Chapter 19
Tina
As I sat in the front room, unsure of what to do with myself, my thoughts drifted back to my mom. Was she ok? Was she still looking for me? I thought of Alaina. She had told me in the first few months that my mom had taken some time off work to look for me. How was Alaina doing?
Ink told me how Alaina had been to his studio a few years back to get the same tattoo that was sitting on my arm. The tattoo that represented my past, the past that, although I despised, made me who I was. I wouldn’t have been alive right now if I hadn’t spent 10 years being abused by my stepfather.
David was at the club. Again. He tried to explain to me that something had gone on and the club needed a new President. He apologized every night when he finally arrived back home, he promised he wanted to spend time with me, get to know me, but he had to put the club first for now. I understood, it’s not like I was hi
Chapter 20InkI woke up the next morning feeling better than I had done in months, lighter. I felt like the clubhouse finally had a shot of going legit. It would be a fuck load of work, but I was willing to do it. I loved the club, I loved what we represented, and I loved my brothers. I had already had word sent out last night to the clubs in the area that I was the new president. Most of them already knew it was coming after I had called them earlier in the week to tell them King had been arrested.Speaking of King, we hadn’t heard from him. He used his money to pay for a decent lawyer to get him off, but the odds were still stacked against him. Holgate had called me earlier in the week to inform me that he hadn’t been awarded bail, so he was stuck in jail until his hearing, which was scheduled for another month.My first act as Prez would be to name my VP. This would probably be the easiest decision I would
Chapter 21Tina“It won’t be easy, you know, I will do what I can, but Ferguson is a popular name. We don’t know where about they are. Even if they only took 20 minutes to get there, that could just mean they were staying in a hotel.”I know what he was trying to say, not to get my hopes up, and I swear I wasn’t. I just needed to make sure I did whatever I could. I decided to explain this to him.“I get it sweetheart, and I am so sorry they put you both through that. I have a friend in the police force, the one who helped me to get you all out. How about I call him in the morning and see if he can run some checks?” He offered.“Really? That would be amazing!” I cried happily.“There are no guarantees though sweetheart, I need you to know that before we start heading down this road, ok?”“I know, thank you David.” I reached f
Chapter 22InkI stormed closer to her. “Say it again.” I ordered.She looked down at the floor, embarrassed. Fuck that.I lifted her chin and looked her in her eye, “if you want me to kiss you, I need you to tell me one more time.” Confidence I had never seen in her before overcame her as she lifted her eyes. Her meekness dissolved under her stare.“Kiss me.”I dove in, kissing her with everything I had. My hands lifted of their own accord and reached round to the back of her neck, locking her in place. This was the best fucking kiss of my life, there was no fucking way she was pulling away from me before I was ready.She sighed, giving me ample opportunity to slip my tongue in her mouth, I could taste the strawberry flavor of her milkshake.I couldn’t take this too far, there was no way she was ready for sex yet, so I reluctantly pulled
Chapter 23TinaI waited in silence as he processed what I had just revealed. I felt nervous the longer he was silent. After everything that had happened, would this really be the thing that destroyed us before we had properly begun?“Say something.” I pleaded.“Is that everything?” he asked.I nodded.“Ok. Grab your coat.” He ordered, then he stood up and walked away, leaving me confused.“What? Where am I going?” Was he kicking me out? No, he couldn’t be, he wouldn’t do that.“We’re going to the club.” He told me.“No. I’m not going there.” I warned, shaking my head for emphasis.“Why? Do you think they will hurt you?”“I can’t be in a room full of men. You can’t ask me to, knowing what I’ve been through.”“Do you trust me?
Chapter 24Ink“We’ve got something.” Creek informed me as I headed into my office the next morning. I unlocked my door and headed over to my new desk. “Is it about Rider?” I asked, “Yeah, I think we’ve found him.”“Tell me everything.” I ordered.“The Ace’s high called me this morning. One of their brothers was seeing a woman who has recently become an aunt. The sister hadn’t told anyone that they were getting a baby, in fact, they were told they wouldn’t be able to adopt as the husband has a criminal record for petty theft. Anyway, the girlfriend told Mack and when Mack heard we were looking for a baby, he told his Prez, Donovan. The sister gave us the names, Sarah and Carl Ferguson. They have a seven-month-old son called Rider. This is them.”“They live in Jamesville, 16 miles away from here.”“Have
Chapter 25Tina“Hello, my name is David Kennedy, and this is my girlfriend Tina Spencer. We are here to meet with someone from child services?”The woman behind the desk looked on the computer screen. “Yes, I have you booked in with Melanie at 12pm, you’re a little early but I will call to see if she is available now.”“Thank you.” He smiled.She picked up the phone and dialed a number. “Hi Melanie, Mr. Kennedy and Ms. Spencer are here for your 12 o’clock.” Pause. “Ok, I will let them know.”“She is just finishing off with the previous appointment. She will be right down once she’s finished. Would you like to take a seat and I will make some drinks?” the receptionist offered.“Thank you, but I’m ok, Tina?” he asked me.“I’m ok too, thank you.”The receptionist sm
Chapter 26InkI felt Tina stiffen as soon as I mentioned celebrating at home with my girl. I knew why, I had just told the entire club that I was going to take her home and fuck her.I had no intention of doing it, but they didn’t need to know that.“Relax.” I tried to calm her, but she didn’t listen.As soon as we pulled up outside our apartment, she jumped out of the car and ran inside. Shit. I’d messed up.“Tina?” I called as I walked through the front door. “Where are you?” “Bedroom.” She called back. Her tone was different, she sounded flat, disinterested. I walked in and found her lying in bed. “What are you doing?” I looked around the room and noticed the clothes she had been wearing were scattered on the floor. “Are you dressed?” I asked, “You don’t wear clothes for sex.” She told me, using th
EpilogueInkPresent dayWhen he was 10 years old, Rider asked us why his surname was different to ours. When we completed the adoption process, we could legally change his name to ours. Instead, we decided to call him Rider Kennedy-Andrews, using Tilly’s last name. We sat him down and told him that we had adopted him, and Tina told him all about Tilly. She told him that Tilly had died a few days after he had been born.He took the news well, saying he had always known he wasn’t Tina’s son as Tina was mixed race and he was white.He asked about his father, we had no answers for him. We decided to wait for another few years to tell him what had happened to Tilly and how he was conceived, but he was far too young to understand rape.We found out he had been using his connections with the club to look for his birth father when he was 17, so we decided to tell him then.I had been
EpilogueRider6 months laterAfter Bane was released from hospital, Sky wanted to stay at the clubhouse for a while to help him. Bane made an announcement on the night of the ‘welcome home’ party that Sky is his daughter. We hung around until Bane had his casts removed from his arm and leg. Her mother stuck around for a few days until she found someone else to move in with. We haven’t heard from her since.We also had to tell Bane and the rest of the brothers, mine and hers, that we were engaged. Her brothers and dad threw us a party congratulating us, and when we finally got back to North Carolina after being away for 8 weeks, they had also planned a party for us to celebrate.Bella, Julia, Kirsty, my mom and Hailey, Grizzly’s wife, all helped Sky to plan our wedding, which was in one week from today.Bane and my father split all the costs between them and paid for everything
Chapter 33Bonnie“Bane, there’s something I need to tell you.” My mother cut in, interrupting the interrogation between my father and myself.He turned to my mother, “what’s going on?” he asked.“18 years ago, I left you. I never told you the reason why.” My mother started.“You met that other man and wanted to marry him.” My dad offered.“Yes, but that wasn’t the only reason. I was pregnant.”“Are you trying to tell me that you were pregnant with my baby when you left?” he asked in disbelief.My mother nodded.He looked over to me, tears were streaming down my cheeks.“You’re my daughter.” He whispered.I nodded slowly.He closed his eyes and I saw tears streaming down his cheeks.“You’re my daughter.” He repeated, still in shock.
Chapter 32Bonnie“Wait…” I heard Carla say.The doctor stopped and turned back to her.“And you are?” he asked.“My name is Carla Clearwater.” My mother explained.“Are you a blood relative?” the doctor asked, confused.“I’m not… but my daughter is.” I was in shock. I felt like I couldn’t breathe, that I wasn’t inhaling enough oxygen quick enough. “What are you talking about?” Rider asked, as I started to gasp for breath, Rider must have heard me panicking and turned to me, and pulled me into his solid body, holding me impossibly close to him.“Sky, Skylar, I’m so sorry you had to find out like this.” She started.“Find out what exactly?” Rider asked again.Carla blew out a long breath before speaking again.“Bane i
Chapter 31Bonnie“I’m here.” I said, dragging myself out of the comfortable bed. I headed to the door where Ink and Rider stood. I looked at Ink’s face, noticing the worry on his face. I stilled. Something was wrong.“What’s happened?” Rider asked.“Bane left after you walked out Rider, he wanted to give you some time, so he booked on to the next flight. He arranged for one of his brothers to pick him up from the airport.”I started getting anxious, my breathing rapidly increased, as well as my heart rate.“Dad, tell us.” Rider urged.“They crashed. Someone hit them side on, the driver is fine, walked away with a few cuts and bruises, but Bane was in the passenger seat, the side that was hit.” He explained.My body started shaking. “Is he dead?” I asked, tears streaming down my cheeks.He shook his
Chapter 30RiderMy girls beautiful face paled.Anger quickly replaced the shock and she jumped up suddenly, knocking the chair down that she had just been occupying. She started pacing up and down the office.“I don’t want to see her.” Sky told him finally.“She’s missed you.” Bane tried to defend her mother.“She missed me so much that she hasn’t spoken to me in, what, 7 years?” she cried defiantly.“I know what she did was wrong, she knows it too, but she wants you to hear her side of things.” He continued.“No. I won’t see her. She’s dead to me.” Sky shouted, tears welling up in her eyes. I couldn’t bare to see her like this.“That’s enough.” I told them. I waited for them to calm down before speaking again. “Sky has made it clear that she isn’t interested in
Chapter 29BonnieI had been back at the Titan Kings club for almost two weeks. I had heard from Carbon, even Fury text me to check in, but I hadn’t heard from Bane. I was still kind of angry with the way he treated me, but I knew I would have to speak to him soon.Rider was also pushing me to make a decision on what club to be a member of. Ink had sat me down on my own a few days after we arrived and offered me a patch too, if I wanted to stay here with Rider. I was grateful that he wanted me to stay here, but was the reason just because I was in a relationship with his son?I did enjoy being here, Ink had given me some jobs to do, and I spent a lot of time with Rider’s brothers, and of course I have Kirsty and Bella, even Julia too although I don’t see her as often. I do really like being here, but my mind keeps wondering if I’m here because Ink thinks I’m good or if it’s because I&rs
Chapter 28RiderThe flight was quicker than last time. I couldn’t hold my happiness back that Sky had chosen to come back with me to my club. What Bane did was sneaky, but it worked. I knew he wasn’t going to give her a full patch, not when she was debating where she wanted to be. I wanted to try and explain it to Sky, but in the end, this way worked out better for me.We landed easily enough, and Axel was there to pick us up from the airport. “Hey brother!” He called, when he saw us leaving the terminal. “Hey.” I said, “still not talking much I see,” he smirked at me. “Bonnie, nice to see you, sunshine, how is the leg?” he asked my girl, “it’s almost all better now, thanks Axel.” She smiled.We put our cases in the back of the truck and headed down the long road that would eventually lead me back home. I held Sky’s hand the entire
Chapter 27BonnieAfter being completely humiliated in church, I ran back to my room. I had heard Rider standing up for me as I ran out of the room, begging myself to control my tears. I didn’t want anyone to see me cry. It wasn’t long after I had thrown myself on my bed when I heard Rider at my door. He told me I had half an hour before he came back, I knew I wouldn’t be able to get rid of him again, so I needed to get my ass up and get shit done.My humiliation soon turned to anger at my rejection in front of all my brothers, and I knew I didn’t want to face them anymore. Without thinking it through properly, I grabbed my suitcase out of my closet and started to throw my stuff in. I was done. I wanted out.Rider knocked back on soon enough, I knew he would be back so I unlocked the door so he could just come in. “It’s open.” I called.He opened the door and walked in. My
Chapter 26Rider“I haven’t dismissed you yet.” Bane called to Sky as she walked to the door. I could see her glassy eyes and knew she was about to cry, she wouldn’t do it in here though, I knew it must have been a battle to let her brothers allow her to prospect for them, let alone give her a patch. She wouldn’t want them to see her as weak, so I did what I had to. I stood up, taking Bane’s attention off my girl and bringing it to me.“This isn’t what we discussed.” I told him.Bane’s eyes widened as he took in my words.“No, it wasn’t, but she needs to know. I’m not fucking around, patching her in, and putting our emblem on for her cut, for her then to request a transfer in a few weeks.” He explained.“I understand, but I thought that was something you would discuss in your office.” I snarled.“Why?