Page 55 of Cage's Fall

“You damn right we do,” he said then crossed his arms.

Enjoying me getting more and more worked up as we got into this discussion.

“You and her are a thing. I get it. End of discussion, now get the fuck out of my garage.”

Aaron had this smug smirk on his face, finally he nodded his head. “Fine. If you won’t listen. So be it.” And he walked out of my garage but the thought of having to see him around, fucking had me clenching the edge of the work bench.

I thought it was bad seeing her with Lit. But seeing her with Aaron. Was worse.

Autumn

My arms were wrapped around Hawk, as I clung to him for a few more moments.

“Come on Acorn, it’s six months. You’ll be okay,” he said softly, hugging me back.

I pulled back, tears in my eyes, and he was quick to wipe them away.

“Stop crying.” His voice cracked a bit and I knew then I was making this harder on him then needed.

“Please don’t end up getting killed in there,” I whispered, knowing that Mother Chapter Presidents were at the top of a hit list in prison.

“Acorn. Look at me.” He lifted my head up, and I looked into his blue eyes.

“Ain’t shit going to happen to me. I’ll be out before you know it, and I made sure Aaron is staying in town. I know you feel safe with him.”

My stomach tightened after recalling how Cage was glaring at me and Aaron this morning.

“Aaron won’t let anything happen to you. Plus, the man is very protectiveof you. But I need to ask one thing of you?”

I nodded my head.

“Just to give your old man some peace of mind.” He said, before tucking my blonde hair behind my ear. “Stay away from Cage. I don’t like his obsession over you. It’s another reason I picked Aaron to step in.”

I stared at him blankly. “Cage and I aren’t anything. Not even friends. You have nothing to worry about.”

He frowned. “You never told me about what happened in the common room, between you and him. You keeping something from me?”

He asked me for like the tenth time, trying to get an answer out of me about mine and Cage’s fight last week.

“I’m fine.” I blew out, and smiled. What else could I say? That I wasn’t taking my medication? That I was self harming? That I was doubting every move I made? I couldn’t tell him any of this, because he was about to go into prison and there wasn’t shit he could do.

But the main reason I didn’t tell him, was so he didn’t get worked up, it was out of his control.

“Look after her Jacob.” Hawk pulled Jacob into a hug, and the police were now waiting.

“No visits. They’ll have my visits bugged.” He looked at me, and that was going to make the next six months harder.

“Same with letters. No substance to be put in any of them.”

We nodded our heads. This wasn’t the first time Hawk had gone in. And he gave me one more kiss on the cheek, hugging me tightly, before he just turned and walked towards the police.

And just like that I watched the man that had always tried to keep the pieces of my life together, head into prison for six months.

I wasn’t someone to pray. How could I believe in God when both my parents were taken from me? But in that moment, as I watched him disappear, I prayed that he only did six months and didn’t do something fucking stupid to be in there longer.

Chapter Thirty

CAGE

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