Page 84 of Sweet Revenge

Becs closed her eyes, and I watched the fight drain from her body. She loved him, anyone with eyes could see that, but no one else had been watching them over the years, except maybe Bear. He would know because he seemed to always be watching everyone. When her eyes opened, and she looked over at me, there were tears in them.

I took a step forward, not sure if I should move toward her or let her be with Race, but wanting to comfort her in some way. Although, at the same moment as everyone else, I heard the loud roar of bikes approaching.

I ran toward the door, but stopped when someone put a hand on my shoulder. When I looked behind me, my eyes landed on Crow, another older member of the club. “Stay here, sweetheart.”

His wife, Dolly, was there with him and grabbed my hand, pulling me back away from the doors. Race leaned down and whispered something to Becs before letting her go and moving to the door with Crow. As the roar of the bikes got louder, a few other members moved forward and waited behind Race when he yanked the door open and stepped out.

Becs moved to stand beside me, and I grabbed her hand, holding it in mine. “Are you okay?”

She shrugged. “I will be.”

I looked up and stared into her dark eyes. “He cares about you.”

“He cares about the club, Maggie. And my brother.” She glanced back at him before she lowered her eyes. “I’m a job to him.”

I squeezed her hand but didn’t have time to say anything when I heard Crow shout, “It’s them.”

“All of them?” Becs called out.

Crow shook his head sadly at Becs. “No SUV.”

I gasped and covered my mouth before my legs gave out beneath me. I sank to the floor, landed on my knees, and wrapped my arms around myself. Gunner and Bear were in the SUV. They had to be for the plan to work. Becs dropped down beside me and put her arms around me, and we stayed like that while others rushed by us to see what was going on, but we never heard them call out that everyone had returned.

“What am I going to do without him?” I didn’t even bother to wipe away the tears on my cheeks. I didn’t care about them. I’d lost another person I’d loved. There had only been two, and now they were both gone.

“I don’t know, honey.” Becs answered quietly, her voice shaking when she spoke.

“Where the fuck is she?”

My head snapped up when I heard his voice, and I looked at Becs who was wearing the same look of surprise. We both jumped to our feet just as Gunner and Bear cleared the open doorway. I squealed and ran at him, so happy when he opened his arms to catch me. He stumbled back a few steps from the force of my momentum but caught himself when I wrapped my legs around his waist and crushed my lips against his.

He kissed me back hungrily, not stopping even when we heard the catcalls all around us. I pulled my lips from his and stared into his eyes. “Are you okay?”

He grinned. “I am now. And I think I’m gonna do this shit every week if I get this kind of welcome home.”

I sniffed and lifted my hand to wipe the moisture from my cheeks when I heard Bear’s low chuckle behind me. “No shit, brother.”

I dropped my head and buried my face in his neck, a little embarrassed now that the moment was over, but I’d still do it again. He dropped a kiss on my neck and lifted me from his body, placing me on the floor beside him where he could wrap his arm around my shoulder. Before I could say anything, Bear’s phone rang, and he held it up to show Gunner the screen, which said Dimarco. Gunner grinned down at his shoes when Bear waved his hand in the air to silence everyone.

He lifted the phone to his ear and said hello while we all waited. The call lasted less than a minute before he ended it and shoved his phone into his front pocket.

“Well?” Gunner asked.

“Said there was a fire at the Widows clubhouse, they were just called out, and he was on his way. Asked me what I knew. Told him I don’t know shit, that I wasn’t there.” Gunner chuckled when Bear continued. “Told him to let me know if we were still meeting tomorrow.”

Bear peered down at Becs when she pushed under his arm and smiled up at him. “Surprised you listened, and I didn’t see you there.”

She rolled her eyes because we all knew he was teasing her and would’ve lost his shit if she’d shown up. “I was detained.”

Bear’s gaze shot to Race who nodded his head. “Only doing my job, brother.”

Bear sighed and looked down at Becs who shrugged. “I was worried about you.”

“Where are the rest?” Race asked.

Bear sighed and faced the room. “Pop was shot.”

“What?” Becs exclaimed, her voice filled with shock.