VIPER ( HELLFIRE SOULS MC book two)

Chapter 10

Last night was definitely something, I was completely shocked when a fuming Stevie came barreling out of her truck with a pregnant Lavender rushing behind her. I had no idea she had a brother , let alone that she's his guardian.

I was working at the strip club last night , filling in for one of my brothers. Halfway through the shift I get a text from one of the prospects that guard the back lot , that something was happening in the bar. I grabbed a few of my brothers and we discreetly checked out the bar from the window and the cameras.

The bar was being robbed by five males in ski masks holding guns, from the security camera they looked like real guns but after we took the five males down not only did we realize they were teenagers but the guns were paintball guns. Fucking idiots we all carry , they could've gotten themselves killed.

Anyways I called the rest of the council and they showed up pretty quickly. It's not too often that people try to rob us. They just aren't that Fucking stupid. Venom our president ended up letting Stevie's brother leave with her with just a warning. While he had the others charged. It was quite clear the kid wasn't exactly the ring leader in the robbery.

After a long church this morning I've decided to head over to Stevie's place and check up on her. Definitely not cause I want to know if the kid made it through the night. I hop on my bike and pull out from the compound. I stop off and pick up a few bagels and a jug of orange juice first .

I ended up getting Stevie's address from her employee file at the strip club. God I sound like a fucking creep. I pull into the quite cul-de-sac and find her home quite quickly. I hop of my bike and grab the bag of bagels and the jug of juice before climbing the stairs in front of her house. As I reach the top step, the door swings open and a confused Stevie stands before me.

I hold the bagels and jug of juice in front of her " I brought food" after a beat of silence she breaks out into laughter. " what...the...fuck?!" She gets out between laughs. God the sound of her laughter is making my jeans tighten up. I could listen to her laugh all day long . Fuck I sound like a pussy .

She sighs after the laughter ended, she opens her front door and invites me inside. The place is cute, not exactly what I thought her place would look like. To be honest I thought the entire house would be black , or dark and definitely cold. This place is definitely warm and cozy.

" grab two paper plates" Stevie says pointing at her kitchen counter. I grab the plates and hand one to her. She places an egg everything bagel on it. That's also my favorite type of bagel so I do the same. " do you want me to butter that for you , I actually hate whipped butter . I prefer to use stick butter, I also usually heat it up in the microwave after." I laugh and nod at her before saying....

" that's actually how I eat my bagels." She smiles slightly at me. I grab two glasses from one of the upper cabinets and pour each of us a glass of orange juice. " do you mind eating on the deck?" I shake my head no and follow her outside.

When I look out from her deck I notice her backyard as some junk everywhere. She laughs seeing what I'm looking at
" that was the paintball course for Shane's birthday a few weeks ago, his friends have been over a bunch to play over and over so I just kept it up."

I nod in reply to her, I know for damn sure I would've killed for something like this in my backyard when I was a kid.
" same friends from last night?" I ask her and she scowls " No, those fucks have only been around for the past two years . His actual friends are good kids that he's been friends with since like kindergarten."

" so how did he end up with those boys last night." She sighs before saying " I went to jail and left him alone with our egg donor and our dying grandmother." Fuck , that look on her face reminds me of when Elodie and I were separated for a year in foster care before I turned eighteen and was able to gain her custody.

" my dad was a great man and an even better father, egg donor was .... An ok parent before.... Dad ....died." She stops and takes a deep breath before continuing, " dad was a cop , he was shot on patrol one day. Egg donor turned to drugs to cope , what little she did before for the both of us became actually nothing after his death."

" I raised Shane with my dad, I changed his diapers, I fed him , bathed him , and taught him everything. Dad worked a lot but when he was home he was present and happy . After he died our grandparents, dad's parents tried to get custody of us but the judge only gave them weekend custody."

" so I did everything to care for Shane during the week and I had the weekends to be an actual kid myself and be cared after. My grandfather was into cars and restorations so I spent a ton of time in the garage rebuilding cars with him. The truck I drive was his , it was also the last thing we restored together before he died from a stroke."

" fast forward to a little over two years ago , Shane comes home from school acting all strange and when I finally get him to tell me what was wrong I lost it . He told me his gym teacher tried to touch him. So I reacted. I found his house broke in and beat him to death with a baseball bat."

" I took a plea deal and got sentenced to a few years in jail, I worked hard inside to make sure I got parole early . Unfortunately in those two years not only did grandma pass away from cancer , but Shane was stuck with our egg donor all alone. His life started heading in the wrong direction. I tried my hardest from jail to be there for him but I failed miserably."

" a few days after I was released into home confinement, grandma had left the house to me so I actually had some where to go home to. Anyways my egg donor died from an overdose. Thankfully me being on parole didn't effect me obtaining Shane's custody."

" so I spent most of my home confinement renovating the house and helping Shane get back on the right path. Or at least I thought so until last night. I still can't fucking believe he was hanging out with them again!" I'm honestly a little shocked at how similar our stories are. I'm also so fucking impressed by her.

" you know we actually have a ton in common ,I raised my baby sister Elodie." I begin telling tell her my story , I can tell she looks relieved that I understand her and what she's been through on such a deep level.

" I don't know what to do , honestly I feel like I'm fucking failing him." I sigh " you're not , Stevie you're here ! That's more than others can say . Look I don't want to offend you but I think he could use a male presence in his life. He's been raised by practically only women his whole life ." I can see her thinking about what I said.

After a few moments of silence she asks me " are you volunteering?" I smirk at her and say " for you? I'd do pretty much anything darlin." She rolls her eyes at me and I throw my head back and laugh. God I'm falling hard for this crazy woman.