Healing Gabe (The Last Hangman MC #3)(71)

“I f*cking love you, you know that right?” I grin and kiss him fiercely, not giving him time to answer me.





CHAPTER 28



Gabe

A Month Later

I haven’t been to the compound since the accident. I didn’t feel like leaving Viv on her own and it didn’t seem right of me to be going out when she still can’t move too much. She’s getting better, but she’s still struggling to follow the doctor’s orders and rest, no carrying heavy weight or over exerting herself. Being the f*cking stubborn woman she is, Viv hasn’t, but I wouldn’t have her any other way.

Things have been fairly quiet on the club front. Ant and Aleck have been keeping me updated on what’s going on. Our alliances with the Fallen Angels and Bastards from Hell are still standing, thank god. It’s kind of ironic, the Bastards and the Fallen wanted to ally themselves to the Kings and now, they’re with us, the number one enemy of the Kings.

There are, as of now, only ten members left of the real Hades’ Kings, but their charters are still around. So far, we didn’t suffer from any retaliation from blowing up their compound and killing most of their club. Maybe their affiliation with the Kings was a result of bullying, and now that the Kings are more or less gone, they’re free from the Kings’ clutches.

Today is my first day back at the compound and it feels weird. Not being there, but leaving Viv alone with the other women is making me a bit uneasy. It’s going to be just them, no babysitter, I did install a very good security system so if anything happens, I can be there in less than five minutes. Let’s just hope it won’t come to that. I’ve only been gone for a few minutes and I f*cking miss her already. I can’t help but worry if she’ll be okay or if something will happen to her.

I park my Harley next to Ant’s and walk towards the compound. We have a meeting with the Fallen and the Bastards, along with Sanders, I’m not sure what it’s about but it must be big for them to ask me to come in.

I walk into the bar and immediately my brothers greet me, with some patting me on the shoulder a bit too hard. Fuckers. It’s too tempting to punch them, but I stop myself getting into a fight on my first day back, not for myself or the club, but for Viv. She’s never asked me to leave the club or even hinted at it, but I know she worries whenever someone goes on a run and can’t stomach the thought of someone getting hurt. She’s been nagging Bennett to come over at least once a week to make sure he’s okay. He usually ends up coming over three times every week just to reassure her. I haven’t heard him complain yet because each time he comes over, Viv tries a new baking recipe.

“The Mighty Gabe is back.” Ant says making the others laugh.

“Fucker.” I shake my head and tap my brother on the shoulder, then the others. As we walk into the Chapel, I see Aleck looking at me as if he’s seen a ghost. “What’s with the long face, Aleck?”

“Nothing.” He sighs and sits down on Ant’s right as I take my place on his left.

“Okay?” I look at him confused. “Where’s Sanders?”

“He’s la-”

“Right here, sorry, work is f*cking chaos.” He sighs and sits down next to Aleck.

“They made you go back to work already?” Ant asks him in disbelief.

“Yeah, I was only allowed three f*cking weeks.” He sighs and rubs his face.

“That’s bullshit. How have you been?” Aleck says, we’re all f*cking surprised that they wouldn’t even allow him a longer break to mourn the loss of his wife.

“Struggling. Some days are better than others. I’m still hoping I’ll wake up from this nightmare and she’ll walk through the front door.” He sighs, looking exhausted.

“You know we’re here if you need anything,” I tell him, meaning it.

“I know, thank you. I just need to sort this on my own. You have enough on your plate, how is Viv?”

“She’s good, getting there. Frustrated that she can’t do what she wants physically, but she’s making progress.”

“That’s good, glad she’s better.” He smiles softly. “What about Bennett?”

“He’s over three times a week, getting fatter by the minute with the amount of pastry Viv is shoving down his throat.” I say with a serious expression on my face and we all burst out laughing.

“I can so picture her doing that,” Ant chimes in. “Ayd is doing the same, blaming it on having to try out different cakes for the wedding.” He shakes his head.

“They’re all cake crazy.” Aleck chuckles. “Line has been doing the same.”

“Good luck with that, Brother.” Ric chuckles. “My wife did that too.”

“We’re f*cked.” Ant elbows Aleck who nods. “Anyway, forget cake explosion, I wanted to thank you all for coming today. Today we’ll discuss the alliance between our three clubs, see if we keep it or call a truce and go our separate ways, but also something that was brought to my attention yesterday.”

“What happened?” I ask him instantly, expecting the worse.

“First, the club alliance.” Ant gives me a look and I nod. Ever since the incident, I naturally expect the worse whenever someone tells me they heard something new.