Chapter 10
Ryan
I woke up a few hours later, my alarm buzzing, waking me up. My head was banging through lack of sleep. I tried calling Julia right away, but her phone went straight to voicemail. I showered and was ready before I tried calling again. Still voicemail “Hey Julia, I don’t know who told you about last night, but I swear it wasn’t what you think. She knocked into me, spilling her drink all over my shirt, and as I turned to leave, she grabbed and kissed me. I pushed her off me straight away. I’m sorry baby, but I swear it’s the truth. I love you. I’m not giving up on us. I’m gonna go back to my moms, I’ll try and catch a later flight and wait to see if you turn up at the airport. I love you baby, I know you love me, we’ll get past this, I promise” I hung up.
I opened the bedroom door, finding Oliver passed out on the sofa. I know it was irrational, but I blam
Chapter 11RyanI hadn’t been able to concentrate all day. My shift started 40 minutes after my last class. I couldn’t be late, so I couldn’t stop by Julia’s first. I walked in to see Grey flirting whilst serving a couple of girls. “Knock it off dude. They’re not interested.” I laughed. “Hey Ryan! What’s up man?” He came off and pulled me in for a bear hug. “Help me!” He begged under his breath. I laughed out loud as he turned round to give his full attention to the girls at the counter. “Nah man, sorry, I’m out the game for a while. He stopped, turning back to me with a quizzical look on his face. “What?” he asked, slowly. “Don’t worry, get back to your girls.” I answered, nodding in their direction. “I’m gonna go and check in with the boss.” I said, leaving him alone. “Alright man, we’ll talk
Chapter 12RyanI had been placed in a cell with another guy already in there. I could smell the alcohol from the other side of the room. “If he pukes, I want another cell!” I called as the officer walked away. I sat down on the thin mattress on one side of the cell, whilst the drunk stayed on the other. As far away from him as I could possibly get. I had been sitting there for God knows how long when an officer called my name. “It’s time for the interview now son, follow me. Do I need to cuff you, or will you walk on your own?” “I can walk on my own.” I replied. He nodded. “Ok, this way.” He led me down the corridor past the front desk where I had been booked in. He opened a door and guided me inside. “Take a seat Mr. Cobain. Officer Cox will be in shortly.” I took a seat on one side of the desk. I waited for a few minutes, listening for anybody approaching. I heard foo
Chapter 13JuliaI was due to start at the University of Texas just after Christmas. I was utterly heartbroken by what Ryan did. I never thought he would cheat on me, and now that he had; I felt like I was going to die. The need to vomit was so overwhelming sometimes. I just needed a clean break. A place where I can start again.The day I was supposed to go to his mom’s house with him for Christmas, I called my mom. I told her what had happened and that I was scared of seeing him when he came back after Christmas. I suggested moving back home and doing college next year, I was only 17, I wasn’t supposed to technically be in college for another year anyway. But my mom wouldn’t hear of it. They had already paid for my tuition. I decided to look into transferring schools, being closer to home. I would miss Emmy so much, but every time I even thought about Ryan, my heart would shatter. I told my mom that I wanted t
Chapter 14Julia15 months laterIt was one of those days where everything kept going wrong. First, my alarm malfunctioned, so I was late for my first class. Whilst running to my next class, I tripped and fell down, which ended up in me being driven to the emergency room by Clara, my roommate, with a suspected broken wrist (it was just a sprain), and then going home to find out a pipe had leaked in the room above ours and now my bed was ruined. This day couldn’t get any worse. Little did I know, my day so far had barely had any impact on what was about to happen.My cell rang. James was calling me. “Hey big brother. You won’t believe the day I’ve had.” Nothing. “James? You there?” “Julia? It’s Alex. There’s been an accident. Your mom and dad where hit by a lorry who lost control. They’re in NC general. Book the next flight, I will pick you u
Chapter 15RyanIt had been well over a year since my heart was fucking obliterated. I missed Julia. I was tired of feeling like this, like I was suffocating. The only way to explain the heartache was that I felt like somebody was sitting on my chest. I couldn’t get enough oxygen into my lungs, and I was gasping for breath. I was gulping just enough air to keep me alive, but it wasn’t enough to breathe comfortably. That was the only way to describe how I felt. I needed to move on, needed to leave Julia and our past behind me. I couldn’t keep doing this. Julia was gone; she was not coming back.I wanted to reach out when Emmy told me about her parents; but I decided against it. The last person on the fucking planet she would want to talk to is me. And it isn’t like I hadn’t tried. At first, I called every night. Every night it would ring and ring until the voicemail came on. I would leave a message t
Chapter 16Ryan18 Months laterI had lost count of how many girls I had fucked recently. Sometimes I would fuck two in one night, there was one time I fucked two girls at the same time. One was riding my face whilst the other was riding my dick. That was a good night. I felt even more hollow than I had when Julia left. I was slowly coming to the conclusion that I wouldn’t see her again. It had been almost 3 years. My college education was coming to an end, and I had applied for a few tech companies around America, I didn’t care where I moved to, just as long as my mom came too.My mom was there at my graduation. We went out for dinner afterwards, just me and her. I had heard from a small start-up tech company in Ohio who wanted me to interview with them. They read my transcripts from college and liked me. They wanted me to head out the day after to meet with their head of tech. I was planning on moving
Chapter 17RyanEverything had been going well recently. I knew it would fuck up sooner or later- but for the time being, I was going to enjoy it. I had been living in North Carolina for a few months now. Still hadn’t “accidentally” ran in to Julia though. I didn’t even know if she was living here or she decided to stay wherever she went for college. I hated not knowing but I wouldn’t look for her. I hadn’t changed my number- she could contact me if she really wanted to.My mom found a job of her own, she was working at the reception of a local motel. It was good for her; she was able to save up a bit of money and move into a 1 bed apartment near mine. It had been two weeks since she moved, and I was on my way home from work when I got a call. “Yeah?” I answered. “Mr. Cobain, hello. My name is Dominic, and I am calling to offer you a job.” Who the fuck was this? “
Chapter 18RyanI went to work as normal the next day, I didn’t know what time Dom would call, but I made sure to keep my cell on me at all times. Even when I went to the john which was fucking disgusting. I waited for the call all day, but it didn’t come until later on that night. I was just waiting on my takeout to be delivered- tacos this time, when my cell rang.“It’s me” Dom said as soon as I answered.“I’m sending you a pack via courier. It should be arriving in the next 30 minutes. Read that. Your job will be in there. All the information you need is in there. I haven’t told you everything because if this does blow up, then I want to keep your name out of it as much as I can, hence the paper trail. As soon as you have read it, burn it. I’m guessing you have access to more than one computer?”“Yes, I do” I confirmed.“Good. U
EpilogueJuliaIt had finally arrived…. My wedding day.After we learned of my shocking pregnancy, we had decided to move the wedding up to February. Even if I was showing by then, the dress would be able to be let out a bit. Bella had her baby the day after I found out I was pregnant. A beautiful baby boy called Samuel James Warner. They named him James after my brother.We decided to wait a few months before we told anyone that I was pregnant. It was too risky, especially after the awful morning sickness I had been suffering with. We just wanted to make sure the baby was fine before we told everyone. We told people that we were moving up the wedding because of problems with a supplier, and luckily, they believed us. Nobody commented on me not drinking, because I didn’t drink a lot anyway. We should be able to keep our secret for a little bit longer.I had set my alarm nice and early in the morning, n
Chapter 37BuzzIn the end, I couldn’t get my hands on Jackson. Ink pulled me aside and told me “Something has happened between Tank and Kirsty. It seems like they broke up last night.” I immediately felt guilty. I was talking to Tank last night about his relationship, had I said something?“Anyway,” Ink continued. “Tank has had trouble controlling his temper, so I made the decision to have Holgate pick him up, before Tank gets his hands on him.” I nodded my understanding. “Holgate will be here in around ten minutes.”After Jackson was carted away, handcuffed, in the back of Holgate’s cruiser, Julia ran up to me, jumping up at me, wrapping her legs around my body. “You’re amazing. I love you so much.” She said, kissing my neck. “Wanna hear the plan for the next three days baby?” She nodded, eagerly. “You’re gonna get that
Chapter 36BuzzMy intel had paid off. At 9am, the following morning, Tom Jackson left his little apartment on a quiet street in Queens, for his routine chiropractor’s appointment. We had called Holgate to let him know we almost had him, and then we would be on our way home. We had decided to rent a van and drive back to North Carolina. It will take around 8 hours with good traffic to get us back home. Then Julia and I would take a few days off to drive it back and then we can go wedding shopping in New York. She would love that.I was driving the van. I needed to stay out of sight or Jackson would know what was going on. Tank and Rider were going to get him on the street, Creek would be inside the van with Gears, waiting to open the doors to get him in, and then I would drive off. We sat outside the apartment block at 8:55 on the Tuesday morning.Finally, at 8:59, Jackson left the building. He looked up and down th
Chapter 35 Buzz“Julia, can you give Ryan and I a few minutes sweetheart?” Julia nodded, “yeah, sure. I’ll wait in your room for you.” She continued, looking at me. I smiled and kissed her on the top of her head. “I’ll be up as quickly as I can baby.” I promised.After Julia had left, Ink turned to me. “Tommy, the Bandits Prez, came to us with some information. One of the men who broke into your house is an ex member of his club. He prospected there around 10 years ago and then spent a few years there before disappearing.”“What do you mean, disappearing?”“Exactly what I said. They went to look for him one day and he was gone. He left half of his shit there, so they weren’t sure what had happened. He hasn’t been seen since. Anyway, he is a nasty fuck. Tommy told me that their Prez at the time, considered kicking him. He was
Chapter 34JuliaRyan let go of me and headed outside to one of the other rooms that weren’t really used. I knew James would be really annoyed that he had proposed, and I had accepted, but honestly, I didn’t really care. I loved Ryan. I had no doubt in my mind I was going to marry him.As I watched Ryan disappear into the room, Bella waddled over to me. She really was massive. “Are you sure there is just the one baby in there?” I laughed. “Yep. We checked, more than once.” She laughed. She was really glowing. Pregnancy really suited her, she looked beautiful. It made me feel a little broody myself. I couldn’t wait to start a family with Ryan. I knew he wanted kids, he had told me, especially since Bella started showing more. “So, I am totally taking credit for this engagement by the way” she laughed, as she hugged me. “I agree” I laughed back. &ldquo
Chapter 33Buzz“Yes!” she cried. I slipped the ring on her finger and she pulled me up. “We’re engaged!!!” she cried, tears falling down her face. “Yeah, we are baby. And I couldn’t be happier.” I said, kissing her softly.We sat down on the bed cuddling, I couldn’t wait to be balls deep in my fiancée, but she just wanted to cuddle for now. I’d call my mom tomorrow and let her know. It then dawned on me that Julia hadn’t even met my mom yet. “I’m gonna take you to meet my mom tomorrow.” I said, “sure!” she sighed happily. Soon, Julia was lightly snoring against my chest. I slowly moved her, so she was lying on the bed, and quietly dressed. I had some fuckers to visit.I headed down to the stairs leading to the basement. I could already hear the groans of pain coming from the cages. I smirked when I saw
Chapter 32JuliaIt was over. Almost anyway. The bastards who had broken into our home had been caught, and I had no doubt that they would pay. Ryan had been so pissed these last few weeks, he was so wary of everything. I always had an escort, wherever I went. Most of the time it was Ryan himself, but some days, he had work to do, so he would send one of his brothers to come. I had my own car still, the gift from James, so they would meet me and drive behind me until I was home, safe. I loved how much he cared about my safety, it proved how much he really did love me.I had been elated when he asked me to be his old lady. I kinda thought I already was, but apparently it had to be made official. I was hoping that this would still go ahead, seeing as they caught the ones who had broken into our home. After Ryan managed to detain the last guy, he handed him to Ink who threw him in a truck. He ran over to me and ki
Chapter 31BuzzI got up out of the chair, pulling my cell phone from my back pocket, as I headed to my room. Even though I had moved out and into a new house with Julia, we still had a bedroom here. I unlocked my door and walked in, it smelt like a dead fucking body in here. My face twisted in disgust. Julia would have kicked my ass if she walked in. The bedroom wasn’t messy, but something had been left in here to make that nasty ass stench. I quickly found the source, and old cup of mouldy coffee on the unit next to my bed. I carefully picked it up, not wanting to disturb it anymore and took it downstairs. I headed for the trash cans outside and threw the cup in. I wasn’t even wanting to pour it out first, I was almost fucking green by the time I walked back in.I headed back into my bedroom, the faint waft still lingering in the air. I opened a window and sprayed a shit load of aftershave around
Chapter 30BuzzIt had been three weeks since the break in. It was a few days after Julia was discharged when my cell rang. A name, one I hadn’t seen for a while, was flashing on my phone. I knew immediately what was wrong.“Kirsty are you ok?” I asked.“I need help Ryan.” She begged.“You been getting visits too, eh?” I sighed.“Yeah, they were here last night. One of them keep touching me. He keeps saying he is going to have sex with me. I’m scared that he’s going to rape me.” Anger washed over me. You don’t fucking threaten that.“The fuck he is! Leave it with me, don’t go to work, don’t leave the apartment and make sure you have solid locks put on your door. I will speak to my Prez and we will make sure you are safe.”“Prez?”“Yeah, I’m in a biker club, my president