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Drew had never been so scared in his life as he raced across town towards Charity's office. He thought about calling her, but then he was afraid she would leave on her own. Right now, he knew at least where she was, and there was help around the corner at the sheriff's office if she needed it.Racing down Louisville Road and blowing through a red light, he thought about all the things that could happen to her if he didn't make it there in time. He worried about what kind of man Dixon was and the things that he'd done to the people he'd supposedly cared about. Dixon didn't give a shit about Charity; she was expendable.Horns honked and people yelled at him as he sped through the streets, but he didn't care; he had one goal, and that was to get to her, get her out of her office, and make sure she came home with him. As he turned onto the quiet town square, he breathed a sigh of relief as he saw her car parked out in front of her building. Parking the bike, he took his helmet off and

"Was it Dixon?" Tyler asked as he sat down next to Liam. The two of them were sitting on the back deck at the clubhouse, trying to decompress. They'd heard the news secondhand, and neither one of them had been in any kind of position to help."Yeah." Liam took a drag off his cigarette, stretching his legs out in front of him. He grimaced when his knee popped. He tried to keep in shape, but after years of riding his bike and the physical altercations he'd been in with the club, time had started to take its toll. "Remy saw it all go down. He was leaving Harper's shop. Dixon's brother was across the street. Pretty ballsy if you ask me. It sent a clear message. One we can't ignore.""No, we can't ignore it. He did it knowing Drew was there, knowing that backup could have been around the corner. He's going to keep poking Drew until he can't poke anymore. That boy will explode at some point, and it's not going to be pretty." Tyler grabbed a cigarette out of his own pack and lit it. "Did

"Part of it was you," she admitted. "There still is a huge part of me that wishes to God I hadn't left here when I did. I wonder where we would be. Would we be celebrating our tenth wedding anniversary? Would we have kids? What would you be doing? What would I be doing? I wonder that all the time.""I do too." Drew grabbed her hands and pulled her down to his level. "Back then I thought of it every day. There wasn't a day that went by that I didn't see something in another couple that I had envisioned us doing. For the first few years, it killed me. Finally, I got to where I could function, but it never felt right.""It didn't," Charity agreed. "But I had to get away, not only for myself, but for you too. After biting Dixon, he came back, but this time he came when my mom wasn't there."She felt sick telling Drew the things that had happened, and she knew now, like she knew then, that she shouldn't be ashamed. She wasn't, but it was still hard to tell anyone what had happened tho

"We need to stop trying to get as much evidence together as we can. We need to make a move. Dragging this out is doing nothing but taunting him and making us crazy."Charity heard what Meredith was saying the next day as they sat at the common table having breakfast. "If we file the injunction to have a restraining order, he's going to know Maggie talked, and he's going to come for her. We'll have to ask for Witness Protection." She glanced over at Rooster. "Is that something you can help us with? If we pull the trigger on this, we have to be able to protect her. I won't let her be unprotected."Rooster nodded. "I still have a few friends I could pull some strings with. I'd be almost willing to bet that as short-handed as the sheriff's office is they would appreciate our help. It might be the perfect day to file that motion. You may get a sympathetic judge."Charity hoped so. "I'll do the paperwork today and send it with you, Meredith. I have to go downtown to file motions. If Ma

"It's done." Charity breathed a huge sigh of relief as she printed off the paperwork that would be taken over to the courthouse. What was there would hopefully be enough to get her the emergency protective order as well as the witness protection she knew Maggie and Skylar needed. If she had done a good job, they would be getting what they wanted, what they needed. If she hadn't—they had a hell of a fight on their hands.Mandy held out her hand. "As your paralegal and assistant, let me do the honors of walking this over there.""Agreed." Drew handed the papers to his sister. "There's not a bull's-eye on your back the way there is on hers. Be safe and don't let your guard down.""I'll see if Dalton will come with me. I'm not too excited to be walking over there by myself." She grabbed her bag, the paperwork, and the identification she needed to file.Charity watched as she walked out the door. "I hope all this works out for us." She gripped the desk. "If not, we've poked a bear t