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Willie doesn’t miss a beat or a word, and when it gets to the chorus, he starts twerking. Every single person out in the yard loses their minds. AJ screams in my ear, cheering him on. Belly laughs escape me as he continues to sing and rap. He doesn’t slow down once, and while he finishes Iggy’s section of the song, I decide.

“I’ll be right back,” I whisper in AJs ear. I move up to where he is, and as he moves his ass like no one’s business during the last part of the song, I take the few dollars I have and start flinging them out on him. All of our brothers get louder and start screaming for him. It’s amazing. When the song ends, I back up, and Willie stands up and bows.

“Beat. That. Old man.” he says and drops the mic. He walks over to where Ashlynn is sitting, and she gets up, letting him take her place before she places herself on his lap. She kisses him like no one is watching.

“That was cute. But I’m still better.”

The music starts, and I immediately know what it is, and so does AJ. We look at each other, and as soon as we say “No fucking way,” the very popular “Hey, hey. Bye, Bye, Bye” is said.

Storm is dancing and singing as if he’s the sixth member of N*SYNC. He knows every single move for this song.

“How is he doing this?” Bri shouts out. She and Cowboy start laughing, both amazed by what’s happening. I look at Judge and Elvira, and they both have the biggest smiles on their faces as if they knew this was the exact thing that would happen.

When it gets to the bridge, Storm walks up to Willie and serenades him. Everyone is so consumed by him they don’t see Elvira and Judge walk up behind him. Storm belts out the last Bye, Bye and then all three of them start dancing.

“What the hell is happening right now?” I ask.

My mind is completely blown at the fact that these three are busting out these moves. Storm may not have the best voice in the world and missed more than a handful of notes, but he fucking delivered the song. And when he finishes and takes his bow, it seems everyone else agrees too.

This was, by far, one of the best nights we’ve ever had here. Everyone is smiling and couldn’t be happier. After all the shit we’ve been through, this was the change of pace we needed.

“Good job, VP. I didn’t know you had that sitting in your pocket.”

“Never doubt me when I say I’m the master,” he winks at me.

“I won’t, I promise. But I am gonna show all you mother fuckers how to sing. Birdie, you ready?” I grab her hand, and we sync up our song. It’s crazy to think I met this woman five months ago because of karaoke, and now, I get to sing with her, professing my love in front of everyone.

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Cowboy

Cougar and Aletta are singing Thank God by Kane Brown and Katelyn Brown, and I don’t think I’ve ever heard a more fitting song for a couple. I grab Bri and hold her in front of me. My arms wrap around her, and we sway to the song.

“Holy shit, they can sing,” Bri tells me. I grunt in agreement. I listen to every word and realize I need to thank God for her. This woman put up with a lot more than she should have. She shouldn’t have given me the time of day after everything I pulled. I still don’t deserve her. Every day I work on it. Maybe one day I’ll believe I do. I spin her so we can dance, but it’s short-lived when I see Rambo and Audrina rushing up toward us. He stops at the back table and says something to his wife, prompting her to stay there. When I see the worry on her face and how pissed off he is, I look at Bri, “I need you to go sit with Audrina.”

“Why?”

“She looks upset. It’s her day.” Bri looks back at Audrina, and before I can think of anything else to say to convince her, she turns to me, gets up on her tippy toes, and gives me a quick peck before she takes off. It’s perfect timing for the song ending and Rambo getting to me.

He doesn’t say a word, he pulls me off to the side. Storm sees and immediately catches up with us. Rambo looks back at everyone, and when he faces me, I can honestly say I’m not prepared for what comes out of his mouth.

“I know who the mole is.”

“How?”

“Audrina and I went to the barn—”

“—to fuck, we know.” Storm cuts in.

“Not the fucking time,” I glare at him. Looking back at Rambo, “Go on.”

“We were about to…anyways, all of a sudden, I heard him. He was on the phone.”

“Any idea who he was talking to? What did he say?” I ask him.

“No. He said, “I don’t fucking care what that bitch has to say. I said this is getting too close. They are on to me, and I am running out of excuses! I can’t get the drugs. How the fuck am I supposed to get what they really want?” Whatever he’s planning with The Company must be big.”

I couldn’t fucking believe it. I didn’t want to believe it when we learned about the mole, but now, to have it so close, I have so many questions. The biggest being why and who? My blood is boiling under my skin. I’m ready to tear apart whoever it is. I’ve been looking at every single member, wondering who it could be. I’ve even questioned my father. The only one I knew it couldn’t be is me. But I also couldn’t prove it to any of them. I will never forgive this person for doing this to our club. For turning their backs on us. For making me question everyone who matters to me. Taking a deep breath, I ask the million-dollar question.

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