Take Two- Crow's story

7

   We get to Houston and we are met by all the guys. Paxton, Ashton, Jackson, Carlton, Doc, and General, were there as added security. Tyson and I are in a convoy of five cars as we go the seven blocks from the office building to the court house. I am let out at the door and four men instantly surround me. All of them are tense and looking for any kind of trouble. We enter and go through security. The guys all have id badges and gun permits. They are also on a list that security checks. So they are allowed to carry with special permission.

  Everything is going as planned until ten-fifteen. As I was testifying, a security guard enters the room and heads straight for the judge. All talk has stopped. The judge stands up. "The court house is being evacuated. I need everyone to exit the court room in an orderly fashion."

  I step down from the witness stand and head for the door that Tyson had told me to use if an emergency came up. He is there with Ashton and General. Tyson puts a handcuff on my wrist. The other cuff is already on his own wrist. We start for the door as he puts an earpiece in my ear.

  "We have all exits covered. Which are you coming to?" I hear Jackson ask.

  "South exit is the closest. We will head there." Tyson has turned into Viper. He is serious and very watchful. Always calculating risks.

   This is when he is the bad ass biker. If I wasn't in fear for my life, I would be all over him!

  Ty squeezes my hand. I don't know if he is trying to comfort me, or tell me that he is thinking the same thing. I return the squeeze.

  I get my mind back on the situation at hand. As we were nearing the exit, we hear Jackson.  "There is a man standing to the left of the exit doors. He is holding a newspaper very oddly and pointed at the door. You see him Crow?"

  "I'm on him." We stop just inside the door. I can see Carlton walk across the doors and approach a man in a black trench coat. "You better put that little pellet gun away before I castrate you with a nine-mill just before I put another nine in your heart. It will hurt you worse than myself." Carlton was standing just a few inches in front of the man wearing a coat in eighty-five degree weather. The guy put his gun away and stood there as we walk out the doors and instantly got into the car and Jackson drove away. Ashton got on the phone. He called the d.a. and told him that I was safe and away. Then he told him that Carlton had a guy who had a gun waiting on me. "There was a total of four guys with guns, one at each entrance."

  "Alright, just let us know what to do. Later." Tyson takes the cuffs off and holds my hand.

   We go back to the office building that we started at. I am escorted up to the top floor.

  I feel a panic attack coming on. I try to hold it off. Ty squeezes my hand as we get off of the elevator.  I start shaking. Tyson drags me into an office and shuts the door. I am instantly plastered against his chest. "Listen to my heartbeat, butterfly! Just take deep breaths and listen to my heartbeat and voice. You are safe! You are strong! You are beautiful! You are confident! You are calm! Do you hear me? My words? My heartbeat?"

   I nodded. "Yyyyes sir!" I whisper in a stutter.

  "Good job, my butterfly! Now tell me what you heard."

  "I am safe! I am strong! I am beautiful! I am confident! I am calm! I am strong! I am safe! I am beautiful! I am calm! I am confident! I am in love with an awesome man!" I finish strong. I lift my head to look at Tyson. "You are the most amazing man!  Most awesome! Most sexy! Most loved by me! Thank you, my love, my heart, my soul, my everything!" I hug Tyson tightly.

  "I love you, Michelle! With everything that I am."

  We enter a conference room where everyone was sitting. I notice how Carlton, General, and a few more were not there. We sit and notice people are looking at our joined hands.