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The next time I opened my eyes, I was in a hospital room and my mom was dead

I had several broken ribs, a broken arm, tons of scrapes and cuts, and a severe concussion that kept me out of it for two days I wasn’t

even strong enough to attend my mom’s funeral Bennett, our club doctor, sat with me that day

After I was strong enough to leave the hospital, my aunt took me home to live with her and Jake

I lost so s of Retribution MC family in the process

Those men downstairs, are more loyal than most Jake took me in, raised me as if I were his own son

That’s when I met Reid and his little brother, Noah We beca into shit and raising hell

Lives changed even more just a few years later when Aunt Lily passed away from Cervical Cancer

Two of thepeople was beco a theme in my life I never knew ood or bad

Jake becah he was dealing with his own grief fro the wo a constant inh every irlfriend, even ht Which I kicked that punks fuckin’ ass He was there through it all The proudest moment he and I shared hen I earned et the look of pride in his eyes, as he realized through all our trials and tribulations, I’d made it

Bennett was a big part ofHe has been with the club since day one He and Jake grew up together Childhood friends Bennett is the one who taught ht on quick, he said I was a natural It didn’t take long before I was soon able to outshoot anyone of the brothers I just learned early on that with deter you set out to

Bennett has an old lady, Lisa They’re high school sweethearts She stood by hih two tours in Iraq as a medic and his decision to join the MC Lisa is truly Bennett’s ride or die

Seven years ago, I thought I had everything figured out I had the club, my brothers, and a pretty woman I loved

Turns out, she didn’t love me

Stephanie Williah school sweetheart, we met my junior year She had strawberry blonde hair and soft brown eyes Every spare ether

Up until the day I turned twenty

I rode out to her parents’ house, where she was still living I went to pick her up for the party the club was having I kneas a couple hours early, but I was anxious to see uest house her parents let her stay in I parked ate that leads to the back of the property