Chapter 31.
Angel POV.
Ok, don't freak out Angel, just don't freak out. My hands grasp the sink counter top as I look at the white stick on top of it. I had to be sneaky and ask one of the club girls who was doing the food and stock run with Hound and one of the men to grab me a pregnancy test.
She promised she would keep it secret, and she did like a ninja.
I haven't been feeling well for a while and the fact I poured my coffee down the drain told me what I was already thinking. I did the same thing with Rebel. So here I am, while the men are in church. I'm waiting impatiently for the results of this damn test.
Rebel is with Deanna and some of the other ole ladies, and I'm freaking the fuck out. This is the wrong time to be having another baby. Ok Angel, get it together. I don't know for damn sure.
Oh my god, what will Ryder say? Will he freak out like I am? Will he be happy? Fuck, cunt, twat! My alarm sounds and I close my eyes and take a big breath as I open them and focus on the test in front of me.
I look at the stick, and my brain has shut down. Two pink lines. Ok, one is clear, the other is faint, but it's there. I rip the other packet open and dip the pee again and reset the timer.
I need to be one hundred percent certain. My phone rings and I see it's my mom. I answer the call.
"Hey momma. You ok?" I ask her but my voice is cracking and I know she knows something is wrong. I'm fucking freaking out.
"Who do I have to hurt?" she asks, and I chuckle as I turn my back to the tests.
"No one, momma, I've been under the weather. Just tired with all that is happening. But I'm ok, so put your gun away." I say, and she chuckles.
"You know me too well, baby girl. So I'm ringing you with an update. Is Ryder with you?"
"No, he is in church, why what is it?"
"I need him to hear this." Oh shit, she is freaking me out. I start to hyperventilate.
"Breathe, Angel. Get in that meeting and put me on video call." She says and I'm out of the bathroom and bedroom like I have been fired from a gun. I jog down the hallway and into the mains room and towards the meeting room. I burst through the door and Ryder and the men all stand up in panic.
"Angel, what is it? Are you ok?" He moves to me and takes my face in his hands, searching my eyes.Content © NôvelDrama.Org.
"Sorry, I'm ok. My momma wants to speak to you." I say, handing him the phone as my momma's face fills the screen. "Teagan, is everything ok?" He asks as he takes my hand and walks me to his chair and places me on his lap.
"Can you mirror the screen to the TV in the room?" She asks, and he does so now she is on the big screen.
"Yeah, you are on the TV. What is this about Teagan?" He asks her and I sit there waiting for what she has to say. She stands up and walks with the phone in her hand. I hear a groan before she switches the camera and my eyes widen.
"Say hello Crusher." She says my jaw hits the floor as I see him strapped to a metal chair. His wrists and ankles are in cuffs and he is in his boxers. His face is bruised, he has cuts on his torso and thighs.
"We caught him this morning. Well, Nate and Nico did, hence the state he is in. So what are your orders, Savage?" she asks with a chuckle when Crusher tries to thrash in his restraints. My momma is one sadistic bitch, especially when it comes to her kids. "Please, it was Foxy. She set us all up." My momma moves to him and slaps him hard, and I wince. The men in the room all say ooooo. No doubt feeling the sting, too.
"And? You still followed her word. So you are as much to blame. How about this? let my daughter decide what is to be done with you? After all, you did what you did to her, Maybe not you personally, but you ordered your men to, and they did." She says, and I feel the bile rise in my throat.
"Momma, make him fucking pay." I say, and she turns her green eyes to the screen and grins evilly as I see my brothers and father step into view.
"Do it!" she commands. I look away, hearing his screams, and I run from the room to the kitchen and throw up in the kitchen sink. I keep heaving until there is nothing left to bring up. Arms wrap around me and I go weak in his hold.
"You're ok. I've got you," he whispers
as the tears leave my eyes. I know what they were doing to Crusher and what they will continue to do. They are the damn mafia and cartel. He will not get out of the red room alive. He will come out in pieces.
He lifts me and carries me through the clubhouse to our room and places me down on the bed. And the strength leaves me as he heads to the bathroom.
"Angel, princess. Is there something you need to tell me?" shit, the pregnancy tests. I look up at him and see he is holding them both in his hand.
"What do they say?" I ask him, my voice quiet, and he looks down at them and back up at me with tears shining in his blue eyes.
"Two pink lines. You're pregnant, princess. You're pregnant with my baby." He says and I sob, biting my bottom lip and nod my head. He moves to me and hugs me tight, and we both cry. "Thank you, thank you, thank you!" he kisses all over my face before he crushes me in a big bear hug.
"What are we going to do, Ryder? It isn't the right time and..."
"Shhhh, we will get through this
together." He places his hand on my flat stomach. "Once again, you have given me a great gift. Unless you don't want it? I will stand by you either way. It's your body. I won't force you to keep it." He says, and I sob more before I chuckle.
"Ryder, what if? What if something happens? It would kill me." I say to him and he places his forehead against mine.
"We do this together. You aren't alone now or in the future. I love you Angel. I always have and always will no matter what you decide to do," he says to me and I wrap my arms around him and nod my head.
"Ok,"
"Ok?"
"Yes, I can't get rid of it. That is not something I can do. Ryder. We are having a baby." I say to him as I chuckle through the tears and he smiles so fucking big he picks me up and stands before he spins me around, laughing.
"We're having a baby. Angel, we are having another baby. I love you so fucking much. Thank you, princess." He hugs me and I hug him back as I hear a cough drawing us out of this moment. I lift my head and see half of the club crowding the doorway. "Is it true?" Hatchet asks and Ryder places me on my feet, taking my hand in his and he puffs his chest out with pride.
"Yes, my woman and I are having another baby." The men cheer and the women cry. I hope this moment of happiness lasts, but I know it won't.
My family has captured, tortured, and mutilated Crusher to send a message. We need to find the rest now. I can't bring this baby into this mess, and the look on Ryder's face tells me he is thinking the same.
Things will be different now. Or at least I can hope they are.