Rake's Redemption (Wind Dragons MC #4)(58)

“His getting women isn’t the issue,” Anna adds, tapping her finger on her chin. “His cut does that regardless. What he needs is to find a woman he wants to actually keep.”

“One who loves him for him,” Lana adds, always the hopeless romantic.

“Hopefully she’s awesome like all of us,” Faye says, squaring her shoulders. “And a total babe.”

Anna rolls her eyes. “You mean hopefully she’s a good woman who treats Vinnie well.”

“Yeah. That.” Faye grins, then looks at Clover, who is spinning around in a circle in excitement. Cara and Rhett run to her, and the three of them start laughing at something. “There’s a future clique right there.”

We all watch the three of them, and I have to agree. If Rake and I stay together, these people will all be a part of our lives for eternity. I find myself hoping for that to be so, for Rake to be mine, and for me to belong to this family. There is obviously a scary side to the biker life, and the thought of putting Cara in any danger has me extremely worried, but I know Rake will never let anything happen to her. My gaze finds him, still standing with Sin, who is now putting meat on his plate.

“Where’s Tia today?” Lana asks softly, writing something in a notebook in front of her.

“She had to work,” I tell her. “Trust me, she’d be here if she could.”

Lana smiles and puts her pen down. “Maybe she could be the woman for Vinnie. She fits in perfectly with us, is beautiful, and knows how to handle men.”

The four of us share a look.

“What are you all conspiring over now?” Tracker asks as he walks over, blue eyes narrowed. He takes a seat next to Lana, then pulls her seat in closer to his. “I feel f*ckin’ sorry for whoever it involves.”

Faye smiles sweetly and blows Tracker a kiss. “All you have to know is it has nothing to do with you.”

“Thank f*ck,” Tracker replies quickly, running his thumb over Lana’s knee. “Can’t believe our princess is seven years old now. I remember the day she was born.”

“Really?” Faye asks, dragging the word out. “I remember you staring at my crotch with a horrified expression like she was going to drop out in front of you.”

Tracker shudders as if remembering the moment. “What did you expect from me? At least I wasn’t an * like Rake.”

Faye’s eyes narrow. “That’s right. What did he say again?”

Tracker chuckles, then stops when he sees the look on her face. “Something like ‘Say ’bye to your tight—’?”

“How is that bastard even alive still?” Faye growls, eyeing Rake like she wants to punch him.

“Because he’s family,” Anna reminds her, unable to keep the amusement off her expression. “Oh, come on, it’s a little funny.”

She and Tracker laugh some more, while Lana shakes her head with a smile on her face.

“And now you’re doing it again,” I blurt out, making everyone laugh harder.

“Hey! It’s all about the Kegels, isn’t that right, Bailey?” Faye winks at me, making me laugh harder. “You gotta squeeze and release,” Faye says, making a circle with her hands, closing and opening it.

“Yeah Faye, we get it,” Anna says in an extremely dry yet amused tone.

Faye looks to Anna and grimaces. “Fuck, I’m being an insensitive bitch right now, aren’t I?” She puts her hand on Anna’s and says, “You’re going to be blessed with a baby, you know that, right? It will even come out with a beard.”

Anna smiles. “I know. And you’re not being insensitive; I’m super happy for you. I know that my time will come.”

Anna wants to have a baby? I throw her a You better talk to me expression and she nods once.

Rake walks over to the table, a mountain of food on his plate, and sits down next to me, offering me some. I take a chicken wing and nibble on it while Faye gives Rake a dirty look that soon turns into a smile.

“Save your bitchy looks for the prez, Faye,” Rake tells her, taking a giant bite of his hot dog.

“I’m going to call the kids in to eat,” Faye says, standing up, stealing Rake’s second hot dog and taking a huge bite out of it.

“Hey,” he grumbles, and draws his plate closer to him. “Get your own, woman!”

She grins and walks over to where the kids are getting their faces painted, then sends them to the kids’ table. There’re about ten children, and Arrow, Rake, and Sin carry the food over for them. Lana gets a phone call and heads inside, leaving me and Anna alone. I see Arrow hand something to Clover, something that looks like candy. I glance at Anna, who is also watching her man.

“I’m surprised Clover still has teeth, with the amount of strawberry candy Arrow sneaks her,” she comments, covering the glare of the sun with her hand. “They’re little heart shapes too. Can you imagine him going into a store to buy them?”

I cover my lips with my hand, smothering the giggle that vision brings. “No, I can’t.”

But I can’t imagine anyone confronting him about it either.

“Cara is going to be my niece,” Anna muses, now watching my daughter. “I’m going to be the best aunt ever.”

“Getting ahead of yourself there,” I tell her, but my heart warms at the thought. “Either way, you’re still like her aunt.”