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Chapter Four
"I'm going to call your teacher this afternoon Ellie doll. I can't believe you're father isn't doing anything." I was driving Ellie and Kenny to school for the fourth morning in a row and I was getting sick of Opie's attitude. I may have loved them like they were my own but he was their father, he had responsibilities.
"It isn't gonna fix anything. Mommy will still be dead." I looked in the backseat and saw the sad look in her eyes and my heart broke.
"Ellie, baby…I'm going to go talk to your teacher right now." I pulled into a vacant spot and waited for the kids to unbuckle before I got out of the car. I leaned down to give Kenny a hug, "Hey big man, why don't you head into your class and see if Hunter wants to play with those new cars I bought you?"
"Ok Auntie Milla." He gave me a hug before he ran off to find his best friend.
"Come on Ellie, let's talk to your teacher." She sighed in defeat and led me to her room.
"Ellie, come play with me!" One of the girls from her class called to her and I knelt down to get a hug. She looked at her friend then looked at me and gave me a hug.
"I love you Ellie doll, Nita's going to pick you up tonight." She nodded and ran to her friend.
I stood up and found the teacher at her desk reading a book ignoring the chaos around her. This explained a lot. With a deep breath I walked up to her desk and rapped my knuckles against the wood.
"Just play kids, class doesn't start for another fifteen minutes." She said in a bored voice and I felt my pregnancy hormones kicking in.
"Excuse me but I'm not one of your kids" I said snidely as she put down her book and looked at me.
"Ummm, how can I help you?" She stuffed her book in her desk drawer and I saw the cover. I doubted the principal would be ok with her reading Delta of Venus in the classroom.
"Hello, my name is Milla Ortiz and I am one of Ellie Winston's caregivers and her godmother. I believe that you and I have a big problem that needs to be discussed." I stood and crossed my arms over my chest. The baby had turned in my womb so now I had a decent sized baby bump and couldn't cross my arms like a badass anymore.
"Listen, Miss Ortiz, I can't control what gets said in the play ground. They haven't come to blows or had any physical contact so my hands are tied. I've also never heard anything negative said." She looked bored and I took a deep breath.
" Maybe you've never heard anything because you have your nose buried in erotic novels." She looked shocked but I continued."They may not have come to blows but I have to comfort Ellie every night because that little bastard keeps telling her that it's her fault that her mom's dead and that her dad doesn't love her. He's hurt her in such a way that she may never get over it. If you don't put a stop to it, I'll have to go above you and get him transferred to another class and you may well be out of a job. Oh and it's Mrs. Ortiz, I didn't go through all the trouble of marrying him just to have it ignored."
"Listen Mrs. Ortiz, I'll do what I can. I'll start by moving Tyler to a new work group and getting Ellie a meeting with the school counselor. Please don't tell my boss." She pleaded with me and I gave her a cold look.
"Make sure that my Ellie doll has a good day today and doesn't have to call me to cry it out. If she does I'll be going to your boss." With that threat I turned around and started walking away before I heard her mutter something.
"Biker whore." I turned on my heel and stalked back to her desk and before I knew it I had her by her collar and half hoisted off the desk.
"You better learn respect bitch. You see this crow?" I let go and held her with one hand while I shook my sleeve down my arm. "This means that I'm an Old Lady, this means that I belong to the club and the club protects its own. The next time I hear you say a thing about me or anyone else in my family I'll haul your pathetic ass off that roof."
I nodded my head up and her eyes followed as she whimpered. It felt good to have my hands on her, it would have felt better to pummel her puggish face in but even I knew it would have been stupid.
"Take care of this shit and keep your mouth shut or I won't be the only one visiting." With that parting remark I let her go and she collapsed in her chair. With a deep breath and head held high I walked out of the room and got in my car. I suddenly felt a craving that only Juice could satisfy.
I pulled into the new Cara Cara and sighed. It was great that Luann got everything she wanted but she and I had been at odds for weeks. For the first time ever we weren't on speaking terms, but as long as a Son was there I was welcome. I walked into the studio and found Juice with Chibs talking by the door. I continued my progress and Juice saw me before I got to him.
"Baby, what are you doing here?" He hugged me and lifted me from the ground before giving me a deep kiss.
"I had to kick some ass today, made me kinda horny." He gave me his goofy grin while he pulled me in as tight as my baby bump would allow.
"Ellie's teacher?" He asked as he placed a kiss behind my ear.
"Bitch called me a biker whore." I growled and he muttered an oath before he let me go.
"I wish I could take care of that itch you've got baby but we're here on guard detail until Clint and Rico take our places. Once that happens we'll go to the clubhouse and I'll make you feel all kinds of good." He kissed me again and I heard Chibs swear behind us.
"I go to get a coffee and you two are still goin at it. I thought marriage was supposed to stop the sex." He leaned against the couch and I pulled Juice into another kiss. When we broke apart he took my hands in his and grinned at Chibs.
"Maybe that's what happens to other people brother, but I've got the sexiest wife in the goddamn world to come home to." He lifted my hands to his lips and I smiled.
"Ok, since you can't take care of my itch right now I'll split but I'll be waiting for you at the garage. I also need your help with a little snooping. Elliot's on vacation with the family so this is the perfect time to look into Karen's club account." I winked at him and he caught my meaning.
"Sounds good baby, I love you and the peanut." He kissed my hand again and I turned and gave Chibs a hug before I walked out. Luann was outside ranting into her phone when she spotted me. She hastily said something before she walked over to my car.
"Mills, baby can we talk? I'm so sorry baby." She pleaded with me and I gave her my cold look.
"Sorry enough to drop Ima?" I asked as I unlocked my car. I started to open it but she put her hip into it and closed it.
"I can't and you know I can't. She's our biggest draw baby. I get rid of her and I lose money, the club loses money." She pleaded and I kept the dispassionate look on my face.
"Is money all you care about? Money doesn't even enter into this. She planned to go with Georgie, was gonna leave you high and dry and you just let it slide because a few horny slobs like jerking off to her loose, used cunt. What if those thugs would have killed me or Lyla? I guess that being your baby girl doesn't matter because I don't have hundred dollar bills flying out of my ass. My baby could have died Luann, did you think about that? What if the concussion would have messed me up or the bastard would have punched me in the stomach? You know what, never mind. I won't get through to you. I've given you the choice of me or Ima and you've chosen. Have a good life Luann; I hope you finally get enough money to fill that empty spot in your soul." She stared at me gobsmacked as I pushed her out of the way and got in my car. I held in my tears miraculously well until I got to TM, then they flowed as I sat in the parking lot sobbing uncontrollably. Suddenly there was a knock at my window and I turned to see my mom. I unlocked the door and she opened and leaned against it.
"What's wrong baby?" She asked as she stared at me. She'd seemed off since her accident so I didn't know what I could say that wouldn't send her into either a rage or tears. She'd never been like this and it was terrifying.
"I finally had it out with Luann. It's over, she made her choice. Ima won the day, yay for Ima." I gave a mirthless cheer and had to chuckle.
"Come on baby, no one would choose a porn slut over you. It's just business. As soon as that whore stops earning money she'll be out on her ass and so used up that no one will hire her." She took my hand and led me out of the car. It was strange, this was the calmest I'd seen her since the night of Bobby's party. I wished it would stay that way
"You'd choose me right Ma, even if the bitch was pulling in six figures for the club." I sighed and mom gave me a humorless smile.
"You're my baby and that bitch hurt you and could've cost me my grandbaby. Bitch is lucky she isn't dead." She gave me a kiss on the forehead and walked me to the office. I was suddenly exhausted and nothing felt as good as lounging on the couch. Mom worked around the office while I dozed before she got a call and tore out. I was used to her erratic behavior and didn't bat an eyelash as I heard a big vehicle peel out of the parking lot. A few minutes later I heard bikes pull out and rolled my eyes. Shit was gonna go down, it was obvious. As I dozed the office door opened and I looked into my husband's smiling face.
"Hey baby." I didn't say anything as I got up and wrapped my arms around his neck, bringing him into the office. He grinned wider as he pressed me against the door and locked it. "Still got that itch you need scratched?"
"Yeah Papi." I whispered against his lips as he pulled me tighter against him.
He walked me back to the couch and pulled me so I was straddling him and I leaned down to kiss him again. After that it was a flurry of limbs and clothes as he took care of me in the way only he could. As soon as we were cooled down we got dressed and I sat in his arms, content and happy simply because he was with me.
Too soon he had to go back to club work and I decided to help around the office. Juice's snitch in the bank was out sick for the day so my snooping had to be postponed. Mom had become touchy again so I did a complicated dance to keep from brushing up against her or entering her personal space. Eventually she got sick of me and sent me to the clubhouse. I didn't feel like going in so I had a perfect vantage point of my brother rolling up with the whore-who-shall-not-be-named clinging to him. I stalked over just in time to hear the end of her "woe is me routine".
"What the fuck Jax!" I yelled as I stood next to him. He looked down as Ima came up.
"He's just looking out for the talent Milla. Never know when Georgie might come back. Maybe you should get your own escort." She smirked and before I could even think I'd given her a left hook. "You crazy bitch!
"You're a lying whore. The only reason you're still breathing is because your assets are making the club money but don't you think for a minute that you're worth a goddamn thing." I spit in her face and made to walk away before she laughed.
"I'm worth enough that Luann chose me, the club chose me." It stung but I wouldn't let her win.
"Jax?" I turned to my brother as he stood with his hands in his pockets, unwilling to interfere.
"Yeah Millipede?" He asked as he looked up at me.
"What would happen if you had proof that his cunt was the reason Georgie's goons attacked me?" She looked up with a smirking smile.
"She'd be in a shallow grave outside the city limits. You're a founder's kid, an Old Lady and my sister. Retaliation would come first." She looked like the wind had been knocked out of her and it was my turn to smirk. Of course he was blowing smoke, a Son would never hurt a woman but the threat was there, the fear was there and it's what I wanted.
"You heard that list babe, for those reasons I'm better than you and always will be. Worm your way into the club if you want but you'll never be anything more than a living, breathing cum rag." I nudged her shoulder and walked to my car. I was fed up with everything and just wanted to sink into a warm tub with a good book.
Hours later I lay in bed with my book resting against the rounded swelling of my stomach. I'd finally found an activity where the bump wasn't a hindrance but an asset. As I got to a good part I heard the back door open and heavy footsteps make their way up the stairs. He was supposed to be at the Wrap party, I supposed that he had good reason for coming home. He didn't say a word as he started stripping and crawled into bed; he pulled my book from my hands and moved until he was over me.
"Have fun at the party?" I asked as he moved the sheet down my already naked body and began to run his hands up my legs.
"All I could think about in that room with all that porn pussy was the fact that I had a woman at home better than anything I could get there. A woman who can turn me on with a smile and makes me cum so hard it triggers the Richter scale, a woman who's having my baby. As soon as I thought about all that I was the one with the itch and you're the only one who can scratch it." He moved my legs apart and knelt between them, waiting for the signal from me.
"If I must I must." I gave a long suffering sigh before I moved to give him better access, he took the hint and I smiled before he stole the breath from my lungs with a well placed lick.