Best of Me

Chapter 30

Brantley

     As we walked in every eye was on Isabella, I saw more than one guy checking her out. Ben and Justin had found a couple tables and pushed them together. The waitress came by and the guys ordered a round of beers where Bella and I just ordered coke. The band wasn't bad at all so it looked to be an enjoyable evening as long as everyone knew that Bella was off limits.
The guys took this time to tell Bella stories about me from past tours and some of the crazy shit I done. Ben told her about the time I got out on the dance floor and tried to twerk cause I was so drunk this girl bet me she could teach me. She raised her eyebrow at me and said," I do believe you promised me a night of dancing. So can you dance or am I dancing alone?"
  " I said dancing so hell no you ain't getting on that dance floor alone looking like that. I will if I have to but I had rather spend my night enjoying you not having to stomp some dicks ass cause he thinks you're available." I lean in real close and say in her ear,"cause darlin you ain't available to no one but me"
  I get up and take her to the dance floor and we start dancing, moving and grinding to the music. Being  this close to her is driving me crazy, I want to take her to the bus and show her what her body is made for.
      Bella reaches up behind her and brings my neck down and whispers in my ear,"you got moves like this makes me wonder if you are this good in bed baby"
    I growl and pull her closer so she can feel how hard she has made me. I lean in to her ear and tell her," I have moves you can't even imagine darlin' "
      Bella buckles when I say that so I turn her around and pull her close to me and grind my hips into hers. Her eyes are wide and she moans into my ear. I know that I have to step back from this before I take her to the bathroom and do what I want to do. I tell her that I need something to drink and she nods and we walk back to the tables. I got to the bar and get us another Coke, as I am making my way back to the tables I see a guy has approached Bella and she looks terrified. Then I glance and Justin is making his way from the pool tables and he is pissed off and I know that whoever this is it cannot be good.
    I make my way to Bella and as I am about to reach the table, the guy grabs her arm and she goes to pull away and says something and he hits her. I throw the drinks down and reach the asshole in 2 strides and jump pounding on him. I have him on the floor and I am pounding on his face. I feel people trying to pull me off and I throw them off continuing to beat on him. I don't know who he thinks he is laying a hand on my woman but he's got another thing coming. I feel them pulling me off of him and I come back to reality and I start searching for Bella. I can't find her and I see Ben and tell him to find Bella. Ben tells me Justin has her. The police are there and I quietly let them put the handcuffs on me and walk me outside to the car.
   As they sit me in the car trying to sort things out, I hear screaming. I look up and it's Bella. Justin is trying to hold her back and she's fighting him and a police officer trying to get to me. They get her calmed down telling her that I'm there till they sort it all out. Bella gives the officer her statement and the other one takes my statement. They also ask the other people in the bar and then I hear Bella say," I have a copy of the restraining order on the bus. He's not supposed to be within 100 feet of me cause last time he was, I spent 3 weeks in a hospital bed."  The officer calls and has them look it up and comes and takes off my cuffs," thank you Mr Gilbert for not fighting us earlier. I'm sorry we had to cuff you but not knowing what was going on we had to."
    I told the officer," it's okay you were doing your job and it's like my song says, I will stomp someone's ass if they think they are gonna hit a woman in my presence much less my woman. I would have gladly went to jail for Bella."
     He tells me to have a good night and they leave. I tell Ben that I need to settle up with the bar and then I am taking Bella back to the bus.
      Walking out after settling with the bar owner for the damage I done, I go to Justin and take Bella out of his arms and she said," Take me back to the bus please." I told her I would and the rest of the guys left with us.
     Bella was quiet all the way to the bus. I still hadn't seen how bad it was and I'm not sure but I feel like she is scared of me now. I park the truck and she jumps out and heads to the bus. Justin stops me and said," Tonight is gonna be tough on her BG. This brought back a really rough time in her life. She's gonna break and needs to know you won't run no matter how much she pushes you away."
   "Thanks Justin" I tell him.

I walk on the bus and I hear the shower running and over the water I hear her sobs. Not thinking I just react and I open the door and take Bella into my arms and take her to my bed. She holds on with sobs racking her body and I see the bruises on her arm and her face and I'm glad I beat that pricks ass.