Page 103 of Shine: Sins of the Father
He walks out, and I see the guilt wrack her face. A moment later, she bursts into tears, burying her face in her hands, and I’ve never wanted to tear a man apart more than I do Wolf at that moment.
Crystal puts her arms around her daughter. “Oh, honey. It’s all going to be okay.” Then she looks at me and her grandson in my arms. “Are you going to want to be a part of Dylan’s life? Apermanentpart?”
“Yes, ma’am. I have no intention of going anywhere.”
“My husband is pretty upset.”
“I think that’s probably an understatement.”
She nods. “He has reason, though, doesn’t he?”
“I admit, this could have been handled differently, but—”
“It’s all my fault, Mom. I’m the one who didn’t tell Shine about Dylan. I’m the one who wouldn’t tell Daddy who the father was. I’m the one who messed this all up. If he’s pissed at anyone, it should be me, not Shine.”
“Sweetheart,” her mother says, stroking her back. “He is pissed at you, but you he will forgive. What he’s having a hard time with is that Shine and you hooked up and Shine never told him.”
“Shine didn’t know I was anyone’s daughter, Mom. He had no clue.”
“But eventually, he found out, and he didn’t come clean.”
“Can you blame him?”
“No, but the club has its own code.”
“Your mom is right, Fiona. I need to go talk to him. I’m not afraid to face that music, but there’s no way he’s keeping me from you or our son.”
She reaches for me, grabbing my wrist. “I need you. You can’t let him drive you back to Nevada.”
“There’s no chance in hell of that happening, sweetness. Don’t even think it.”
“I’ll give you some privacy,” Crystal says, then walks out after kissing her daughter’s head.
Fiona studies me holding our child. “That’s a lovely sight. I’m sorry I robbed you of all these months. I should have told you long ago.”
“That’s what you were coming to tell me at the park, wasn’t it?”
“Yes. I knew I had to stop putting it off. I knew you either had to forgive me for keeping it from you for so long or we’d never get past it. Do you forgive me, Shine? I’m so sorry.”
“Why didn’t you get word to me? I would have come to you immediately.”
“I was scared, and I think what I was most afraid of was that you wouldn’t care. And that would have hurt ten times worse.”
***
Wolf—
I stalk outside to the parking lot where I find the club gathered, smoking cigarettes.
Cole looks up. “Any news, brother?”
“Fiona has some bruising around her ribs, but no fracture. The doctor hasn’t come back to tell us the results of Dylan’s scans.”
He nods.
My eyes move around the circle of men, all who now know Shine is the father of Fiona’s baby, and I see their nervousness, all wondering how I’m going to deal with it. My gaze stops on Reckless, and I jab a finger at him.
“You. You knew about this, didn’t you? I bet you knew about it from the very fucking beginning.”
