Uno's Truth (Devils Rejects MC 5)

I want to make a deal. -Uno

You know my price…. -Leone

I’m ready to pay it. Be ready to collect soon. -Uno

You’re a smart businessman. I appreciate that you found it in your heart to see things my way. I look forward to collecting. -Leone

Time passes slowly but I get a message from Hades. He’s at the clubhouse and ready to hear me out.

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“Always knew the bitch was trouble but Goddamn.” Prez shakes his head. “And this is what you want?”

“Already made the call. She’s fucked me and this club for the last time.”

“Okay then. Let me know when it’s done.”

“I will. There’s just one more thing. I hired Melissa at the Cherry Room. Girl can move and will bring in some money. Cocky won’t like it but he’ll have to fuck off. And speaking of Melissa. Her car is shit and she deserves something safer and better. I was thinking she could have one of the cars at the garage.”

“You don’t ask for much do you.” Prez laughs but says, “Okay. I’ll set it up. I gave Cocky the garage. But know this. When he finds out you hired her, you can deal with the challenge. Because you know he won’t just bend over and accept this.”

“Understood.” I’ll be ready for Cocky. “I’ll be in touch.” I give Boogeyman and Hades a chin lift and set out to deal with Stephanie.

I take my time driving home. I have no fucking clue what I will say to her, but I want to fucking hit something or someone hard. I won’t lay a hand to her but fuck if I don’t want to. I pull in behind her car and shut my bike off. She walks out on the porch wearing my flannel robe. I could set her on fire where she stands right now and not feel bad about. That’s how hurt I am. A fucking abortion. It’s one thing that she cheated on me, but that baby she killed was either mine or Derrick’s. How could she do it? I would have loved that baby. She knows how bad I want to be a dad. All this time she has been carrying the secret when we swore to have no secrets between us. And I was feeling like a bastard for being attracted to Melissa.

Fuck that.

Fuck Stephanie.

I storm up the porch steps and she looks at me and takes a step back. “Is everything okay?”

“Go inside, now!” I roar at her and punch the side of the house and she flinches, but the woman does as she is told for once. My nostrils flare as I try to control my breathing. Goddamn I’m so mad I can’t see straight. If I go in that house right now I am scared of what I will do.

Her head pokes out the front door as the cool air soothes me when the breeze blows. “Justin, you’re scaring me,” she whispers.

My eyes snap to hers. “You should be afraid. I know where you were last night.” Her mouth drops open and she goes to slam the door to lock me out, but I’m faster. Grabbing her from behind I hold her against my chest. I rub a hand along her jaw. “I’m not going to hurt you, but fuck if the thought isn’t tempting,” I snarl, and she sags against me in defeat.

“You have to listen to me. I can explain. I was getting information to help you. Baby, please.” Her words cut deep. I used to love when she’d call me baby being all sweet, but it was all bullshit.

She tries to twist around in my arms to face me. I let her go and she stares at me with remorse, but I’m not buying her fucking act.

“I don’t want to hear your lies. It was all lies wasn’t it, Stephanie. You.” I jab a finger to her chest. “Never loved me.” I poke her in the heart. “You used me. I know what you did. I know you had an abortion and I know you went behind my back last night and fucked a cop.” I grab her chin, forcing her to look at me. “You make me sick.” With a final finger to the center of her chest I shove her toward the couch. “Sit down.” She falls back from the force as her legs hit the couch, her eyes widened with shock.

“Please. I’ll tell you everything.”

“Like I said. I don’t want to hear it.” I sit on the edge of the coffee table in front of her, our knees touching as I grab her hands in mine, keeping her in place. “You would be dead already if I hadn’t stepped in and saved your ass. Here’s what is going to happen. I have the divorce papers drawn up. You are going to sign them when the time comes and then I am going to drive you to your mother’s house. You are going to tell that crazy cunt to pack a bag. Then I am going to drive you both to the airport and you are going to disappear. I don’t care where you go. But you are to never contact me or step foot in Webb Hollow again.”

Her body starts to shake. “Justin, I love you. I was going to tell you what I did and tell you that I got the cop to give me the evidence he has against you that shows you were at Zo Zo’s the night he died. I did everything I did yesterday to protect you. I

did it so we can start a family. Please, baby. I love you. I did it all for you.”

I drop her hands and scrub a hand over my face, fighting back tears of my own feeling like a Goddamn pussy. “You are a filthy liar, Stephanie, and it doesn’t matter what I think. Hades knows everything, and he wants you to disappear. If you don’t leave you are as good as dead.”

“You have to believe me. I just want to be with you. You’re my life. I gave up everything to be with you. Yes, I had an abortion. I was alone and scared. I wasn’t ready to be a mom yet, but I’m ready now.”

“And you fucked that cop, but it’s okay, because it was all for me.” I snarl at her, disgusted with myself. Sickened by the pair of us. I shove her away as she moves to touch my face. “Don’t you dare fucking touch me.”

Stephanie drops to her knees and shoves my legs apart. Her head is in my lap and I stroke her hair as she looks up at me through tear streaked eyes. “My life revolves around being your old lady. I know I made mistakes, but I swear to you, Justin, it’s always been you for me. Since we were teens. Even before Derrick died I was with you behind his back. I told you I fell so madly and deeply in love with you. Don’t do this. Don’t make me go.”