Total pages in book: 86
Estimated words: 81603 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 408(@200wpm)___ 326(@250wpm)___ 272(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 81603 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 408(@200wpm)___ 326(@250wpm)___ 272(@300wpm)
“I’ll be outside.”
He went and took his position outside, leaning up against the wall. It was already morning, and Whizz was back.
Lacey came out of the room. Anthony didn’t even see her step inside. He didn’t look toward her, and instead continued to stare straight ahead, until the chair beside him was moved.
“How are you?” Lacey asked.
He turned his head and looked at the woman with the ever-changing hair. This time, it was a deep red and black. He knew Daisy loved how she did her hair, because when she moved her head, the color looked different.
“I’m sorry,” Anthony said.
“I don’t need you to apologize to me about what happened. I know Daisy, and she was there by your side. She would do anything for you.”
“She told me it was a bad idea,” Anthony said. “She ... always knew when things were bad ideas.” He pressed his fingers to his eyes.
“Yeah, well, I think you need to get yourself together, because when Daisy wakes up and the Skulls are suddenly at war with Chaos Bleeds, she is going to have a whole lot of questions.”
“I never meant for her to get hurt,” Anthony said.
“I know,” Lacey said.
“I would never hurt her.”
“We both know that, but Whizz just ... he can’t stand that he can’t help her. It has been a long time since he felt this helpless. We both wanted children, but I don’t think we thought about the cost of actually having them,” Lacey said. “We always want the best for them, but the biggest problem is what they want for themselves. Daisy wants to be with the club, and at times she wants to prove her place.”
Anthony knew that being adopted into the club, she always felt her place was not permanent. Now, it was, he would make sure of it.
No one knew he and Daisy were married. Like Simon and Tabitha, he and Daisy had married in secret. It was one of those in-the-heat-of-the-moment visits. He had taken her to Vegas with him. After a meeting with Ned Walker, they had walked past one of those chapels, and Anthony had gotten down on one knee and asked her to marry him. Just like his father had married his mother in Vegas, it was where he was going to be with Daisy.
Most of their relationship had been their little secret, with everything going on in the club. He had taken Daisy’s ring before she got to the hospital and placed it on the chain he wore around his neck.
Many years ago, as a birthday present, Daisy had presented him with a cross. She knew he wasn’t deeply religious, but Daisy had her beliefs. She wanted him to wear it so God would keep him safe for her. This was where he had kept his wedding band.
Taking off the chain, he slid the rings off and put his in place, then held Daisy’s out to Lacey.
“Will you put this on her finger for me?” he said.
Lacey gasped. “You’re married?”
“Yes, and today ... is our one-year anniversary.”
It was why he had laughed at her question. He and Daisy had been married. Even when he considered joining the Nomad chapter, they had been married. They were each other’s soul mate, but sometimes people needed space.
He had come to realize that Daisy didn’t need space. She had been jealous of her best friend, and there was absolutely no reason to be.
Chapter Six
“I’ll fucking kill him,” Simon said, pacing up and down her old bedroom.
“You won’t,” Tabitha said.
“He had his hand wrapped around your throat and threatened you right in front of me.” Simon shook his head. “That kind of shit doesn’t happen. How dare he say the shit that he did!”
Tabitha thought it was sweet, how angry her man was at what Anthony had done, but the truth was, he didn’t need to be. Anthony was hurting. She saw it in his eyes. Daisy was everything to him, and had been since they were kids. Yes, it had been scary as he held her, because she did have a sneaking suspicion he had been tempted. Only, he hadn’t done it.
He wasn’t wrong, though. She was no longer a Skull. She never stopped being Tiny’s daughter, but that was beside the point. She was part of Chaos Bleeds. She wore their patch, married his son, had Simon’s children, and was loyal to that club. She had sworn to Devil she would serve only the Chaos Bleeds.
Also, she knew if it had been her in a hospital bed, Daisy would have gotten there within twenty-four hours.
Tabitha had waited in the hope of her waking up. She had children to take care of, and her life was now in Piston County. And guilt crashed right into her.
Daisy didn’t put the club first.
They were best friends.
She felt so ashamed that she had waited for good news, rather than just go straight to the hospital. Anthony was right. It was even more embarrassing watching as Lacey slid the wedding band onto Daisy’s finger, and Tabitha hadn’t even known her best friend was married. Not once had Daisy told her she had gotten married.