MC: Pres: Book Four (20 page)

One Week

Ben

Kate is killing me.  I'm so fuckin tired.  I drag my ass to the coffee maker.  I'm surprised by Tess and Patches in the kitchen.  I'd normally give them space and privacy for their kissing but I'm a fuckin biker and have seen worse and I need my fuckin coffee because Kate is killing me.  Patches tells me he was apologizing, I tell them to go right ahead.  I pour my coffee.  Tess sits at the table.  Patches leaves and Danny comes in smiling about Patches fixing things.  I don't know if he told me what he did so I stand looking at them. 

Danny looks at Tess then me, she nods.  "Patches had the baby conversation this morning."  Oh fuck.  She's not ready for that.  How the fuck do I say that to her.  "Tess isn't quite there yet."  Thank Fuck!  I see Danny is happy with our fuckin smart girl here. 

"Would that make you grandpas?"  Holy Fuck!  I'm not old enough to be a fuckin grandfather.  Tess cracks up then we do.  Tiny comes in asking what's going on.  We laugh more.  "Fuckin Tess."  We both say.  Tess goes to help Ally.  We tell Tiny what she said, he doesn't laugh.   He watches us like we've lost it. 

Ally comes running down the stairs.  She signs', 'dads Tess is having a dream'.  I run up behind Danny.  "Patches, Ally's room."  Danny says running by. 

Danny sits by her.  I'm on her other side and get my phone ready to record.  We've found this helpful for her to hear.

Danny: "I'm here Tess, Max is by you."

Tess: No tears but she's breathing heavy.  "He got a call.  He's mad.  Swearing at another man."

Danny: "Do you know who it is?"

Tess: "No.  He's wearing a vest.  He's mad."

Danny: "What's on the back of the vest Tess?  Read the name for me."

Tess: "Outlaws, it has a skull and President.  He's yelling about a bitch.  She lied.  He knows, he's so mad his face is red."  She's shaking but not crying.

Danny: "Is there a calendar or book you can see the date?"

Tess: She turns her head.  "No, there's a desk, posters on the wall, chairs a file cabinet.  He's still yelling he's going to make her pay."  She sucks in a breath.

Danny: "Is there a computer on the desk?"  She nods.  "Look at the bottom on the right it tells the date."

Tess: She lets out a sob. "Yes.  It's the eighth.  Seven forty-five. He's calling someone.  Swearing it was all lies.  He so mad."

Danny: "Can you see anything with an address, an envelope, on his vest anything that says where he is?"

Tess: She's looking around.  Her breath is coming faster.  "He's waiting for Ben to call.  He's not yelling anymore.  He needs to talk to Ben himself.  There, I got an envelope, Akron, Ohio.  234-836-9191.  He’s sitting down waiting.  He's not mad.  Another man comes in.  He knew it was lies.  MC runs clean.  Ben's helping other clubs.  They're not mad.  It's going away."  She's getting agitated.

Danny: "You got everything Tess.  It's ok to let it go.  You did perfect.  Let it go Tess, come on back now."

She opens her eyes and tears fall.  "Did I do it?  I think I did it!"  She smiles.

"You did it Tess.  You controlled it all the way through."  Danny tells her with a smile.  "You even got us a phone number."

I'm so fuckin happy I laugh.  "It was perfect.  I recorded it for you."  I show her how to listen to it.

We all listen.  "I have to try and calm down so I can find what you need faster.  It was better than the last one right?"  She did perfect.

"You were able to recognize it was coming, stayed calm, controlled it until we got here and gave us all the information plus the phone number.  It was fuckin great Tess."  Danny tells her with a hug.  He helps her stand.  "Maybe next time you can get to a chair."  He laughs.

"I would have but I get dizzy, I kept pushing it away as long as I could.  I was afraid I'd fall so I sat down.  I'm going to try for the chair next time though."  Patches hugs her telling her he's proud of her.  They go to the kitchen. 

I run my hand through my hair.  "Thank fuck!  I have a day.  I'm guessing the information is getting through.  Beau was right to use the Southern Outlaws.  I need to let him know what's going on so he'll be prepared." 

He watches me.  "They'll be punishment to Tracy Ben."  He finally says.

"Yeah."  I need to call Steve and talk to Beau.  I'm making a list in my head.

"You're ok with that?"  He surprises me. 

"Yeah.  If she were a man and she pulled the shit she's already done to us I'd have killed her.  Luckily this decision is taken out of my hands.  She will face the consequences of another Pres.  I hope it's as dangerous and exciting as she hoped for."  I tell him walking out pulling my phone as I go and looking for more coffee.

Danny

Holy fuck!  I smile.  Ben is back with a vengeance.  I fuckin like it.  After Steve filled us in on what Tess showed him, we were all ready to stop this fuckin fight at all costs.  Getting Beau's help was easier than I thought.  He said he owed Steve and could send out some well placed messages, no problem.  He started the day we talked to him and sent more every day after.  Tomorrow it all ends.  Thank fuck.

Danny

I got morning duty.  I've done my work out and got back up here before she woke up.  I left Ben in the kitchen making a list getting ready for church.  He's got the kids.  She stretches with a smile.  "Good morning Beautiful K".

She opens her eyes and gives me a big smile.  "Morning."  I love that fuckin smile.  My dick swells.  "Were you waiting for me?"  

"I was."  I wait to see if she's in sweet or attack mode. 

"I love that you always give me what I want."

Her voice is low and scratchy from sleep, my dick jumps.  "What would my Beautiful K want?"   

She gives me that big fuckin smile.  "Her sexy pirate to make love to her." 

Since she's not attacking me and she didn't say fuck her, I give her sweet.  Once she comes so pretty, I slide in and give her slow with a roll of my hips every time I hit the end.  I'm loving the sweet after all the attacks so I make it last for her to get everything she needs this morning.  When she finally comes she has tears in her eyes.  I haven't taken my eye off her the whole time.  She's fuckin dazed but still so sweet.  I kiss her letting her know I felt it too".  When I see more tears I know she got it.  I shower her and send her out so I can clean me up. 

Ben

I walk through the Muster holding Kate's hand Danny has his arm on her back or around her waist.  I never did that before so I'm happy to hold her hand.  She has our cut on and I'm fuckin proud.  Every fuckin body has a problem and wants to talk to me.  We need a fuckin life counselor in the Club.  I tell them to call Keith tomorrow.  Danny says we should set Rob up and let him deal with the fuckin biker daily advice sessions.  Since I was just thinking it, I take his suggestion as a sign it's right.

Danny and Jess have the kids at the bouncy houses.  Kate needs a break so we walk to the blanket.  Rich has Tess in his lap.

When Kate sees them she says, "Shit.  She's crying.  Something happened."  Sitting down Rich tells us what happened.  I'm positive it's not the whole story but I'll wait.  Fuckin Tess was cuffed and put in a fuckin cell.  No wonder she was crying.  Kate holds her.  Patches is standing under a tree watching.  I tell Rich, he stands fuckin pissed.  I follow while talking to Danny.  We need to know who did this.  This isn't a fuckin joke it was malicious.  Rich goes off on Patches for leaving Tess alone out of jealousy.  He sounds like Danny.  Fuckin LaPontes always so calm even when they're laying down the law.  I feel for Patches.  It wasn't that long ago I did the same thing.  It fuckin sucks when you're wrong.  I take him for a walk and tell him what Steve said about competing against himself.  He watches them and I can see his love plain as day. 

He needs to figure it out for himself so I finish, "You love to see him love her too.  Don't forget that.  He wants this as much as you do.  He's fighting for you when you've lost your way Patches.  You can keep fighting yourself or fight with him.  She's fuckin amazing and you love her.  You love him too.  Fight for that."  I walk back to the blanket.  I hope he fixes it.  They are an awesome match.  I smile thinking 'like us'.

I go back and work on who the fuck put her in the cell.  After an hour Danny texts he's taking Kate home.  I gather the older kids with one text and meet them at the suv.  Danny takes Kate and the kids home and I work for another few minutes getting nothing.  Fuckin pussy hid himself well.  I know it was a man, women can't do this knowing what Tess went through.  I throw my leg over Danny's bike and ride home letting my mind wander, loving the ride.

Two Weeks

Ben

"Did we ever get anything with who put Tess in a cell?"  Danny asks when I ask for anything else on old business. 

"We got fuck.  According to the worker assigned, his replacement didn't show and he left everything in the cell figuring the replacement was just late.  He went to work, video shows him walking into the station twenty minutes before Tess was cuffed.  Even if our timeline is off he couldn't have done it.  Rich knew the time he found her." 

"Fuck.  This isn't an innocent mistake and I hate that it's hanging out there."  Rob says. 

"I agree.  At this point we don't have fuck to go on.  She's still listed as high; we're doing what we can for right now."  I leave off until the fucker shows himself but they all know it's there.  I let that settle looking at the list.

"Tiny did you get the cuts for Rich, Patches, Driscoll and Digs?"  Everyone looks his way.

He nods.  "Got them Pres.  Tell me when you want them, I'll have them here." 

"I'm thinking we should have something for all of them together once they're in place, otherwise it will be routine by the time we get to the last."  Everyone is nodding.  They like that idea.  "Geek, are you ready for Patches?" 

"I need to get it all put together in a book.  He'll shit a brick if I hand him the flash drive without it organized.  I need him to run with it so I don't see it any fuckin more.  I'll take the time to set it up then hand it off.  Give me a week."

I nod looking at the schedule.  "The week after they're in New York, I'll tell him before they leave.  Give him a fuckin send off."  I smile. 

"Rich should be first.  It doesn't feel right giving it to Patches first."  Doc says.

"Rich won't care, he'd be proud of Patches."  Danny says.

"I'll guarantee he'd want Patches to go first.  He always puts him first.  Like others we know."  Rob says.  They fuckin laugh.  I smile because he's fuckin right.  Danny looks at me and shrugs with a smile. 

I smile, "I'll tell him before they leave.  It's just a matter of time." 

"We should wait on the others until Rich is up.  He got a fuckin medal from the President.  He should have already been an Officer."  Doc is not happy with this.  I wonder where this is coming from. 

Danny jumps in before I can.  "I don't agree.  If Rich would have made it without the work, not one fuckin Brother would have respected his position.  He had to prove to his Brothers he's worthy of the position.  He's done that, older Brothers have no problem taking orders from him.  I know he wouldn't want to get his cut first.  He would want Patches ahead of him.  He would always put Patches first; he needs to keep his back, that's his way."  Everyone agrees.  I think about what Danny said once, dominance is about protection.  This is Rich's way of protecting his partner.  I fuckin love it.

"VP you talk to Rich, I'll talk to Patches.  The Friday they leave."  I write it down and look at Steve.

He's smiling at me.  What the hell?  "Was lovin the protection too." 

My skin crawls.  Fuckin Brother.  "Don't start that shit."  He fuckin laughs. 

"Thinkin I can get back at you for the pictures without the fuckin C4."  He's fuckin serious.

"Oh fuck."  They all fuckin laugh.  Fuckin hell.

DANNY

The women are doing a shower so we have kids and men outside.  Tiny's on the grill.  It seems like we just did this shit for him.  Nancy hated it.  She's not happy being the center of attention.  She didn't even want anyone at the hospital.  I think Jess and Kate were the only ones allowed.  It was weird.  She's not a showy kind of person.  I realized that day neither is Tiny.  He's a happy fuck right now though.

"Did you see how much fuckin shit they were bringing in?"  I ask him.

He laughs, "Just wait, they drop shit off every fuckin day.  Every fuckin Brother or old lady come out of the fuckin woodwork bringing shit for the baby and mom.  Not one fuckin thing for me in all their shit."

For him?  "What the fuck did you think they'd bring you?" 

"Fuckin covers.  They could have sent something.  That would be a good fuckin gift for a new fuckin dad."  He fuckin serious.

"You're fucked up Brother.  Old ladies buy for the mom so she's not depressed.  Showing her she's important too.  If Kate bought a brother fuckin rubbers I'd be pissed."  I tell him.

He waves his hand.  "Fuckin Brothers get no fuckin attention, they could be depressed too.  I watch Dr Oz; he had a whole segment on it."

"When the fuck do you watch tv?"  I've never seen him sit in front of one. 

"I dvr and watch them at night."  He smiles.  I nod like I know what the fuck he's talking about.  I make a note to find out and look around.  Everyone is talking or playing games.  I see Rich and Patches playin horseshoes with Ben and Steve.  I smile.  Steve has been fuckin with him; answering things before he’s asked and commenting on whatever Ben is thinking.  I love it. 

The women come out of the house and the music starts.  Thank fuck we can finally eat.  They bring the food out and Tiny starts pulling the meat from the grill.  I'm always amazed how calm the lines are.  No one pushing to get there first.  It's nice but fuckin weird.

Ben comes over to me with his phone at his ear.  "Rob needs some help getting a guy out of the Plank.  Guys got a black belt won't leave.  He's challenging everyone that goes near him."  Steve walks up behind him.  I nod and Steve follows me through the garage to the bikes.  We make it to the Plank in minutes and walk in to a crowd surrounding the asshole. 

I pull out my gun and move people out of the way.  When the guy looks at me I tell him he needs to leave.  He laughs.  Pointing my gun at his foot I shoot at his toes. The crowd moves back, fuckin Steve is laughing.  "You need to leave now."  I tell him again.  He's screaming about his fuckin toes rolling around on the floor.  Grabbing his arm I drag him out the door and go back in to pull Steve out. 

Steve's talking to Rob smiling.  If someone gets this picture he'd be pissed.  "Was that it?"  I ask walking closer to them. 

"I could have done that."  Rob says. He's fuckin pissed.

"What the fuck did you call me for?"  I ask.

"I thought you could get him out without the fuckin blood trail!  Why'd you fuckin shoot him?"   He's fuckin yelling at me now?

"He wasn't going unless I fought him.  I'm fuckin hungry and they just pulled the fuckin food off the grill.  You got a fuck ton of people that could have gotten hurt with the asswipe determined to show everyone up.   It was the fastest way to get him out.  He's out, now I can go eat." 

Fuckin Steve's laughing.  Rob shakes his head.  "The fuckin cops will be here forever stopping you from eating Brother.  You can't just shoot people because you’re hungry.  They’re going to haul you in."

I pull my gun out and turn to the crowd that's watching.  Waving my hand I ask if anyone saw anything the police need to know.  They move away shaking their heads no.  I look at Steve, "let's go eat.  See ya Rob."  I walk out the door, get on my bike and go eat. 

Steve laughs when we get back to the grill.  The fuckin meat is gone and Tiny's just putting more on.  "Son of a bitch!"  I look at the table that had the other shit on it.  Getting potato and pasta salad I sit and wait for fuckin Tiny. 

Kate comes out of the house with a plate walking right toward.  My fuckin head is begging for that plate to be mine.  "That was quick.  I made you a plate thinking you'd be a while."  She puts it in front of me. 

I pull her into my lap.  "You are the best my Beautiful K.  Thank you.  I'm fuckin starving."  Steve sits on the other side looking at my plate.  I stand Kate up and pull the plate closer. 

"Jess get me a plate?"  He asks Kate looking at my food.  Fuck!

Fuck.  She gives him a sad look.  "I don't think so.  She was packing boxes last I saw her.  I don't know if she knew you left." 

Fuckin Steve.  I pull half the shit from the plate onto the one with the salads and hand it to him.  He smiles digging in.  Kate kisses me telling me I'm the best.  She goes back in the house leaving us to eat. 

Jess comes out with a plate and puts in front of Steve.  "Ben said you had to take care of something.  I made it before all the food was gone."  She kisses him and goes back in the house.  He pulls the plate closer to him and watches me.  Fuckin Steve. 

"Seriously?  I just gave you half my food and you're not going to give that back to me?"  He smiles moving the plate closer to him.  Ben sits down laughing.  Since my fuckin food is gone I go in the house and look for more.  Half a cake is on the counter.  I grab a fork and bring it out.  Sitting down I dig in.  Ben is laughing.  It's the cake with the jelly in it. 

"That's my favorite one."  Steve says like killed his best friend. 

"I know."  I stuff a big piece in my mouth moaning as I lick the fork.

He pushes his plate over begging me with his fuckin eyes.  I crack up and switch with him.  Ben finds this fuckin hilarious.  I eat some ribs and a hot dog and we switch.  It works out well.  Rich and Bob sit with us.

"What happened at the Plank?"  Bob asks.

I look at Steve he starts laughing.  I smile.  "Guy didn't want to leave.  I asked him nice then I told him.  He left." 

Fuckin Steve thinks it's funny.  "Shot him in the foot."  He tells them.

Ben looks at me.  "Fuck Brother, in the bar?" 

"There were no witnesses."  I tell him. 

"He called you because he thought you could get him out peacefully."  Ben says.

I look at him.  "It was peacefully.  I asked nice, shot his toes, pulled him out the door and it was over.  Three minutes tops."  Rich and Bob are laughing.

"Rob was pissed.  Danny waved his gun, asked for witnesses.  No one stood up so we left."  Steve tells them as he pushes the cake toward me.  I wave it off, I'm full.  Rich and Bob are still laughing. 

Ben looks from Steve to me.  "Why the fuck didn't you just walk the fuckin guy out?  Fuckin Brothers.  I'm starting to worry about the fuckin violence affecting the soldiers." 

"I was fuckin hungry.  I picked the quickest way to get him to leave.  It worked.  He was gone before we left and I got food.  It wasn't like I killed the guy, I shot fuckin toes.  Fighting him would have been fuckin violent.  There were a lot of people standing around.  Besides you keep telling everyone we're fuckin Badass Bikers.  It doesn't get any more Badass than that."  He looks at me like I lost my fuckin mind.  Steve nods his head agreeing with me.  Rich and Bob are still laughing.  I get a round of beer for everyone and sit back down.  They talk about the new programs Geek is using from the Baxter's. 

I look around for the kids.  They're practicing one of the martial arts routine I do in the mornings.  Darren is leading them and the little shit is doing them right.  I walk over and watch all of them.  As I walk through them I move their bodies into the right position.  They're fuckin good.  Rich comes over.  "I didn't know you were teaching them."  He says with a smile.  He helps get them in the right position. 

I laugh.  "I'm not, apparently Darren is." 

He shakes his head, "Fuckin kids.”