“He makes me very happy. Logan and his club have been nothing but wonderful to me and Alba.”
I smile just thinking about all those crazy ass men.
Patting my hand, she tells me, “I’m happy for you then Bella.” I know she means it.
“Well, sweetheart. I need to be getting back to work. Call me. Let me know you’re doing okay?”
Standing up, I give my mom a hug.
“Sure. I’ll see you later, okay Mom?”
I watch her as she heads back behind the counter. I silently pray that she’s strong enough to get her life back.
Walking out to Logan’s truck, I see he is no longer on the phone.
“You get shit straight with your mom?”
“Yeah, Logan. Everything is good. She kicked Lee out, permanently. Said she was done.”
“Good for her, babe,” he says taking my hand in his and linking our fingers.
“Now, let’s take all this shit to our house and get it unloaded before we head to the clubhouse. I know you’re anxious to see your sister.”
I smile, welcoming the butterflies in my stomach as he says ‘our house’.
I walk into the clubhouse with Logan, immediately scanning the room looking for Alba. I spot Gabriel first because, as usual, he’s in his spot. I take in the weird, intense look on his face. Following his gaze, my eyes land on my sister who is sitting on the couch with her Kindle.
I let my eyes dart back and forth between her and Gabriel, who has his eyes boring into Alba. My sister is so into her book, she’s clueless.
I turn to Logan who has made the same observation as me.
“Well fuck.”
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
Logan
“Babe, why don’t you go see your sister while I take care of some shit,” I say giving her a slap on the ass. Bella rushes off towards Alba, not even giving me a second glance. I chuckle and shake my head when she gives Gabriel a death glare as she walks past him.
Ignoring her attempt at being intimidating, Gabriel gets up from his chair and makes his way to me. “Come on, brother. Prez is waiting for you in the basement,” he says walking past me.
“The basement? What the fuck’s going on?”
Gabriel turns his head back to me with a smile. “Got a present for you, brother.”
Now he’s really got my attention. I continue to follow him down the hall that leads to the basement, while he fills me in on what’s going on.
“After I went by to check on the sister last night, I decided to go to Bella’s house to see if the stepdad was home. The place was dead, but as I was leaving I caught sight of a bike parked about a block away. Something didn’t feel right about it, so I decided to double back to the house and take a closer look. That’s when I found one of Los Demonios’ men climbing through a window around the back of the house and I knocked the motherfucker out. I had one of the prospects bring the van, load his ass up, and bringing him here.”
“Nobody thought to call me about this shit?”
Stopping and turning towards me, Gabriel asks, “Did you really want to be interrupted, brother?” Fuck no I didn’t, but I wasn’t going to say it out loud. From the smirk on his face, he knows what I’m thinking.
“Yeah, didn’t think so,” he chuckles. Asshole.
“It’s all good, brother. Nobody touched him, per your request. I only put his ass in the box.”
“Wait, what do you mean, per my request?”