Page 79 of Hell's Claim

“Yeah. Gonna have to be, Mom. Somehow, that asshole may have information I need. If he’s playing me for a fool, then I’ll deal with him. And no new fuckin’ wife will stop me putting a bullet in that man. I don’t care how much Belinda claims Primal might’ve changed.”

“How do you feel about Belinda?” Cherry asked, leaning against the doorjamb.

“I’ve no feelings for her. Woman might be nice, but she’s nothing to me but a stranger. Ain’t going to be playing happy families with her,” Sunny growled.

“Primal has a whole other family. That makes them yours too,” Cherry pushed.

“The fuck it does. They’re his victims, too. Primal will never be family to me, nor will his new one. They’re strangers, and Belinda seems to be in denial with what he did. And if mentioned, she excuses it. I don’t want that in my life. I have pity for her and a sense of obligation to warn her, and that is it. Primal was nothing more than my sperm donor, and Bullet was my dad. That’s all I need to know.”

Cherry glanced at Sunny for several long moments before nodding. “Okay, son. I’m going to take Callie fishing.”

Sunny looked at Cherry, aghast. “After yesterday?”

“Today can’t be worse.”

“How much do you want to bet on that?” Sunny asked, thinking of the previous day’s shenanigans.

“Dinner tonight,” Cherry shot back.

“You’re on!”

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Sunny parked at the hospital and looked around. Diaz had driven around several times before he chose a parking space and hadn’t seen anything relating to Hellfire. Sunny headed for the ward and the room Primal was in. There were doctors and nurses bustling about, but nobody questioned him as he let himself into Primal’s room. He saw the reason why when Belinda and another man turned to look at him.

“Sunny! Thank you for coming, this is my son, Ronnie,” Belinda said softly.

“He awake?”

Belinda looked a little disconcerted at his abruptness. “No, not yet, but the doctors think anytime soon. Jed is restless, andhis eyelids keep fluttering as if he’s trying to wake up. He will be glad to see you.”

Sunny shook his head. “Belinda. I know what you’re attempting. But that man is an abusive cunt. He’ll never be a part of my family or anyone I spend time with. You seem a nice lady, and I’m sorry for you. One day, his true colours will rear their head again, and you’ll be on the end of it. My advice is, run now. While he is unconscious, get away from him. He’s a piece of shit and will always be.”

Ronnie stiffened, and his face turned angry. “Dad’s a good man, he has flaws, but he is the best dad in the world.”

Sunny snorted in disbelief. “Dude, you don’t know anything. I suggest you shut up and worry about your mom.”

“What would you know about him?” Ronnie wouldn’t stop.

“What do I know? I knowJedburned my mom with cigarettes for shits and giggles. Mom has the scars to this day.Jedbeat her with a buckled belt, leaving scars on her back. In front of an entire clubhouse, he shaved her bald and knocked her unconscious. He also forced her to get on her knees and give him a blow job in front of a crowd of people. When Mom refused,Jedpunched two teeth out and fucked her mouth anyway.

“Jedbroke several of my bones before my real dad could get to me. He locked me in a cellar for days as a baby and nearly killed me. My mom was in hospital unconscious, as he’d beaten her black and blue beforehand.Jedalso burned me with cigarettes, I was three weeks old at the time. And another incident I have the scars from is where he rode his bike around the clubhouse grounds and dragged me behind him. An hour after that, he attacked the president of the club and Primal was removed for good.

“Actually, he wasn’t. He ran like the coward he is. If my dad had got hold of him, Primal would have been dead. Don’t stand there and tell me the guy you idolise is a good man. My mom andI have far too many scars from Primal to ever believe that. I am not here to play happy families. I’m here to get the information he has, and then Primal can slink back under whatever stone he crawled out of,” I snarled.

Belinda and her son had gone pale as I recited some of the injuries Mom and I had got.

“It was the drink,” Belinda muttered.

“Dad doesn’t drink anymore. He has been sober for years,” Ronnie added.

“Fuck the excuses. You’re telling me that booze was responsible for his actions. Jesus, take the rose-coloured glasses off. I know plenty of alcoholics who don’t abuse people. The fact he did is because he is evil, and he got off on it. I can give you a long line of witnesses to his level of depravity. Booze might have been the trigger, but those actions came from him.”

“He’s never touched me,” Belinda muttered, her face still pale. “And he told me about how he treated you and your mom.”

“And you exposed him to your kids? Lady, what the fuck is wrong with you?” Sunny exclaimed, horrified.

“Jed wanted to make amends,” Belinda argued.

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