Shade(223)

Nodding, King walked away.

Shade turned to Lily as she approached with a bottled water in her hand.

“She’s awake,” Shade told her, moving away from the door as Razer came out.

The brother looked haggard, as if he had aged ten years overnight.

Lily hugged Razer, whose arms went around her. “Thank you, Lily.”

“I didn’t do anything. Evie’s the one who delivered the baby.”

Razer shook his head. “You…” Razer blinked back the tears both Shade and Lily saw in his eyes. ”You offered your life for my son’s.” Razer’s voice broke. It took a second for him to regain his composure. “It’s a debt I can never repay, but if you ever—”#p#分页标题#e#

“You’re my brother, Razer. You don’t have to thank me,” Lily said softly, stepping back.

“I’m going to go get the nurse to bring the babies in for Beth to see. You two go inside.”

Shade nodded, receiving the message that he didn’t want Beth left alone.

Lily’s face lit up with joy, immediately going inside the room.

“Shade … If you hadn’t decided to come back—”

Shade cut him off. “Brother, if you start crying on me, I’ll punch you.”

“All right. Just wanted you to know that plan you have that you don’t think we know about, I’m in, and the rest of the brothers are, too.”

Shade looked at him in surprise. “How…?”

“You think you’re the only one who wants revenge? Been doing the same searches you have. Knox told me because he was tired of repeating the same information four times.”

“Who else wanted the information?” Shade asked.

“You, me, Lucky, and Viper.”

“Fuck. I was looking forward to doing it on my own.”

“Sorry, brother; we’re too used to sharing all the fun.” Razer slapped him on the back before moving away to find his babies.

Shade opened Beth’s door, seeing the two sisters hugging each other. He silently closed it again, leaving the two alone. He would wait for Razer.





Chapter 78



Shade reached into the ice cooler, pulling out a beer then carrying it to King who was determined to man the grill, despite the heat. Shade handed him the beer, seeing the sweat dripping of him.

“Thanks.” King took a long drink of the cold beer.

“Want me to take over for a while?” Shade offered.

“Don’t even think about it. Evie doesn’t think I can do anything macho. This is me about to prove her wrong.”

“Grilling is macho?” Shade’s eyes took in his sweaty T-shirt.

“Isn’t it?” King asked, wiping the perspiration from his brow with a paper towel.

“You’re not going to feel very manly when you suffer a heat stroke,” Shade advised.

“Just keep the beers coming. The burgers are almost ready.”

The crowd had gathered in the backyard of the clubhouse for the baptisms of Beth and Razer’s sons. Many were waiting to be fed, already making their plates from the buffet the women had put together.

King looked like he was about to pass out as he pulled the meat off, placing them on platters.

“Go find a seat in the shade. I’ll take these to the tables,” Shade told him as he picked the platter up.

King nodded, taking his beer to find a cool seat.

Shade carried the plates to the tables, setting them down, then got out of the way as the hungry members grabbed plates. He took a beer for himself as he walked around the yard, talking to the brothers while waiting for Lily to come outside. She had told him she would be out in a little while, that there was something she needed to do. It had been an hour already, though.

Shade passed Evie who was holding one of Beth’s sons while Razer stood not far away, keeping him within his eyesight. No one could tell the babies apart other than the parents. They had named one Noah and the other Chance.

Evie had grown attached to the baby she had delivered. With her and King now married, if King wasn’t careful, his father-in-law would be carrying around his own bundle of joy soon.

Shade laughingly joked to himself. The man can barely handle a grill, couldn’t fish worth shit… I hope, if King does have another kid, it’s another girl.#p#分页标题#e#

Lily came out of their house, carrying a large book. When she saw her father, she walked over to his table. She sat down next to King, placing the book in front of him.

Shade had watched her working on the scrapbook over the last week. She had shown him several of the pictures inside.

While King opened the book and began looking through it, Shade gave them their privacy as he threw his beer bottle away.