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Chapter 1
*~* Fury *~*
Being told I couldn’t go into Jamie’s room pissed me off, yet I can understand why she does not want me around. I can’t think of who would want to hurt her. It just makes little sense to me. She helps everyone, and more than she should. The club brothers love her and have been doing everything they can to find out exactly what happened and why.
Placing my elbows on my knees, I put my head in my hands and sigh. This has turned into a real shitshow and something I never wanted to happen. I wanted Jamie from the first time I met her, but I’ve known I’m not good enough for her.
I come from a broken and violent home. My father, a drunk who abused my mother, beating her badly week in and week out. As soon as I was old enough I was out of there, and away from them both.
My mother never left him, wouldn’t leave him, and put up with the abuse until she had an accident on the stairs and broke her neck. I thought he did it, but she’d had a camera system installed intending to have him arrested for assault the next time he beat her. This is the information the neighbor gave me when I visited her.
The camera evidence showed she had had an accident, though it still left me feeling bitter toward him. In fact, I hate him. He has contacted me a few times over the years, and three times in the last year. Each time begging for money for his drinking habit. Money he never got from me. He got nothing from me.
Jamie was the sun that came into my life. We spent evenings in her small house eating pizza, drinking beer, watching movies or some stupid program I wasn’t really paying attention to. Then we’d make out some before having the best sex of my life.
Why I couldn’t stay just with Jamie I don’t know, but I always had to come back to the whores, take out my frustrations on them. I know I have an anger issue. That’s why I was given the road name Fury, because I’m so fast to get to that point.
I’ve been taking notice of Breaker with Molly, and they are so in love with each other it’s hard to watch. He makes sure she has everything she needs and is safe. In return, she makes his life as good as she can. She never asks him for anything, and yet always has whatever is needed at hand when he needs it. She also pushes his buttons, and when he reacts, she laughs loudly and freely. I need some of that, but how do I get it now that I have broken what Jamie and I had?
Hearing knocking on my club room door, I step over and open it. Breaker is standing, looking at me with a questioning eyebrow. “What the fuck are you doing, Fury?”
“What do you mean?” I ask because honestly, I’m doing my best to stay out of everyone’s way. Having a pity party away from prying eyes.
“Jamie is fully awake. She doesn’t want to see anyone except Molly and the other old ladies. I’m not sure what happened, or why, but Fury, if you want this woman you've got to pull your head out of your own ass.” Breaker pushes me back from the door and closes it behind him. “What the fuck did you do?”
I take a seat at the end of the bed again and rub the palms of my hands over my face before looking at Breaker. “I broke her. Broke her trust in me by coming here and fucking the club girls.”
“You fuckin’ idiot. Did you really think a woman like Jamie, a successful businesswoman at that, was going to put up with that shit?” Breaker paces back and forth the few steps the room allows before turning back to me. “I’m going to speak to Molly and see what is going on in Jamie’s head. You are going to keep your nose clean, stay away from the skanks, but the question is, do you want Jamie? Are you going to put in the effort? Or am I wasting my time on you?”
“I’ll stay away from the women, and I’ll do what is needed to show Jamie I am serious, but I want to find out who ran her off the road. That’s what I’m going to be looking into before anything else.”
“Good!” Breaker opens the door, gives me one last shake of his head, and closes it behind him as he leaves. All done quietly, and with purpose.
I have no idea how I’m supposed to put any of this right, but before I do anything else I need the details on how badly Jamie is hurt, and everything about the accident.
Stepping into Bull’s office, I close the door quietly behind me. “What are Jamie’s injuries?”
Bull looks me over, and I wait for him to decide if he’s going to tell me or not. I would happily beat the shit out of him, that though would be a mistake if I want his help to find information about the accident. I lean against the wall, fold my arms over my chest, and wait.
“She has two cracked ribs, multiple cuts and bruises, and a concussion. She’ll be out of the hospital in a few days. They are keeping her at the moment because she has had some issues with her balance. It’s improving, but not right yet.” Bull turns back to his desk and taps a few keys. Turning his head, he looks at me with a questioning eyebrow.
“And the accident?” I ask while taking a step away from the wall.
Bull leans back in his seat, and I can see I’m not going to like what he’s found. “I’ve watched the street cams and I see Jamie driving through town. She’d been to old man Phillips’ place, and it looks like she was on her way back to the practice.”
“Why was she going to see Phillips?” I can’t help but ask because he’s way out of town.
Bull smirks. “Well, the fucker had just come out of hospital and he was trying to mow the fucking lawn. His wife contacted Jamie to sort him out because he always listened to her.”
“Of course, Jamie went like an angel to help them out. Did you see Jamie’s accident on a street cam?”
Bull shakes his head. “No, the camera on that stretch of road is out of action. Looking at the report, it’s been waiting to be fixed for six fuckin’ months.”
“We’ve nothing to go on, then?” I rub my chin as I drop my head in thought. “Has anyone been out to look at the area?”
“Yeah, Wraith went out, and he said it was clean. He found nothing suspicious. Just what you would expect from an accident. But we all know it was more than that.” Bull turns again to look at me. “You and I both know Wraith likes to dig. Speak to him and see what his gut is telling him. Me? I’m looking at all angles. I’m digging into Jamie’s business, yet so far found nothing untoward.”
“I’ll do that. Thanks, Bull.” Walking back to my room where I’m going to freshen up before I leave the clubhouse. I’m heading out to look at the accident site, and I’m going to go to the hospital. Whether Jamie likes it or not, I’m going to see her. I have seen nothing of Wraith this morning, so I need to track him down too.
