Scratch the probably.Definitely.That’d definitely make her smile.
What woman wouldn’t find it romantic to be handed the bloody, still beating heart of the person who hurt them?
Huh.
Does that mean I should rip mine out and hand it over to her, too?
It’s not a difficult thing to do since I did once already a long time ago.
I finish reading the text, eager to see what she has to say.
BIRDIE
{Picture}
The kids insisted we send you a picture and wish you a good day.
My shoulders drop and my lips curl into a pout, disappointed that it sounds so ...impersonal.
ME
You all look like home
With a sigh, I shove it into my pocket after replying.Since I don’t have time to get in the ring with Pretty Boy and work out this fucking aggression, I bury it down for now.It wouldn’t hurt to get some damn work done.Savior is usually the one who runs Tapping It, but I told him I’d cover him today so he could go visit his mom.She’s been in a residential treatment center since he was a teen.They had some nasty shit go down that kind of just ...fractured her brain.Her doctor and nurses say the only time they see some light in her is when he or one of his siblings go visit.It’s mostly just him, though.His brother and sister stopped going as much a few years ago, stating it hurt them too much to see her so broken.Savior goes every week.He doesn’t like missing one, and if he has to, the man turns into a goddamn monster.I’m talking ...he won’t be appeased until he’s making someone fucking bleed.
Cypher texts me to let me know they’re at the clubhouse, so I shut down the computer and lock up the office.Raiden, one of the fighters who helps us run this place, is in the ring with Canyon.They’re both going at each other pretty well, and I stop to watch the fight for a few minutes.They’re both fucking beasts in the ring.They’re the top two fighters in the MMA circuit for a reason.Raiden and Canyon are also why Tapping It is undefeated in the underground circuits.
I wince when Raiden lands a good hit against Canyon’s jaw, causing him to stumble.I bring my thumb and index finger to my mouth and blow a sharp whistle.They step away from each other, both breathing heavily with blood dripping from various parts of their faces and turn to me.I let Raiden know I’m heading out and for him to hold down the place until Savior returns before heading out.
People are out and about in the city as I ride through.Most smile and wave, but a few still turn their backs.It’s always going to be that way.If people want to stick their nose up at our colors, it’s no sweat off my ball sack.We’re cool ass motherfuckers.They could totally join the cool kids’ club if they would pull those giant fucking cactuses out of their asses and stop turning away from us.
I mean, who turnsusaway?
Fuckers, that’s who.
Two older men mean-mug me, so I blow them a kiss, laughing under my breath when one stumbles against his cane.
That’s what he gets for being a judgmental prick.
I nod at Devious when he opens the gate and fly through before it’s all the way open.
Everyone is greeting Cypher and Bugsy when I stroll through the doors.Some sweetbutts try to get their attention, but they’re both ignoring them.
So much so that when one woman tries touching them anyway, they snarl at her.
I can’t help but chuckle when the sweetbutts scurry away in fear.
Guess they didn’t clue the fuck in when they were being ignored.We need to have another chat with them about being handsy when their touch is unwanted.
I clap Cypher on the back when I make it to the group.“Brother.Good to see you.”
“Prez,” he replies, wrapping me in a one-armed hug.“How the hell you been?How are Birdie and the kids?”
“Life is gonna be as magical as the rainbow glitter a unicorn farts.”
He chuckles, shaking his head.“Gonna be fucking beautiful then.”
Bugsy doesn’t like being touched unless he initiates, so I hold out my hand to him.Normally, he’d hesitate, but he shocks me when he slides his hand into mine.“Bugsy.All good, brother?”
