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I waved off her thanks, not needing it.If anyone was thankful, it was me.I hadn’t realized until now that I’d just been living through one day at a time without any true meaning in my life.My club had been my entire world, and there wasn’t anything wrong with that, but Luciana was showing me that I’d been missing out on something amazing.
While Luciana got ready, I cleaned up the kitchen, then browsed SUVs on my phone.With a baby coming, we’d need something other than my bike.Using the club vehicle was fine for now, but we needed a family car that was just ours.Never thought I’d be looking at car seats and shit.It amazed me that I wasn’t the least bit bothered by the thought of raising another kid.Ryker had turned out okay.Hopefully I wouldn’t screw up this one either.
Chapter Eight
Luciana
I stared at the doctor and blinked a few times.“I’m what?”
“Carrying twins,” the doctor repeated.“And you’re severely underweight considering how far along you are.The babies aren’t developing as well as they should be.I’m going to write you a prescription for prenatal vitamins and give you a diet plan to follow to ensure the babies get all the nutrients they need.I’ll want to monitor you closely the next few weeks.”
Spider gripped my hand.“She’s been under a great deal of stress.I’ll make sure she gets plenty of rest and eats properly.Whatever she needs, I’ll make sure she gets it.”
The doctor looked at his cut and stared down her nose at him.I could have sworn her lip even curled in a snarl for a moment.It was clear she didn’t think much of him, and that bothered me a great deal.I gave his hand a reassuring squeeze and hoped he’d give in to the request I was about to make.I knew Spider wouldn’t lose his cool with the doctor for fear of upsetting me, especially after the news she’d just given us, but I wasn’t about to stand for her to treat him like he was trash.
Now that I was getting more comfortable with my new life, I’d found that I was more outspoken around other people.I didn’t cower anymore, or fear being reprimanded for disagreeing with someone.Under Spider’s care, I was flourishing, and I loved my new life.With him by my side, I felt like I could do anything.Even take an uppity doctor down a few notches.“Do you think you could give me a minute with the doctor?”I asked.
He glowered at the woman, but kissed my cheek.“I’ll be right outside the door in the hallway.”
The doctor backed as far away from him as she could as Spider walked out, closing the door a little harder than necessary.She folded her arms over her chest and stared at me, her chin jutted out and her jaw tight.Yeah, she wasn’t happy, but I didn’t much care.That man had given me a new life, a home where I was safe and cared for, had family other than my sisters.He wasn’t a bad guy, and I wouldn’t let anyone think otherwise.
“You don’t like him,” I said.
“I don’t like what they stand for.Drugs.Murder.Rape.”
I held up a hand.“I can’t speak as to whether or not they deal in drugs, but I do know that none of the men in Spider’s club, him included, would ever kill an innocent person.I also know they don’t rape anyone.”
I couldn’t say they wouldn’t killanyonebecause I had no doubt they’d all murder my father if they had the chance, and I wouldn’t stand in their way.Some people deserved to die, and if Spider and the Hades Abyss wanted to take care of the trash, then I wouldn’t utter a word of complaint.One rotten life in exchange for a bunch of innocents?Wasn’t a hard decision, not for me.
The doctor opened her mouth, but I stopped her before she could spew more hatred.
“Spider is a good, honorable man.This baby isn’t his.Or rather babies,” I said pointing to my stomach.“But I’m his wife now and he’s accepting these children, even though neither of us knows who the father is other than a complete monster.The scars you saw on my body aren’t from my husband.He would never hurt me.”
I told her about my father, about what I’d endured since I was just a teenager, and I made sure she understood that Spider had saved me and Violeta.I couldn’t stand the thought of her believing such horrible things about him, or any of the men in Hades Abyss.As far as I was concerned, they were saints.Angels.Avenging angels maybe, since I knew every last man I’d spoken to wanted my father’s blood for what he’d done to me and my sisters.
“They’re good men,” I said softly.“If you can’t see that, if you can’t give them a chance, then I’ll have to ask Spider to find a different doctor for me.I won’t be seen by someone who’s going to treat him like something she stepped in.”
The doctor sighed and gave me a slight nod, but not before I saw the sheen of tears in her eyes.I wondered if those were for me and my unborn babies, for my sisters, or if something had happened to her.She’d seemed so insistent that Hades Abyss was full of evil men.It made me wonder if she’d known bikers before, maybe some who weren’t as good as the men I now lived with.
“What club hurt you?”I asked, taking a gamble that she’d been mistreated by a biker at some point, or several of them.
Her gaze jerked to mine.
“You’re too adamant they’re bad people without truly knowing them, which means you’ve had a previous experience with bikers.A bad one from what I can tell,” I said.
“I was gang raped by a club before I moved here about six years ago.They caught me by my car on my way home from med school.I was twenty and completely naïve despite what I’d seen in the hospital.My daughter is the product of that night.”
“I knew you looked young,” I said with a smile.
She shrugged.“Graduated high school when I was fifteen and went straight to college.Took the max course load and petitioned for more so I could finish my degrees faster.I haven’t been practicing all that long, but I pride myself on being the best at what I do.”
“You’re amazing,” I said softly.“But so are the men of Hades Abyss.I understand why you don’t want to give them a chance, but I can’t keep seeing you if you’re going to look at them with hate and contempt.”
“Maybe I do have a biased opinion of men like your Spider.If he’s as good as you say, then I’ll give the Hades Abyss a chance.I wouldn’t want anyone to judge me based on someone else’s actions, so I’ll try to do the same for them.”
“Thank you,” I said softly.
The doctor crossed the room and pulled open the door, letting Spider back inside the room.He raised his eyebrows as he looked at me, and I gave him a smile and a nod.I was fine.Although, I did wonder if it would be okay to invite the doctor to the compound sometime.Maybe if she got a chance to spend time with Hades Abyss, she’d see how good they were.I didn’t fool myself into thinking they were law-abiding by any means, but I also didn’t think they would hurt women and children.Assholes like my father were another matter, and I was behind them one hundred percent if they wanted to wipe that type of filth from the face of the earth.
