Page 20 of Brick's Redemption

Blinking, I wasn’t sure what he meant.

Dagger leaned back against a tool cabinet, resting his arm on his knee. He’d been crouching before but moved to give me his attention, sitting on the ground. “We’re tough. This life ensures we see and know mayhem. It’s the life of a brother in the club. We accept that when we patch in.”

“I understand.”

“But what we don’t expect and can’t plan for is how the life we choose affects our women. Some of us get fucking lucky.” He frowned. “And others find out that not all women can handle it.”

I was about to ask what he meant when he looked me right in the eye.

“My ex? She hated my choices and life in the club. Made it fucking hell for me. By then, we already had my son.”

Oh, shit. I didn’t know the whole story.

“She still makes my life hell.” He leaned back, resting his head on the metal shelving. “Wanna know the worst part?”

“I think I do.”

“I’m still in love with her.”

Not just love,inlove. I didn’t hear many people using those words anymore. They held a deeper meaning. “Wow.”

“Yeah, fuck.” He rubbed his chest like it ached. “I’m telling you because the way Brick looks at you, he’s in the same spot I am. He’ll fucking do anything for you. He’d give up everything if you asked him.”

Shit. I knew where this was going.

“Don’t make him give up his identity. Audrey demanded I walk away from the club, and it fucking ended us. We never recovered from it.”

“I wouldn’t ask him to give up anything for me. It’s a personal choice. I love him for who he is, Dagger. If I wanted someone different, I never would have let him into my bed.”

Or invited him into it with so much enthusiasm.

Dagger smirked. “Yeah. You’re Hesh’s kin. Always tell it like it is.” He laughed. “Good to know.”

“For what it’s worth, it’s never too late. Women can change their minds. Maybe Audrey is so far into this choice and its consequences that she’s given up hope that you’ll ever forgive her. But that doesn’t mean you stop trying if she’s who you want.”

He nodded, taking in my words. “Fuck. Maybe you’re right.”

“You don’t know if you don’t try.”

I almost felt bad for the little twinkle that entered his brown eyes. They lost some of the dull emptiness I’d gotten used to seeing with Dagger. I sincerely hoped it worked out.

“I might call her and check in.”

“Maybe take it slow,” I advised.

“Ginny, that ain’t my style. Nothing about me is slow, and that’s how Audrey fell in love with me the night we met.” He flashed a cheesy smile. “Gonna make her do it a second time.”

“They say second chance love is even sweeter.”

“Yeah?”

I shrugged. “I read it somewhere.”

“Good to know.”

Brick cleared his throat as he joined us. “Ginny?”

“Yeah?”

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