“Thanks for calling me. I’ll give Knox the good news.” Diamond couldn’t hide her excitement.
“Don’t get to complacent, Di. If I can find some way to prove he was the one that caused that head injury, I’ll prosecute him for involuntary manslaughter.”
“Understood.” Disconnecting the call, Diamond was elated that Knox wouldn’t be facing a trial in the near future, but she continued to be worried he would have the specter of Samantha Bedford hanging over his head until they did find out who she’d had a fight with after Knox left her that day.
She pushed in Knox’s phone number.
“Yeah?” Knox answered with his grumpy voice.
“Where are you at?” Diamond tried to tone down her excitement, wanting to surprise him.
“Having lunch at the diner with Razer and Viper.”
“Can you come to my office when you get done, I have some good news.”
“Be there in five; we’re done here.”
“Okay. Bye.” Diamond could hardly wait to see his reaction.
She walked into her front office, smiling at Holly. “You can go to lunch.”
Her secretary returned her smile. “I take it you’re having a good day.”
“The best.” Diamond couldn’t restrain herself, she hugged her startled secretary.
“Want me to bring you something back?” Holly offered.
“No thanks. I might not be here when you get back. I’ll lock the door if I leave,” Diamond told her.
“Okay. See you tomorrow then.” Diamond nodded happily, going back into her office. A few minutes later, Knox came in. Diamond ran across her office, throwing herself into his arms.
“The Commonwealth’s Attorney’s office dropped the charges against you. Samantha had a genetic kidney disease that was the cause of death.”
Knox’s arms squeezed her. “What?”
Diamond nodded her head. “It’s true. Even if they find evidence of an argument between you, which they won’t,” Diamond added hastily, “they would have to do involuntary manslaughter and that would be hard to prove unless someone actually saw you inflict the injury on Samantha.”
“It’s over?” Knox asked, relief filling his face.
“Yes, I’m still going to try to find who attacked her because I don’t want that hanging over your head, but you’re free now.” Diamond didn’t try to hide how happy she was for him.
Knox twirled her around in a circle before putting her back on her feet.
“Want to go back to my apartment and celebrate? I don’t have any cases this afternoon.” Her arms circled his neck, leaning her body against his while her hand went to the belt at his waist. Knox’s hand grabbed her ass, pulling her against his hard body.
“Have you lost your fucking mind, Diamond?” Sex Piston’s voice from the office door had Diamond stepping away from Knox and turning to face her sister.
“What are you doing here?” Sex Piston never came to her office.
“I came to see why in the hell you haven’t returned any of Ma’s and Pop’s calls. Now I see why. You’re giving them shit while you’re screwing that fuckwad.”
“Don’t talk about him like that, Sex Piston,” Diamond snapped angrily at her sister.
Sex Piston’s eyes narrowed dangerously. “You’re taking up for him? You’ve been fucking him after throwing up your high and mighty morals to me for years. I don’t think so, bitch. You’re letting someone fuck you that I wouldn’t let touch me.”
“Shut up.”
“Why? You don’t want to hear what I got to say? Too fucking bad, I’ve put up with your shit for years.” She nodded to Knox. “If you’ve been fucking him, then you’ve done Rider, too.”
Diamond turned white, taking a step away from Knox. “What are you talking about?”
“They’re the welcoming committee to The Last Riders. They double team the women that are joining the club. He tell you how the women become members?”
“Like pop’s club; you become a member’s old lady or fuck buddy.”
“Don’t tell me you’re that fucking stupid. None of those women belong to any of the members, they are members.”
“How do they become members?” Diamond looked towards Knox. His face was impassive as he listened to Sex Piston talk about The Last Riders.
“There are eight original members. The women that want to join fuck six out of the eight. When they’ve accomplished that milestone, they go get themselves tatted with the date they got their final vote. Now isn’t that too sweet?” Sex Piston said harshly.