Phoebe, but I need your head back on club business. We have too much shit going on.”
I nodded. “I’m back. I’m ready to work.”
“We let Sean off with a warning. What he did was dangerous and could have had dire consequences, but I understand why he did it. He knows in the future to tell us and we’ll have his back,” Titan said.
“Wizard ever find out why Morgan turned on us?” I asked.
“No. We can’t find any connection to him and the Sadistic Saints. No huge deposits in his accounts, no missing family members. Nothing is out of the ordinary, so I have no damn clue what they had on him, or if we just fucked up and let the wrong guy prospect for us.”
I pointed my beer toward some half-naked women dancing near the bar. “See we got some new talent while I was gone.”
“Don’t let your woman catch you eying them. She’ll probably put you on your ass, or worse… leave.”
He wasn’t wrong about that. There were times my little Phoebe was timid as hell, but when it counted, she came out swinging. She’d only left with Pitch in order to save the others. If it had just been her, I knew she’d have gone down fighting. Now that she’d had a taste of passion, love, and acceptance, there was no way she’d ever go back to living the way she had before. Not willingly.
“I’m worried about her,” I confessed. “You and I know her scars are barely noticeable unless you’re looking for them, but to Phoebe, they might as well be huge craters. She feels ugly and like everyone is staring when she leaves the house. I don’t know how to help her.”
Titan tapped his thigh a few times, his brow furrowed. “I may know a way. Remember the nurses who were called in the day I got shot?”
“Yeah, what about them?”
“One them has some pretty bad scarring. Beautiful smile, kind eyes.” Titan’s lips tipped up on one corner. “Doesn’t take anyone’s shit, including mine.”
“Does this mean you’re done giving Cowboy’s daughter longing looks?”
Titan punched me in the shoulder, then grunted. I knew it had to hurt him more than me. “Told you I wasn’t going there.”
“Then call this nurse. See if she’ll meet Phoebe here, or maybe out for coffee? I could drop her by the café.”
Titan pulled out his phone and started typing. I didn’t say a damn word about the fact he had the woman’s number. Made me wonder if she was more than just his nurse. It would be nice if some of my brothers would settle down, find good women. Phoebe would probably like not being the only one here. The club whores didn’t count. I didn’t want them near my woman for any reason. Bunch of catty bitches.
“You up for dinner at the little Mexican place across town?” Titan asked.
“Did you just ask me and Phoebe on a double date with you and the nurse?”
He snorted. “What the fuck ever. You coming or not?”
“I’m always down for tacos. Just let me go get Phoebe.”
I stood and stretched before walking out of the clubhouse. I got on my bike and headed home. First thing I’d done when we got back was buy Phoebe an SUV. It was big enough I didn’t feel like I was crammed into the damn thing like a sardine, but not so large she couldn’t handle it. When I got to the house, the living room light was on. I shut off the bike and went inside, smiling when I saw her stretched out on the couch, one of those romantic comedies on the large TV. She seemed to love those damn things, and I suffered through them because I loved her.
“Need to get ready, baby girl.”
She jolted and glanced my way. “How did I not hear you?”
“Too busy mooning over the guy on TV? You cheating me on me with some actor?” I teased.
“Of course not.” She stood and came toward me. “Where are we going?”
“Out for dinner. And before you get upset and decide you want to stay home, Titan invited us out. Can’t exactly say no to the Pres, can we?”
“Guess not.” She twisted her hands in front of her. “I need to shower and change. And Ember’s asleep…”
“Get to it. I’ll let Titan know we can head out in about a half hour, and I’ll ask someone to come sit with Ember.”
Her eyes went wide. “I only have a half hour?”
“Twenty-nine minutes now. Get