Page 50 of Ghost (Iron Thunder MC 4)
“I hope you guys find Eagle soon. I hope he pays for everything he’s done. I hope Crash feels better and gets the help he needs.”
That was all she said and then turned and started walking to the street. I waited and watched till she stopped a cab and got in. I was already making mental notes of putting three prospects on rotating shifts, watching her. I was going to send one right now to watch her grandma’s place. Never again. I would never let anybody hurt her again.
Even if I had to protect her from afar.It was a week later and I knew Mary-Beth was avoiding me on purpose. She wasn’t happy about the fact that I hadn’t made Mercy stay. We had our usual doctor check in on Crash, but Mary-Beth claimed he wasn’t as good as Mercy. He didn’t have the ‘healing touch’ she claimed. Nonetheless, Crash was doing much better now. He even ventured out of the holding cell with Mary-Beth.
Now, he seemed like a completely different person. He was less aggressive and quieter, like he was reflecting on his actions and regretting them. The doctor said that we would have to keep a close eye on him for a few months before we could stop watching him. There would always be a chance of relapse, but for now, he was progressing well. Drax seemed more relaxed too, knowing he had made the right decision by sparing Crash’s life.
We still hadn’t found Eagle.
The guys were working day and night, following up on all leads and any information we could get on him. It seemed like he’d disappeared into thin air. I knew he was hiding somewhere close though. Like a rat. Waiting for the right opportunity to scurry out of his hole.
I tried not to think about that day I’d found him and let him get away. I was acting in the best interest of Mercy, hadn’t given a shit about Eagle that day. I’d just wanted to find Mercy and make sure she was okay. Maybe if I didn’t have feelings for her, Eagle would be in our captivity now. Maybe I would have shot him dead on sight. But I hadn’t been focused on anything.
I was aware that most of my brothers in the MC were disappointed, although they hid their disappointment well. They wished I hadn’t acted the way I did that day. They wished I hadn’t prioritized a stripper who I wasn’t even in a fuckin’ relationship with. Yeah, I wasn’t sure myself why I’d acted the way I did. Why I felt a fired-up need to protect her from everything.
But Drax understood. He said nothing on the matter and that was enough for me to know he understood why I did the things I did.
As for Mercy, I did now have the three prospects watching her at all times on rotation, so I always knew where she was and what she was doing. It seemed like she was staying mainly indoors, spending time with her grandmother.
I didn’t know what she was doing for money or work because I hadn’t contacted her. Maybe she had a plan? Either way, I planned on sending her another round of the medical supplies she’d bought for her grandmother that day and maybe some groceries. I just hoped she wouldn’t be too fuckin’ proud to accept it.I was working on my bike out at the back of the clubhouse when Sophie walked up to me like she wanted to say something. She had two cold cans of beers in her hands, and offered me one.
The sun was hot and beating down on me, and I was working with my jacket and shirt off; my palms were covered with grease and I wiped beads of sweat off my forehead.
Sophie was checking me out. I could feel her eyes working on me.
I looked up at her and shook my head with a grin.
“You don’t want to go there, my head is a mess right now,” I said. She grinned too and took a big gulp of her beer.
“Don’t worry, handsome, I’m not going to jump you today. Although I have thought about it in the past. I know you’re still thinking about her.”
I sat down on my haunches in front of the bike, focusing my attention on it again because I didn’t want to meet Sophie’s eyes.
“We don’t have to talk about it if you don’t want to,” she said.
“Good, because I don’t want to talk about it.”
“Mary-Beth is upset that you didn’t ask her to stay. We could have really used someone like her around here,” Sophie continued anyway.
I had to look at her, just to give her a deathly stare.
“The option has always been open to her. She knows we need her here. She’s looking for a job. She doesn’t want to strip anymore. She had every opportunity to accept the offer but she didn’t. I was not going to fuckin’ beg her, alright?”
