Chapter Fifteen
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THE LAST THING I want to be doing is going on a run.
However, everyone is busy as fuck these days and Homicide was supposed to go with Knuckles, but the kids and Melissa need him at home so he had to back out at the very last second.
Usually, I wouldn’t go on a run with Knuckles because he’s my cousin and relatives don’t go on a run together.
With no other choice, I drew the short straw and now find myself on the road with my cousin as we make our way toward the pickup location for the next shipment of parts.
If it were any other run but this one, I would have refused to leave.
Leo and Sheridan need me and I want to be home with my family.
Rooster promised we’d be gone for less than a day and then I wouldn’t be asked to go on a run for a while as we continue to figure things out with Leo while he remains in the hospital.
My son is strong as fuck and has been thriving.
However, we still have no clue when he’ll be discharged and allowed to come home with us.
It’s definitely taking a toll on my girl and she cries herself to sleep every single night.
Sheridan wants to be at the hospital with our boy and I can’t blame her.
Both of us were literally right down the hall for weeks while she recovered.
Now, we’re minutes away. Minutes that could change so much for a baby in NICU.
It’s no hardship to comfort my girl and hold her in my arms as I try to calm her down and get her talking about anything other than not being at the hospital.
Sheridan has some huge plans for when she graduates with her degree.
While she’ll have to do her internship with a vet who is already established, that’s not what she ultimately wants to do once she graduates.
Sheridan has plans to open up her own practice on the ranch she’s going to have.
There will be horses so she can help kids and adults with some kind of therapy.
I didn’t really understand what she was talking about, but I love listening to her and will do what I can to support her dreams and goals.
Her plan is to use the ranch to not only help those with some kind of therapy but to rehabilitate animals who need to be removed from abusive and neglectful homes.
My girl has always had a soft spot for animals.
I can’t tell you how many times she used to have me pull over to rescue some animal on the side of the road.
She’s so damn cute when she’s working with animals too.
She talks to them as if they’ll respond, cares for them with infinite patience, and goes out of her way to ensure they live a long, healthy life without suffering.
Not too many people get to see that side of Sheridan.
Shelly and I have helped her so many times over the years.
The rest of the world doesn’t get to see how tender and loving she is to injured animals.
They only get to see the parts of her she allows them to which isn’t very much at all.
Especially when it comes to the bullies she had in high school.
They used every opportunity to mock and ridicule her for working in the garage with her dad, for dressing the way she did because she never once cared about what others thought of her, and anything else they could.
Jess was always the ringleader and her biggest tormentor.
I only found everything even more endearing about Sheridan.
She’s the one girl I could sit for hours in a garage with as we worked on bikes, talked about ways to improve them, and anything else I could think of.
We always had a conversation ready to go because I could talk about vehicles with her and Sheridan would be in heaven.
One more reason she was always my dream girl.
Since talking with Sheridan the night she was discharged from the hospital, I’ve sat down with my dad, Rooster, and Brick.
I’m truly concerned about her mother and what she’ll do in order to get her hands on the money that was left for Sheridan.
I remember hearing her mother screaming about the inheritance and how it belonged to her and Sheridan didn’t deserve it.
It’s one of the main reasons she can’t stand her own daughter and has tormented Sheridan any chance she gets.
With the threat to my girl and our son, there’s no way in hell I’m allowing any room for errors to take place.
Brick is digging into Sheridan’s mother, the accident, and Jess.
I honestly wouldn’t be surprised to learn Jess and the bitch who gave birth to my girl are working together.
They’re both vile skanks who are selfish beyond anything I’ve ever seen before.
We’ve already ensured her mother can’t get in the NICU and anywhere close to Leo.
Every staff member knows there’s only a select number of people who are actually allowed inside.
Knuckles, my parents, Janessa, Rooster, and Mr. Russell are the only ones who are allowed to be given information on Leo if we aren’t there for any reason.
There are guys at the house so Sheridan is never alone and at least two more at the hospital outside the NICU.
The hospital knows they’ll be there around the clock and not to bother them.
Security for the hospital has been stationed on the floor as well.
No one is taking any chances when it comes to Leo’s safety.
“So, have you and Sheridan figured your shit out? She’s been out of the hospital for a little over a week now and we’ve hardly seen you,” Knuckles asks me through the comms we use when riding.
Eric, one of our Prospects, is driving the van we’ll put the parts in when we get to our pickup point. And I keep my eyes on him from the back of the van while Knuckles rides in front of him.
“We did. Man, I want to kill her mother. I’ve got Brick lookin’ into her and the accident that put Sheridan in the hospital and made her deliver our son early,” I answer him, getting pissed the fuck off all over again.
“What the hell is goin’ on? We haven’t had a chance to truly talk about anythin’ so I’m out of the loop.
I know you’ve got guys at the hospital around the clock and near the house.
Is there somethin’ goin’ on the rest of the club should know about?
” my cousin asks me, his voice slightly colder than a minute ago as he waits for my answer.
“Sheridan’s mother has never been a mom to her.
The accident from years ago the doctors were talkin’ about in the hospital was deliberate and planned by her in an attempt to kill my girl.
That’s why her back is so damaged and she’s got problems with it.
The reason there was so much concern about her havin’ another surgery.
She’s already had multiple surgeries on her back and is in constant pain.
Now, the skank is threatenin’ Sheridan and our son because the money that was left to Sheridan is hers.
She doesn’t have any more stipulations or anythin’ like that.
Sheridan’s mother feels entitled to the money and will do anythin’ to get her hands on it.
She truly doesn’t give a fuck who she has to hurt or what she has to do,” I inform Knuckles as I let the rage fill me and think about the situation.
“Where the fuck is this bitch? Let the ol’ ladies get their hands on her and she won’t stand a chance,” Knuckles states the truth and voices the same thought I’ve already had.
Janessa, my mom, and Marie already love Sheridan and won’t let anyone hurt her.
Once the other ol’ ladies get to know her, they’ll feel the same way.
That’s one of the main reasons I love the club so much.
We truly are a family and none of us go through anything alone.
If one of us has a problem, we all help out in any way we can.
Because we won’t hurt a woman, it doesn’t mean the ol’ ladies of the club won’t get their hands dirty.
They’ll beat a bitch and not think twice about doing so.
“We don’t know where she is. Sheridan has no clue and I have yet to ask her dad.
I’ll be talkin’ to him in the next day or so to see if he has any idea of where the bitch could be hidin’ out.
The twatapotamus is gonna meet her maker and I plan on watchin’ it happen.
I just hope my girl will finally beat the hell out of her mother and let her know she’s not the weak girl she once was.
Sheridan is strong as hell and I know she’s been workin’ out the best she can and has taken a few classes in martial arts.
She just can’t do a lot because of her back,” I inform my cousin as a smile fills my face with the image of Sheridan pounding the fuck out of the incubator who gave birth to her.
“You need me and Janessa, let us know. I know my girl will get her hands dirty in a second for Sheridan. She really likes her and wants to hang out with her more than what she’s had the chance so far.
I think she was actually gonna head to the hospital with Sheridan today because everyone else is busy,” Knuckles says from up front.
“We’ll get back home as soon as possible.
I know you want to be home with your family.
That’s where I’d wanna be. Just keep your head while we’re on the road so nothin’ happens to you.
You’ve finally got your shit together and are buildin’ your family.
Sheridan and Leo need your ass and I refuse to let anythin’ happen to you. ”
“Don’t plan on anythin’ happenin’ to me, Cousin,” I state as we continue down the road and I push all thoughts of everything but the trip out of my head.
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