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“You have the floor, Cannon” Shovel’s eyes are all too knowing He’s seated at the head of the worn and beat-up table that was once his father’s
“Already knohat I’ve been doing is wrong, but ever since Monroe, Sadie, and Henley were kidnapped, I kneas now or never I kneould break an oath toMonroe these past few months It wasn’t her idea to keep it a secret She was new out in the nursing field, and I asked her to keep it between the two of us in case shit fell apart I’d have been the one to go Nomad had that happened” My voice doesn’t waver even when Doc’s face is nothing but red, his fists clenching and unclenching
“You knohat’s going to happen Can’t say I’m not disappointed in how it all rolled out Also know that you’ve got plans You’re finally planting roots, and you wouldn’t have gone Nomad, because I’m no fuckin’ tool I see the way she looks at you, how you look at her when you think no one else is looking Glad you found that, brother,” Shovel says Not an ounce of anger is oozing from him
“Apparently, I’ve had my head up my own ass I didn’t see shit Breathin’ easy happens when your life is full of fuckin’ happiness with a woet what’s expected, but we’re still brothers at the end of the day Which aze leaveshim to have the floor
“I get three licks The rest of you can get one like norhter, and if shit went sideways, he irl; she would have left too And I’ I’d be all too fuckin’ chipper about that” I don’t bla my way isMonroe by my side
“Well, that’s stated Anyone object?” Shovel asks None of the brothers say a word, and I hold no grudge because of it “Alright, it happens now It’s a clean slate afterwards Tomorrow is a new fuckin’ day”
I stand up,for what’s to cout Razor es to hit h; that would only be for pussies I square my shoulders, prepared for Dice as he hits ht in the kidney Bullet is no better, and I’ll be pissing blood torabs a bat frout It’s Crank who hasback The fucker loves to play dirty, which is why he kicked the back of my knee in
“Fuckin’ hate having to do this, ot a woer says as he walks towards me He does me a not so solid favor Swear he, Shovel, and Razor are a force to be reckoned with, and who knohat else is left Ruger hitsis hard as fuck, but I do it knowing Doc has his turn next My face so far has been unscathed, but by the way Monroe’s dad is looking at
“I respect the hell out of you for telling h you’re about to be hurt and hter will talk my ear off for a year about it, probably be pissed as shit too I’d rather she be with a man like you than some other pencil dick sick fuck at the hospital” His fist meets my jaw, then my chin, and the final blow is totoin pain
“Thanks, Doc,” I grunt when he puts two pain pills inthrough my whole body hurts like abut darkness soon enough
“We’re even I’, and I iine we’ll both have some hell to pay, so sleep while you can I’uirl If she weren’t a nurse, I’d have pegged her for a lawyer” I toss the pills back He shuts the door behind him, and I fall asleep with a smile on my face It’s all fuckin’ worth it when my woman is the prize at the end