Chapter 98.
Chapter 98.
Courtney POV
I’m awoken by the sound of Kaden’s phone vibrating on the nightstand. I look over at Kaden as he sleeps. I shake his shoulder.
“Kaden, Kaden, wake up. Your phone is going off.” I say, not wanting to wake up Amelia. He grunts in his sleep and so I sit up and shove him hard and he jolts awake. Looking around the
room for any signs of danger.
“Baby, what is it? Is it Amelia?” he asks, and he looks towards the crib. I shake my head.
“No, your phone has been going off. It woke me up.” Then the offending item starts vibrating again. Kaden gives me a sheepish smile and I move to climb out of bed. I walk to the crib and
see Amelia is still sleeping. I smile at her.
“Hello.” I turn my head and see Kaden looking at me and his tone changes, which means only
one thing. Chief is on the line.
“It was Chloe. She found us. She forced Courtney.” He chokes on a sob and I move closer to
him and climb in beside him as I listen to Chief.
“What did that b***h do to my granddaughter and her baby? Tell me Venom. Tell me!” Oh, he is good.
“We don’t know what happened, Chief. All I know is that my girlfriend and newborn daughter
died and so did the b***h that killed them.” He sobs and I hold him. I can hear Chief.
He doesn’t sound that sad, to be honest. But we know why. He ordered Chloe to do it. The line is silent and Kaden moves the phone from his ear and looks to see the line is still connected.
“Chief, I’m sorry. I failed them.” Kaden says and I squeeze his hand when he turns his head and winks at me and I nod my head.
“I need to speak to Katie and Wolf. I’m sorry Kaden, I really am.” Chief says but we both know
he isn’t.
“Why are you sorry? It isn’t like you did this, Chief. I arrived too late and now I will never see them again. I will never see my daughter grow up or see my girls living full and happy lives.” I bite the inside of my cheek. This is the hardest part, because I feel like it could be tempting fate. But we need to make Chief believe he has won.
“I understand, and I know how you are feeling. I’m so sorry, son. I want them both home and I
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can give them both a proper sendoff.” Chief says and I look at Kaden and he rolls his eyes
“No need, it is done.” He says to him and I hear Chief take in a shuddering breath.
“I should have been there. You kept me away. I never got to say goodbye. Courtney and bean were my family to Kaden. You had no right.” Chief shouts and I hear a noise coming from the
crib. My eyes widen.
“They wouldn’t have been in this mess if you didn’t play your games. Look, do me a favour and do what you want. I’m done, chief. Don’t call me again. You did this, not me.” He hangs up
before Amelia whimpers.
Kaden places his phone down and we both climb out of bed and walk to the crib and Amelia is sleeping. She must have picked up on the tension in the room.
I snuggle into Kaden’s side, and I kiss his chest as he kisses my head.
“You ok?” I ask him and he sighs.
“Yeah, he knows now. Now we wait. Come on baby, I need to hold you before little miss wakes up and needs feeding.” He says as he lifts me in his arms and walks us back to the bed. He settles us back down and holds me in his arms. I rest my head on his chest.
“I’m starting to think that what we are doing is wrong. With the whole fake death bullshit. I have a feeling I’m tempting fate. Maybe this wasn’t such a great idea. Maybe I should have just let him come to me. I don’t want to wait this out anymore, Kaden. The longer we wait, the longer she is in danger. I want this to be over.” I say to him and he stiffens before tightening his grip as I look at the crib.
“We aren’t tempting fate. But if you want to get this over and done with. Then do it. Give it a few days to recover some of your strength and take him down. But not before.” He tells me
and I sigh, nodding my head.
I will do what my momma couldn’t. Or wouldn’t. I will do what is required and take his life like he did to my family and what he tried to do with me and Amelia. I won’t move in the shadows. I won’t play with him. I will just walk into the clubhouse and kill the son of a b***h.
“What are you thinking about?” Kaden asks me and I sit up and turn to face him.
“That this needs to end and I need to do it alone. He started this, and I need to be the one to
finish it.” I tell him as I look into his eyes and he shakes his head.
“You won’t be doing this alone, Courtney. Not on your life. You need a plan.” He says, and I
know he is right. I will speak to Karma and Richie and release all the icky s**t we have on
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Chief. The MCs are all pulling out anyway and the families, well, they are already with me. So
right now he is defenceless.
“Tomorrow morning, we start. We don’t have long. I want to enjoy watching Amelia grow up and not having to wonder if he is lurking in the shadows, waiting to take us out. I’m more
pissed that momma could have done this years ago, and she didn’t. I know it was because
she had me. But I am now in her position and I’m not hesitating to take him down. That is
what I don’t understand. She was able to go on other jobs, but she never went home to kill the man who killed her mom, dad, brother and nonna. We are not the same.” I say to Kaden just as Amelia starts to cry. I chuckle as I move to get our daughter.
I watch Amelia as she nurses, and Kaden is also watching her. I know what I need to do. I
need to do what momma failed to do. I need to make sure Amelia is able to grow up and not
have to look over her shoulder. I want her to have friends growing up and not be moved
around, leaving in the middle of the night to start a new life in a new place. That is no way for
a child to live.
After Amelia has been fed and changed. Kaden puts her back down. But now I’m wide awake.
I decide to go for a little walk around the mansion.
I need to think, but I also need to return something to Fabio. The bank card he gave me. I never did use it. I had my own money, so it is only right he gets that back.
I placed the bank card in my bathrobe pocket and leave the room to go and find him. I just walk. The mansion is silent as I make my way to the large floor to ceiling windows in the front of the mansion. The moon casting a silver glow on the grass as I look out into darkness.
“You should be resting Courtney.” I smile as Fabio stands next to me. I sigh.
“My mind won’t shut off. But I needed to speak to you. Here.” I hand him the blank black card and he looks at it, then at me.
“It’s yours,” I shake my head.
“I didn’t need it. Why give it to me?” I say, and he chuckles.
“She never told you?” I look at him in confusion, so I shake my head.
“Your momma had been saving money for you in case she needed to disappear. When she came back. She gave me that card and told me when the time came, you were to have it. It is rightfully yours.” I just blink at him and shake my head.
“She knew I would react that way and you would take me away.” I say more to myself than to him and he chuckles softly.
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“Appears so. It’s yours, Courtney. Keep it, don’t keep it. It’s up to you. She knew you would run, and she wanted you to have what was rightfully yours. But I knew you didn’t need it, but it was not mine to keep. That is something you need to speak to her about. She loves you, Courtney.
We can all see that.” Well, damn.
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