Forgiving Nancy (Last Hangman MC, #5)(81)

“A few months later, that’s when it happened. We were having a barbecue with a couple of the Last Hangman brothers at our place and Richard was playing in the garden. We were always cautious and kept the garden gate locked and secure, but something made him open the gate and run out and then he was gone. We tried to find him and searched for so long. We even got the police involved as well as the club and its chapters, but we never found him. It’s was a living nightmare knowing our son was out there somewhere, lost in this world and we had no idea where. We had no idea if he was still alive or dead or if he was even in the country anymore.

“Things didn’t get any easier for us, we were heartbroken and there was nothing we could do about it. We looked everywhere but had to realise that he wasn’t coming back. We forced ourselves to move on. The pain wasn’t getting any better, but we were dealing with it better than we did in the beginning. A couple of years later, your Mom fell pregnant with you and things were good for a while, we went back to the compound and I started working again. After she had you, she stopped coming to the compound altogether, not wanting to expose you to the lifestyle at such a young age. But you being you, you started to ask to come see me at work so she was bringing you. You befriended Viv quite quickly. She was showing you around and using you as her play pal for her tea parties to the relief of the other bikers.

“But soon we started to receive threats. We could take care of ourselves, but we didn’t want what happened to Richard to happen to you. We found out after a couple of threats that the people who threatening us were the ones who had taken Richard. The notes were always anonymous so we had no way to contact them to try and get Richard back however we could.

“The reason we started moving around was because someone wanted to take you as well. At the time, we had no idea who was behind all of it. But they kept finding us so we picked the city your mother was born in which was, unknown to us, the city where your brother was being held. We only told Cabe where we were going. He promised to take the secret to his grave. Anyway, we moved in next door to Nancy and you know the rest,” Dad finishes, leaving Nancy and I speechless.

“What the f*ck?” is all I can bring myself to say.

“I know. It’s one f*cked up mess that I wish neither of you were thrown in.” Mom sighs.

“That doesn’t explain why no one in the Last Hangman ever told me any of it,” I say.

“Only Cabe knew about any of it. We didn’t want you to be linked to any of this. Knowing you, you would have tried to find Richard and got yourself into unwanted business,” Mom says looking sad.

“When did you find out about him?” I question them.

“Not long after you left. He paid us a visit. We had no idea he had Nancy though. We didn’t recognize him at first and had we known all the vile things he was up to, we would have stopped him. To us, Richard died when he was taken, that monster wasn’t our son.” I’m shocked by my mother’s words.

“We’re really sorry you two were caught in the middle of this f*cked up mess,” Dad says looking between Nancy and I.

“It’s not your fault, Sir. Things could have gone wrong either way.

Who knows what could have happened had I known about Richard? I might have never found Nancy again or might have bonded with a twisted motherf*cker.

We stayed over at my parents because it was late by the time we were finished talking and me and Nancy both drank way too much for either of us to be able to drive. It was good to spend time with my parents after so long. My mom was over the moon art the news of mine and Nancy’s engagement. She screamed our ears off when she noticed the ring on Nancy’s finger.

We all promised to spend more time with each other and they promised they would visit us in New Orleans soon. I’m sure some of the older brothers would love to catch up with them.

After that day, I made sure to spend all of my spare time with Nancy, to tell her I love her every day. You never know what can happen. One day you can have everything and then, in one second, lose everything. I’m sure I’m getting on her nerves sometimes, but it’s well worth it.





EPILOGUE



Nancy

Three Months Later

It’s been a little over three months since Bennett was shot and he’s made a full recovery with no lasting damage. He still has his moments where he’s a right pain in the ass and demands that I do as he pleases because he’s still ‘broken’. It’s a good thing that I know him and what he’s like. Things haven’t been the easiest for us since the shooting, the Satan’s Infernos have constantly been threatening the MC with retaliation. I can see why they’d want payback, but I can’t blame Bennett for what he did.

The guys have been trying to deal with the Infernos in other, non-violent ways, but from what I’ve heard, negotiations aren’t going so well. Not that I’m allowed to know much about anything that is club related. I keep trying to quiz Bennett, even going as far as shoving my boobs in his face, but nothing works. He won’t say a word about the Infernos or anything else that’s ‘strictly club business’, which is highly annoying when you’re as curious as I am. The girls keep telling me to let it go because it’s better for my sanity that way but I just can’t seem to do it. We do however; have fun conspiring amongst us as to what is happening which leads us to create some crazy cock and bull story.