“I’ve not put on a bet in some time, Alex. I don’t want Sunshine working here.”
“We have an agreement. You let Sunshine work for me and I pay you to stay the fuck out of our business. Do you want people to know about your debts? I’m paying them off for you, Hank.”
“You’re older than her, Alex. This is wrong.”
“Business is booming and you want to back out of our deal? Sunshine’s mine. You just never expected me to collect. Where was your conscience when you allowed her to be part of our bargain?”
“I made a mistake.”
“No, you made a business deal. You just thought you could outsmart me, Hank. No one outsmarts me.”
“What could a Skull want with my daughter?” Hank asked.
“You don’t want to know the answer.” Alex closed the door, leaving himself in peace and quiet.
Yes, he’d paid a parent for access to their daughter. Sunshine didn’t have a clue that her parents had as good as sold her to the highest bidder to get out of debt, and to hide Hank’s debts. Alex didn’t know if her mother even knew about his debts. He didn’t care. He just hoped Sunshine never found out the truth.
Chapter Nine
Whizz watched Lacey sleep. He’d fucked her multiple times throughout the night not giving her a chance to rest or to catch up on her beauty sleep. She looked so peaceful in sleep. He eased a strand of her hair off her face so it didn’t block the view of her beautiful face.
“It can’t be morning yet,” she said, opening her eyes to smile at him.
“How long have you been awake?” he asked.
“Long enough to know that you’re watching me.” She smiled up at him. “It’s a little creepy you staring at me.”
“Get used to it. I’m not going to change.”
“You made sure that I didn’t get a lot of sleep last night.” She changed the subject quickly.
“When it comes to your body, I can’t resist. You tempt me with your ways.”
In the background they heard some banging and shouting. She let out a groan, pulling the blanket over her head. “Why are they moaning?”
“Eva’s dad, Ned Walker, is due to come to Fort Wills today. He’s not the biggest fan of Tiny. Things could get a little crazy seeing as he’s bringing a couple of fighters with him.” Whizz rested his head on his hand, watching her.
“Do I even want to know how bad that’s going to be?”
“Tiny’s seen Ned several times and is still breathing. It’s probably down to the fact Tiny’s fucking his daughter.”
She shook her head at him. “You can be crude when you want to be.”
He stared at her wondering what she was thinking, and asked her.
Lacey let out a breath. “Nothing, not really.”
“I know you well enough to know you’re thinking about something.”
“I’m just thinking about children. Nothing important. It must be nice for, erm, Ned to visit his kids.” She smiled, but he saw the pain in her eyes. Lacey wouldn’t get that chance.
“So, I was thinking instead of us being here when Ned arrived, we could take a trip to the beach.”
“The beach? We’re miles away from a beach.”
“I’ve got my bike. We’ve got no responsibilities. You, me, the beach, perhaps a condo where it’s just us?” He tried to tempt her with his offer. “What do you say?” he asked. Whizz wanted to get away from the clubhouse, and he wanted Lacey with him by his side.
“Just get up and go.”
He nodded. “No one else is invited, just us.”
His heart raced with excitement at the prospect of having her all to himself.
She smiled. “I’d really like that.”
Whizz got to his feet, tugging the blanket off her. “Get dressed. We’ll go right now.” He didn’t give her a chance to protest as he led her into the bathroom. They got changed together even though it killed him to put his aching cock away in the tight pants he wore. He took the lead, grabbing her hand and leading her down toward the kitchen. Whizz wasn’t prepared to hear any protests. Ned Walker coming to the clubhouse with no threat in sight was not something Whizz wanted to witness. The older man had a bad reputation for hurting men that caused any pain to his daughter. Tiny hadn’t caused Eva any pain, but he was her husband and took the full blame in Ned’s eyes.
“Tiny, will you relax?” Eva asked, following her man across the clubhouse with Tabitha on her hip.
“Your father is a menace, Eva.”
“We owe him.”
“Exactly, he’s probably coming to take it out of my organs.”
Whizz chuckled. Tiny loved teasing his woman about her father.
They stopped in the kitchen to see several couples already up. Kelsey was in the room, looking pale and sickly.
“She’s got a stomach bug,” Killer said. “She’s not pregnant.” Killer looked disappointed.
“Where are you off to?” Tate asked.
“We’re going for a ride. Call me if you need me.” Whizz sneaked toast off Angel’s plate. She only smiled at him as he apologized.
“My wife’s food is not yours, Whizz,” Lash said, glaring at him.
Gripping Lacey’s hand, he headed out of the clubhouse with no one else stopping them.
“Why are you rushing?” she asked.
“I mention the beach and we’ll have people coming along for the ride. I’m not into making it a gathering with anyone else. I want you to myself.” He climbed onto his machine, giving Lacey a helmet. “Quick before someone sees.” She stuffed the toast into her mouth as he finished off the slice he had taken. He’d stop for breakfast when they were a safe distance away.
She climbed on the back of his machine, wrapping her arms around his waist. Whizz was out of the compound just as Zero and Prue were making their way out of the door. They stopped, looking confused as he left. His cell phone buzzed in his pocket, but he ignored it. When he was far enough away he’d call the clubhouse.
“This is completely insane,” Lacey said, shouting loud enough for him to hear.
“We’re going to spend the day away from everyone else. This is what living is all about.” He let out a whoop then concentrated on the road.
Whizz hadn’t felt this carefree in years. The last time he’d had fun going on a ride was way before Alan. He cut the thought off. If he never heard the name Alan again, he’d be fucking happy. That man was not going to define his future. The torture at his hands was all in the past, and Whizz was determined for it to stay there.
Lacey didn’t try to talk. Thirty minutes later, he pulled the bike to a stop outside of a diner.
“We’ll eat here.”
She handed him the helmet. Her blue hair looked a mess from being contained in the helmet. “I can’t believe we’re doing this. I feel like we’re sneaking away from our parents.”
“We are. I’m just going to call the club to let them know not to worry about us. I don’t want them out looking.”
“I’ll go on ahead and order.”
He watched her walk into the diner before dialing the club’s number. Tiny answered the call into the fourth ring.
“What?” Tiny barked the question out.
“It’s Whizz.”
“Why the fuck did you run out on us?”
Whizz chucked. “He’s your father-in-law, not mine.”
“We’re a club. We stick together.”
He stared through the window to see Lacey had taken a seat near the window. Her head was bowed over the menu she was reading.
“What have you decided about Butch?” Family meant more to him now than ever before. The Skulls were his rock whereas Lacey was his reason for breathing.
“I’m not discussing this on the phone.”
“You talk about sticking together, but you’re prepared to throw Butch under the bus.”
“He’s living.”
“I demand a vote on it.” Whizz would talk to every single member if he had to. Butch didn’t need to be thrown away like that. They were a family for a reason. If Butch didn’t want to be part of The Skulls, he wouldn’t have given away the Savage Brothers’ location. Butch had helped them to end the club that hurt the town. Lacey had even helped them to understand Butch’s part in it, which wasn’t much.
“Fine. I’ll tell the guys you want to vote.”
“Make it the end of the week. You’ve got a lot of shit to get through. I don’t want any part in it.” Before Tiny could say anything more, he hung up. There, he’d done it. Putting a call through to Cheryl, he waited for her to answer.
“Hello, Whizz” she said, whispering.
“How’s he doing?”
“He’s going to live. Apart from that he’s not doing good. It doesn’t help that none of the club have come by to say hi. They’ve abandoned him. I know why they’re angry, but this is hard for him.”
Whizz cursed. “I’ve demanded a vote to keep him in. I can’t promise anything, but will you do me a favor?”
“Sure, I’ll do anything for Butch.”
“Talk to Alex. He’s the one you need to see to reason with Tiny.”
“Whizz?”
“You’ll do anything for Butch.”