Mad Dog (Angel’s Rebellion MC: #2) (Angel's Rebellion MC), стр. 106
He paused to take a drink of coffee, “And, of course, I'm the one who got into trouble, because I went off on Cale telling him he needed to inform his moms when he was going to be doing something like that, and to make sure no one was around because if Jennie had fallen it could have hurt her and the babies. That caused Jennie to get snarky with me over getting on to Cale when he was just trying to keep everyone safe. Fuck, Brother. I can honestly say nine more weeks can't get here soon enough.”
I shook my head. “Damn, forgot all about the hormones of pregnancy. Although I’m loving one aspect of it,” I uttered with a grin.
“Yeah, love that part myself,” he grinned back at me.
“Probably gonna be out of pocket a little while today. If I can get Ava to go, I'd like to go on a ride and to the cemetery.”
He nodded at me, “Take all the time you need, Dog. You two deserve some peace for a change.”
“Thanks, Brother.”
“So, tell me how it all went down,” he said.
And for the next couple of hours, he and I talked about what had gone on last night, things we were wanting to get done here at the Clubhouse, a couple projects we were thinking about and basically just shooting the breeze.
~*~
After Viper and I had talked a while, I went to the office to do a little work. I'd always thought Sarge didn't have a lot to do as President. But after the first month of being the Prez, I realized how untrue that was. It seemed like there was constantly something that needed to be taken care of. I looked at several emails and replied back to them, then looked at some bills, club and personal, paid what needed to be paid of mine, the rest went into a pile for Tater to take care of.
Around eleven I started smelling bacon and since my measly breakfast had worn off, I followed the smell to the kitchen and found Clair, Mel and Fawn cooking a big breakfast for the guys.
“Hey, Prez,” Clair spoke out. “Hungry?”
“Does a bear shit in the woods?” I responded.
She laughed, “Grab a plate and get what you want.”
As I walked around Mel, she reached up and rubbed my back like she had done hundreds of times before. I swore I felt the temperature drop fifty degrees in the room, and I looked up to see Ava glaring in our direction. Fuck. This was all I needed today. As I’m about to say something, Ava beats me to it.
“Mel, I know you don’t mean anything by running your hand up my man's back, but I'm a jealous bitch and I'm here to tell you that if you don't get your hand off him right now, I'll break every bone in it.” She smiled a scarily sweet smile at Mel, “Got me?”
Mel yanked her hand off my back so fast you'd have thought it was on fire.
“Sorry, Ava. I didn't mean anything by it honestly. It's just something I've done so often in the past that I didn't even realize I was doing it. I apologize, I'll do my best to make sure it doesn't happen again.”
Ava directed a genuine smile this time at Mel and said, “Thanks Mel, I appreciate it.”
Then she walked over to me, reached up and kissed my check, slapped me on the ass, grabbed her a plate and started making her breakfast. I felt a little dizzy, realized I had been holding my breath and tried as unobtrusively as possible to let it out and draw in fresh air. The situation that I thought was about to go to hell in a handbasket was handled without fighting, anger or bloodshed. I was proud of Ava for taking the approach she did. The message would make its way to all the girls and they would know that I felt the same because I hadn't said anything in Mel's defense.
After a peaceful breakfast, I murmured to Ava, “Take a ride with me? Want you on the back of my bike.”
She smiled at me. “Sure, I'd love too, I'm ready when you are.”
And with that, we made our way outside, onto the bike and were off. I took her over several of the twisting, winding, back roads that ran around Beaver Lake. We rode for a couple hours before I made my way back to Mt. Olive Cemetery. As we turned onto the road leading into it, Ava stiffened a little. I drove over to where I normally parked when I came to visit Beth and Angel.
After we dismounted, I said quietly, “Walk with me,” and held my hand out to her. She entwined her fingers through mine and I led her to where my childhood bride and daughter were buried. When we arrived, I pulled Ava in front of me and wrapped my arms around her. I leaned down, nuzzled my nose in her hair and kissed the top of her head.
Then I took a deep breath and spoke, “Hey pretty lady. Been awhile since I've come to see you. There's been a lot going on with the MC. Some of it has been things that were hard to swallow but we’re overcoming them. I know you can see I've brought someone with me this time. I'd like to introduce you to Ava. Last time we spoke, Beth, I told you that I hadn't ever found anyone else and that I didn't think I ever would. I thought I'd end up living the rest of my days alone.”
I drew a deep breath then continued, “Pretty lady, God brought someone into my life. I think you'd like her. She makes me smile, makes me laugh, makes me feel