Page 90 of Loyal
He shakes his head. “Dex wants to put cameras on the place but didn’t want to overstep. I’ve told the club you will beofficially claiming her, so brothers are signed up to do drive-bys of the place to keep them safe. I haven’t raised it to a full lockdown, but everyone is on alert. We need to get someone in Farrah’s school as well. One of the younger kids offered to switch schools to be near her.”
I snort. “Abel?”
He glances in the mirror at me. “How’d you know?”
“I think he has a crush. I think it would be better if we could get Farrah over to their school. I’ll talk to Sami. In the meantime, Mr. Wilson across the street is a good asset. He sees everything from his porch, and he hates the ex. As for the school, they have a resource officer. Maybe we can get him on the payroll? At least temporarily? I’d be willing to pay the fees,” I tell him.
“I diverted Tiny too. He will be watching instead of taking on extra cases,” Bailey speaks up.
“You guys didn’t have to do all of this, but you don’t know what it means to me that you did.”
“You know you don’t have to always try to prove why you are vice president, right?” Savage starts. “I know I wasn’t here when everything went down before, but Colt vouched for you. He saw exactly what I did, so I gave you the position you earned. You were born for this. You are an asset to the club. You have ideas that help us grow. You agree with me sometimes, but more often than not, you push back against me, helping me see things clearer. You belong here, and so do they.”
This is the most Savage has ever said to me on the subject. We never really talked about how I got my position, but he’s right that I have fought like hell to prove I deserved it. To get the recognition now…it means more than he could know.
“Thanks for saying that and thanks for arranging everything. I don’t know what I would do if something happened to either of them.”
“You won’t have to find out because we won’t let anything happen to them.”
I hope he’s right, because those two girls? They have quickly become my whole world.
Ican’t help but pace in front of the window as I wait for him to come home.
I should have stayed at the police station.
I wanted to.
But Savage and Bailey talked me out of it. Said it was best if I let them handle it, whatever that means.
I look down at my phone and see Bailey’s last text message just to reassure myself that I didn’t imagine it.
Bailey: Hey, talked to your man. He has been released and will be home soon.
I take a deep breath and release it slowly.
“Is he here yet?” Farrah asks as she comes out of the bathroom.
“No, but he should be here soon.”
“God, this is insane,” she mutters.
“I couldn’t agree more.”
Right as the words leave my mouth, headlights come into view. When they slow down to pull into Loyal’s driveway, I rushoutside. I hit him right as he starts to get out of the truck, making him stumble back.
“Mami, did you miss me?” he teases as he hugs me back.
“Shut up,” I mutter, making him chuckle.
“Oomph,” he mutters when Farrah slams into him, wrapping her arms around the both of us.
“Are you okay?” she asks.
“Yeah, I’m good.”
A throat clearing gets our attention, and we break apart.
“Thanks for the ride,” Loyal tells Savage.
