Biker's Redemption: Fallen Angels MC

Chapter 9 Luci

Chapter 9

I felt a bit of trepidation when my phone rang and pops lit up the screen. Not that my pops doesn’t call me, but we just spoke yesterday, so I knew something had happened if he wanted to talk to me so soon.

L- hey pops what’s up?

J- Does there have to be a reason for me to call my little girl?

L- 1 I am not a kid anymore, and 2 you have your nice voice on, the one you use when you want to tell me bad news.

J- ha ha ha, nothing gets past you, does it.

L- nope, now spill.

J- had a visit from Clyde today. He told me he drugged Gabe. Gabe had no idea who he was, let alone capable of doing anything.

L- do you believe him?

J- I do, Clyde would never admit to a crime unless he had no other choice. So what are you going to do about it?

L- I need to think I have been helping out with the hospital. The nurses replacement is coming in a few days, so I won’t be doing anything until after that.

J- ok baby girl, make sure you let your mom and I know if you are coming home.

L-will do pops, I love you

J- love you too, baby girl.

I am a bit stunned when I get off of the phone to pop. I know Dagger is an a.sshole, but I never thought he would drug his own son just to cause sh.it between us. I trust pops judgement, though. He is good at spotting a lie.

I will take my time deciding what to do next, I might speak to Grace about it, get her opinion, she has become like a second mom to me.

I really want to believe it is true. I still love Gabe, and the truth is I really miss him, and I miss the others at the club. They have become like family to me. When I thought that Gabe and I were done for good, I mourned, losing them almost as much as I did him.

Even with the heartache, I have enjoyed coming here. I have gotten to know Grace, Ariel, and Graham, and I was able to help them get to know Gabe and Mike through my stories and pictures.

It had also been a fun learning experience. Bruno had healed nicely and was behaving himself enough that he didn’t get shot again, which was good.

I had also assisted with another bullet removal, a stab wound, and helped to remove an arrow of all things. Apparently, it had been an accident at practice. A kid new to the training had missfired and landed one into one of the instructors' feet.

The instructor had said loudly several times he would be standing behind them from now on. Why the Mafia needed to learn how to shoot an arrow was beyond me.

We also had a 9 year old boy in to remove his appendix or what was left of it. The poor kid was in agony because it burst, so there was no time to get him to the hospital. If it had been caught before it burst, it wouldn’t have been so critical.

Luckily, we got there in time, and he made a full recovery. He also got a load of presents that would rival what he would get at Christmas because his parents felt terrible for not realising sooner.

It wasn’t entirely their fault. The kid apparently faked being sick a lot to get out of school, so they thought that he was up to his usual tricks. I think he will have had a big enough scare to not try and pull a fast one again anytime soon.

I decided to sleep on it and then talk to Grace in the morning. When I woke up, I knew it was time to go home. I would wait for the nurse to arrive and then head back. I needed to look in Gabe’s eyes and hear it from him what happened. Like I probably should have done at the time.

It was too late to regret it now, and I knew I needed to leave for a while, but it probably shouldn’t have been for 6 weeks. Then again, it gave me a chance to meet Grace and Ariel, and hopefully, they would be all able to have a proper relationship now.

“Morning” I called to Grace and Ariel as I walked into the kitchen to get my coffee.

Yes, I know caffeine isn’t great when pregnant, but everything in moderation. I reduced myself to one in the morning, which the doctor said would be fine.

“Morning, how is my grandson doing today, I hope he let his Momma sleep” Grace says, in a voice too bright for this time in the morning. I have never understood morning people.

“Bump has been good, I slept like a baby” I replied.

“I have never understood that saying, as far as I know babies hardly ever sleep, that’s why new mom’s are always exhausted” Ariel said thoughtfully.

She has a good point to be fair, I think, as Grace shrugs her shoulders.

“So I have something to tell you all” I say cautiously.

“You are going back at the weekend. Your mom already filled me in, so we were expecting this to happen. Graham is asking for time off as we speak, he has no big cases at the moment, and he can give legal advice over the phone as needed, or they can get him back in the helicopter quickly if they need to” Grace says.

“You are coming with me?” I ask, feeling emotional.

“Yes, Ariel and I talked and decided it was time. We also want to support you. It is safe for me there now that the truth is out” Grace says.

“Are you ready for this?” I ask Ariel, because before she wasn’t ready for her brothers to know about her.

“Now I know he is not like dad I really want to meet them. I guess I was scared they would disappoint me if I met them” she says, and my heart goes out to her.

It must be hard wanting so much to be a part of someone’s life while being scared they may not feel the same way. I know them though they will be so happy to find out about her and to meet her. She may wish they weren’t when they start to chase all the boys away from her.

Being a club princess means she suddenly has dozens of big brothers and uncles that will scare any suiter that they deem unfit to be near her. It is probably just as well she will be miles away at university in a few months, so she can get some freedom.

“Graham is going to drive us there, so we have a car handy in case we need to leave. We can still get the helicopter if it will be too uncomfortable for you. It will take 7 and a half hours, but we can make plenty of stops, and you can stretch your legs while we are on the ferry” Grace says, concerned.

“I will go with you guys. It will give me longer to get my head together on the day” I replied.

I was now feeling both nervous and excited. Nervous because if it was true what Dagger said to pops, I had put Gabe through 6 weeks of hell for nothing and excited because if it is true, Gabe and I can work it out together.

He may be upset with me, though, for not giving him a chance to talk before I cleared out. I was prepared for his anger, or at least I would hopefully be prepared for it by the time I got there.

I decided to give Mike a call, and see what he had to say about it all, and get an idea about where Gabe was at right now.

Mike confirmed what pops had said, I was both angry and happy about the news. Angry that I let Dagger do that to us, and happy because I had hope that Gabe and I, along with bump, could be a family like we had wished for.

I told Mike I was coming back at the start of the next week. I know I should have told him the truth, but the last thing I wanted after an almost 8 hour journey was a long, in-depth heart to heart.

With the bump I was more tired out than usual, so I knew when I got home, all I would want to do was eat, and sleep, perhaps a shower if I had enough energy for it. No matter how much I wanted to see Gabe, I knew I needed to wait until I was rested, or I wouldn’t cope emotionally with it all.

Pregnancy hormones, tiredness, and hunger were not a good combination I had discovered. I had never been one to jump through emotions, but that changed with bump. I could go from happy to a sobbing mess in seconds.