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“I just wanted it tostop.”

Dalton touched her face, forcing herto look at him.“If you take your life and I’m not there in time tosave you, I’ll follow you.”

She gasped.“What?”

“You heard me.If I can’tsave you then I’lljoin you.”

Lacey shook her head.“Youwouldn’t.”

“I would.I’m not going to livethis life without you.I carried you to the hospital.I helpedbring you back.I’m responsible for you, and I’m not going to turnmy back on you.”

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Pulling out of the memory, Lacey collapsedto her knees on the floor.She couldn’t do it if it was reversed.Lacey was weak as she didn’t want to die enough to join the manwho’d saved her at every turn.At thirty years old, there was noone she loved, yet she craved the touch of a man who’d taken it allaway.She covered her face, shame consuming her, and she curled upin a ball in the hope of keeping all the bad memoriesaway.

Chapter One

Whizz entered the kitchen tofind Angelstanding at the stove with Eva working around her.Sixchildren sat at the large table throwing food at each other.Heducked as a maple syrup covered pancake was launched past hishead.

“Tabitha, stop it,” Evasaid, going red in the face.

Miles started laughing, as did Anthony.Simon, Tate’s son, was avidly watching the chaosunfolding.

“You said they’d eat thepancakes,” Angel said, looking guilty.

“I thought theywould.”

“Simon!”Tabitha screamedthe name.

“What’s going on?”Whizzsaid.

Michael, Alex’s son, was sitting in thecorner eating his pancakes.The little guy looked so sad.Alex satbeside his son trying to talk to him.No one answered Whizz’squestion.Seconds passed with the noise getting louder than ever.Whizz was just about to leave when Michael scraping back his chairbrought the noise to a stop.

“I hate you!”he yelled at Alex beforestorming off.The rest of the kids finally decided to be quiet asEva glared at all of them.Alex slumped down in his seat, lookingdefeated.

“What was that about?”Whizz asked, deciding to stay away from the kids and frazzledwomen.

“Not a lot.”Alex wasstaring at the door the boy had vacated.

“You’re telling me that attitudeis because of nothing?”Whizz took a seat beside the other man.Alex hadbecome a father unexpectedly a year ago.None of the club knew thathe’d been with a woman until Cheryl started dating Butch.Alexhadn’t claimed her, but he’d become a father to Michael.In somestrange way their dynamic worked.Whizz didn’t know how it wasworking with Butch in hospital recovering from hiswounds.

“He wants to visit Butch.Idon’t want him anywhere near Butch.Cheryl and I aren’t talkingright now.She blames me for everything that went down.”He ranfingers through his hair.Alex suddenly looked old.The other manhad a part within the club even though he’d been in Vegas for agreat deal of time running a casino.Since finding out about hisson, Alex had turned the casino over to a guy he trusted who ranthe main bulk of their affairs.Alex did everything he could fromFort Wills.

“Why won’t you let him?”Whizz asked.Butch was still a stepfather to the kid and been inhis life a little longer than Alex.

“Look, it was my idea him workingfor Gonzalez, okay?Tiny and I agreed it would help us.I didn’t tell him tostart feeding information to the Savage Brothers.I thought theywere fucking dead, wiped out by Gonzalez’s old man.”Alex leanedback in his chair, staring across the room at the other kids.“Idon’t want him around Butch.How can we fucking trusthim?”

Before Whizz could respondCheryl charged into the room.She didn’t stop until she was infront of Alex.“How fucking dare you tell Michael hecan’t see Butch?”She raised her hand and landed a slap across Alex’sface.

Whizz stood as Alex got to his feet.He’dnever seen Alex lose it, but the way he was shooting fire atCheryl, he looked ready to snap.The tension left from Gonzalez wasstill in the air.

“Alex, cool it.She’sButch’s.”Whizz tried to warn the man.

“Butch nearly got us all fuckingkilled because he was too fucking stupid.He kept shit to himselfwhen he should have told us.I don’t want my son mixed up withhim.”

Cheryl stepped closer, glaringat Alex.“Butch is more of a father to my sonthan you are.You’re just afucking sperm donor.Butch did what he had to because you askedhim.He got dragged into this shit because of the club.The onlyperson to blame for all of this crap is you.Don’t you daretellmysonwho hecan visit or not.”

Alex grabbed her arm as she made towalk off.

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