I never doubted you. And Karan will be proud of you. – Chance
Karan glanced up and saw Chance coming to his office through the large communal area. He stopped to admire a drawing that one of the girls drew. Squatting down to her level, he smiled brightly as he spoke with her. Some of the other kids at the table had to show him their pictures also.Karan knew that he was coming from the nursery where he would have dropped off Michael before coming to his office. Even if he rode his bike, he came in with Rye and was the one to take him to the nursery.It shocked most of the bunnies how attentive he was as a father. She had seen him with his nieces and nephews. Even if he hadn’t realized it, he wanted to be a father. He wanted to share those same memories that he had of Coon with his own children.After two more stops, Chance finally made his way into his office. Before anyone else could pounce on him, Karan did. She stepped into his office from the opposite door thaI hope she sees it through, but to be honest, I don’t think she will. – RyeLeigh Anne finished her thirty days of rehab and moved to a residential apartment. She still had therapy and daily drug tests. The apartment was on the campus, and she shared the quad with three other patients. They each had a small dorm like room with a twin bed, dresser, and desk. They each had a small bathroom and shared a living room with kitchenette. She had a curfew of nine and had come to a family dinner last week. Rye was excited about her coming over again later that day. They were at the grocery store Saturday afternoon to get ingredients for dinner. Rye wanted to make chicken cordon blue, but Chance talked her into doing a pasta recipe that Mia gave her. Chance was putting groceries in the back of the Kia as Rye put Michael and his carrier in the backseat. At six months old he was starting to look like a full-term newborn. Rye finally stopped calling him her nephew and started saying
That locker is yours. Don’t ever tell mom about it. – Leigh AnneRYE’S MEMORYFriday night, Rye had graduated with the rest of her class. After the ceremony, she returned the borrowed cap and gown, not even keeping the tassel. Then she got in her recently bought new-to-me car and drove to Savannah.There was a fear in the back of her mind that the locker would not be there. Or that the contents would be gone. But it was still there. Thankfully. Using the key that had become so much a part of her, she opened the locker and found a black duffel bag. It looked like one that Anthony had bought for them to put clothes in when they moved to Tampa. Vaguely, in the back of her mind, she remembered that one disappeared after they left. Shortly before Leigh Anne ran away for a few days.Rye had gone on a school trip and Leigh Anne ran away during that time. She didn’t remember the trip very well. She didn’t even remember where they had gone. What she did remember was the
They had to take you back when you were ten because of your birth mother’s family. – AnthonyChance walked into their room at the Shack expecting to find Rye curled up on the bed. Instead, Michael was laying on a blanket on the floor with a few toys. Rye sat on the bed with the shoebox open and its contents on the bed.The pink dresser still sat in the corner and held a few outfits for them both. Most of the drawers were filled with toys, clothes and blankets for Micheal. A box of diapers and wipes sat on top. The ugly green couch sat against a wall and Chance would love to get rid of it. But it was something that Rye would need to do on her own. He couldn’t make her get rid of it. So much had been taken from her over the years by her mom.And now everything had been taken away by her sister. Her home. Her safety. Her security. Her sense of well-being.If the ugly couch made her feel better, he would put up with it.“Hey, Duchess.” Chance said softly as he s
We all get land for a house, except Chance, he wants pop’s house. – Molly Tuesday Chance rode in with Rye into work in her car and said that there was something that he wanted to do after they got off. The previous Sunday afternoon officer Murphy told them that the house was released, and they could return. Rye shook her head and said that she didn’t want to go back to it. Chance understood that her safe place had been destroyed and did not push it.They had been staying at the Shack and as expected, he had caught hell when he showed up for church on Monday night. The first Monday, it was bad until Trigg called the meeting to order.“As most of you know, Chance and his new bride are staying at the Shack, he is not changing chapters.” Trigg slammed his gavel down to stop the teasing and comments that were flying around the room.“Shut the fuck up!” Popeye, the enforcer, demanded. Very few times had anyone ever seen him lose his cool. Both times that Chance knew of, s
I suddenly really, really like the sunroom. – ChanceChance was back in the house with the door closed before they realized it. As he reentered the sunroom, he heard their car start up.Rye smiled nervously. “I…” She blushed even brighter. “I want to try to…”Chance was quite sure that if she blushed anymore, she would either pass out from the lack of blood where it should be or have a heart attack from embarrassment. Before he could give any comforting words, she was on her knees in front of him.“Oh, fuck, duchess.” He said as she began to undo his belt. “Are you sure?”“Yes.” She nodded, pulling down his jeans and boxer briefs. He handed her the slightly unfolded fleece blanket. This was probably not the reason why his mother always told her kids to have a blanket in the car. Then again, with his mother, it might be. “Put this under your knees.”Rye put the blanket on the floor under her knees before grasping his cock the way he showed her. She c
I know you don’t like new furniture, but I have some you might like. – SticksRye agreed to meet Sticks at the shop on Wednesday morning before her afternoon class. She was starting the required training for the district this week and meeting her teacher for lunch. She parked in the little lot and then went to the office door of the second building. Inside at the reception desk, was a young blonde woman with down syndrome. The woman smiled brightly behind thick turquoise frame glasses. “Welcome to the Knots, I’m Tiffany.” She smiled sweetly and spoke slowly with a slight lisp.“Hi, Tiffany. I’m Rye and have an appointment with Sticks.” She smiled back. “I will let him know you are here. Please have a seat.” Tiffany pointed to the chairs and couch before going to the door leading out to the shop floor. Rye was admiring the craftsmanship of the chair she was sitting in when Sticks followed Tiffany back into the office. “Tiffany, do you remember Chance
Pistol said that he hasn’t seen or heard from Damien in about a week. – MurphyIt had been four weeks since the break in and Chance and Rye were now living in his granddad’s house. A few days after they moved in, Repo and Sledge came out from the metal shop and changed the coat of arms on the gate. The large Lowery coat of arms was replaced with a smaller version and one for Lynch.The Lynch coat had a chevron and three three-leaf clovers while the Lowery coat had an attacking falcon. Both were topped with motorcycle helmets facing each other. The floors inside the house had been cleaned and polished. The decking and pavers outside were power washed and sealed. The walls on the lower level had been painted as had the walls of the master suite and nursery. Geo had asked about having a room there and that would be the next one done. Alana, Mia and the Flowers were in the front cleaning up the flower beds. Chance and his cousins were in the back making sure the grill
It doesn’t matter how scared you are, never show your fear or your tears. – Leigh AnneSix-year-old Rye sat on the bathroom counter with tears, snot and blood covering her face. Leigh Anne carefully dabbed at the bloody nose with a damp rag. The door was closed and locked, but they could hear the adults yelling. Leigh Anne was wearing the black lace dress that the man had brought. Rye had put it on but quickly took it off. The material was itchy and made her uncomfortable. It looked more like what a woman would wear, not a little girl.“Baby sister, you can’t tell anyone that mom hit you. Bad things will happen to dad.”“Why does she hate me?” she sobbed in her childlike innocence. “She doesn’t, baby sister.” Leigh Anne soothed. “It’s like daddy says, she loses herself.”“She doesn’t hit you.”“She hurts me in other ways.”“I don’t like it when daddy goes away.”“Me either, baby sister.”A strong arm wrapped around her, and a familiar voice