one in the fridge. Kept him down. Got the other one with a rock. The one who went over the wall.”
The dead guy.
“She killed someone?” Liam asked the question pinging around inside of me and Jasper swore, but I shook my head and just turned my attention to Hawk.
“Take care of your brother,” I told Liam.
After the twins headed for the office on the far side of the warehouse where we had a clinic set up that would work for minor injuries, I faced off with Hawk. “She’s killed someone. You happy now?”
“Fuck off, Kellan.” He pinched the bridge of his nose, then raked a hand through his hair. “No, I’m not fucking happy. I’d be less happy if she hadn’t defended him and had gotten hurt. Rome getting stabbed is bad enough.”
“We can’t keep her here.”
“She’s been fine the last few weeks.”
Was he for real? “She’s losing her mind being stuck here. This isn’t her life. This…” I stuck my hand out. “None of this is her life.”
“Yeah well, the one she had wasn’t doing her any favors.” He rubbed at his jaw.
“Have you even told Raptor yet?”
Jasper not answering was an answer.
“He’s going to kill you.”
“He’ll understand.”
I tilted my head back and looked up at the rafters.
“He will.” There was more confidence in Jasper’s voice. “She’s not safe with her people. Look at how they are even dealing with her disappearance.”
They’d treated it like she and that shitstain had run off together. Half the tabloids made it out to be some romantic escapade, and the rest chided her for being a spoiled rich kid. The cops weren’t looking. A couple of our guys had done some asking around, and there was no report of her being missing.
The show had moved on.
They even had a new headliner.
A door at the far end of the warehouse opened, letting Doc in. Jasper’s aggrieved expression washed away, and he shot the other man a look. “I’m going to deal with the Diamond and find out why the fuck they were up this far. You get Doc in and then out.”
“Sparrow needs to see him.”
Jasper whirled on me. “I thought you said she wasn’t hurt.”
“Physically? No, she isn’t. Mentally and emotionally? Different story. She trusts Doc. Trusts him like she can’t trust us. She needs to see him.”
Fists clenching until his knuckles went white, Jasper glared at me. I didn’t flinch or look away. She needed this. If he could get his head out of his ass for five minutes, he’d see it. Doc had gotten her through some of the worst of those injuries.
“I don’t want him around her.”
“She’s not ours.”
“The fuck she isn’t,” Jasper ground out.
“Hawk, she doesn’t belong here.” How many times did I have to say it before he’d hear me?
“Give me one reason why I don’t just fucking shoot you right now.” Despite his words, there was no heat.
“Because I’m your brother and I’ve never lied to you. I know you want her. But you can’t have her.” None of us could.
“Shut up.” Jasper shoved past me. “Let him talk to her. Give her what she needs. But she stays.”
I sighed.
He didn’t slow down, and the door to the fridge slammed as he disappeared inside.
We were all fucking dead if someone didn’t tell Raptor what was going on. I could do it, but that would mean going around Jasper and I wasn’t ready to take that step yet. Doc slowed when he reached me, and the man’s unflinching attention to detail meant he hadn’t missed any of that.
“Rome’s in the office. Sparrow’s inside. Freddie’s keeping an eye on her, so don’t take too long.”
Doc nodded.
“And, Doc?” I didn’t look at him, and he didn’t turn. “Take care of her.”
“That was always my plan.”
I debated heading into the fridge for my own answers or hunting down Vaughn. I’d told him to walk it off, and apparently, he’d taken the words to heart. Still, I hesitated and glanced back at the clubhouse door.
When the hell had this all gotten so fucked?
Chapter 17
Emersyn
As promised, Kestrel sent Doc to see me that night. Freddie had shown up at my door to harass me into coming down to eat. I went more because I hadn’t had the energy to dissuade him. It wasn’t like I had to talk, he chatted enough for both of us. It was also hard to not laugh at Freddie’s outrageous statements.
Even if he did call me Boo-Boo.
What a name. At least it wasn’t a bird.
Doc called me Little