Mad Dog (Angel’s Rebellion MC: #2) (Angel's Rebellion MC), стр. 107
“She brightens my days and fills my nights full of lovin'. I know you'd be happy for me because you always told me if something ever happened to you, that you wanted me to love again. And I do, I love her so fucking much it scares me sometimes. She's wearing my colors and someday soon, I hope she'll be wearing my ring.”
As a few tears ran down my face, I paused a second to draw a breath, “Hey, baby girl. Daddy wanted to let you know he loves you. And, baby girl, you're gonna be a big sister. I need you to watch out for your sibling for me, okay? We don't know yet if it's a boy or girl, but I know you would have made the best big sister ever. Remember, baby girl, that no matter how many kids I have, that Daddy will never forget you and I'll always love you, Angel, forever.”
I closed my eyes and breathed in deep, trying to get some semblance of control again. It was always an emotional thing for me to visit with Beth and Angel.
As I was opening my eyes, Ava gasped out and exclaimed softly, “Oh, Dog, look.”
Perched on the headstone sat two female cardinal birds, both started singing to us.
“Fuck, babe. That's Beth and Angel letting us know that they're happy for us,” I said to her in a voice rough with emotion.
She nodded, then said in a soft voice, “I promise to take care of him and love him with everything I have in me.”
Both birds had quit singing when Ava started speaking and had tilted their heads sideways listening to her. It seemed like they could actually understand what she was saying to them. As soon as she was through, they started singing again. I felt a shiver run down my spine and glanced heavenwards and mouthed, “Thank you.”
“Dog,” Ava spoke in the same soft tone, trying not to scare the birds away. “Can we go to Brian and Mason's graves?”
“Are you sure, Ava? I only brought you here to introduce you to Beth and Angel.”
She nodded and slowly stepped to my side, entwined our fingers together again and led me to her husband and son's graves. Once we arrived and to our amazement, both the female cardinals had followed us and were now perched on Mason's headstone. Ava turned and smiled a misty-eyed smile at me as she pointed toward them. Then she turned back around and faced her husband’s grave.
“Hey, Brian. I wanted to let you know we killed the bastard who took you and Mason away from me. He can no longer hurt anyone again. I'm sorry it took so long to do it, but I know you were probably screaming at me to stay away from here and to let it go. I know you wanted me to get on with my life and live it for you and Mason, but, Brian, I couldn't truly do that until vengeance was served.
Bri,” she said as she slid her arm around my waist, “I want you to meet the man who saved my life that day. This is Dog. He and his MC climbed down that mountain and got me out of the wreckage. If it hadn't been for them, I'm pretty sure I would be in Heaven with you both.”
She paused a moment and drew in a breath of air.
“Dog and I are a couple, Bri. He makes me happy. He loves me so much and I love him the same. It's a different love than ours was, Bri. It's hard to explain. We had a love that was a young love, where the world was all sunshine and roses.
“But when you were taken from me, that world ceased to exist anymore. The love I feel for Dog is a mature love. It's the type that knows there are bad things out there, and it's tough enough to weather any storm it encounters. I'm sure if we had been able to be together always, our love would have gotten to that stage.
“Bri, I honestly didn't think I would ever love anyone again. Until Dog, no one had even managed to make a dent into my thoughts. But he didn't just dent them, he blew into them like a raging wind and took them over. Even though I never gave up my thirst for justice, after meeting Dog, I realized that I had the chance to have a man in my life again. A chance to live and love again.
“I'm so thankful that I came back. If I hadn't, I believe I would have been alone the rest of my life, always mourning the fact that I couldn't get the justice you both deserved. Be happy for me, Bri. He's a good man and he shows me every single day how much he loves me, and I love him with the same depth of emotion.”
Ava stepped slowly over to Mason's grave. The cardinals had sat silently the whole time she spoke to Brian.
“Hey, Mason, what’s Mommy’s sweet boy doing today in Heaven? Mommy wanted to let you know that I will always live close by now and will be able to visit you anytime I want. I love you so much, Mason, and Mommy misses you every single moment. I would give anything, if you were here with me.”
I heard the pain and anguish in her voice. Losing Angel was hard, but if I had lost Beau in that car wreck as well, fuck, I know I'd be in a casket beside all of them. Ava had to be strong as fuck to pull herself out of the hell she had been thrown into that day. Hearing the depth of emotion in her voice as she talked to her husband and son made my love for her grow even more.