Indulgence (86 page)

“This is stupid. You two love each other,” my voice cracks
as I bite back tears.

Cam walks over to me with a sad smile. “I didn’t say that
it’s over, Daisy, because I don’t think that it is. You don’t have a connection
with someone, like I share with Aiden, for no reason. I have to get my shit
together first. I know that. It may never happen, we may never work but I’ll
never know if I don’t work my shit out on my own. Hopefully, he will still want
me when I get there.”

“You will, babe,” I say reassuring her as much as myself,
then I hug her. “Alright, let’s get this shit packed up. You seein’ us to the
bus before you fly out?” I ask. She just nods a reply then heads back to the
room to get her bags.

*****

Two hours later the ‘Burban pulls up at the bus. Chase,
Camaron, and Luke are heading back to Vegas from here, leaving me with all boys
once again. “You sure you don’t wanna come on the bus, babe?” Hunter asks
Chase, “We’ve got Jenga, you know how much fun it is playin’ with my wood.”

Chase leans in close enough for their lips to brush. “Babe,”
she purrs mocking him. “If that board game has been worked as much as you have,
I’ll be diggin’ splinters outta my fingers for days.”

Hunter grins, shoving her against the bus jamming his tongue
down her throat. Chase reaches down grabbing him through his jeans then
squeezes hard. “Fuck Chase!” he groans, pulling back.

“Gotta go,” she says, walking over to the cab as it pulls
up.

Hunter rubs at the huge bulge between his legs. “You’re just
gonna leave me like this? I could love you, bitch,” he says, climbing the steps
to the bus then disappearing inside with Gray.

Aiden is holding Cam to his chest, whispering in her ear as
she cries softly. I watch him pull his long fingers through her hair. When she
nods he pulls her chin up and kisses her lips tenderly. She hiccups and sobs
against him, her mouth moving with his. He cups her face then meeting her eyes,
he pulls back. “I love you but you have to love yourself enough to let me.”
Kissing her forehead gently, he walks onto the bus.

I start to walk to her but she shakes her head; I just tell
her to call me later. “All loaded up,” Henry shouts from inside the bus. I
watch, with tears streaming down my face, as the cab pulls away with my girls
and Luke inside, headed for the airport.

“You fuckin’ whore!”

I turn just in time to see Tad flying around the bus toward
me with a baseball bat. His eyes wild with rage as he swings. “Gray!” I scream,
ducking just in time so Tad hits the side of the bus instead. I run away from
Tad, who is now blocking the door to the bus hoping the guys heard me. He
chases after me, screaming for me to stop and face him. Our feet smacking
against the pavement as I heave for breath. My ankle twists making me lose my
balance sending me crashing to the ground.

Tad looms over me with a grin. “After everything, he still
fuckin’ wants you! Says that he loves you! YOU! What do you have that’s so
important? I watched those videos over and over, you’re nothing special,” he
roars then swings the bat making contact with my legs. I scream as pain shoots
through my body.

“Holy Shit! Grayson!” I hear Hunter yell as the guys dive
from the bus, barreling toward us in the parking lot. “Get the fuck away from
her asshole!”

Tad swings the bat again hitting my hip, making me scream in
agony. I pull my legs up for protection, my arms trying to cover my side. As he
pulls back to swing again, my hands protectively try to shield my belly as I
roll to my side away from him.

Hunter leaps over me without a word, tackling Tad to the
ground, punching him in the chest. Gray drops to his knees, curling me into
him. “Are you alright? Where did he hit you Daisy?” he asks, looking me over,
my body shaking so hard my teeth chatter. “Jesus. What the fuck was he
thinking?”

My gaze is fixed on Hunter as he tosses the bat across the
parking lot, then wraps his hands around Tad’s throat. “You stupid bastard!” he
growls as Henry walks over, calm as usual, kicking Tad in the ribs with his
humungous foot.

Henry shoves Hunter onto the pavement then picks Tad up by
the throat. Tad’s toes don’t even touch the ground as he claws at Henry’s huge
fingers gasping for breath. Henry rips off his shades meeting Tad’s eyes “I
saved you from him last time, fucker. This time you deal with me,” he spits
angrily. “You show your goddamn face near any of us again, I’ll fuckin’ end
you. I mean I’ll fuck you up so bad your own hand will feel like a stranger
when it wraps around your dick.” Henry releases Tad’s throat, dropping him with
a thump onto the pavement. “You post that shit ‘bout our girl over there, I’ll
make sure some of my ex-con buddies tear into your ass so that you know how it
feels to get the raw end of the fuckin’. You got me?”

The arena door swings open with Landon walking out with a
bag. Taking in the scene before him, his eyes go wide. Gray is holding me in
his lap with the guys scattered around Tad who lies crumpled on the pavement.
“What the hell did you guys do to him?” Landon shouts, running over dropping to
his knees as he reaches Tad.

“He attacked Daisy with a bat, asshole!” Hunter shouts.
“Your jealous bitch of a man came at her because he claims you still want her.”

“I do,” Landon says simply but his eyes don’t leave Tad.

I watch security come out the door toward us. One man
yelling codes into a radio and asking for backup. Gray pulls my shirt up taking
in the huge bruise already starting to come up where my tattoo is. “Oh Gray,
the baby,” I gasp. The fear spreading through my mind at the thought of what
Tad may have done.

Gray stands with me in his arms walking over toward the
security guards. “She’s pregnant. We need an ambulance,” he barks out when we reach
them.

“Already on the way, Mr. Cole.”

Gray turns toward Landon who is helping Tad to his feet. “If
you’ve hurt this baby, I’ll kill you myself,” he says gritting his teeth. I
wiggle free of him, thankful to get my feet back on the ground but he snakes an
arm around my waist protectively keeping me against him.

“Why would he give a shit about your baby?” Tad laughs,
wincing as he holds his side.

“Because there’s a chance it could be his. That sure would
ruin your little dynamic wouldn’t it, Tadder? How would that work? You can’t
command a baby like a puppet, asshole,” Hunter says with a chuckle.

“That baby isn’t Landon’s,” Tad says crossing his arms over
his chest. His eyes look to Landon, “Tell them. It can’t be yours...”

“I had sex with him the first night of the tour Tad, we
didn’t use a condom. It can be his,” I say interrupting him.

Tad laughs hard, doubling over grabbing his aching ribs.
Everyone in the parking lot now wondering what is wrong with him. Landon just
says ‘Please’ over and over begging him to stop. Tad shakes his head then looks
at Landon commandingly. “Shut your fuckin’ mouth, Landon,” he growls. “You have
no hold on Daisy. You have no hold on anything unless I say you do. Which will
never happen.”

Limping over, Tad grins at me. “You know that precious
little plan you had? The plan you crossed off every time you did something? I
watched you. I think you checked off ‘get engaged’ before he put the damn ring
on your finger. You fucking pathetic bitch,” Tad says staring at me with hate filling
his eyes. “He can’t give you a baby, Daisy.”

“What?” I ask in disbelief.

“When Landon committed to me years ago, we both had
vasectomies. We brought other women in often, still do, but of course you know
that,” Tad says, smiling wickedly. “I couldn’t take the risk of one of us
knockin’ up a bitch and ruining what we have together. I have to keep the
control at all times. So when you two announced your happy little news last
night I knew that I had won. Landon is all mine now just as it should be,” he says
smugly as the sound of sirens echo through the parking lot.

“Landon?” I ask looking to him for some kind of answer.

Landon’s face falls, “I’m sorry, Daisy. I just didn’t want
to give you up. I couldn’t lose you. I love you too much,” he explains, walking
over running his palm along my cheek.

“Landon, if you really do love me then you’ll let me go. Let
me be happy,” I whisper looking at Gray. “I love you too, Landon, but what I
feel for you is nothing like what I feel for Grayson. I won’t apologize for who
I love; neither should you,” I say gesturing to Tad. “It’s time for us both to
find happiness, Landon. I’ve found mine. I hope you can figure out how to get
yourself to that place.” Sadly, he nods, kisses my cheek then walks back over
to Tad.

Moving On

Lying back against the pillows of the hospital bed in the
ER, I wait. I watch as the radiologist uses a wand to do an internal
ultrasound, checking on the baby after confirming that I am pregnant. Gray is
sitting next to the bed holding my hand in his as we watch her click buttons
and turn knobs on a machine. My nerves are on edge at the possibility that Tad
may have killed our baby. Even after being taken into custody, he continued to
shout how much he hates me for the hold he believes I have on Landon. Even with
Landon sticking to his side like glue.

Of course, Landon admits to everything as the police load
Tad into the back of a squad car. Landon says he isn’t leaving Tad but knows
how wrong things went. He swears all the videos and files will be deleted,
along with all the money returned immediately, to the band that was taken
dishonestly. Gray just shakes his head, telling the police no charges against
Landon will be filed as long as he flies home and stays there, which he agrees
to immediately.

Aiden, Hunter and Henry are outside pacing the hall,
impatiently, waiting for any news on the baby. Aiden is on his phone typing
away, changing the travel schedule and making notes until we are back on the
road. The way the guys all ran out to save me when Tad attacked me, brings
tears to my eyes, but I am blaming it on hormones if anyone asks.

In the next couple of days, we will be back on the bus
headed toward the next tour stop. I used to dread being the only girl on the
bus before, but now, I don’t mind it so much. As long as I get stops with my
girls in between. I realize that the whole time I was making the list to escape
what my parents struggled with in life; I could have missed out on this. My
parents weren’t unhappy in their lives, I know that. I also know, now, I could
have missed out on falling in love with Gray and the whirlwind passion that
explodes between us when he touches me. His band mates are now like brothers to
me, as much as they are to him. The night Gray took my list, he changed
everything. He made me face all that I was running away from. Now, I find
myself escaping the old me and my plan, throwing it all away for the new list
we will make together.

“Mrs. Cole?” the radiologist says pulling me from my
thoughts.

“Yes,” I croak. Gray squeezes my hand while we watch her
turn a knob. A loud whooshing sound fills the room as she smiles at us. “This
is your baby’s heartbeat. You’re just over five weeks. Congratulations,
everything looks just fine.”

I turn to Gray kissing him hard and fast on the mouth. “So
everything is okay?”

He just nods. “Everything is fan-fucking-tastic!” he says,
sliding his hand over my belly as the smile nearly splits my face. “Fuck. I
love watchin’ you bloom.”

Not The End…Yet

This is a bonus scene from the bar the first night.
Escaping Me was written all in Daisy’s point of view, but I thought it was
important for you to see a bit of what was going on in Grayson’s head when he
met her. The pull was intense from the start even before he knew who she was.
It started as just usually groupie action that Gray was after but as you see
his desire starts to change the closer he gets to her.

Almost from the start, Daisy had started tearing away at
the defenses Gray had put up. More importantly he saw something in her that
made him instantly want her, need her, and worse, crave her. The way he was at
the start is definitely not who he is in the end. When he saw his ‘Wildflower’
everything truly changed. She shook him to the core when she planted her seed.

Enjoy Gray’s POV

“Having regular pussy on the bus is a bad idea, man,” I
listen to Hunter whine again as the bartender slides us each a beer.

“It probably is but what can I say? Landon’s girl shouldn’t
be a problem,” I shrug, knowing Hunter is probably right. My brother’s girl
coming along for a six month tour is bad news. No woman should have to watch
the shit we are capable of getting into. Especially Hunter, that fucker is
crazy. None of us are thrilled about pulling out tomorrow with a new manager,
his assistant, and an unavailable vagina. This will mean tampering down on
shenanigans along with putting an end to groupie pussy on the bus.

Our new manager, Tad, is a complete tool. Definitely not the
ideal manager I’d have chosen since he reminds me of a fuckin’ weasel.
Although, he and Landon did come to us so technically I didn’t choose. Tad
offered to take the reins immediately, meaning Aiden and I would be able to
quit working our asses off publicizing and scheduling ourselves. That I like; a
lot. I hate the planning of everything, all the business shit. Give me my
guitar, let us three guys loose on a stage, and it is instant fucking magic.

The random pussy falling at our feet every night is just a
bonus. We eat that shit up. Seriously, what guy wouldn’t? I’m the lead
guitarist in one of the biggest up and coming bands in the country. By this
time next year, we will be headlining a tour…not just opening for a band.