Page 189 of Heartbeats & Highways

“Waverly and Sailor took them down to the theater room,” Mia said. “To watch a movie. Which is probably all Sailor can handle at the moment.”

“Yeah, she looks completely destroyed,” I murmured.

Mia looked at me. “You know about her history with Acid, right?”

“A bit,” I admitted.

Brooklyn picked at her plate. “I don’t know why I got this. I’m not even hungry.”

“Is no one going to talk about the elephant in the room?” Joni asked.

Sutton glared and placed a hand on her belly. “I feel called out.”

Her remark cut the tension and several of the Old Ladies laughed.

I stared at my plate, so I didn’t have to see their prying eyes.

“I mean Evie,” Joni said. “Evie is the elephant.”

“Yeah, I know you meant Evie,” Sutton replied. “We all knew you meant Evie. Even Evie knew you meant Evie.”

“Someone save me,” I muttered.

“It’s awkward to pretend we don’t all know,” Joni carried on. “You don’t ever have to talk about it, but you can if you want to.”

“Colt said I wasn’t supposed to talk about it.”

“Yeah, to outsiders,” Mia said. “We’re not outsiders.”

“I don’t want to talk about it. Ever,” I said quietly. “I just want to try and put it behind me. So please don’t look at me like I’m about to go mental. Or look at me with pity.”

“Never pity,” Doc said as she held up a scarred hand I’d never asked about.

“I saw my husband’s grave today,” Rach said quietly. “It hurt a little less than I thought it would. Sometimes you can’t breathe. Other times . . .”

“We all have trauma,” Logan said.

“Boy, do we fucking ever,” Mia muttered. “We’re going to have to build a room onto the clubhouse just to store it all.”

“I don’t have any trauma,” Tavy said.

“Your boyfriend and father were about to beat each other up.” Logan looked at her best friend. “Because you were sleeping with your father’s biker brother behind his back.”

“You sure there are nodaddy issuesthere,” Sutton asked.

“None,” Tavy said. “Raze was hot and he has abigdick. Of course I fell for him.”

There was a chorus of laughter and even I chimed in. It felt good to laugh. It felt good not to wallow every moment.

“When’s the ceremony?” Brooklyn asked her. “Raze claimed you and made you his Old Lady. There’s got to be a celebration for it.”

“When Dad and Raze can be in the same room as each other without wanting to fight,” Tavy said dryly. “Maybe if you just told Dad you were pregnant, that would shift his focus away fromme,” Tavy blurted out.

The room fell into silence.

“Pregnant?” Doc looked at Logan. “You’re pregnant?”

Logan glared at Tavy. “How the hell did you keep you and Raze a secret for so long? You just run your mouth when it comes to me?”

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