I took back a major part of myself today. The part of myself that had been missing. I let Tyler touch me in ways that I've never let a human being touch me before. Both physical and emotional. It feels like a part of me has healed. That gaping hole that was once in my stomach – causing all those jitters – it's gone. I'm happy and ready. Ready to move on. Ready to find my rapist. I just need to figure out how to tell other people. What if they try to talk me out of it?"You warm enough?"His deep voice caused so many feelings in her now. He wasn't just the man who protected her now. He was her lover and it felt so right. The mere fact that she was writing in her journal – in his arms – and trusting him not to be nosey, said an awful lot about how far she had come."Sure am," she assured him lazily.It had started raining, and she told him how much she loved the rain in the country and how it sounded against the tin of his roof. He'd suggested they go out back where he had a cove
"Did I miss anything important?"Liam looked up from where he sat on the garage floor, putting together some parts for a bike he was working on. "I'm so glad you're back, man. Oh my God, it's been crazy since you left.""I was only gone for a little bit," Tyler laughed, pulling over a chair so that he could have a seat."The curse of your damn cup is alive and well. Jagger got us lost, the GPS wouldn't work for him, he's still nursing himself from that fall, and to top it all off he broke the starter on his bike," he held up the parts in his hands."How did he do that?""Like I need to tell you. Everyone firmly believes it's your curse."Tyler laughed so hard tears streamed down his face. "This is getting way out of hand. I never thought that cup would cause all this grief. This is great.""Is it cursed or not?" Liam asked, leveling a glare at the other man."Don't try to scare me with that look. You know I don't scare easily. It is whatever you think it is," he said cr
"Where is the semi?"Liam had the exact same question. They had been sitting in the parking lot of a local clothing manufacturer for over an hour. Word had it that the manufacturer was in deep with the Mexican Cartel and within some of the shipments of clothing lay weapons that were needed to win the drug war. Since Heaven Hill had signed on to help, they were expected to make sure the semis got to the state line where another MC picked up the run."This guy was supposed to come here, drop off his trailer, pick up another, and be gone, right?" Liam verified with Jagger. "You didn't fuck this one up, right?"His nerves were on a string. His eyes met William's and he could see the triumph there. This wasn't working out and William knew it. Almost like the fucker had planned it. Their relationship was strained, at best, these days. It made Liam and his guys look weak."I didn't. I think I've finally gotten over the curse of the cup. I've gone a full fifteen hours with nothing bad
"What do you want from out of here?" Tyler asked, gazing at the sheer volume of stuff that was wedged inside the storage unit.She thought for a moment. "Anything marked research. I know there are a couple of boxes. I need the laptop and the two computers as well as the contents of my desk.""Well we didn't plan this out too well, did we?" he laughed, looking at his bike. "Let me call Jagger and have him bring my truck.""You have a truck?" This was news to her."And a car. I'm mysterious," he wiggled his eyebrows up and down.There were so many things she didn't know about this man, and the more she found out, the more she wanted to know. "What kind of truck and car do you have?""Your normal boys' toys," he shrugged."Jagger, I need you to bring my truck to the storage unit that Meredith's stuff is in. If you can manage it, try not to break anything and try not to wreck it." Without even saying goodbye, he hung up."Why are y'all so mean to him?""He's new, we're al
Meredith ran her hands through her hair as she surveyed the amount of stuff they'd stacked into an empty room at the clubhouse. It was a lot more than she had originally anticipated. To say she didn't know where to start would be a huge understatement."This is the last of it," Tyler said as he brought in a drawer that went in her desk. "More than you thought?" he asked as he noticed the panicked look on her face."Yeah, is it that obvious?" she bit her thumbnail as she asked that question."You look a little overwhelmed."He had a seat on one of the boxes and pulled her over to him so that she stood in between his legs. "Is that all that's goin' on here? What did you want to talk to me about earlier?"She sighed as she had a seat on his leg and wrapped her arms around his neck. For a moment, she buried her face in his neck. He became alarmed when he felt wetness there."Hey, hey," he pulled her away and cupped her cheeks. "What's really going on?" he used his thumbs to wip
"I'm so glad you're here," Denise welcomed Meredith into the hospital room she still occupied.Meredith waved, trying to be quiet as she saw Liam curled up in the corner on a pulled out cot. "Should I come back later?" she whispered, pointing at Liam."Nah, I'm up," he sat up, yawning as he ran his hands over his eyes. "Did Tyler bring you?""Yeah, he's downstairs grabbing some coffee. He told me to let you know if you were awake, you could come join. I think he was gonna go get some breakfast at Donna's.""Oh, I am all over that. This hospital food sucks donkey balls. You don't mind do you?" he asked her as he sat up, straightening his clothes out."Sure don't.""You'll be good?" Liam asked, turning to face Denise."I'll be fine. I told you that you could go home last night. Remember?"Meredith watched as they argued good-naturedly."I am not leaving you up here in this place by yourself. Don't even ask me to do that again. I thought we settled that.""We did," she
"Jagger, do you think you could come help me?" Meredith yelled from the room that housed her storage materials. Tyler had set a box just a fingertip too high for her to get, and he'd left to go do a run for the club.She had been going through everything with a fine tooth comb, only stopping to take clothes and the kids to Denise. When the trip had gone off with only a few minor speed bumps, it had reiterated to her that this was the right thing to do. She still had yet to find anything that pointed to her attacker."Yeah," Jagger said coming into the room. "What can I do for ya?""I need that box up there, Tyler put it a little too high for me to get to it," she pointed to the box in question. "Be careful," she cautioned."The curse is over," he pointed out as he grabbed it over his head.In the blink of an eye, he lost his grip and it fell, busting open. "Fuck," he mumbled."Curse is over, huh?" she couldn't help the grin that broke across her face."I thought so anyway
Jagger had to admit he was nervous. Standing in front of Tyler, knowing that you'd pissed him the fuck off was not the best feeling in the world."You know this is extremely disrespectful, my brother," Tyler started, pacing the room like a caged wolf."I know," Jagger swallowed hard. There was no sense in trying to make excuses for what he had done. None of them would matter. Now was the time to take his punishment like a member of this club.The big man stalked up to him, and he could feel the anger rolling off of him in waves. "I'm holding myself back from beatin' you to a bloody pulp because I know you were just trying to do something nice for the woman I care about. For that I'm going to give you fair warning. You do it again and I will kick your ass from here to next Sunday."The breath Jagger had been holding came out in a rush. He visibly relaxed. It was then that Tyler grabbed him by the sides of his cut and shoved him against the wall."Anyone asks and I gave you mot