Ruined #5 (The MC Motorcycle Club Romance Series - Book #5) by Alycia Taylor Page B

“He’s probably just taking advantage of a prime opportunity.”
    I laughed. She was right, Dax did love to sleep.
    “Let’s sit and eat,” she said.
    She had gotten us sub sandwiches, chips, and sodas.
After she sat it all up and we started eating, I finally asked, “Do they know
who shot him?”
    Gail sat her sandwich down and looked at me. “Well,
you and I know that they probably all know who did it by now, but so far no one
is stepping up and saying anything. Bull says he didn’t even know Dax was in
the garage until they heard the gunshot and ran back to see what was going on.
Thank God they were all still there though; Dax may have lain there and bled to
death overnight.”
    “Wasn’t it late? What would he have been doing in
the garage at that time of night?”
    Gail looked over at him and said, “I have no idea.
One thing I’m sure of is that it had something to do with all of that nonsense
he told me he was going to leave in the past.”
    “Yeah, he told me the same thing. I started out
wanting to kick his ass, now I think when he wakes up he’ll be lucky if I don’t
kiss and hug him to death.”
    Gail smiled and said, “Me too. It’s amazing how fast
we can forgive and forget, isn’t it?”
    “I’ve forgiven him,” I told her. “But, I don’t plan
on forgetting. I plan on standing by his side, but making sure that nothing
else like this ever happens along the way.”
    “Good for you,” Gail said. Then, with a far off look
in her eyes she said, “You’re a better woman than me. I’m glad Dax has you.”
    “What are you talking about? Dax thinks the sun
rises and sets on you, Gail. Everyone thinks you’re such a great lady.”
    Gail had tears in her eyes when she said, “It’s easy
for me to blame Bull for all that’s happened to our family. But the truth is , I could have walked away a long time ago, as soon as I
found out what kind of business he
was actually running. I didn’t though and Brock and
Dax were raised on the fringes of a criminal enterprise. That’s as much my
fault as anyone’s.”
    “Oh Gail. I’m sorry you feel that way. We all make
the decisions that we do, within a moment. We try to think of what the future
will hold when we do, but there’s so much of the future that’s going to change
before we get there that it’s impossible. I know you thought you were doing the
best thing for those boys…You raised a good, decent son. You should be really
proud of that.”
    “I’m really proud of him,” Gail said, looking over
at Dax. “I love him so much.”
    “Me too,” I said with a smile as I picked my
sandwich back up to finish my lunch.

 
    CHAPTER
TWO
    DAX
    Olivia and I were in a big, white house. Everything
was white, the walls and the curtains, the furniture and the carpets…Olivia
even had on a white dress. It wasn’t a wedding dress, but it was white and
frilly and with her dark hair and eyes she looked gorgeous. We were sitting on
the white couch in our white house. We even had a snow white husky running
around. There wasn’t a spot on anything. I’m not sure how we did it. We weren’t
saying anything and the silence was almost deafening before the ringing of a
doorbell shrilly broke it.
    Olivia smiled creepily and practically floated
towards the door, like one of the Stepford Wives .
When she pulled it open and I saw who it was, I tried to scream but no sound
came out. Suddenly, he pulled out the gun and he took two shots at Liv first.
Then he turned it on me. I lost count, but I thought I ended up with four.
Blake kicked me and more bizarre than any of that, he put his foot on Olivia’s
back and Terrance suddenly appeared with a big camera…the kind the Paparazzi
use. He took a picture of his father with his gun, standing over his kill. They
did the same for me, only this time Brock was the camera man. I looked around
at the house, at the deep scarlet of the blood that was staining the carpets.
    Fuck! I thought we’d never get those