City Lights (Satan's Sinners M.C. Book 1) (15 page)

"She's not yours. She will always be mine." Then he spits in my face.

While wiping my face of I say "You’re Andrew?"

"Yeah what's it to you?"

I punch him in the gut. He doubles over as much as the guys holding him will let him. What kinda person spits in someone’s face? "The fuck you say?" I punch him again causing him to start coughing. "Zoey, told me all about you, which makes it my business. She quit bein' yours the day you left her for dead. She became mine when I found her. Nobody gets away with hurtin' what’s mine." I make a fist and swing connecting with his nose, blood starts gushing down his face. I get a few more good hits in, but I need him outta here before the ambulance gets here. "Take him to the spot. Lock him up. Don't do anything until I get there." I make my way back over to Zoey and pick her up as carefully as I can and hold her in my arms. I have Writer wipe the gun down and place it in Jasmine's hand. Right after they get him out the ambulance gets there. We tell them that Jasmine acted alone. I call Zoey's parents to let them know, and for them to meet me at the hospital. I ride with her. I walk out of her room to take a second. She’s sleeping so soundly. When I step out in the hall I see Ever, Sophia, and Grant are here along with Jacey. When I walk out, I tell them to go in, I need a few minutes. When I come back to the room, I go over to her side and take a seat next to her. I take her hand in mine and kiss her palm along with every knuckle. Sophia looks at me and tells me “The doctor came in while you were out.” She has the saddest look on her face. "Is she okay? Is th... the baby okay?" Her mom comes over to me and puts her hands on my shoulders.

"Oh honey, she's going to be just fine, but she lost the baby. I'm so sorry."

I start shaking my head and saying "No, please, god no. She can't lose the baby."

I feel her mom wrap her arms around me. Hugging me and comforting me. I hear crying, it’s the only sound you can hear throughout the room. For the second time tonight, I let the tears fall and I cry. I cry for the baby we lost, and I cry for Zoey.

"Jacey, what happened?"

"We were about to close up when Andrew pushed his way in the door followed by Jasmine. He had a gun and told us to go in the room and sit down. So we did, Jasmine was saying stuff about Zoey taking you away from her, and getting her kicked out of the club. Andrew didn't like hearing about you with Zoey. He started getting really angry saying she was his, and when she started arguing back, he kicked her in her stomach. Fucking, Jasmine started laughing when she seen how much pain Zoey was in, and all the blood. That's when Bam Bam came in he was trying to talk Andrew down, but it wasn't working. Then he seen Andrew raise the gun, pointing it at Zoey about to shoot. Bam Bam jumped in front of it, he took the bullet for her. He saved her life, Hanger. Now he's in surgery fighting for his. I'm sorry about the baby, Hanger. I know how much you guys wanted it. That's all Zoey would talk about, she was so happy. He has taken so much from her already Hanger, but to lose this baby. What's gonna happen to her? I don't know how she will survive this?" Looking at Jacey she has her hands on her own stomach, but I don’t have time to worry about her odd habits.

"Thanks, Jacey. I will get her through this, I promise." I look up at Grant "I'm sorry. I didn't protect her from this but, Andrew has been taken care of. He won’t hurt her again. This might not be the right time but I'm gonna marry your daughter. Not today but when the time is right. I just want you to know that."

"Hey, you have protected her. They just slipped through a crack. You are the kind of man she deserves. I know you are son and I couldn't ask for a better man for my little girl."

"Does she know we lost the baby?"

Her mom says "No, we thought that you should be the one to tell her."

"Thank you for that and for sitting with her."

"It is okay, Hanger. We are going to go so you can have some time with her. She is going to need you when she wakes up." I give them all hugs and watch them leave, as I sit here waiting for her to wake up. I'm gonna have to break her heart and that is something I never wanted to do. I just hope she can survive this.

I woke up to beeping sounds. I’m trying to remember what happened. I look around, I'm in a hospital room? Hanger's head is in my lap, with his arms around my thighs, he must of fallen asleep. I run my hand through his hair, he opens his eyes and looks up at me "Hey, Babe. How are you feelin'?"

"I've been better. I’m pretty sore, what happened? Is the baby, okay?" I ask as I run a hand over my stomach. I see his eyes fill with tears, and I know what he is about to tell me.

"No, Crazy Girl. We lost the baby. I'm so sorry." Then I remember. Andrew and Jasmine the kick to my stomach, the firing of the gun. "Is Bam Bam okay?"

"Yeah, he's fine. They did surgery, got the bullet out. It hit him in the stomach. I should have been there to pick you up. I can't tell you enough how sorry I am, Babe."

"You listen to me, Hanger. You’re blaming yourself for this and it's not your fault. I am angry at them for doing this to us. If Bam Bam wouldn't have been there, I would be dead, but he saved my life and I'm thankful for that. We need to mourn the loss of our baby. We have to be strong and get through this." I'm trying to see him through the tears but it's really blurry. "If we aren't strong, this will destroy us, Hanger. This will destroy me, I need you."

"I know, Babe. You are the strongest person I know, Zoey, I love you."

"The only reason I'm half this strong is because I have you here with me. If I didn't have you, I wouldn't survive any of this shit." He laughs and gives me a kiss on the cheek. We cry and mourn for the loss of our baby. Together, we will be okay.

I make Hanger take me to see Bam Bam. When we get to his room he's awake. I go in and sit next to him, I take his hand in mine "You saved my life, Bam Bam."

"Hey, Crazy Girl. It's good to see you. I did what any of the other guys would have done. Not only are you the Prez's Ol' Lady, you’re like a sister to me, shit, to all of us. We all love you, Crazy Girl." I'm trying to hold back my tears, but it's not working to well.

"I love you too, Bam Bam. I don't have a brother by blood, but when you guys brought me to the clubhouse. I feel like I gained a lot of them. I don't know what I would do without you guys." I am sobbing now and he puts his hand on my back and starts rubbing up and down.

"Don't worry about that, we are all going to be fine." I look up at him and see he's looking at Hanger, so I bring my eyes to Hanger and he gives a slight nod. "Zoey, look at me." I bring my gaze back to Bam Bam.

"Is it true that you were pregnant? Did you lose the baby?" The tears are flowing freely now and all I can do is nod. "I'm sorry, I didn't get there sooner."

"It's not your fault. It's those assholes that did this to us. We can't blame ourselves or each other, we need each other to get through this." I say through my crying.

Over the next few days I have a lot of visitors, my parents, my sister, Jacey, Chatty, and all the guys. Hanger of course has stayed with me the whole time but I'm ready to go home.

It's been a few days since Zoey went to the hospital. I have her home now. She is the strongest person I know, with everything she has been through, she is still holding on. I carry her through the clubhouse to our room and lay her in our bed, the doctor said she needs rest, so that’s what she’s going to do.

"Hanger, you do know I can walk. Right?" She says as she giggles.

"I know you can Babe, but I'm gonna take care of you until your body heals from this."

"He said two weeks, Hanger. You can't wait on me hand and foot for two weeks. You’ve got a club to run."

"The fuck I can't. Do you need anything before I go to church?"

"No, I'm gonna just take a nap."

"Alright, Babe. I love you. I'll be back later, get some rest."

"I love you too so much." I give her a tender kiss on her lips, then her forehead, and make my way to meet with the guys. They have had Andrew in our holding room since that night, and it's about time we deal with him.

I get to church and all the guys are in there waiting for me except Bam Bam, he's still recovering.

Ripper asks. "How is she?"

Bear asks. "Are we gonna deal with that piece of shit now?"

"
She's fine. We have talked about what happened, and she's so fuckin' strong. Yeah, we are gonna deal with him now. I want Gunner, Bear, Ripper, and Hacker to come with me.
"

Hunter says "You made a good choice makin' her your Ol' Lady. She's been through so much but doesn't let it tear her down."

"I know man. I don't know how she does it. Writer, I want you to keep watch on the gate."
He gives me a nod.
"Before we go do this, I wanna let you guys know that Writer and Bam Bam will be getting patched in."
I see the smile build on Writer's face and there is a room full of cheering and everybody pats him on the back.

"Alright, let's go do this shit."

We make our way outside, and head to the cellar. We open it up and walk down the stairs. We come to an empty room and go to the door that holds the shit bag. I take the key from Gunner and unlock it. When I open the door and turn on the light the stench of piss and shit fills my nose. I don't let that bother me though. I got one thing on my mind and that is to kill this fucker, slowly. I see him lying on the tore up cot we have laid in the corner. The floor down here is dirt and the walls are cement.

"Well, well, well what do we have here?" He looks up, I see the bruises on his face, his eyes are black, and his nose is swelled from where I punched him at the clinic.

"I'm sorry. Can I just please have some water or food? You have kept me down here for days with nothing. I can't even use a bathroom." Everyone starts laughing.

"You’re sorry? Now you’re sorry? Where you sorry when you left Zoey for dead, or how about where you sorry when you kicked her in her stomach and killed our baby? You think I'm gonna let you have anything? I don't think you quite understand what's gonna happen here. You hurt my Ol’ Lady again. You killed our baby. You don't get to walk away from this. So no I’m not going to waste my food or water on you. See, I knew this day was gonna happen, but you slipped through and you were able to hurt Zoey again, before I got to you. Now I'm gonna ask you a few questions and you’re gonna answer them." He drops his head and I can hear him sniffing. "Are you crying? Well cry about this motherfucker, today you meet the Satan's Sinners." All the guys are yelling and stomping their feet.

"Please, no! I'm sorry! I won't mess with her anymore!" He's crying harder now and I’m pretty sure he just pissed himself. Good, I like 'em scared.

"What I want to know is, how did you find Jasmine?"

"I don't know."

"Wrong answer. Bear?" Bear walks up.

"What do you need, Prez?" He has an evil smile on his face.

"I need you to break his kneecap."

"You got it." He has Ripper and Gunner hold Andrew up. Bear walks by the door where there is a 2x4 leaning against the wall, grabs it and walks back over to Andrew. He takes one good swing, makes contact with Andrew’s right leg. There is a loud snap, I’m pretty sure that shit echoed. Andrew screams out in agony.

"Ah, did that hurt? Well we are just getting started."

"How the fuck did you find her?"

"I didn't.”

“Bear, break the other one." He takes 4 swings this time before we are sure the leg is broken and we are only sure because it’s bowed so far backwards. Screams fill the room again. That may have been heard outside of the cellar. "Now, I'm gonna ask you one more time. How did you find Jasmine?"

"I didn't man! She came, and found me! She said Zoey was causing her problems and took you away from her! She said she found out my name because she was always listening when you guys would talk. She did her research, got my number, and started calling from payphones. She came up with a plan, so I could get Zoey back, she started following her, like at the mall, and at night when she was at work. She would stay in the shadows, so you guys never seen her. She got your routine down, knew when we could go to the clinic, and nobody would be there yet. She gave me the gun. I'm sorry! Just let me go! I swear, I'll leave her alone!"

“It's a little too late for, I’m Sorrys’. You hurt my Ol' Lady, and I don't take to kindly to that."

"Bear, you’re good. Hacker, your turn." Ripper steps forward.

"Yeah, Prez?"

"Andrew, this is Hacker. Why don't you ask him what he likes to do to people?"

"No, I don't want to ask."

"Well, I guess he will just have to show you. It’s always more fun when you ask." Hacker pulls out his knife. "I don’t think he needs his thumb. What do you think, Hacker?" He walks up to Andrew holds his hand down flat on the cot he was once laying on. Puts the sharp edge of the knife to his thumb.

"No! Please, don't do this! God, just kill me!"

"Now, that would just be too easy. I have promised a lot of people that you would pay. Now, that you have fucked with me. You are gonna suffer." Hacker chops his thumb clean off his hand.

"You beat my woman. Take a finger." Hacker does just what I say and I see the joy in his eyes as he does it.

"You burned my Ol' Lady." Off comes another finger.

"You took away her choices, took away her freedom." Another one gone.

"You did, and said horrible things to her." Only one more left on this hand.

"You took her away from her family, and friends." He has one hand with no fingers. Screaming fills the air as we torture him.

"Thanks, Hacker. Ripper?" Bear and Ripper trade places, and Ripper pulls his knife out. "You kicked her in her stomach, yeah?" He nods his head. Which is swaying from blood loss. I'm surprised he's still conscious. "Slice him up, Ripper." He doesn't fight anymore. I think he might be giving up. Ripper walks up to him rips his shirt open, and starts slicing his chest open. Not deep enough to kill him because that's my job. When he gets a good ten slashes in he stops. I grab my rope, I brought it down with me so I can make a noose "You still with us?" He gives me a slight nod. I take the noose and slide it down over his head tightening it slightly. "You cheated on her, yeah?"

He whispers out "Yeah, tell her I am sorry. I did love her."

"Yeah, that's not gonna happen. Cut his dick off, Ripper." Ripper gets his pants down. There is still a little fight left in him, as he starts bucking his hips and throwing his legs around. Bear holds him down as Ripper takes his prick in his hand, slicing through ripping it from his body. I start tightening the pressure on the noose cutting off his air supply. Soon the screams start to die, as does Andrew. I watch as the life leaves his body. The screams stop, then finally his breathing. I did what I promised. I made him pay. I made him suffer, slow, painful, and it feels pretty fuckin' good. I have the guys clean up the mess and I go shower.

I have been home for almost two weeks and Hanger is about to drive me crazy. He won’t let me do anything. If I try to get out of bed, he picks me up carries me back in our room and lays me back down. If I go to take a shower, he just has to help me. Now, this wouldn't normally bother me, but he hasn't touched me since before I went to work the morning of the incident. He says that we have to wait until the doctor gives the okay. He doesn't want to touch me, but yet he wants to parade around here in this room with no shirt, or just in his boxer briefs, and expect me to just be fine. Well, I'm not! I called Chatty on the phone and asked her to come hang out. Once she gets up here, she’s sneaking me the hell out of this room. About ten minutes later, she knocks on the door. I say, "Come in." I sit up on the bed and look at her. "Chatty, you are getting me out of this room, if it's the last thing you do." She raises an eyebrow at me just staring.

"Um… Crazy Girl. I don't think that's a good idea. Hanger, will kill me."

"No he won’t. Ripper wouldn’t let that happen. I will tell him it was all my idea. I just wanna go outside. Please, Chatty?" I give her my best puppy dog eyes, with an over dramatic pouty lip, she puts her hand on her hip.

"Girl, suck that lip back in. Come on, let’s go." I give her a big smile and we start to head out the door. We open the door and peek our heads out and look both ways.

I look at her and say. "It’s all clear. Let's go." We sneak to the end of the hallway that leads to the bar, and do the same thing. It's clear so we make a break for it. We get to the door to go outside and we are laughing so hard my stomach is hurting. "Oh my god, Chatty. I haven't had that much fun in so long."

"Me either, Crazy Girl. We are gonna be in so much trouble." She says while still laughing.

I wave my hand in the air "Pssh… they will get over it. Besides they don't call me Crazy Girl for nothin'." We bust out laughing again. We are sitting at the table Writer and I used to use when I was teaching him how to sign.

"So, how are you doing?"

"I'm good. Still trying to figure out why everything happened the way it did."

"You will spend a lifetime trying to figure that out. You just gotta pick up and move on. How are you and Hanger doing?"

"We're good. We talked about if we wanna try to have another baby."

"How did that go? Are you ready for that?"

"It was good, he's all for trying and wants to. He really wanted that baby. I did too. I feel like we need it now. It’s like we both feel like we’re missing something. I know that it's the baby, so yeah. I think we should. I'm ready. I love him so much."