Chapter 9
Climbing back down the ladder and walking out to the bar, Herm kisses my cheek and walks over to my dad and brother. I see him telling them something and I see them both hug him and congratulate him and I know he told them he proposed. Walking over to them, Daddy hugs me and I asked "Will you give me away?" He smiled and says, "Of course, sweetheart." and kisses my temple. Opie pulls me to him and picks me up in a bear hug and whispers, "Congrats little sister." As he puts me down I feel the tears forming in my eyes. I know the timing is shit but I am happy.
Thirty minutes have passed and the guys are back in church. Gemma walks over and sits next to me. "Gemma, come with me. I need to talk to you." I say. She wasn't in here for the news. Taking her to the room Herm and I are staying in, I sit on the bed and asked her to sit next to me. "Gemma, you are the closest thing I have had to a mom my entire life and I need your help once this Kyle shit is done." I say. "Of course. Baby. Whatever you need." she says concerned. I smile wide and show her my ring, "Will you help me plan my wedding?" I asked her. She pulls me up from the bed and hugs me tightly, "Of course I will baby. Congrats." she tells me. Before we can say anything else, Herm walks into the room. "I'll let you two talk." she says before hugging me again and kissing Herm on the cheek and congratulating him.
"What's the plan?" I asked and he looks down at his feet running his fingers through his blonde hair. "They want you in church. We need your help." he says and I can tell he isn't happy about it. Walking out to the main room and into the chapel, I walk over to Herm's seat and sit in his lap like I did the last time I was in there. "We have a plan that we think will bring him out but we need your help. You're old man isn't happy about it but we think it is the best shot." Clay tells me. Looking at Clay, I respond, "Just tell me the plan and me and my fiance will talk about it before we finalize anything, Uncle Clay." The entire room erupts in cheers before Clay bangs the gavel to get everyone calmed down. "Fair enough Princess and congratulations you two." he smiles at us. "We know where Kyle is living but doing it at his apartment is too risky. We have to get him out of the apartment and away from his little gash in order to make this right. But the only person we can be sure that he would respond to is you." he explains. "So you want me to lure him out? How are you wanting me to do that?" I asked. "We want you to make contact. Call him and get him to meet you somewhere. Then when you he gets there and sees you there, we think he will be too distracted, and stupid, to look around for us. He always so arrogant for his own good." Clay explains. "So you want me to actually show up at the meet?" I asked him and he nods his head yes. Taking a deep breath, I say, "Can Koz and I talk about it? I'd like to see where his head is on this." Clay looks at me for a moment "Sure. Church in an hour." he says before banging the gavel.
Walking out of the chapel, all eyes are on me. There were more people there than when we went in and they were all surprised to see me walking out of church with the guys. Walking into the dorm, Herm closes the door and locks it. "I don't like this." He says as he pulls me to him and holds me close. "Herm, it may be the only way. You know he will come out if he thinks something is going to happen between him and me. I need to do this." I try to reason. "Why? Why do you need to do this?" He asked pulling away from me. "Herm, do you know how long I had those nightmares before they finally stopped? Four years. That man has haunted my dreams, my thoughts, hell, my life, since it happened. There's no telling how many other women he has done this to that never came forward. When he raped me, he went on like nothing had happened. Like I was just some easy piece of pussy that was there for the taking. I need to get that power back and being a part of taking him down will help me take that power back." I try to explain. Looking at me, he pulls me to him and says, "I don't like this but I get it." I look him in the eye and try to lighten the mood, "You know what they say, the couple that kills together, stays together."