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Cheers had filled the air.
The reception was loud and happy. The wedding dance with the couple made everyone there cry all over again. The Walker brothers were a hoot when they were all in one room. The jokes and laughter were epic. Then add their Texas cousins and the party rocked. Ma’s wedding cake was spectacular. Seven tiered, white with red roses, very elegant and the taste of it was out of this world.
The celebration went on for hours until I almost dropped from exhaustion. Even the bride and groom had already left. Liberty had scooped me up and took me to his room. There were hoots and hollers when we were on our way out which wasterribly embarrassing for me. I hid my face in his chest as Liberty laughed. If some hadn’t known about us before they did now as it wasn't a secret anymore.
Liberty and I were together and the wedding was done, so I suppose I didn’t care who knew now.
So today was the day. I was about to be free to go back to my life in Ramton, only I was bringing a man home with me and not just any man. Liberty wasn’t the kind that blended in and wasn’t noticed. My neighbors and friends would know about him right away. So, I braced myself for the response. No, I didn’t mean that I was ashamed of him. Hell no. It was just that he was sort of larger than life, not the quiet type and he was now fiercely protective of me.
I say fiercely because he was just that…Fierce about this whole protection thing. He told me that he would be in the vicinity of my office the entire time I was working. I didn’t know how to react to that. I wasn’t sure if it would all work, but Liberty seemed to have no doubts that it all would.
I hoped he would lay off after a while when we saw that it was safe and Deacon was nowhere to be found. I felt pretty confident that it would turn out that way. I felt like Deacon had lost interest in me when I was no longer important to his plans.
Fate came up with a duffle bag as he interrupted my musings. He tossed it into the car that the MC had provided to us and gave me a nod of his head. “I’m gonna be on my bike. I figured it would be better to trail you two.” He looked over at Liberty who stood at the steps talking to Talon. “He won’t need his ride I guess. He said he would be taking you to work and bringing you home.”
I shook my head. “How long do we have to do that? You know, the whole guarding me thing?”
Fate paused to stare at me. “Hell if I know? I mean this was the plan we came up with a week ago. You need to talk to those two.” He smiled at me as he motioned to Talon and Liberty. “I'm just a minion here.”
Heading across the driveway, I stopped at the steps where the two men stood.
“Report at least twice a day.” Talon was telling Liberty. “You all have trackers in your phones. I will also have men in strategic areas.”
“Strategic?” I asked.
He looked over at me. “Yeah, on your street. Inside the apartment building where you live. My men already rented an apartment last week. Your office parking area will be heavily watched. Then when you are on the move, say to the store or whatever, you will have men trailing you.”
I stared at him. “You are kidding, right?”
Talon stared back at me with a stone cold expression on his face. “Why would I kid about surveillance?”
Liberty shook his head. “Belle—”
Ignoring Liberty, I stepped close to Talon to say, “People are gonna notice all that!”
He shrugged. “More than likely they won't. My men are ex-military and they are good at being ghosts. So no, your friends and neighbors won’t know.”
“But I’ll know!”
Talon glared at me. “I can’t care about that. We agreed to allow you to do this. When all it would take is one breach from you for Deacon to find us here. This is non-negotiable, Belle. These are the terms. You are to be watched at all times. Along with Fate and Liberty guarding you.” He turned and went back up the steps.
Liberty came down the last few steps and took my hand.
I growled.
Chuckling, Liberty led me over to the car. “Calm down, Ms. Vicious. We aren’t even gonna go there, Belle. You know I think Talon is an overbearing ass just like you do, but on this...him and I agree. I want all the protection we can get for your safety.” He stopped, gripped my shoulders and turned me toward him. “I won’t back down from keeping you safe, so please don’t waste our time trying to make me let up on it.”
I shook my head. “But for how long? How long do I have to live like that?”
He shrugged.
I tisked and rolled my eyes. “You mean you don’t know?”
“My best answer is when Deacon is dead,” he replied.
I didn’t like this answer, because they had been after him for months to no avail.
“Besides, you aren’t even gonna know about being trailed. Except for me and Fate,” he reasoned. “So, let this go, ok?” He went around the car and opened the passenger door for me to get in.
