Page 14 of Eight Years Later

“Kaci had our babies, and now she’s pregnant with Tie’s.”

I blinked a couple of times, and the girls held straight faces for a second before bursting into laughter.

“Is there an explanation that goes with that bombshell?”

“Kaci was our surrogate,” Harmony explained, though she was still giggling in amusement. “She fell for Tie’s charms when she was pregnant with Layton. And thankfully, she had Nya before she and Tie decided to have one of their own.”

As if on cue, Kaci grinned and lifted her shirt to reveal a small bump.

“Wow!” I gushed. “That is the most beautiful story I’ve ever heard. It makes me wish I had been around to see it all.”

Harmony’s smile faltered a little. “I wish you were too.”

“I—”

She shook her head. “You don’t need to explain to me. I know you felt like that was the right choice for you, and I’m not going to try and make you feel bad about that by telling you how much I missed you, and how Tally moped around for weeks, or how he still avoids trips up to Huntsville.”

“Mm-hmm,” I hummed. “Definitely not trying to make me feel bad, right?”

Her words hit the intended emotion.

I felt guilty.

And while I had questioned my choice many times over the years—wondering if I did the right thing—I reminded myself that at that time, I saw it as the best option for me and nothing I could do or say would take us back there.

I had to look at the future.

And now that Tally was suddenly in my life again, the future was already starting to look a lot different than I’d imagined even a few days earlier.

One thing she said caught my attention, though.

And I couldn’t help myself.

I cleared my throat, tilting my head to the side as I looked between Harmony and Kaci. “There was moping?”

Harmony’s eyes brightened. “Let’s make coffee, and I’ll tell you all about it.”

Chapter Six

TALLY

“Tally, you’ve got the floor.”

My brothers all looked at me. Fourteen of us surrounded the table, men who I’d trust my life with a million times over. The Brothers by Blood MC had been my family since well before I patched in. My dad, Loose, was the Vice President for Kit’s dad, Oz, and then for Kit until two years earlier when he finally decided to pull back on his duties.

He still came into the club a couple of times a week.

It wasn’t unusual to find him and Oz sitting at the bar or playing pool while Oz’s old lady, Bright Eyes, and my mom played with the kids and caught up over coffee.

Kit’s brother, Tie, took over as Vice President when Loose stepped down.

He was young, but every member of this club knew that was the position Tie was meant to have. He’d fucking earned it, and our brotherhood was already strong, but with me on one side of Kit and Tie on the other, our family was practically impenetrable.

I leaned back in my chair, explaining to my brothers about Kat and what she’d told us.

A lot of them already knew how important she was to me.

Some didn’t, but I was sure they could feel it.

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