Page 26 of Closing on Lynx

“You believe in unicorns?” I ask, a smile spreading across my face.

“I believe in you. Ever since you came into my life, you have chased away the demons that used to take over.” His eyes shine, and he makes my heart pound.

“Did you know the national animal of Scotland is the Unicorn?” I state. Paul smiles and Tina giggles.

“I’ll take useless facts for one hundred, Vanna,” Tina says, before bursting out in a fit of laughter.

“Did you know the Dragon is the national animal of Wales?” Paul states, a smile on his lips as his teeth stand out.

“You’re safe with me, Jessikah. I will take the life of anyone that dares to hurt you. I will bury them in my backyard and plant Trilliums on their corpses. No one fucks with what is mine,” he states, leaning in and placing his lips against my forehead.

“I promise to always talk to you about how I feel. But sometimes, I can go into my head to escape what is scaring me,” I say as a yawn slips from my mouth.

“We have time to get to know one another better. First, you need to heal and to heal you need to sleep. I am going to go to the clubhouse. I’ll be back with dinner tonight. What do you feel like?” He slides off the bed and stands over me. His arms are on either side of my body and his face is really close.

“Extra large pizza with pineapple, mushrooms, pepperoni, bacon crumbles, and extra cheese with a side of garlic parmesan bread stick and creamy garlic dip.”

“Oh, and can you please bring me a Pepsi Zero,” Tina squeals.

“I will pick that up and a pizza I like. We can watch the game tonight and relax before they kick me out of your room for the night.” He leans down and kisses my forehead and my nose before he places his head against mine and closes his eyes.

I watch him leave the hospital room. My eyes slowly lower as sleep takes over. The joys of having pain meds and nothing to do but sleep and watch television.

Chapter Nineteen

Lynx

The fear in her eyes when Neo was in the room is one I never want to see again. It was like she was reliving her worst nightmare at the hands of the man that put her in the hospital. And, inadvertently, it was. If Neo had held his tongue and brought it to the table, then we could have looked at it and compared things to Sherlock’s search.

“Pres. I’m sorry. She looked so scared with just me standing in the room. How am I ever going to ask for forgiveness when my presence brings utter fear to her mind,” Neo mumbles, looking over his shoulders at the men standing in the waiting room.

“That’s your cross to bear, Neo. We told you Spun had been manipulating everyone in the clubhouse. I also removed her from the property permanently. Yet you still had her riding your dick like as if she didn’t fall on it, it would rot off.” I wanted him to understand that with actions comes consequences.

“How am I going to get her to forgive me?” He doesn’t wait for me to answer the question. He turns and walks away. He doesn’t stop to go into the waiting room. He heads toward the exit and vanishes through the sliding doors.

“That boy is going to have demons racing through his head. Ones I don’t think we will be able to help him out with,” Sue states, slamming his hand down on my shoulder.

He isn’t wrong, and we won’t leave him out in the cold. But for right now, the woman who captivated my heart is lying in a hospital bed after spending hours being raped, beaten and forced to watch who knows what. So, right now my feelings toward him are like a black sheep brother that finger banged your first love under the table at Christmas dinner.

“Yeah, but brother right now he needs to learn the lesson that is in front of him. We were able to save her, but what happens if we didn’t get there in time. We lost Tina’s husband to that psycho and nearly the two girls. All because pussy was more important.” Sue nods, his cross to bear, but as a club we are going to have to help him heal.

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Back at the clubhouse for the night. There is no party, no laughter, no sexual sounds. The only thing that can be heard in the main room is silence. The club girls are sitting in the last place Tina and Jessikah were. They are glum but talking amongst each other. The brothers are all lounging around, some watching the hockey game, some flipping through the magazines that are on the table and others sitting at the bar slowly drinking down a few beers. Neo is nowhere to be seen.

Neo to the Brothers chat:I am a fuck up. I’m sorry I set off this chain of events. Living with the thought that I hurt a good person is killing me.

All the brothers pull out their phones, reading the text message he just sent. I take out the app I have on my phone and ping his location.

Sue to the Brothers chat:Brother, it’s how you come back from a messy situation that shows your family how you’ve grown.

Neo to the Brothers chat:She can’t even stand to be in the same room as me. So, am I banned from all family functions?

Slick to the Brothers chat:Nah, brother, give her time to heal. Not just physically, but mentally.

When the ping comes up, I can see he is on the compound, but it looks like he is out in the garage. Slowly leaving the brothers to talk him down I make my way to the garage. All the bays are closed, but there is a light on at the end one. Using my key to walk into the building, I make my way across the cement and to the old car.

Neo is in the car. The windows are all up, and there is a pipe running from the exhaust to the window. It’s piped into the window with duct tape preventing the exhaust from leaving the cab of the car.

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