Character List
To avoid spoilers this list only includes the characters mentioned in the previous books
BFMC Members:
Trip Davis – President – Son of Buck Davis, half-brother to Sig, mother is Tammy, Runs Buck You Recovery
Sig Stevens – Vice President – Son of Buck Davis, mother is Silvia, three years younger than Trip, helps run Buck You Recovery
Judge Scott (Judd) – Sgt at Arms - Father (Ox) was an Original, owns Justice Bail Bonds
Deacon Edwards – Treasurer – Judge’s cousin, Skip Tracer/Bounty Hunter at Justice Bail Bonds
Cage (Chris Dietrich) – Road Captain – Dutch’s youngest son, mechanic at Dutch’s Garage
Ozzy (Thomas Oswald) – Secretary – Original – manages club-owned The Grove Inn.
Rook (Randy Dietrich) – Dutch’s oldest son
Dutch (David Dietrich) – Original – Owns Dutch’s Garage, sons: Cage & Rook
Dodge – Helps manage Crazy Pete’s Bar
Whip – Mechanic at Dutch’s Garage (formerly known as the prospect Sparky)
Rev (Mickey) – Mechanic at Dutch’s Garage (formerly known as the prospect Mouse)
Shade – works at Tioga Pet Crematorium (formerly known as the prospect Shady)
Easy – works at Tioga Pet Crematorium
Stella – Trip’s ol’ lady - Crazy Pete’s daughter, owns Crazy Pete’s Bar
Autumn (Red) – Sig’s ol’ lady – Accountant for the club’s businesses
Cassidy (Cassie) – Judge’s ol’ lady – Manages club-owned Tioga Pet Crematorium
Former Originals:
Buck Davis – President – Deceased
Razor Stevens – VP - Deceased
Ox – Sgt at Arms – Deceased
Crazy Pete – Treasurer – Deceased
Tin Man (Tinny) – Deceased
Others:
Henry (Ry) – Judge’s son
Daisy – Cassie’s daughter
Jemma – Judge’s sister
Syn Stevens – Sig’s sister
Saylor – Rev’s sister, Judge and Cassie’s house mouse
Lizzy/Billie/Angel/Brandy – Sweet butts
Max Bryson – Chief of Police – Manning Grove PD, Bryson brother
Marc Bryson – Corporal – Manning Grove PD, Bryson brother
Matt Bryson – Officer – Manning Grove PD, Bryson brother
Adam Bryson – Officer – Manning Grove PD, Brysons’ cousin, Teddy’s husband
Leah Bryson – Officer – Manning Grove PD, Marc’s wife
Tommy Dunn – Officer – Manning Grove PD
Teddy Sullivan – Owner Manes on Main, Adam Bryon’s husband
Amanda Bryson – Max’s wife, owner Boneyard Bakery
Carly Bryson – Matt’s wife, OB/GYN doctor
Levi Bryson – Adopted son of Matt & Carly Bryson (birth mother: Autumn)
Prologue
Nothing Stays the Same
Deacon stood on the porch, watching the plain tan four-door sedan turn into the driveway. Without a word, his father and mother left him there as they went out to meet the dressed-up woman climbing out of the driver’s side.
They exchanged words Deacon couldn’t hear. Though, he wanted to. He wanted to know what was being said between the three of them and how it would affect him.
His mom had said his Aunt Trixie and Uncle Ox had gotten into trouble and were in jail, so his cousins now had nothing and no one.
Deacon didn’t know much about his aunt and uncle because his mother didn’t want anything to do with her brother and his wife. He’d heard his parents talking about them in the past, and the word “trouble” always came up. Along with some other words he wasn’t allowed to say unless he wanted to be grounded.
So, he didn’t really know his cousins—the ones who no longer had parents to take care of them—even though they hadn’t lived far away at all.
He was only told this morning, while he was eating his Corn Pops, that his cousins, Judd and Jemma, were coming to stay with them.
People, who were practically strangers, were coming to stay in their house.
When his mother told him that, he dropped his spoon into his cereal bowl and splashed milk onto the kitchen table. He quickly used his napkin to clean it up before his father saw it. But Deacon said nothing until he was told he’d have to share his bedroom with Judd.
“What? Why?” How was that fair?
His mother had narrowed her brown eyes on him. “Because they have nowhere else to go except into the system. And we only have three bedrooms in this house. One needs to be for Jemma. That means you’ll have to share yours with Judd.”
“Why can’t they go into the system?” He didn’t want to share his room with anyone else. He didn’t want to share his parents with other kids.
He was happy the way things were.
And, anyway, Judd wasn’t even his age. He was like a million years older. Why would the teenager want to share a bedroom with a ten-year-old?
“Because despite the way my brother lived his life, they are family,” his mother said. “They didn’t choose this, they are victims of circumstance.”
Whatever that meant.
Deacon jutted out his jaw and pounded his fist on the table, making the cereal bowl jump. “But I don’t wanna share my room!”
Deacon’s heart began to thud as his father took three long strides over to him and cuffed him upside the head. “Boy, you have everything. They have nothing. You will share your room, your toys and everything else you have with your cousins. And I don’t want to hear a word about it. They’ve already been through enough and they don’t need to hear you whining like a damn crybaby.”