58. Chapter 58
About an hour later, Bear and I clean up our tools and the room. We had to stitch Mateo up without anesthesia due to the cocktail of date rape drugs that he’d been injected with, but thankfully, all he did was grunt a few times on the worst ones. In twenty-four hours, most if not all, the drugs should be out of his system. Also, since I didn’t know how long he’d be out of it due to all the drugs, I opted to put in a catheter.
Once more, I double check his vitals and that his IV is still in a good position, pumping him full of antibiotics and fluids. Who knows what Diego used to inflict all these wounds with? Or what they could have been coated with.
Knowing the guys got out of Church a while ago, Bear and I head out into the main room. I clap Drae on the shoulder, who’s standing outside the door. Now that we’re done, he heads inside to keep watch over Mateo.
Turning on my heel, I call out to him before he shuts the door. “Let me know when he wakes up. I’ll be down periodically to check his vitals and switch out his IV bags as needed.”
He gives me a chin lift and shuts the door.
Spotting Ryder over by Thor and Reaper, I walk over to them.
“Did he say anything?” Thor asks and I fill him in as well as what Odin had sent me, even though I figured Odin told him in Church what Mary had said.
“What’d you find out?” I ask, and not surprisingly, it’s Ryder that answers me.
“He was telling you the truth, like you suspected. He’s Mateo Vasquez.”
Tension bleeds out of my shoulders at hearing it confirmed. “Does Mary know yet?”
Ryder shakes his head. “No. I knew she’d also want to know how he was doing and since I didn’t know, I didn’t want to cause her more worries or stress.”
Frowning, I give my thanks before heading to the bar for a drink. The fact that Ryder didn’t tell Mary anything, or anyone else for that matter, probably gave her even more worries and stress. I know how her mind wanders and I hope like fuck she hasn’t worked herself up into a tizzy.
Since she’s not out here and I don’t see her in the kitchen, I’m guessing they’re in the playroom. Heading down the hallway, I note that the door is closed, so I input my code. Once inside, I give Sasha a chin lift before turning to take everything in. The kids are sprawled out as they watch a movie. However, with the way Cassie’s laying, I’m betting she’s passed out, which will make tonight interesting.
Mary’s the first to notice someone else in here and when she looks up, both hope and worry are written all over her face.
Closing the door, I walk over to her and lean over the couch, giving her a kiss.
“Is he okay?” she whispers and when I nod, relief sags throughout her. “Can I see him?”
I hesitate. “He’s asleep right now. When he wakes up, then you can see him.”
Tears pool in her eyes. “Please? I just need to put eyes on him, see for myself that he’s alive and breathing.”
Once again I hesitate, but then pause. “Just a second. I’ll do the next best thing.” Standing, I walk back toward Sasha.
“Sasha, can I see the tablet?”
She reaches into a cabinet behind her and pulls out one of the few tablets we have secretly concealed around the clubhouse. When Levi became pregnant, Smoke started thinking of additional ways to add extra layers of security to the clubhouse as well as looking at things on the flip side, ways for letting people know they need help. That last bit he added on after Mae was kidnapped out of the Junction Creek clubhouse. If there had been some sort of a panic button, she might have not been kidnapped in the first place. There’s also an additional feature that I requested. Access to be able to tap into the feed of the medical room.
Pulling up the program, I input my code and walk back over to Mary. There are four cameras in the room. Three from various vantage points around the room but the fourth one is directly pointed at the monitors that are mounted on the walls, letting me read the patient’s stats in an instant.
Sitting down next to her, I wrap my arm around her shoulders and pull her close. “I don’t want to disturb him, but at least this way, you can see him. Drae knows to let me know when he wakes up, and I’ll be checking in periodically to check his vitals and change out his medicine.”
Her body relaxes against mine even more. “Thank you. Can we stay here tonight? I want to be close to him.” Mary wipes her eyes and I kiss the top of her head.
“Of course.”
She stares at the screen, and I make no move to take it from her. She needs this to put her mind at ease.
I settle in and watch the movie along with the kids, but before long, my stomach rumbles reminding me that I haven’t eaten since lunch.
“Oh my gosh,” Mary mutters as she sits up. “We put a plate in the oven for you and Bear. The others ate once they came out of Church.”
Chuckling, I let her fuss over me, knowing it’ll help keep her mind busy. Glancing over at Mae, she gives me a smirk and waves her hands in a shooing motion, letting me know she has the kids. Getting up, I pick her up and put her back in her chair before following her into the kitchen. I know she can shuffle from the couch to the chair, but I still like to help her where I can.
She parks close to the stove, stands, puts on some oven mitts and then carefully pulls out the containers out of the oven. Shutting the door, she then turns it off.
Taking the dishes to the counter, I sit down and watch out of the corner of my eye as she maneuvers to sit on the stool on the other side of the counter. It makes me nervous when she does all of this because of her cast and shoulder, but the nurse in me knows she needs to move around to keep her strength up and to get stronger. Still, it doesn’t stop the worry and I do my best not to hover.
A groan escapes when I take the first bite of the stew and Mary grins, though I can tell it’s strained as fuck.
“I had the same reaction when I smelled and heard what the ladies were making. It’s good, isn’t it?”
“It’s delicious,” I mumble around a bite of meat and then I grab some cornbread, sopping up some of the broth. Another groan escapes and I dig in, devouring the food in record time. I hadn’t realized I was that hungry before.
When I’m done, Mary tries to take the bowl and plate from me, but I pull them back out of her reach. “I’ll rinse them and put them in the dishwasher.”
She retakes her seat, but I can see she’s swallowing repeatedly and twiddling her fingers as she watches me.
Once the dishes are in the dishwasher, I start it and retake my seat. Reaching across the counter, I take her hands in mine.
“Mateo will be okay, Mary. Only a couple of his wounds were deep, but most of the others won’t take long to heal. He does have significant bruising over most of his body, but again, time will heal them.”
She blinks rapidly to keep her tears from falling. “Diego tried to pass Mateo off as him, didn’t he?”
I look at her in surprise but then shake my head, grinning. Damn, my woman is smart. “Nothing gets past you, does it?”
The corner of her mouth ticks up, but she waits for me to continue.
“Yeah, he did. Apparently, Diego doesn’t think we’ll believe you when you said it was Mateo.”
Mary rolls her eyes hard and huffs. “Of course he thinks that. Whenever he came over, he acted like I was a servant to him and if I rebuked anything, both he and Stephan would take turns beating me.”
Rounding the table, I wrap her in my arms, needing to hold her after hearing that.
My dick perks up at feeling her pressed against me, and since it’s most definitely not the time to be sporting a boner, I start reciting some of the nastiest infections a person can contract.
Mary hums and presses closer to me. “Feels like someone’s excited.”
“I’m always aroused by you, but especially when you’re in my arms.”
She presses harder against me and I feel her hand snake down and moan when she rubs me through my jeans. My half chub goes to fully erect so fast, I’m light-headed for a few moments.
“Fuck, Siren.”
The break of a rack of cue balls brings me back to the present and I remember that we’re in the kitchen, but thankfully, my back is to the main room.
“Let’s head upstairs, Siren.”
I lead her back down the hallway and to the lift we had installed when we expanded the clubhouse years ago. Riding up to my floor, I dig my keys out, but then pause outside my door.
“What the fuck?” I curse as I take in the fact that it’s slightly ajar.
“What’s wro—… Oh,” Mary says quietly when she notices it as well.
Pushing the door open, I’m pissed beyond belief.
“What the fuck are you doing in here?” I roar.
Both Cici and Gemini, who were making out naked on my bed, startle but then start trailing their hands down their bodies.
“Waiting for you, of course,” Gemini purrs right as she sinks her fingers into her pussy and with the other hand, grabs her breast.
“You worked so hard today, we wanted to give you some relief,” Cici replies as she starts to finger herself as well.
“Get the fuck out of my room,” I growl as I stalk toward them. At the same time, I hear boots on the stairs heading our way.
They both smirk as I approach them and when I grab them, they try to pull me into bed with them, but I’m stronger than them. Yanking them up, I drag them out of my room and toss them into the hallway, right into the waiting arms of Thor and Phoenix, with Levi right behind them.
“What’s going on here?” Thor demands.
“These bitches broke into my room, which was locked by the way, and were fucking each other on my bed.”
Thor’s eyes harden and his hand tightens slightly on Cici’s arm, not enough to hurt her, but enough to show her he’s pissed.
“I think we need to have a little chat with you two. Get dressed. Now,” Thor barks and both Cici and Gemini jump before hurriedly throwing on their clothes, though both of them keep sending me flirty looks, and I know I have to nip this shit in the bud.
“I’d like to recommend a second strike for Cici and Gemini’s first strike,” I tell Levi and both of the women baulk.
“What? What for?” Cici shrieks before turning on her heel toward me. “You know you want me, Patch. I don’t even mind if Gemini joins us as a trio. I’m way prettier and sexier than that fat wench that keeps clinging to you.”
In an instant, I have her by the throat and against the wall. I don’t squeeze, even though I’d like to, to show that I mean fucking business. Her eyes widen in surprise and my scowl deepens. I hope like fuck these two haven’t screwed things up between Mary and I, but I know I’m going to have to reassure her that I want only her. No matter what her size is.
“Get this through your fucking thick skull. I will never be with you. I will never fuck you again. I will never let you suck my cock again. I will never, ever , claim you as my Old Lady. Also, know this. I will never tolerate you speaking to my Old Lady like that again.”
Cici smirks. “She can’t be your Old Lady because the whore is still married to someone else.”
We all freeze at that and I narrow my eyes at her. A sliver of fear works its way into her eyes but then she lifts her chin, pressing into my hand that’s still around her throat. I release her immediately.
She’s about to say something else when Thor grabs her arm, keeping her from throwing herself on me. “You’re coming with us and we’re going to have a nice, long chat. Patch, Mary, meet us downstairs. Phoenix, find someone to watch Gemini, not fuck, while we talk to Cici.”
Thor turns and drags Cici down the hall as she shrieks for me, but I ignore her. Turning toward Mary, I curse when I see that her eyes are blank. Kneeling in front of her, I cup her cheek.
She looks down at me, a tired look in her eyes. “How many more are like her here? Will I always have to hear the bunnies tell me about how much better they can please you and how fat and unwanted I am?”
Hanging my head, I could beat my own ass for being weak and succumbing to needing that itch scratched. Looking her in the eyes, I stroke her cheek.
“I hooked up with Cici two years ago. She wasn’t a bunny at the time and I seriously think she followed me here. She became a bunny a few months ago. As for others, yes, I have been with almost all of them in some way,” I pause when a pained look crosses her face. “However, I don’t think they’ll treat you like Cici and Gemini have. CJ, Ashley, and Ginger were the three that I went to when the urge got too strong, and even then, it was only a handful of times.”
Some of the tension in her bleeds away at that. She’s actually gotten close to who a few of us started calling ‘the good bunnies’, which are Roxy, CJ, Ginger, Ashley, Amy, and Sara. However, Roxy has never serviced the guys and CJ stopped after realizing her brother was in the club, even though he was, and still is, a Prospect.
“Okay,” she replies quietly.
“Come on, let’s head back to the lift.”
Once we’re downstairs, I spot Ethan leaving the bar as Drae takes his place and flag him down. “Here,” I say as I pass him my keys to my room. “Get rid of the bed in my room. Pillows, sheets, comforter, all of them. Burn them for all I care. Get me new everything, too.” I will not have anything those sluts touched in my room when I bring Mary back to it.
Mary stares at me in shock, but then her face softens and she gives me a little smile.
“Have Drae go with you. We can get our own drinks while you guys are gone,” Phoenix says as he comes up to us.
“You guys want something before we head out?” Drae asks and I nod.
“Give me one.” I turn to Mary. “Do you want anything, Siren?”
“Can I have a beer, too? I kind of need one right now. And before you ask, Patch, no I haven’t had any pain killers today and, no I am not in need of any either.”
Smiling, I shake my head. Read my thoughts, like usual. I take the beers from Drae and hand her hers before turning to Phoenix.
“Are we in Thor’s office?”
Phoenix nods, a tight look on his face. “Yup. Let’s go deal with those bitches. Thor and Levi are already in with her. Bear and Beast are making sure Gemini stays put.”
He tilts his head and I follow his line of sight. A dark grin spreads across my face as I realize they’ve handcuffed her to a chair and she is most definitely not happy that they aren’t doing anything kinky.
“Come on,” he says before taking a pull of his beer and turning toward Thor’s office. Mary and I follow him, shutting the door behind us.