Healing Gabe (The Last Hangman MC #3)(6)
“Thanks Aleck, for joining us. This won’t take long as I know a certain little blondie is waiting for your outside.” Ant chuckles and we all join in.
“Haha, good one. Make fun of me. I don’t care.” He shrugs and winces.
“Careful there and I told you, you’d be * whipped once the right girl came around.”
“Fuck off, Ant.” Aleck chuckles.
“Love you too, Brother. So, a couple of important things. As you all know, the Kings have been very quiet lately. Ray had a couple of his men keep an eye on them and they took the news about Brian rather badly. Apparently, they had no idea of what was going on or what Brian was doing. Despite that problem being solved, the relationship between us and the Kings is still very tense. They want our territory and we are not going to let them have it. Their club outnumbers ours, but our truce and alliance with the Bastards means that we should be able to take them down, or at least lower their numbers so they won’t hold that threat over us.
“I know some of you weren’t too keen on allying with the Bastards, we’ve had a rough past with them and the Kings have wanted a similar relationship with them, but that’s in the past. Anyway, I can understand why some of you aren’t happy about it, especially with what has happened in recent months but be assured that any member showing compromising behaviour towards the club will face their maker. It’s the same for the Bastards. We’ll keep an eye on each other. If you feel that this is unfair, the door is right there,” Ant says pointing the gavel in the direction of the door. “Any objections?” No one dares raise their hand.
“What’s going to change with the Bastards joining us?” Bennett asks.
“I was getting to that. Things will stay the same but any group decision to take action against the Kings, or any business with outside clubs will have to be voted on by both clubs. We’ll have a meeting with the Bastards at the end of this week to discuss the new dynamics and see how best to deal with this situation. I know they have some ongoing gun deals and we have our own with the Mexicans, so all of that will be discussed then as well as the Kings problem. We need to fully update them on what went down with Brian, they only know the basics.
“The Kings are the oldest enemy of this club and from what my father and Cabe told me, the feud has been going on for over fifty years now and it’s not going to disappear anytime soon unless we take action …” At this point, I zone out. I can’t listen to Ant talk about them anymore. They are the ones who ruined everything. They are responsible for every single f*cking heartache that’s occurred in my life, starting with my parents.
They had just left a restaurant after celebrating their twentieth anniversary. The weather was bad but it wasn’t so bad that it would have made them lose control of the car. The f*ckers who ran them off the road disguised their crime by making it look like it was down to the poor weather conditions. How do I know they were run off the road? There were tire marks at the scene of the accident. I have no f*cking idea why it happened but I intend to find out and avenge them.
“You alright, Brother?” Ant asks me, pulling me from my thoughts.
“Yes, sorry.” I sigh and rub my face.
“Don’t worry about it.” Ant claps my shoulder gently and keeps talking about the Kings and club business. He hits the gavel and the rest of our brothers leave the Chapel. Aleck, Ant and I stay behind. “How are you two dealing with this?”
“I’m alright. Line is driving me f*cking insane walking around the house in f*cking tight pants, showing me her amazing curves and I can’t get any, it’s f*cking frustrating.” Ant and I both chuckle. “I’m healing slowly, too f*cking slowly but I’m getting there. I just can’t wait to be able to get back on the road.”
“That’s good. How are Line and Ally?”
“Line is good. She’s much stronger than I gave her credit for. She’s been taking good care of Ally and I, treating Ally as if she were her own which is a dream come f*cking true. Ally is doing okay. She’s had a couple of nightmares about a guy attacking her and Line but Line has been amazing with her, reassuring her and keeping her busy to take her mind off of it.” Aleck says with a thick voice.
“That’s good. I always knew Line would make a great mom, and it looks like she’s getting a head start.” Ant chuckles.
“Yeah, tell me about it. She moved in with us straight after I got out of hospital, it’s been amazing and f*cking chaos. There is pink shit everywhere. It’s driving me f*cking crazy.”
“And yet you wouldn’t change it for anything in the world.” Ant smiles.
“So true.” Aleck smiles and looks at me, his smile faltering. “How have you been, Brother?”
I sigh. “Relieved you three are safe and going to be okay.”
“Doesn’t answer my questions”
“Not good. All this mess with Ayden and then with Line has brought back a lot of f*cking memories I wish I could forget.”
“I don’t know what happened to you, Brother, but from your reaction to just the Kings’ name being mentioned, it can’t be good. You need to let it out. It doesn’t change the situation but having it out in the open makes you feel a little better and less alone. Initially, I was dead set against telling Line anything about my past but it was killing me, I don’t regret telling her everything. It was hard for the both of us but it was liberating and made life easier. If you need someone to listen to you, I’m here.”