The twins have decided that you and I are getting married at the Shack. Next month. You were right and I wasn’t quick enough. – MiaThe kitchen had become Knuckles hangout especially when Nessie was cooking. He enjoyed her company and talking to her. He loved hearing her accent and he was getting better at understanding her when she was excited. First plate of food was also nice. Tonight, she was putting the finishing touches on the wedding cake for tomorrow. Celt had asked Mia to marry him at Christmas. Her ten-year-old twins decided that they should get married on St. Patrick’s Day, since his name was Celt. Everyone expected him to say no since it was his birthday. He simply said that he just needed to know when and where to show up. The twins had taken over planning the wedding, except for the reception. Nessie told them to take a hike.Literally. Her exact words had been, “Turn yer arses around and take a hike out that door. I’ve got the reception.”Everyone had been shocked a
Yeh canna read yer own future or yer own palm. Or one tied to yeh. It’s jes the way it is. – Grams to NessieA week after the wedding, Toad went to the food bank and drug his wife into her office. The angry look on his face kept her employees and volunteers from stopping him.No matter how angry he got, he would never hurt her. Her regulars knew this and settled down the new volunteers. Especially after the door slammed so hard that it echoed through out the warehouse. “The feck is yer problem?” Siobhan demanded as soon as they were in her office. “I told him to stay away from her!” he bellowed.“Oh.” She said sitting down behind her desk as he fumed. “He tell you about the kiss?”“He kissed her?” he yelled in surprise. “I think it was mutual. What has you so upset?”“Nessie is avoiding Knuckles and he doesn’t seem to get the clue to back to the fuck off.”“Sit.” She ordered and he glared at her. “My office. You do as I say.”Grumbling under his breath he sat in the chair as she go
Why are there so many dead men in the basement? – NessieIt was Tuesday and church night. The weather was cold and rainy so Nessie had fixed chicken and dumplings. “Nessie,” Buck approached her in the kitchen, “Toad wants to talk to you.”Nodding she gave some instructions to the club girls working the kitchen. She then followed him down the hall to her uncle’s office. Inside the office were the officers of the club – Knuckles, Spider, Sledge, Molly and Werewolf were standing around as Toad sat behind his desk. Dom stood in the shadows of a corner.Nessie stepped in and quickly looked away from Knuckles. Buck motioned for her to sit in the chair in front of the desk. She smiled her thanks as she sat down. “I have a strange question for you, Ness.” Toad said cutting straight to the heart of the issue. “What do you know about the basement?”“Yeh mean the dead men?” she asked and the bikers were shocked. “I think there’s six. Soon to be seven, he’s not always there and the others say h
I miss hanging out with her. If I wouldn’t've kissed her, I’d still have my friend. – KnucklesKnuckles kept his distance for a day. Then a week. Then two. Pretty soon it had been a month. They were approaching six weeks.He saw her every week when they had church. The officers and Siobhan made sure he knew what was going on. They kept him informed not only of the Petros situation, but also how she was doing in general. They all saw the looks when Nessie and Knuckles thought no one was looking. They all knew that the club girls no longer went to his room. She had shown no interest in any of the other brothers.Nessie spent most of the time in her kitchen and office. She created a program with Trevor that kept track of occupied rooms. When they had large gatherings, she quickly assigned rooms and keys.The club girls were doing more around the clubhouse also. They had assigned duties and although at first, they objected, they were doing their jobs well and without complaint. Two of th
Luck never gives, it only lends. – Scottish ProverbChurch was going on downstairs. Nessie was curled up on her bed crying. He was leaving her. It was what she wanted, what needed to happen. He would be safe. She didn’t want him to go. The secured land line phone on her bedside table rang. There were only a few in her family that had the phone number. Her mum, Grams and Papa Dean. And it would be early morning in Scotland. She reached over and picked it up. “’Allo.”“Nach. None of that, lass.” Grams Stewart said. “Tell me why yer upset.”“Yeh know why.” Nessie sniffled.“Aye, I do. But you need to say the words. Words have power, lass, yeh know this.”“He’s gonna leave me.” She whispered.“Only if yeh let him."“Yer vision-"“Acht. Visions change. That’s the thing about shadows. It’s not until it happens that it becomes clear.” “Grams, I can’t be the reason he dies.”“But can you be the reason he lives?” came the counter argument from a half dozen time zones away.“What do yeh mea
If a man wants to hold you at night, don’t be an idiot, let him. – EvieKnuckles led them to his room where he unlocked the door and guided her in. Nessie continued to hold onto him as he closed and locked the door. Without turning on the lights, he walked them to the bed.He stepped out of his boots just before he shifted her and sat on the edge of the bed with her on his lap. Her canvas slip on shoes joined his boots and he rolled them over to lay on the bed.Pulling her into his arms, he spooned up against her, holding her to him. Resting her head on his upper arm and her hands clinging to his forearms. “Knuckles…”“Shhhh…. Just let me hold you for a while.” He whispered in her ear. Nessie did just that. She lay in the protective warmth of his arms. Slowly she relaxed and her breathing evened out. Knuckles knew when she slipped into sleep. He himself continued to lay in the dark with her until he also fell asleep.At some point, they shifted in their sleep. He was laying on his b
Sixty some odd men and more drama than a pack of teenage girls. – PriscillaThree days later, the abusive husband was arrested by the police department. The family was moved in the middle of the night but the guards remained as a decoy. The husband broke into the house and when the cops arrived, he shot at them before attacking one with a knife. The departments new K9 charged the man clamping down on his arm before he could reach the rookie officer. Once the dog was called off, the man was arrested and now sat in the city jail.A few weeks later, three prospects were voted into the club. The same night one of their pregnant girlfriends moved in. Later that week, the new members and girlfriend graduated.Nessie made a feast for them and they each got a cake. Including Megan who had been kicked out of her parents house on her eighteenth birthday. Nessie and Evie were planning a baby shower for the girl towards the end of June. She planned to keep the baby and Nessie knew that Aramis h
Before they were hunted and killed for their beliefs, they were called healers. Wise women. And even seers. – PaganKnuckles walked into the front office of the fab shop in the warehouse district. The woman at the front desk looked up from her romance novel. She almost looked relieved when she saw the cut.“You looking for someone?”“Pagan.”She nodded and called Pagan over the intercom. Her duty done, she took a drink from her motivational water bottle and went back to her book.Knuckles knew that Nessie was an avid reader herself and thought about asking about the book. The look he got when he started to speak, convinced him otherwise. Instead, he stood uncomfortably in the strange silence. Even the water cooler in the corner knew better than to make any noise. Just when Knuckles considered asking if she knew how long it would be, the door behind her opened. Pagan smiled at Knuckles and motioned him to come on back. The back portion of the building was full of noise. Welders spar