Forgiving Nancy (Last Hangman MC, #5)(34)

“What happened between me and Lewis was a f*cking mistake that I’m still paying for. It was a couple of days of good sex but that’s it. She wanted more and you know damn well I don’t do more. That’s all there is to it.” Callum huffs.

“Is that really all there is? There’s no way you would get this worked up if there was nothing more to the story.” I shrug and the next thing I know I’m on the ground with Callum’s hands around my throat and Gabe trying to pull him off of me.

“Let go of him, Callum. As much as we all want to strangle him sometimes, he can be useful and you don’t want to upset Nancy.” Gabe tries to reason with him.

He squeezes one last time before letting go. “Right, but only because I don’t want to see Nancy cry again.” He makes pained a face, looking as if he’s remembering something that happened to her.

“Motherf*cker.” I cough and return to my seat.

“It’ll teach you to f*ck with me.” Callum glares at me.

“All in good fun, Brother. Do you know Nancy or something?” I ask him.

“Yes,” he replies, making Gabe and I look at each other and then back at him.

“What? How?” I can’t hide the shock and surprise in my voice.

“Before joining the club I used to ride around aimlessly and one day I crossed paths with the Satan’s Inferno. I was in a f*cked up place at the time and needed to blow off some steam so I pounded two of their guys, who were getting on my nerves, into the ground. A couple of days later, their Prez found me and wanted me dead. Not sure how I managed to get myself out of that f*cked up mess but I did and after one too many drinks, they claimed that they had the best * from all over the country. At the time I didn’t think anything of it and assumed the women were willing, so I went with them to their compound.

“I had some more drinks with them and then after about an hour they led me to where they kept their women. Each woman I passed was more beautiful than the previous one. A couple of them were already occupied so I passed those. I had been offered any woman I wanted for the night for the right fee and I was more than happy to jump at the chance. A willing woman ready for a night of sex, no man would say no to that. I went to the last room and she caught my eye. She was really young but f*ck she was beautiful; perfect body, perky tits, nice rou-”

“If you’re talking about Nancy then you’d better stop right there.” I grunt; I’m two seconds away from bashing his face in.

“Anyway, she caught my eye and I wanted her so I gave the guard a load of cash and walked into the room, closing the door behind me. They protested about that, and usually I don’t care if I’m seen f*cking someone, but I didn’t want anyone watching that night. I locked the door before walking slowly over to her, it was clear that she was scared of me. She was cowering against the headboard of the bed. After a few minutes she realized I wasn’t there to hurt her and she crawled on the bed towards me. She reached for my zipper and was about to take my co-” Fuck, I feel sick just thinking about this.

“Please tell me you didn’t f*ck her.” Rage and hatred threaten to consume me as I stare at him.

“Let me f*cking finish!” I nod and he continues. “I stopped her before she could take it out. I couldn’t do her. She looked so scared and innocent. So, believe it or not, I sat down on the bed and we talked until they banged on her bedroom door to get me the hell out of there.”

“You paid to f*cking talk to her?” I ask in disbelief. I look over to Gabe and see that he looks just as confused as I feel.

“I had the intention to do more than that, but the look of horror and fear in her eyes stopped me in my tracks. I couldn’t do anything with her even if I wanted to.” He has a hint of a smile on his lips, which is not like Callum at all. He’s not the smiling type, at least not a happy smile type. If you ever see him smile it’s more of a sadistic leer because he’s up to something bad or f*cking filthy.

“What else are you hiding?” Gabe asks.

“So much f*cked up shit that you don’t need to know. I went back once a month to see her. Just to talk.” He adds quickly when he sees my face. “We talked about everything and anything and I would sneak her in stuff that she’d manage to hide, mainly chocolate, god that woman can eat her weight in chocolate.” He smiles and his eyes glaze over as he remembers what I’m assuming is a funny chocolate related memory which should have been mine.

“What the f*ck have you done to our heartless Callum?” Gabe asks, sounding and looking shocked.

“Nancy is the reason I haven’t gone bat shit crazy yet. Talking to her has helped me cope with the shit my life had become. She knows more about me than all of you put together.” He chuckles to himself.

“Well f*ck me, I didn’t expect that,” I say, feeling in shock by his confession.

“Neither did I,” Gabe exclaims.

“Why didn’t you try to help her get out of there?” I ask.

“I was just one man, there was no way I could rescue her without getting us both killed in the process.” He sighs.

“Why didn’t you come to us?” It’s Gabe’s turn to ask.

“I had no idea she was linked to one of us and I didn’t think it’d have been a good thing to go against the Satan’s Inferno.”