Chapter 9.
Courtney POV.
After the showdown with her royal sluttiness, I decided I could use a well–earned nap. So that
is what I did. I took a nap and woke feeling worse, more tired and completely disorientated.
I leave the bedroom and walk into the bar to see long tables had been placed in the middle of
the room.
“Did you sleep well, darlin?” I turn and look at Wolf and just look back at the tables. What is he
up to?
“Look, I know this is not ideal and I should have found you both sooner and for that, I am deeply sorry. Let me make it up to you. Tonight, we will have a family dinner.” My heart
clenches. A family dinner without momma?
“Why now?” I ask, and he turns me around to face him. I would be a liar if I said Wolf isn’t a good–looking man, he really is. Still doesn’t change the fact he is a cheating son of a b***h.
“You didn’t get to celebrate Christmas with your momma passing away, so this maybe a family dinner but it is also a Christmas dinner. I have some things to give you,” he says, and I look at him and feel the sting of tears that are building in my nose.
“You didn’t need to do this. I get it you are trying to make up for lost time, but …”
“Let me do this. Let me show you how it should have been before I messed up. Please, Courtney, I want to know you and my grandchild.” He says, taking my hands in his and I look from him to the table and see three chairs at the head of the table. I swallow the gulp of
emotion that is in my throat and give him a nod.
“Ok, I will give you one chance, Wolf, just one. You mess up once, then I will pack up and leave and you won’t follow me, seek me out, you will leave me alone.” I say to him and he smiles, pulling me into a hug. I hug him back.
Am I doing the right thing by giving him a chance?
Am I a hypocrite if I give Wolf a chance and not Kaden?
“Thank you baby girl, now sit down until dinner is ready while me and the boys get some things sorted and we will have dinner in an hour.” He says before he walks away. He kisses my head and winks at me with a big smile on his face as he walks away. I find myself smiling at
him.
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I sit down at one of the booths and just think about everything that has happened over the
past two weeks. The death of my momma, then her funeral and now being here, being told I’m
in danger and that the president of the Devil’s Warriors is looking for me and momma and still
no closer to answers. Kaden better spill the tea later on or I will have to find a way to get to them myself.
The bar starts to fill with members and they are all wearing Christmas attire, either santa hats
or reindeer antlers, and I chuckle as I see them. Even some of the members are wearing
Christmas jumpers.
I smile at this, whether I want to admit it or not, this is my family. They have all been nice, well
apart from you who how, but the rest have been nice. Kaden approaches me and I chuckle he is wearing a Christmas jumper of Santa on a Harley with sparkly reindeer antlers on his head
and a painted red nose.
“Miss Morrison, may I escort you to your seat, please?” He holds his hand out to me and I
narrow my eyes at him before I place my hand in his and he gently pulls me up.
“You look, festive.” I say, hiding my chuckle and he looks at me and smiles at me, showing the
dimple in his cheek. Is it warm in here? Damn hormones. Bean kicks and I rub my belly just as
Kaden places his hand over mine.
“May I?” He asks and I nod my head and look away as I remove my hand and he places his hand on my belly and bean kicks and he chuckles.
“Wow, we made him or her. That is our baby. Courtney, this is amazing, thank you,” he says, and I wipe my face and nod my head as I walk away from him. Why is this so damn hard?
I walk to the table when I hear it. A boisterous “Ho, ho, ho!” he shouts and I turn to see Wolf
dressed as Santa walking down out of the hallway with Snake, Storm, and Dagger behind him,
dressed as elves carrying gift bags. I snort out a laugh and the tears leave my eyes.
Oh, man! I wipe my eyes and keep laughing. “Ho, ho, ho!” Chloe walks out and I can’t resist it.
“I see he is calling your name and you come running.” I burst out laughing and if looks could
kill I would be ash, worth it!
Wolf walks closer to me and Kaden helps me sit back down as gift bag after gift bag are
placed in front of me.
“What’s all this?” I ask, looking at Wolf in confusion.
“Open them and see.” He says. I’m surrounded by all the members as I reach for the first gift bag and open it. The paper looks old. I open the paper and a teddy bear and a black box fall
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out. I lift the bear and see my name embroidered on one foot and on the other one says Baby’s
First Christmas. I open the box and see a gold bangle with my name on it. Oh my god!
I look at him and he has tears in his eyes.
“These are gifts from every Christmas that you weren’t with me. I always bought you something every year.” He says and I choke on a sob as I open each gift the more my heart. breaks. I have an array of gifts from when I was a newborn up to this Christmas just gone. I
am sobbing and my hands are shaking.
I stand up and walk to Wolf and throw my arms around him and hug him. He hugs me back
and we both cry.
“I never stopped thinking about you or your momma, Courtney. I loved you before you were born, and I still love you now. That has never changed. I wish I did things so differently back then and maybe I wouldn’t have missed out on you growing and becoming the strong and stubborn woman you are now.” I chuckle at that, yeah I am stubborn there is no denying that.
“Thank you. I don’t know what to do or really what to say.” I say through the tears.
“Shh, you don’t need to say anything. You are here now and that is what matters.” He says and I nod my head and he kisses my head once more.
“Come on, let’s have dinner as a family.” He says, and I nod my head and take the hand he is offering me. We walk towards the table and we see Chloe sitting in one of the chairs at the head of the table, waiting with a bored look on her face.
“Chloe, that isn’t your seat and you know it, so move,” Wolf tells her and she looks at him with hurt in her eyes. I go to protest to let her sit there when she stands and moves to sit in another
seat.
“It’s ok, she can sit there.” I look at Wolf and he shakes his head.
“She knows the chair to my left is yours and the one to my right is your mothers. It has been that way for over twenty years. That is not about to change now,” he says and leads me to the head of the table. I sit down and look at the empty seat and bite my bottom lip and lower my
head.
He did this for us every year; he did love us.
Momma, he loved us, he really did. We pull the Christmas crackers and say grace before we dig in. So this is what it feels like to have more people in your family? I look at each person around the table and they are all so happy, laughing and telling stories. I smile slightly then I look at Kaden and he is smiling gently as he watches me taking it all in.
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I look at Chloe, and she is pushing food around her plate. I sigh. Maybe I should be nicer to her, she clearly needs her sister.
She stands up, her chair scraping against the floor and the table goes silent.
“This is bullshit. I’m out of here.” She storms off. I go to stand when Wolf takes my hand and
shakes his head.
“Let her go. She is just pissed off that the attention isn’t on her for a change.” He says, and I look at the clubhouse doors and nod my head and shift in my seat.
Can’t he see she is hurt? Upset? This is not right.
I need to make this right; it is the right thing to do. I will go and find her after dinner. Chloe
maybe like,her momma, but in a sense I am like mine. I will try to make it better. I am the
older sister even if it is only by several months.
