“Shadow?” I ask, for his attention.
“Yeah?” he questions, his voice rumbling within his chest against the side of my face.
“I’m not as innocent as you think,” I state, looking at the wall.
Shadow laughs. “I know. That’s why our relationship is ideal.”
“I can’t believe what happened to Babs. And damn Locks,” I whisper.
“What about him?” Shadow asks. I look up, surprised he even heard me.
“Nothing,” I say, sitting up.
Shadow grabs me by the nape of the neck, forcing me to look at his angry blue eyes.
“Don’t keep fucking secrets from me, Dani.” His voice is cold and angry, not making me feel better about any of the secrets I have. But what’s the worst that could happen? Besides, sleeping around on ol’ ladies is normal around here.
“It’s nothing that doesn’t already happen around here, but when everyone was worried about where Babs was, Locks was busy messing around with Candy.”
“Are you sure?” he asks, sitting up on his elbows.
“Yes.”
I remember seeing Locks’ eyes catch mine; they were eerie and unfriendly.
Shadow shakes his head in understanding.
“I understand why you’re pissed, but you need to keep out of it,” he orders with as much sincerity as he can, but it still hits a nerve.
“President’s daughter or not, you can’t go around making waves like that. I’ll handle it,” he finishes, running his hands through my hair.
SHADOW
“I’m going to go in and see her,” Dani says, kissing my cheek.
“Yeah, go ahead,” I encourage, staying back waiting in the hallway. Hospitals make me uneasy.
I look up and see Locks typing on his phone with a smile on his face. He’s pissing me off. “What the fuck you smiling about?” I ask, lifting off the wall.
He looks up at me for a second before tucking his phone in his pocket.
“What the fuck is your problem?” Locks asks.
“You are my fucking problem,” I spit, my tone angry and clipped. I walk up and get in his face, my blood pounding through my body so hard it pulses in my temples.
“And why’s that?” he replies, puffing his chest out.
“What the fuck where you doing when Babs went missing?”
“I was—”
“Tell me why we are all concerned about her, while you’re over here fucking smiling on your phone instead of in there with her?” I question, gaining attention from the nurse’s station.
“Who were you fucking when your wife was nearly killed?” I roar. I am so angry. I can feel the veins in my neck pop out. Babs has been like a mother to me since I joined this club, and it’s time she deserved some respect from this asshole.
“What the fuck is going on out here?” Bull asks, leaving the hospital room with Dani following him.
“Whatever your fucking little girlfriend told you is a fucking lie!” Locks shouts. “Or did you forget she’s the enemy when you were fucking her?” he continues, his tone patronizing. Without a second thought, I bash my fist into his face. Who the fuck does he think he’s talking to? Bobby comes up and grabs me from behind as Bull grabs Locks.
“You got your fucking priorities messed up, brother. This is what that bitch is trying to do, break up the club!” Locks yells as he wipes blood from his split lip.
“Let it go brother,” Bobby whispers in my ear.
He pushes me out the hospital doors before I can turn around and put Locks in the fucking ground.
“We sure know how to make an appearance, don’t we?” Bobby chuckles, but I’m not laughing. “What the fuck was that about?” Bobby asks.
“He’s fucking hiding something,” I announce, flexing my fingers from the pain climbing my knuckles. The bruising is already forming from hitting Locks.
“Ya, I picked up on that,” Bobby affirms.
“You think Bull noticed?” I ask.
“I did,” Bull responds, stepping out of the hospital.
Bobby and I both look in his direction.
“Until I figure it out, you need to keep your cool,” Bull commands, pointing to me.
I scoff at him. “Where’s Dani?” I can’t get her face of anger when Locks cursed her out of my mind.
“She’s in the bathroom,” Bull says. “Something ain’t right with Babs’ hit and run. A piece of the puzzle is missing.”
“Prick,” Dani mutters under her breath, cursing Locks as she leaves the hospital. Her spitfire attitude brings a smirk to my face.
“Why don’t you stay at the club, just for a few days?” Bull asks her.
“Yeah, sure,” she agrees, squinting her eyes against the sun.
AFTER STOPPING AT THE apartment to pick up some of my clothes, we arrive back at the clubhouse, but it’s practically a ghost town. With Babs’ accident, nobody is in the mood for company. It goes to show Babs is truly the glue to this family.