Page 16 of Knuckle's Dispute

“Gentlemen, welcome to the Dirty Slayers clubhouse.How’s Janessa?”Rooster asks, standing from his seat at the back of the room where he’s always located with Marie.

“Our sister is good.No disrespect, Rooster, but we want Knuckles.We’re gonna beat the fuck outta him for how he’s treating our sister and nephew.If we gotta take him somewhere else to do that, we will,” the one I know as Aaron states, looking around the room until his eyes find me.“My sister isn’t some fuckin’ slut and she sure as fuck wouldn’t lie about the father of her baby.”

“You do what you gotta do.Janessa is a good woman and we all know it here.The man you’re lookin’ for is right at the bar with his hat on backwards,” Rooster answers him, his voice clear and loud in the now silent common room.“The only thing I ask is that you take this shit outside.Blood is too hard to clean up sometimes and we’re really down to one Prospect for the time bein’.”

“Are you fuckin’ kiddin’ me, Rooster?”I bark out, standing from my seat and turning to face him.“Where’s the loyalty for club members?”

“If you weren’t bein’ a fuckin’ douche, you’d have my loyalty right now.Janessa doesn’t deserve the shit you’re doin’ to her and her child sure as fuck deserves better than you.As far as I’m concerned, these three men have the right to get their pound of flesh since it’s in defense of Janessa.I’d do the same shit for any of the women associated with the club,” Rooster states, a smirk on his face because I know he’s telling the truth.

Women and children are precious in this club and if one of them is harmed or treated like shit, we take care of it.Usually it’s club members who give the beat down and not three random guys who are showing up to the clubhouse for the first time.However, since they’re related to Janessa by blood, Rooster won’t deny them their right to beat the shit out of me.Or at least try to beat me down.

“Let’s fucking go you piece of shit,” one of the brothers says, stepping in my direction and puffing his chest out as he glares at me.

Setting my beer back down, I follow them out of the clubhouse to the parking lot.I move away from the row of bikes and slide my cut off my shoulders before handing it off to Tease who has followed everyone out to watch this.A loose circle is formed by the men I call my brothers while Janessa’s brothers stand in front of me, all removing their shirts and handing them to Kurt and Eric.

“Our baby sister deserves the fucking world and you’re treating her like a fucking skank.You don’t deserve to be in her life for any reason.And our nephew sure as fuck deserves to have a better man for a dad than you,” one of the men say as he steps forward and throws a punch in my direction.

Instead of ducking out of the way or blocking his hit, I let him nail me in the face.My arms hang at my sides while he continues to lash out and get a few hits in on me.When he’s done, the next man steps up and starts hitting me.Again, I don’t defend myself because this is what I deserve.I have treated Janessa like shit and for that alone I should get a beat down from these three.

When the last brother, Aaron, steps up, I don’t back down as he stares at me.

“My sister doesn’t let anyone in.She’s been hurt worse than you could ever understand or know.To give herself over to a man enough to get pregnant is a huge step for her.Not only have you set her back in her recovery from her past, but you’ve made her fuckin’ cry.My sister is one of the best women I’ve ever met and you’re throwing away your chance to be with her because you can’t believe her.Fuck you!”Aaron states, his voice hard and cold.

Out of the three brothers standing in front of me, Aaron is the biggest one of them.I can tell by looking at him that he works out on a regular basis.If he lived here, I’d invite him to participate in fight night every month when we have it.I think Aaron would make a killing in the fights.I honestly wouldn’t mind getting in the ring with him myself.

“You gonna fight back this time?”one of Janessa’s brothers questions me as Aaron steps even closer.

“Nope.You wanna get your hits in, I’ll take it like a man.I know I hurt Janessa and that’s on me.I still refuse to believe the baby she just had is mine, but that’s because of me and my past,” I answer, standing my ground as Aaron finally lashes out and starts his attack against me.

This fucker can hit.Each one of his hits land precisely and hurt worse than either of his brothers’ hits did.Aaron has definitely been in a ring before and he trains hard.His movements and hits prove that to me as he lands one final hit to my eye.Immediately pain explodes and I know my eye will be black and blue and swollen.My entire torso hurts from his hits as he steps back and I see he’s not even breathing hard.

“Stay the fuck away from Janessa until you can pull your fucking head out of your ass and do right by her.Even then, leave her the fuck alone,” one of them says as everyone starts to slowly head back in the clubhouse.

Janessa’s brothers walk in with Homicide and Omen.The five of them are talking and laughing as they disappear inside.Tease is the only one who remains outside with me as I spit out blood on the ground and don’t move.

“Why the fuck didn’t you fight back?”he finally asks me, his voice grating on my nerves.

“They deserve to defend their sister.I did treat her like shit and hurt her.Why am I gonna fight back when they weren’t lyin’?Just because I don’t want to be with her doesn’t mean I don’t understand where they’re comin’ from.I’d do the same thing if I had a sister of my own,” I answer him truthfully as I look around the outside of the compound.

“You’re a better man than me.Not when it comes to Janessa, but not fightin’ back is better.I’d have taken all three of them out or gone down tryin’,” Tease states, laughter lacing his voice as I groan from the pain now filling my body as the adrenaline starts to fade.

“Let’s get you in to see Doc,” Tease says when he notices me wince.

I let my best friend take me inside and to the medic room.Doc examines me and cleans up my wounds.I need stitches in a cut Aaron made above my eye.Once I’m bandaged up, Tease and I head for the common room where I leave him as I head up to my room.I need a shower and my bed after being in the hospital waiting room for days while Janessa and the Prospects were in there.Add on having my ass beat and I’m not up for doing too much the rest of today.So, a shower and bed it is for me.I already know I’ll dream of Janessa—I do every single night.

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