“With you… nothing shocks me, King.”
“Good. So now can we spend the rest of our lives together? Like the way it’s meant to be?”
Linds slipped her hands around my neck. She pulled me down to her. We kissed. And we kept kissing until Matteo walked through the door carrying the mattress for the crib.
“No, don’t mind me,” Matteo said. “We’ll do all the work. You two can just…”
“Upstairs,” I growled to Matteo. “I’ll be up in a second.”
Matteo took to the stairs.
“I better get up there,” I said to Linds. “Before my baby’s room ends up as a small biker bar.”
“Hurry,” Linds said with a smile.
“I’ll be back in a bit. I promise.”
Linds laughed.
Goddamn, I loved when she laughed.
“Think about it,” I said with a smile. “Not even death row could stop us from being together.”
“I guess that means forever is real,” Linds said.
“Yeah… exactly.”
I walked halfway up the stairs and stopped. I looked at Linds. She stood in the half empty living room, one hand on her belly. She was smiling. She was happy.
I had finally done it. I had kept the one thing I always wanted to keep.
To be her man. To be her outlaw. To be her King.
44
(King) *YEARS AND YEARS AGO*
SHE WALKED by and smiled at me. Her mouth was caked with big, metal braces. Her face had pimples on it. Her hair was pulled back but messy. Everything about screamed awkward.
I had Slam nudging me, trying to give me another cigarette.
I suddenly didn’t want one.
I suddenly didn’t give a damn about being the cool bad boy.
I just stared at her.
She was with her friends.
Her hair bounced and danced behind her.
She looked back at me, smiling again.
Tons of geeky braces.
But her eyes were big and brown.
She fucking caught me right then.
It would be two years before we’d talk. And from there… holy shit.
Slam elbowed me harder.
“What?” I asked.
“What are you doing?” he asked.
“Nothing,” I said.
“He was checking out that girl,” Matteo said. “Staring at her like he wants to fucking marry her or some shit.”
I looked again and saw her turn the corner.
She was out of sight… but fucking far from out of my mind - and heart.
THE END.