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Chapter 6

Ace

When I get their nod I clear my throat and continue. " Two weeks ago I got a visit from a young lady." I nod to Brick and he pulls a picture of Ailee on the big screen. I don't know where he got it but it shows her with her bodyguard and driver smiling making her gray eyes sparkle. Ailee is dressed in an emerald green ball gown and the guys are dressed in tuxes but you can still see their gun holsters. The caption on the photo says “ Rare photo of O’Sullivan Heiress.” I hear one of the boys whistle and I have to hold back a growl. " Who is she?" Viper asks. " Her name is Ailee. And the guy on her left is her bodyguard Callen. The one on the right is her driver Finn. Ailee never goes anywhere without them." I tell my brothers " Ace, I'm not understanding,why are you telling us this?" Tank asks.

" I'm telling you this because I want to invite her to the barbeque we have coming up." " I'm getting that there is more to this because you have never needed permission to invite someone." Viper says. " There's more. Her full name is Ailee Ripley- O'Sullivan.And I don't want any trouble with her being here." Rowdy sucks in a breath " O'Sullivan. As in the Irish crime family! Why would you want to bring that into the club!" he shouts.

" Calm you shit boy!" I yell. " Yes, Ailee is the princess and heir. But the reason she is here has nothing to do with the mob. She is here for me. Nothing more." " Brother why you?" Axel asks. " It is personal and I don’t want to get into it right now." I say. I look at my brothers and I can see I need to say more. I run my hand over my face. “ Ailee is my daughter.” You could have heard a pin drop with the silence. " Ace ? I don't know where to start with the questions." Viper says. I knew this was going to happen and had prepared to get it. I am going to give them as much as I know. I have nothing to hide.

" When Ailee came to see me she told me she is my daughter. I confirmed it last week with a Dna test, not that I needed it. One look in her eyes told me." " After all these years, why now?What does she want? Money?" Axel asks. I glare at him “ She is next in line of the largest crime family in the world. She doesn’t need my money. And she signed away every right to anything I have. When I met Ailee's mother Mara I wasn't ready to settle down and I sure as fuck didn't want kids. And Mara knew that. She didn't have any expectations from me. It was a fling. Raider and I just got the club going. I was young, wanting to get as much pussy as I could." I run my hand through my hair.

" Ace man, we aren't judging you. We have all been there man." Thor says. " But you want to know what Ailee is after. I get it. What I am about to say has been verified and is all legit. Ailee is dying. She is fighting cancer for the second time. She tracked me down to be a bone marrow donor to save her life. Anything beyond that she left up to me."

" I don't understand. Anything beyond donating." Lug Nut asks. " When Ailee came to me she had everything drawn up like a business deal. She told me if I wished not to know her she would respect my wishes. She forfeited any right to money or anything I own. She has arranged for the donation to be done with no interaction with her. Even offered to pay me fifty thousand for the time it takes for me to recover from donating. As well as money for the donation itself."

Viper leans forward and looks at me " Wow. What are you going to do? How are you doing with all this?" " Truth. When I first found out that I had a dying daughter that I didn't know about. I drank myself stupid for a few days. Then I sobered up and had Ryans help me do a Dna test and check to see if I'm a match to donate. When the results came back yes to both I decided then in there I was saving my girl and getting to know her. Raider didn't get this chance with Merigold. I'm not wasting my chance."

" What do you need from us?" Brick asked. " I want her to come to the party. I want her to meet my family. I want her to meet Merigold, Lilly, Gretchen and Kelley. I want her to feel welcome here. Because whether she accepts it or not Ailee is a club princess as well. I want to show her this world. My world. I need you to get everyone ready for her. But the big thing is Ailee has to have her muscle with her." I answer. " You think she would be in danger from us?" Axel asks.

" No. Ailee needs to have them with her for two reasons. Her comfort. I'm asking her to come into an MC she knows nothing about. She has no reason to trust us. We have to earn that trust . I have to earn it. And the guard and driver have been with her since she was thirteen when she battled cancer the first time. They have extensive medical training able to handle anything that could come up. I do want Ryans here just in case." I say. I want to have an ambulance in the yard on standby but don't say it.” And I want all of this kept quiet for now.” I said. I don’t want any of this getting out yet. I want to ease Ailee into this before I announce who she is. I look around the table as my brothers nod.

Viper says " Church over. Let's get ready to meet the newest member of our family.” Everyone leaves and I walk over to Viper. I pull him into a hug “ Thank you,son.” Viper pulls back “ You don’t thank me for taking care of our family. Just don’t waste this time Ace. You got something dad didn’t. Use it wisely.”

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