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Blade
Neo already had Ryan tied to a chair by the time I got here. I’ve taken my time looking the bastard over as I stand leaning against the wall with my arms crossed over my chest. I’ve waited for this day to come for a while now, but now that it’s here, I don’t think there is anything I can to do to him to make him feel the amount of pain that Lola had to.
“So, you’re the piece of shit she’s using now, huh? How’s it feel to have her used up pussy wrapped around you?” The bastard chuckles from his place zip tied to the chair.
“Can’t say for another six weeks,” I tell him gauging his reaction. I know he thought the baby died but I want to watch the look in his eyes when he finds out that little girl is in fact alive and well sleeping in my house under my roof.
“She’s worthless. Nothing but a quick fuck.”
“We’ll see later on when the doc releases her.” This bastard must be a little slow to catch on.
“What did you do? Knock her up?” he laughs, tipping his head back. I smirk and keep my gaze on him until it all sinks in and he figures it out. His laughter stops, his head coming back to look at me.
“Figure it out?” I ask, keeping that smirk in place. I’d love to slit his throat and walk away but that wouldn’t be fair to Lola to let him die that quickly.
“It was dead! She told me it was!” he screams making me laugh.
“She lied to you, pretty boy. She protected that baby from the piece of shit you are,” I growl.
“My family will come after it! You have to know that.”
Shaking my head, I shove off the wall and walk toward him. My nerves are on edge but I know that there isn’t a person on this earth that I wouldn’t kill to keep that little girl safe.
“Thing about that is, she’s mine. Birth certificate says so. Her momma says so. Even that bullshit of a blood test I had to pay the doc to forge for me says so. You and your worthless family have nothin’ on me or her. Lucky for us all she looks just like her mom,” I tell him, leaning down closely to his face. I can practically taste the anger on the tip of my tongue as his eyes follow me.
“You put your hands on my woman. You stole from my club and now you make empty threats. I don’t know what we should do with you,” I taunt before looking to Neo. He grins like a damn fool when I nod my head. He reaches into the back of his jeans, pulling a knife and a pair of pliers free. Pretty boy’s eyes move from mine to Neo’s and hold there as they widen. It’s an amusing sight to see. Neo walks toward him slowly, opening and closing the pliers in his hand before stopping in front of him.
“How much pain you want him in, Prez?” Neo asks glancing over at me. Reaching over I grab the asshole by the back of the neck, jerking his head so that he’s facing me.
“How much did she scream? Huh? How much pain did you inflict on my girl?” His eyes are wild with fear which is exactly what he should be feeling right now. I want him to hurt before he dies. Prying his mouth open, I smile at Neo.
“Make it painful.”
Neo chuckles, taking the pliers to one of Ryan’s teeth. He wiggles and tugs all while Ryan screams in agony until blood fills his mouth. When Neo stands with a single tooth in his pliers, I let Ryan’s head go. He gasps and spits before looking up at me.
“What do you want? Money? I can pay you!”
Laughter erupts out of me. I take a step back and cross my arms once more. “You almost killed her and her child. I want your death.”
His eyes widen when I nod to Neo. He pulls his knife free and I watch as he cuts and carves the son of a bitch. Ryan screams but no one can hear him out here and I love that fact. I watch Ryan pass out when the pain becomes too much just to have Neo wake him up again and keep going. There’s something about watching the bastard in pain that gives me a high. I want to see his blood drain from his body for what he did to Lola. I want him to understand that he caused her more pain than any blade could cause him. Some of her internal wounds will never heal and I blame all of that on this asshole. When he barely clings to life, I walk over and grab his hair in my hand. I lean in closely to his face and take in his eyes.
“I’ll meet you in hell one day,” I whisper before stepping back and letting Neo get to work. I stand against the wall and watch as he finishes him off and the other guys come strolling in. They all chuckle as they take in the scene. Ransom saunters over to stand next to me, a smirk on his face.
“What the hell are you so happy about?” I ask him.
“This the end of it? Takin’ this fucker out fix it all?”
Nodding my head, I blow out a breath and sigh. “I can fix this for her, yeah, but the emotional shit? I can’t take that away. Never will be able to.” Ransom slaps a hand on my shoulder until Neo walks over huffing for air.
“You tired?” I ask, turning around to look at him.
“It’s over. He’s dead.”
“Hey, brothers!” I call out to the rest of the guys. “Come over here!” I wait until they all stand around me, waiting to hear what I have to say, knowing this might be the hardest thing I ever have to say to them.
“This wasn’t an easy choice for me to make. You know I love you all like family, because that’s what we are. We’re family and nothin’ will ever change that, but now I have Lola and the baby. I have to work them into my life much like I used to this club. I know where my head’s at and I know what I’m doin’ right now. I’m steppin’ down as president of this club. My heart was always in it and you all know that. Family was always important to me and now that I have that, I need to move forward. They need me and my heart needs them.”
“We’ve been through hell and back as a club. We’ve made a difference in the lives all around us. I for one respect your choice and understand your decision,” Ransom says, extending his hand to me. I reach out and take it in mine when he pulls me into a hug. “I mean it, brother. Much fuckin’ respect.” Pulling away the others do much the same. Once I’ve had a minute with all of them, I pull away.
“I need to get home to my family. As my last duty, I wanna say this. Get the prospects to clean that shit up!” I roar pointing at the dead body with a grin on my face. The guys all laugh as I head out the door ready to get on with my life. We found out that Ryan took the drugs to try and peddle them himself to make some more cash. That didn’t work out the way he planned. We also learned that he had friends in the area we were working when we found Lola dumped outside of our jobsite. But all that is in the past now. It’s time to move forward.
