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Darkness Chapter 43
CandiceA ripple of anger and fear courses through my body. I never should have found this man last year. He has done nothing but cause pain in my life. I hate him with every fiber of my soul and as Austin gives me a worried look, I wonder if Nicholas has ruined any chance I may have had at happily ever after."Babe? Did you hear me?" Austin says."Wh-what?""I asked if you were alright? You looked like you saw a ghost." God, why does he have to be so perfect. As soon as I tell him who I really am, I'm going to lose him, and I've only just gotten him. "Oh, um nothing. The name sounds familiar is all. What's he do?" I ask, even though I already know. Fucking small world."Yeah, should sound familiar, he owns half of New York. He is a business mogul and has his own a construction company. Cole industries. That's one of his faces anyway. The other face is a drug typhoon. He controls most of the heroin coming in, uses the company to conceal it. My father used to work for him. Our cl
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AustinI wake to a blaring sound coming from the ground to the right of me. I open my eyes slowly and feel warmth coming from my left side. Candice sleeps soundly on my chest and the memories from last night come rushing back to me. Fuck this woman is something. I wanted to be gentle but that went right out the window when she whispered dirty words in my ear. Candice was definitely made for me in the bedroom, now I just wonder if she was made for me in the clubhouse.The deafening sound starts again, and I realize it's a ringtone coming from my phone. One that I most certainly did not put on there. I don't recognize the song but it's some chick singing and sounds like cats attacking each other. I pick it up before it hurts my ears again and answer the call. "What the fuck did you do to my phone?" I yell to my brother. I hear Candice laughing her ass off, so I know she is awake."Sorry bro, had to. Figured that was your jam." Max laughs at his own joke on the other end. "Fuck y
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CandiceAustin and Max's mother's house is absolutely beautiful. It is an older country style home that sits on at least an acre of land. It is by far the biggest house I had ever seen. There are large windows with white rusty shutters, the paint is peeling in some areas of the outside, a large chimney struck out atop the roof and as we walked further onto the porch, I could see a cedar ceiling that looked newly built under the roof of the porch.As we walk up to the house I could see their mother sanding there by a long white pillar. Of what I could see she is absolutely stunning. She has long wavy brown hair and light green eyes. I know Austin told me that she was on the young side to have grown men for sons, but the woman doesn't look a day over forty. Austin gets out and opens me door. Swoon. Once he has my hand in his we walk up to his mother and he walks up to hug her. Their size difference is almost laughable. She has to be about five foot two inches while Austin is way over s
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Austin "How is she?" I ask Miles through the phone."Nervous. Just dropped her off a few minutes ago and she is barely knocking on the door now. She started giving herself a damn pep talk."I chuckle at my girls' crazy behavior and tell Miles to keep me updated. As I hang up the phone, I think back to last night at Candice's mood as soon as Jesse left. Even when we go home last night she seemed off. I tried to get her to talk to me, but she just kept telling me she was nervous about speaking with her mom today. I don't want to push her too far, I know her mom and grandmother are her only family, but I wish she'd be open and honest with me. I know that wasn't the only thing bothering her.I've had women in the past, a lot of women. Went through them like nothing when my father first passed. It wasn't until my mother sat me down and told me she didn't want to be a grandmother yet, that I realized I needed to cool my shit down.I got tested and was thankfully clean. I wasn't always ca
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CandicePinochle is a terrible card game. My grandmother taught me when I was fourteen and I've always hated it. I just always play with her because my grandfather used to and it's one more thing me and her can reminisce about him. As she laughs her ass off her recent win, I get off the recliner and head to the kitchen for a water bottle. As I guzzle down the refreshing drink I think back on Austin and I's conversation a few minutes ago. Austin sounded distracted but it's to be expected. He did tell me that he had another meeting with that Snake guy today, so he is probably still absorbed with that. I hate that he can't be too specific about club business with me, but when I spoke to Abby about it, she explained to me that lots of old ladies feel that way, but it was for our own good. She also told me that after all this is done there won't be secrets between me and Austin because there won't be anything to keep from me. I didn't tell her that I relished in that.I walk back into t
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AustinI ride as fast as I can and try to let the road take away my anger. I can typically get caught up just fine in my ride and lose myself in the road in front of me, but not today. I spent all day yesterday angry as fuck over so many things. Candice being the forefront of it all. After we left the hospital I went back to the clubhouse to explain why we no longer needed to tail Candice and her family. The brothers questioned me, but I just told them it wasn't important. I may be mad as all hell at her, but I won't have the guys take out their revenge.That meeting only led to more questions which I didn't have answers for. No one has seen Psych and I have no clue where the asshole could be. Spoke to Snake as well and he lost his lead on Psych. It's like the bastard just disappeared. I should have kicked Cole's ass yesterday when I saw him, but I knew that would lead to my arrest and his chance at my club. I'm not stupid enough to let that happen.I pull up to the clubhouse and he
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Candice"Alright Mr. Welsh can you take a deep breath for me?" I ask the eighty-one-year-old man in front of me. He came in today for a broken rib and I just finished wrapping him up.After a few painful deep breaths from my patient, I send a nurse in to give him his discharge papers and walk back over to my office. When I get to my desk there is a single rose sitting on it with a note with writing in black ink. A smile pulls at my lips as I recognize Ben's handwriting.You look beautiful today-BenI smile warmly at the gesture. Everyone except Lyla is tip toeing around me today. It's my first day back at work after my vacation and it feel like it's been eight months since I've last worked, not eight days. So much has transpired since the day I got a flat tire on the side of the road. Last night, after Austin left, my grandmother talked me into going after him. Telling me that sometimes as women, we have to not be the damsel in distress but be the knight in shining armor. Her les
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CandiceIt's been two months since my break down with Laynie. Two months of constant work, two months of getting closer and closer with mom and two months of missing Austin. Every fiber in my heart is broken because of that man but I have found other ways of making each and every day worth getting out of bed.Mom and I have grown closer in all this. She is starting to accept that her leg will just never be the same again. We spend a lot of time talking with each other. She has learned that I've kept myself from her most of my life. At first she beat herself up over it, and when she noticed that I refrained from telling her more, she stopped feeling pity and just started listening. We cried, we hugged, we laughed. We healed. Mom even started seeing her physical therapist. One day, Rodger just came by the house and flat out asked my mother out. It was actually really cute, grandma and I had noticed he stood on our front porch for about ten minutes giving himself a pep talk, it was so w
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