do you know what is going on right now?”
I hear him grunt and then he whispers something away from the phone before I hear movement that sounds a lot like sheets moving.
“Where the fuck are you and who the hell are you with?”
He doesn’t answer and I hear a door close.
“What do you want, Dragon? I fucking busy.”
“Yeah, busy doing what? I mean damn brother no one knows where the fuck you are. Do you know what is going on at home?”
I hear him sigh, “No, I have had some shit going on and I’ve ignored my calls. I thought if something was important they would call more or text more.”
“Thorn, you are an idiot. There is shit going on with Ruby at home. She was shot at Terror’s house. Liza just texted me from the hospital saying shit wasn’t good. I don’t know if we should go home or not, man.”
“Fucking hell. I have a bunch of missed calls and texts. Give me a minute to look through everything. If we are ordered back we go, if not then we have to stay until we are told to come back by Terror. This run was more than a run, we are helping get businesses and shit done with the Irish up here.
We don’t want to do anything to ruin the relationship that they have with the Callahans.”
I wait probably impatiently for him to go through all the shit on his phone and I hear several curses as he is going through everything. What seems like a fucking hour later he finally fucking speaks.
“We were told to stay here. Terror sent me a few messages filling me in and it’s not good. I will probably give him a call after I get off the phone with you. But he said we are not to come home. He doesn’t want more of us there to hover and he’s a mess.”
“Did he give you more of an update on what’s happening? Is Ruby okay? The baby?”
“Yeah, um, he did.” Thorn clears his throat and then continues, “So Ruby was shot about four times. One was in the shoulder, another caused damage to her in her chest cavity, just missing the heart or any major arteries. Then the other two were in her abdomen.
One punctured the placenta and by the time they got to the hospital the baby was already gone. They had a little girl. Terror said he’s waiting to name her until after Ruby wakes up. He doesn’t know when that will be.
When Ruby went down after being shot she hit her head on the coffee table in the living room and she had some brain bleeding. So she is in a coma.”
“Fuck, I swear it’s like we can’t catch a break and it is like some bad fucking movie. It’s like all the sudden it is a game to see how many people can spend time in the hospital and even hang in a coma. I mean damn it. Are you sure we shouldn’t go home?”
“No, we should stay, plus I have some shit of my own I have to deal with right now.”
“Okay, what is with the cryptic bullshit? What the fuck is going on?”
“I can’t tell you right now. Let’s just focus on the shit we are here for and I’ll clue you in on everything else when I can. I’ll keep my phone on sound from now on and if anything happens or changes I’ll let you know.”
“Seriously, why the hell do you have to act so fucking mysterious Tanner? Did you meet a woman or something? I mean it’s about time you found someone. I was beginning to think that you were never going to find anybody to help you get that big ass stick out of your ass.”
I wait a minute and nothing comes from my brother and I look down and see he hung up on me, that fucking asshole.
A few minutes later my phone buzzes in my hand and I think that maybe the dickhead is calling back to apologize and tell me what the hell is going on, but I see that it is Peyton.
“Hey Pey, what’s going on? Are you at the hospital? How are Ruby and Terror?”
“Cane,” She pauses and I know something has happened so I straighten my back and prepare for the worst, “have you heard from Liza?”