Page 76 of Blade

Three weeks and every Fury brother has tried to contact me one way or another, including Screwball, despite my outing his crap with Mama.

From the voicemail he left me, he’s grateful for what I did and is currently trying to win Cleo, who has moved out, back but years of an affair when he could have told her what had happened in the first place, well, I doubt she’ll take him back, not even for their child.

Mama hasn’t tried to contact me, and I don’t expect her to. From one of the dozen text messages my brother sent, she’s been banned from the club and had to move off the property after returning her old lady cut that Daddy gave her.

“You two do realize I’m sitting right here.” I mutter, then gasp as Psycho touches another sensitive burn, one thathewent over several times, burning me.

“Sorry, sweetheart,” Psycho mumbles again, and I swallow, squeezing Leo’s hand tighter as he growls, “Don’t make me fucking kill you, brother.”

Psycho snorts, “You’d never kill me, you’d miss me too much.”

Leo rolls his eyes, and I take a deep breath and state firmly, “I’m not going to your clubhouse, Taylor.” My brother drops his head, but it soon shoots up as I finish, “But you can come to Leo’s if everyone is alright with it, including my boyfriend here.”

“Old man, princess,” Leo corrects me and I scrunch my nose at him, and he grins.

“I can go for that,” Taylor says, then questions, “Mama?”

I shake my head and instantly deny, “No. I want nothing to do with her.”

He swallows but nods, knowing not to try to persuade me. I gasp again, and I’m pretty sure I’m breaking Leo’s fingers, but he doesn’t flinch. Instead, he tightens his grip on my hand.

All the others, along with my stomach and Blades' name, didn’t hurt as much as this one does, buthefocused on this side for a few years.

“That fucker is lucky he’s dead,” Psycho mumbles as he lifts his gun and dips it in more ink before continuing his work, and I take deep breaths.

“Distract me,” I plead, looking at Leo and then my brother.

My brother winces and admits, “Cleo found out she was pregnant again,” and my mouth parts in shock, “She says she’s going to have it mainly because of your situation, but she won’t take Screwball back.”

I swallow hard and whisper, “Taylor, she can’t keep a baby because of my situation, and you need to tell her so.”

He smiles gently and reassures, “I have, and she also admitted she wouldn’t be able to get rid of it anyhow because she does still love Screwball. She just isn’t willing to forgive him.”

I shake my head with a sigh, a little guilt filling me—guilt I know I shouldn’t feel. No one in the club told her what was going on, no one put her first, but I did, just not for her, and I think that is why I feel guilty.

I did it to hurt my mama.

“They’ll figure it out, sis, and stop looking guilty. You may not have mentioned it for her, but you still outed Mama’s crap,” my brother says, and I snort, “Can you read minds now?”

He grins, “No, you just wear your heart on your sleeve now,” and Leo agrees, “He’s right, you do. When we first met, I couldn’t get a read on you, but since you freed yourself, I see your emotions, and I love it.”

I smile, and my brother gags, “You two are sickening. "

I grin wide because, yes, yes, we are.

Leo’s phone pings, breaking our connection, and he shakes his head, checking it before wincing at whatever he reads.

“Well, looks like Dad has officially locked mama in the house,” he mutters shaking his head and my mouth parts as he finishes, "He caught Mama loading up her car and flipped."

“That doesn’t surprise me,” Psycho mutters, “Finding out Anna did all that shit over the years just so you would kick her out was probably an eye-opener for him. His woman wanted out of their marriage and knew he wouldn't end things unless it was something big. Everyone has a limit, and Anna reached hers with the crap everyone said about her. All because she didn't want to accept the fact her husband had a child with the woman he cheated on her with and while yeah, she fucked a prospect, she didn't get knocked up by him. She only did it because Brick was having fun with the clubwhores and she walked in on it but despite the shit that has happened Brick loves Anna more than life itself and he isn’t willing to choose between her and his daughter.”

“Said daughter still wants fuck all to do with him anyhow, or me and the club for that matter but Mama won’t stay here if Skylar comes, at least I don't think she will. Every time I try and bring her up, she changes the subject,” Leo mumbles, “and dad needs to realize he can't force her,” he looks at me, “Like my girl here said, it’s not right forcing that on her.”

I half smile but wince when Psycho goes over another burn, and Leo growls, causing my brother to chuckle.

Idiots.

“Your mother loves your father, they’ll figure it out,” Psycho says, hoping to distract my ‘old man’ from killing him, and I smirk his way.

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