Total pages in book: 62
Estimated words: 60573 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 303(@200wpm)___ 242(@250wpm)___ 202(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 60573 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 303(@200wpm)___ 242(@250wpm)___ 202(@300wpm)
“I’ll be back soon,” Angel said.
“Take one of the prospects with you.”
In that moment Twisted, one of the nomad men who was taking a chance of settling down in Fort Wills, entered the kitchen. “I heard you needed a prospect? I’m better than a prospect.” He gave a bow.
“I’ve got to go and pick up Daisy, and take her home.” Angel sighed. “Are you sure you’re okay with that?”
“Yes. I’ll drive.”
She took hold of Anthony and Tabitha’s hands, and walked them toward the car. Once they were seated, she climbed into the passenger seat, and waited for Twisted to take them toward the school.
“Daisy’s parents are bad news,” Twisted said.
“You know them?”
“I’ve heard of them. Bad people. Addicts always are.” Twisted didn’t take his eyes off the road.
“I don’t want to leave her there.”
“We don’t have a choice. The guys can give them warnings, but unless the state does anything, we’re stuck.”
Angel hated this. She hated feeling helpless.
When she pulled up outside of the school, Daisy stood with the principal, Mr. Dean Mint.
Climbing out of the car, she smiled at him. “I’m sorry.”
“Angel, you do not need to apologize. I’ve notified social services of this.”
Daisy was staring at her feet. Angel’s heart went out to her. “It can’t go on.”
“I don’t know if it will do any good. I will do what I need to do to keep her safe.” Dean looked tired. He was a good principal and tried to keep the kids safe.
“You do the best you can.” She reached out. “Come on, Daisy. Tabitha is waiting for you.”
She gave Dean a final smile, and led Daisy away to her car. There was already a spare car seat in the center of the back seats.
“Mommy forgot about me again,” Daisy said.
Cupping her cheek, Angel sighed. “I know, honey. I didn’t forget about you.”
“Will you be my mommy?”
Angel would in a heartbeat. “I can’t now, baby. We’ll see what happens.” Securing her in her seat, she blew out a breath and climbed back in the front.
“It would solve a lot of problems. I bet her parents wouldn’t even know she was missing if you took her home now.”
Glancing behind her, she saw Tabitha and Daisy were talking. Checking on Anthony, she saw her son held onto Daisy’s hand, and was staring at her.
“Take me to her trailer park,” Angel said.
She wouldn’t allow Daisy to go without, not on her watch.
“She likes you,” Twisted said.
“Are you trying to convince me to adopt her?”
“Why not? You can adopt her, or Lacey could. She’d be happy to have a kid.”
Angel blew out a breath, rubbing at her temple. This had to stop.
They pulled up outside of Daisy’s parents’ trailer park, and she heard the shouting all the way in the car.
“I’ll be right back,” Angel said. There was a time she’d have run in the opposite direction from any kind of confrontation. For Daisy, for the club, she’d learned to stand tall, and to fight for what she believed in. Lash and even Gash had given her more confidence. The Skulls had helped to enhance her life.
Knocking on the door of the trailer, she waited. After a minute, she knocked again.
Nothing.
She raised her hand to knock once more, but the door flung open, and she had no choice but to step back.
“What the fuck do you want?” Daisy’s father asked.
Angel couldn’t recall his name, and the fumes coming from him made her feel sick. She placed a hand to her stomach, remembering she was carrying another child, and she needed to be careful. “You forgot to collect Daisy from school.”
“What the fuck are you talking about?”
“Your daughter? Daisy?” She turned toward the car and watched as Twisted climbed out of the car.
The concern for her unborn child made her more relaxed to see that Twisted was there. She couldn’t help but smile. If Lash was here all hell would have broken loose. Her husband wasn’t exactly known for liking addicts. After everything that went down with his brother Nash, who got addicted to drugs, Lash couldn’t stand them. They were no longer allowed within the walls of the club, nor did the club have anything to do with them.
“What the fuck that little bitch done now?”
****
“Daddy looks angry,” Daisy said.
“Angel will fix it.” Tabitha squeezed her hand.
Daisy loved being around The Skulls. Her parents, they didn’t care about her. They always forgot about her. If they forgot about her at school, they also forgot to feed her. Her parents were not like those of The Skulls. Daisy had learned that at a young age her parents were not like others. Not every parent drank bad stuff in the morning, or sniffed white stuff up their noses. She loved being able to sleep at Eva’s or the clubhouse with the rest of her friends.