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“Kingpin does what he wants,” Pagan said. “You’ve got to be crazy to think otherwise. It’s in our Chapter’s rules. This is no democracy. This is a kingdom. We all know that. Our President has the final say in all matters. That’s the way it’s always been.”
The members echoed Pagan’s words all around.
“But I can ask for restitution even from the President. That’s written.”
“Let the detective have his justice served,” Kingpin said to the crowd. Then he spoke to Hallow. “You left Eve unprotected. We all saw that. Brand or not. You discarded her.”
Apparently, they were having some sort of makeshift trial.
“Eve was still protected. No man would touch her because she’s mine. Brothers y’all know that,” Hallow addressed everyone. “She was single for months and not one other man bothered her, except Kingpin, I assume.”
Kingpin countered, “Brothers there’s not a member here that didn’t keep their distance from Eve because she was under my protection. Not Hallow’s. Everyone thought I was fucking her. Ain’t that right boys?”
The members chattered, agreeing.
Horror spoke up which was unusual. Though his road name said otherwise, he was quiet, almost sweet. “Brothers, we all knew Kingpin had something for Eve. Or he would’ve never promised to protect her if Hallow didn’t. He’d have treated her like any other whore ‘round here.”
Opry agreed. “Everyone here thought Eve and Kingpin were fucking from the very moment she got here.”
Pagan chimed in, “I had my doubts at first, on account of Eve, not Prez, but in hindsight, Prez wouldn’t have chosen Hallow over Levi if he didn’t want something. Levi’s on his own mission. He could attest to that if he were here.”
Thorn reminded everyone, “Brothers died because of Levi’s bad choices. Kingpin was simply keeping his monster at bay. He wouldn’t have let him kill the girl, regardless.”
Irish spoke up. He wasn’t an officer. “Kingpin’s been good to Cece. Doesn’t mean he was in love with her. But not a brother here kept away from Eve because she was Hallow’s lass. You bastards said so over and over. You bunch left her alone because you feared our President’s wrath, ya did.”
All the officers agreed but Thorn. “I’m siding with Hallow on this one. We all knew Eve was no whore. She was Hallow’s and Hallow’s alone. Kingpin didn’t just sleep with some loose woman. Eve was fixin’ to be Hallow’s Ol’ Lady. Y’all would be singing a different tune if they’d married.”
“Kingpin has an Ol’ Lady, himself,” Hallow argued.
“If we start punishing a brother for cheating on his Ol’ Lady, we wouldn’t have a club left,” Villain said.
Pagan asked, “You did abandon her. Didn’t you Hallow?”
“She left me at the altar, brothers. You all were there.”
Kingpin spoke. “Eve had her reasons. I spoke to Hallow myself. He wouldn’t have her back. It’s all been recorded in the book. I wasn’t with her until a month later. It’s all in the goddamn book.”
Hallow seemed confused by that.
Villain explained, “You’re new,” speaking of him being a new officer, I supposed, not a new member. “All that happens here is in the books. Unless it’s off the books.”
That was confusing. But Cousin went to Kingpin’s office to get some files.
I wanted to complain that Kingpin wrote anything about us down, but I had recurring pain. I feared I was in labor.
Riff turned to Hallow. “No one asked him, blood or money?”
Hallow said, “Both. Either,” wanting to be compensated for what Kingpin did to me, I imagined.
Riff went on, “You going to want the girl back, too? I don’t think we can do that. She's carrying Kingpin’s child.”
The whole club erupted in voices. I was tired of them. Someone said they’d need a paternity test, for land sakes.
Hallow spoke to me, “Yeah, who else did you fuck?”
“No one,” I croaked. The pains were regular now. But with everything going on I couldn’t count them.
“You let me think I raped you,” Hallow howled.
