Page 105 of Lady Sings the Blues

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Beau

My phone rang. Busy shooting the shit with my brothers, I didn’t even bother to check who was calling, just press the accept button while bringing it to my ear.

My blood froze.

“Fuck you,” he growled into the phone and hung up.

And that’s how I found out Houdini got to my wife.

“Shit.” I hissed, whipping my head every which way, looking for my bride. A bride I didn’t see. Not anywhere. “Anyone seen Elise?” I shouted at the same time Tommy walked up.

“Have you seen Maryanne?” he asked.

For the briefest moment I relaxed thinkin’ the girls were just off getting into trouble somewhere ‘til Maryanne stumbled inside the clubhouse, and she looked dazed, cryin’ and with grass stains on her dress.

The word, “Tommy,” tumbled from her lips before her steps faltered, and she began to go down. He had her in his arms before she hit the floor.

“He has her,” she said, voice quiet. “Hehas her,” she said again louder, more panicked. “He has her,” she screamed now, clutching Tommy’s vest, so hysterical her face contorted to the point she didn’t even look herself anymore.

At the sound of glass shattering I turned to see a trembling Livvy, sparkling wine puddled around her feet. Watching Liv tremble, my life with Elise flashed before my eyes. What we had. What we’re supposed to have, raising our baby.This can’t be happening.We took all the precautions. I thought my heart stopped beating while simultaneously beating so ferocious in my chest I was about to have a heart attack. “This can’t be happening,” I choked out. No. I had to get my shit together. Breakin’ down wouldn’t get her back.

“Where, Maryanne?” Tommy stroked her available cheek with the back of his hand.

“Out back. Service road at the edge of the property,” she murmured because of the other cheek she had pressed hard against Tommy’s throat.

“On it,” Chaos called as he took off out the door, Blood, Sneak, and Carver on his heels.

Then Duke looked up from where he studied Maryanne and called out to the gather the prospects. “Blaze, Blue, Levi mobilize.”

Blue and Blaze appear next to Duke. “Where the fuck is Levi?” He groused.

“Don’t know, ain’t seen him in a while,” Blue answered.

I slid up next to him. “Don’t got a good feelin’ about this.”

He put his hand to my shoulder. “No Boss, me neither.”

“Mar, you okay baby?” Tommy asked, still holding her close.

She only slightly nodded.

“I gotta go,” he told her. But his face said if he could hold on tight for the rest of their lives, they’d stay in that spot on the clubhouse floor forthe rest of their lives.

She nuzzled deeper into Tommy, an almost hug because she wouldn’t let her fisted death-grip of his dress shirt gotohug him.

But before he set her off his lap, after the kiss he dropped to her temple, she stopped him. “Tommy, save my friend.” Only those of us surrounding her heard, but we sure as hell heard.

“Let’s go Boss, bring the phone. We got some friends, some higher-ups, maybe they can track the call.”

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