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  I smile when Jace says he’s my man, he’s too perfect to be mine… I thought Caleb was perfect and see how that turned out? Jace winks at me as he enters the ambulance and takes my hand.

  As the ambulance drives away I hear the roar of all the motorcycles escorting us to the hospital. I turn to the lady paramedic, “I’m pregnant…but I think something is wrong with the baby.” Tears roll down my face. She nods giving me a sad look and pats my hand.

  She rushes to the radio and speaks to someone on the other end explaining my condition to them. My eyes are heavy again and I try really hard to stay awake but I’m too exhausted…emotionally and physically.

  CHAPTER 3

  CALEB POV

  “What the fuck is wrong with you!?” Brent shoves my chest as Harley runs down the stairs and out of my life. I keep screaming for her to come back but she doesn’t, Brent and some boys from the team hold me back, I turn around and rush off to the bathroom.

  I slam the door and punch the wall. I fucked up so badly, how could I do that to her? What is wrong with me? I’ve only ever been with Harley, I was going to propose to her tonight… I saved for the ring and finally got it for her this morning. What the fuck have I done?

  I got home today to find my father fucking his assistant so I came to the party and headed for a room. I was sitting in one of the bedrooms trying to clear my head with a bottle of jack when that fucking slut walked in. She offered to take my mind off everything for a few minutes, I didn’t think she would strip and pull out a condom. I don’t know what I was thinking, I couldn’t even finish however she on the other hand was quick to climax, I was so disgusted in her and what I was doing, I stormed out the room.

  She is supposed to be Harleys best friend, she knew my plan to propose tonight but instead of taking my mind off what my father was doing I ended up doing the same thing to my beautiful Harley.

  When I walked out of the room and saw my stunning girl standing there all dressed up with tears and make up running down her face, I knew I fucked up a beautiful thing. My heart broke as she looked at me with hatred, she is so perfect….she was too good for me and I was trying really hard to be good for her but I was bound to fuck up…and I did just that.

  When she said she didn’t want me anymore I knew it was true, I knew that I would spend every day of my life trying to make it up to her. I needed her, she made my life brighter and happier. As she walked away I knew I lost my most precious treasure…her.

  “Dude, what is wrong with you? You fucked up a real good thing! Dammit dude, what the fuck?” Brent says as he follows me into the bathroom shaking his head, he leans against the counter and he watches me with the same disgusted look. I’m sitting on the end of the bath with my head in my hands, tears falling down my face.

  “I know Brent, I fucked up…I know.”

  “Harley is perfect man, you ruined all that to hook up with Ashley? What were you thinking? Do you realize how many guys have wanted Harley, you know how hard they’ve tried to get with her too? Really hard but she turned every- single- one- of them down, that girl was so in love with you man. You’re my best friend and you know you are like my brother but man….you don’t deserve her…she deserves way better.” Brent says.

  I want to yell at him right now but I know every word out his mouth is true. I can’t tell you how many times the guys from the team have told me how lucky I am to have Harley and here I am fucking everything up.

  “Brent don’t you think I know that? I fucked up okay! Are you going to sit there or are you going to help me find her?” I say as I get up then head out the door to find my girl not waiting for his reply.

  Brent decides to drive since he’s only had one beer, we see ambulance lights and two police cars overtake us, I have this bad feeling in the pit of my stomach. We head near the main street where I spot a large Black SUV with the front is damaged, I follow the glass and rubble lying all over the road and I see Harleys little white car lying on its side against a tree all banged up. Brent races his car towards where her car lies and skids to a stop forgetting that the cops are already assessing the scene by the black car. I run out and look through the front window but can’t see anything, Brent climbs on the car and looks inside and tells me she’s not there. I start to panic, this is all my fault…

  The cops are asking us questions when I spot a tall big guy coming out from behind the tree where Harleys car was, he’s holding Harleys little body in his arms. Her legs have blood running down them and the side of her face is covered in blood and scratches. I move in her direction, calling her name out but the cops stop me, the guy cradling my girl to his chest looks over to me and gives me an obnoxious glare then pulls Harley closer to his chest and kisses her head with his eyes still on me.

  I want to rip his head off for touching my girl. I see the paramedics rush over to her and they place her on the soft grass, she’s not awake.

  The big guy heads in my direction with a determined look on his face, he stands just behind the police officer that was restraining me, “Don’t you dare go near her, do you understand me?” he says.

  “Who the hell do you think you are? She’s my girlfriend, you better stay the hell away from her! I should be there with her not you!” I yell at the arrogant asshole.

  “Your girlfriend?” He scoffs, “I don’t think so buddy especially after she caught you fucking her best friend. I guess your loss is my gain because I’m the one that’s going to look after that beautiful girl and I’m going to treat her the way you should have treated her.” He shouts back at me filled with that cocky attitude, okay he might be bigger and a little taller than me but he doesn’t scare me at all. I’m not going to let this dude take what’s mine and Harley is mine.

  “That’s never going to happen, we’ve known each other all our lives, she belongs with me…she’s mine!” I bellow as I move toward him but Brent stops me.

  The guy doesn’t even flinch, he stands there looking at me with a cocky smirk, “Nah…you got that wrong again kid…she’s mine now. You better stay away from her, if you don’t…I will come after you, and I will be more…hands on.” he says as he grins at the cop, winks at me then backs away. This guy makes my blood boil. Who the hell does he think he is?

  He has balls threatening me in front of the officer like that but the officer doesn’t do anything, he ignores the comments the guy made. These damn bikers think they’re high and mighty and the police accept it. The bikers tend to run the towns around here because most of them have inside contacts in the police force, most cops are afraid to go against the biker clubs since these clubs are known for their brutality.

  I turn my attention to the paramedics who are now performing CPR on Harley. My heart hurts as I see them pounding on her chest and pumping oxygen into her.

  “Please be okay Harlz…please.” I whisper as I continue to watch them try save my girl. Brent watches too and puts his hand on my shoulder showing that he’s there for me. We see them stop with the CPR and her eyes are open, that guy kneels down next to her and holds her hand while he runs his hands through her hair. She lets him do it and it pains me to see it, I can’t even imagine how she must have felt to find me having sex with Ashley. Oh God, what have I done…?

  We hear the rumble of motorbikes and about a dozen or so bikers head toward the scene. The huge guy that was leading the troop stops and jumps off his shiny bike and runs to where Harley is lying on the grass. He kisses her forehead, “Who the fuck is he?” I say out loud and the cop decides now is the time to speak up.

  “That’s Grimm, don’t let him hear you talk like that ‘bout him, kill you on the spot.” The old guy says as he turns back to look at “Grimm” who’s now talking to my girl with a soft expression on his face. Grimm starts walking toward us, he stands in front of the cop and I can see they know each other well.

  The cop asks him, “How is she doing? Did you find out what happened? We wanted to wait for you to be here before we wrote it up.”

  “Yeah my
baby girl is okay, just a lot of bleeding .They’re taking her to the hospital now, my guys will help escort her there. She says she skipped the red light when she hit Ravens SUV. Raven isn’t pressing any charges but if there’s any damaged to property you know where to send the bill.” Grimm says to the cop using an authority not even the police officer could have pulled off if he tried. This guy is massive, he towers over the cop and he doesn’t look to be too old, maybe in his late thirty’s early forties. I can see he’s packing beneath his leather jacket, his gun handle sticks out. He must be Harley’s father, no wonder she always kept quiet when it came to him.

  They continue to talk about some meeting Grimm was at in town while the paramedics take Harley away, I turn to Brent and we make our way to his car. We notice a couple other cars pull up. I see Ashley come out of one of them and start running towards us, heels clinking on the tar road.

  “Is it Harley? Is she okay? Where is she?” she says frantically as she comes up to me and touches my forearm.

  “Don’t touch me! No, she’s not okay, they’ve taken her to hospital.” I say bluntly walking to the car but she stops me again by saying.

  “This is entirely our fault, she shouldn’t have had to find out that way!” She wails and her voice only irritates me more. I don’t know how the fuck I managed to go through with hooking up with her.

  “No I shouldn’t have laid a hand on you, you’re fucking disgusting! Can’t believe I did that to Harley.” I shout. She looks at me with disbelief.

  “You wanted it just as much as I did! Don’t act like you didn’t feel the tension between us? It was bound to happen Caleb. Don’t you see you and I are supposed to be together! I love Harley yes but I couldn’t stand the fact that she had you. You and I come from the same life, don’t you get it? We are meant to be together Caleb. I didn’t want to hurt Harley in the process but… now everything works out, we can be together without hiding anything. We can stay in that apartment you guys got…it’s going to be perfect babe.” Her smile infuriates me.

  “You are fucking delusional! I fucking hate you Ashley, do you honestly think I would choose you over Harley? You’ve fucked the whole school, you’re so fake and you irritate the living shit outta me. You planned all this? Well guess it didn’t work out all that well did it? Because you and I are never going to be together! I made a mistake sleeping with you, a huge mistake and I regretted it as soon as it happened. I belong with Harley and not only did you fuck mine and hers relationship up but you ruined the only true friendship you ever had. She was the only real friend you had and she stood up for you when no one else did, even when the boys and I warned her to stay away from your no good slutty ass. You lost that Ashley! And for what? To be with me? Well that was one big fucking mistake! Stay away from me Ashley.” I yell at her as I walk away and jump into Brent’s car.

  I look at her through the window and see the realization of what she’s just done hit her and I see regret…the same regret surging through me.

  CHAPTER 4:

  I wake up and hear my fathers and Anna’s voice, they don’t notice I’m waking up so I keep my eyes closed as I listen to what they’re saying.

  “Ann baby, she’s coming with us, I don’t care what her mother says and it’s final. I’m not going to argue about this with you.” My father says in a harsh tone.

  “Grant please, we should speak to her mother first and let her know what’s happening to Harley, maybe Harley doesn’t even want to stay with us, it’s the right thing to do!” Anna argues with him.

  “I don’t give a fuck what the right thing to do is, Harley is MY daughter and she should have been with us from the moment she was born. She could have fucking died, I’m not losing any more time with my baby because her mother is too selfish to let her go. Have you seen how skinny she is? I stopped at the house before I came to the hospital to tell Roxanne about the accident, the cupboards are all empty and the only thing in that fridge is beer! She won’t let her live with me because of the club but I will at least be able to feed my child and look after her. Harley is eighteen, she can make her own decisions now, if she wants to I’ve with us then it’s happening …whether her mother likes it or not!” My father lectures poor Anna and I don’t hear a reply from her. There’s no arguing with my father, he always gets his way.

  Okay so I know there hasn’t been food in the house for a while now but I really don’t think I’ve lost that much weight. Caleb mentioned it to me and so did Ashley but I didn’t really take notice, I’ve always been really skinny and I thought my curves were still there even if my clothes were a little looser than they were before… Luckily I’m skinny enough that the baby bump can hardly be seen through my loose clothes.

  I attempt to loosen the tension in the room, “Daddy, I’ll stay with you and Mom.” I say with a rough dry voice.

  I open my eyes to see my dad whip his head around and rush to my side along with Anna. My biological mother is known as Momma and Anna is Mom to me. Anna smiles at me.

  “Baby girl, we were so worried about you! You’ve been out for a couple of hours, doc says the meds were pretty strong but didn’t think they’d have you sleeping this long. How are you feeling?” my father says as he looks me over and kisses my forehead.

  “I’m feeling better, how’s Jace? “ I ask them.

  “Jace is fine sweetie, he just went downstairs to get us some coffee so he should be here soon. All your friends are out there waiting to hear if you’re okay, want me to let them in?” Anna says and I know by the way she says friends, who exactly she is talking about….Caleb.

  “No! Don’t!” I blurt out and she raises her brow confused by my outburst. “I think you should just tell them I’m asleep, I’m guessing it’s late and they should… um… go home. Tell them you’ll let them know when I’m awake or something.” I beg Anna giving her a pleading look and she nods, kisses my cheek and leaves the room.

  My dad asks me, “You really want to stay with us?”

  “Yeah daddy, I need to get away from here besides the college is just a Block away from you anyway. I don’t think mom really wants me around in any case, she won’t even notice I’m gone.” I say softly, sad at the fact that my own mother wasn’t here when I woke up.

  My father tenses and I notice the frown lines on his forehead, I can tell he’s pretty angry right now at her. “I swear I could kill that woman for treating you this way!” he says loudly as he runs his hands through his hair in frustration.

  “Are you okay to stay with us? You know…since we live in the club house most of the time and all the boys from the club are always around? It’s usually rowdy and you may see things you won’t like. I could buy you your own apartment if you like, anything you want baby, I can do it?” he says calmly as sits in the chair next to the hospital bed and places my small hands in his much larger ones.

  “No dad, its fine…I really don’t want to be alone. I don’t mind all of that as long as you and Mom are around I’ll be fine.” I smile sweetly at him and he returns the smile.

  “Of course we will be there, I’m so happy you decided to stay with us honey!” Anna says as she walks in the room and kisses me on the cheek happily.

  “Thanks Mom, uh…did the doctor say anything to you guys while I was sleeping?” I ask nervously hoping the doctor hasn’t mentioned anything about the baby. Thinking about the baby, I place my hand on my stomach praying that my little bundle is still safe inside me.

  “No honey, I asked the nurse while I was in the hallway and she said she should be here shortly.” Anna says concerned.

  “Mom, will you and daddy be able to go over to the trailer and fetch my things, I don’t want to go back there.” I say to both of them then turn toward my father, “I need Mom to go with you because of all the girly stuff I need but I don’t want her to go alone in case Momma comes and causes trouble… you’re the only one that can talk to her.”

  “Okay sweetie, I’ll call Jace to come stay with you while we’re gone. You’re
going to be fine by yourself?” Daddy asks me, I nod and give him a small smile.

  They each kiss and hug me gently, careful not to hurt me and leave just as Jace walks in the door. My father whispers something to him then leaves.

  Jace walks up to me, smiles then kisses me on my forehead, the way he lets his lips linger against my skin is rather intimate. My head is spinning, why the hell is he acting like this and why do I feel a bond with him, like we just click? I’ve just met him a few hours ago and he’s acting like we’ve known each other for years.

  Guess when you’re in a life or death situation it brings you closer to the person you’re sharing it with….

  “Harley. How are you feeling? You had me nervous there a couple times…” he says as he sits on the bed next to me and holds my hands.

  “I’m…I don’t know how I am… I just want to speak to a doctor and find out how my baby is doing…are you okay?” I ask him trying to find my voice, I feel so shy when it comes to him and it’s probably due to the fact that he’s gorgeous in a spank-me-and-whisper- dirty-things-to-me kinda way. He’s not the usual boy next door type that I’m usually around.

  “Yeah baby I’m all good, just a couple scratches.” Jace says as he looks down at my hands in his.

  I hear the door open and I see Ashley’s mom walk in, I straighten in my seat , she walks up to me and eyes Jace who continues to hold my hand in his.

  I cringe, even though she didn’t do anything I can’t help but think of her slutty daughter who ruined my life.

  “How are you feeling honey?” She says as she looks over my chart.

  “Been better, is the baby okay?” I ask quickly needing an answer.

  “Yes honey the baby is fine, the impact from the steering wheel caused a slight tear in your placenta. You need to stay on bed rest for a few days and take the medicine I prescribe you. Your father has emphasized that you will be living with him and he wants you out of here as soon as possible. So if everything goes as planned then he can take you home this afternoon but you need to take it easy. If you don’t, you can put your baby’s life in danger. You are really bruised around your stomach and ribs but I have medicine for the pain. I also wanted to speak to you about your weight, you need to put on some more, the baby is taking all your nutrients and vitamins but you are underweight as it is Harley. I’ve also got vitamins that you need to take daily, for you and your baby health. We did an ultrasound while you were under and it looks like you’re about fourteen weeks now but you aren’t showing because you’re underweight. Although your baby is getting the nutrients, you being underweight is not good for either of you.” She says in a stern motherly tone, I can see this bothers Jace as he sits there glaring at her, he isn’t aware of the fact that she is Ashley’s mother.