Stripped Back (Reaper MC #1)

C H A P T E R T W O

Angel POV

5 year.

5 fucking years I promised I'd never come back.

But given my mother had drunk herself to death I had no choice but to return.

Not that she was much of a mother but given I was the only one left, well not quite.

"Mummy! I'm hungry" Lila whined yawning from her car seat. She pushed her crazy curls from her face that had flopped in her eyes while she slept on the drive over. We'd been on the road for 3 days. We had stopped at motels along the way to rest and stretch out but I had serious thoughts of just turning the car around and driving home.

Home. Rosetown wasn't home. It didn't feel like home, even with Lila and I in the dump of an apartment that was in dire need of a update we made it our own. I tried to make it feel like a home but you can't polish a turd.
If I could move anywhere I'd move back to Ashford but that idea scared the shit out if me more then our terrible neighborhood we were in.

But with mothers house and the little equity it did have, i could sell it for a bit and use my saving to finally buy a little house for us. I could move back and that's what I was planning. So after giving my noticed to my creep of a landlord Anthony and my work at the nearby diner and the strip club I worked at on weekends. We packed up the tiny amount of things we had into my little Corolla 3 days ago and left for Ashford. Kelly, the only person I had kept in touch with and my closest friend was letting us crash at hers with her brother for the time being while we go on our feet.

She was so excited we were finally close by again that it didn't involve flying to Rosetown every Christmas or birthday. She knew I didn't have the heart or guts to show my face in Ashford again but now I knew it was now or never.

It wasn't just to give us a home but there was one person in Ashford that deserved to have Lila in there life even if the idea scared the absolute shit out of me.

"Okay baby we'll get you some food, sweetheart" I called over the backseat to see Lila picking a new movie to watch on her iPad Kelly had bought her for Christmas last year.

I grabbed her a Happy Meal before we rolled up to Kelly's place. She had been the only one I had kept in contact with all these years. She was the only one from Ashford that knew about Lila.
I don't think that secret would be kept for long sadly. I think Ink would soon find out because the Club ran this town. If I could've stayed away forever I would have as selfish as that sounds. But that only meant less pain for me and no answers for Lila in the long run.
He made it clear I wasn't welcome. So I did what he wanted and left only to find out I was pregnant with his child a month later. 18 with no home, no family and totally out of options.
Ink was drama plain a simple, or at least he was. He broke my heart into a million pieces I didn't need him to do it to Lila as well. She didn't need to have her heartbroken.

I knew shit would hit the fan as soon as he found out but I couldn't delay it forever.

At almost 4 and a half Lila was becoming aware that all of her friends had daddy's except her and I knew the conversation would come up soon about where her daddy was.

Dredding wasn't a strong enough work to describe how nervous I felt about telling Ink.

Kelly's front door flew open and I could hear her screams of excitment as i hopped out as the crapola groaned to a hold. Almost as if it was warning me that it was it's final journey.

"ANGEL!! You are finally here!" She squealed barreling towards the car her blonde hair flapping in the wind as she closed the distance lauching at me.

I smiled, least someone was excited to see me.
Lila snuggled deeper into the crook of my neck as Kelly pulled us into a tighter embrace.

"Hey sweet pea, I missed you" Kelly smiled pushing a stray curl behind Lila's ear as she snuggled deeper onto my neck.