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Chapter 6

Viper

When she is done she looks up at me with pure hatred in her eyes. She looks like she is ready to kill someone and she is looking right at me. She looks at the eviction notice on the bar then back at the paperwork. “ Thor, the land deal. Was the seller Denver’s industries?” Merigold asks. “ Yes,” he says. The same people who own the building the dispensary is in. Merigold looks at me again but talks to Claire. I forgot she was here. “ Claire, step back right now and leave before I hurt you. Tell the others Viper is off limits until further notice.” Merigold says. Claire is smart and runs from Merigold.

Merigold turns and looks at everyone and says “ Brothers, there is one person responsible for our issues.” She turns to me and I don’t like the look on her face. It is hate and disgust. “ It is this sorry son -of -a-bitch.” “ What are you talking about? What did Viper do?” Merigold passes the document around. As Lug and Thor read it their faces turn to disgust as well. What the fuck does it say to have my brothers turning on me like this? Speed goes off on a rant and I can’t understand a word she is saying. Anna is reading it now and I swear I see tears in her eyes.

When she is done she walks over and hands it back to Merigold. She turns to me and does the last thing I ever expected her to do. She holds her hand back and open hand slaps me across the face. “ You hypocritical bastard. You should be lucky your father isn’t alive to know about this. He would beat your ass and have your patch.” I sat there shocked. Anna has never raised her hand to anyone. She turns to Casper. “ Is she at the rink?” He nods “ But she won’t see you.” “ I’m not going as part of this club.” she says. I can tell she is crying now. I feel like I’m losing my club right before my eyes. Casper says “ I’ll tell Ref to let you in. But don’t be surprised if she doesn’t talk.” “ I’ll wait as long as it takes.” Anna says and walks out the door.

Merigold turns to Casper “ Casper, don’t cut ties with us yet. Not all of us are like him. Please let me sort this out first.” “ I’ll run it by club. But when they find out what he did they are going to want a piece of him.” Casper said. “ Would some one tell me what the fuck is going on?” I yell. Everyone turns to me and looks like they are ready to jump me.

“ I’ll tell you what is going on Ethan. Your bullshit has cost this club. Big time.” Merigold said. She holds up the document and says “ These are divorce papers for you to sign. On the grounds of abandonment and adultery.” She slaps it down on the bar. “ You married Sabine and left her to fuck around with the skanks here. Sabine the client that fired you for having your dick hanging out of your pants. The same person that partly owns the building the dispensary is in. And the lot you were going to buy to expand the auto shop. The same person who was Speed’s sponsor. The same owner of the rink I take your nephews to. It was you who fucked us over.”

I look over at the papers on the bar. I see Decree Of Divorce in bold letters. “ Viper you said you were going to find the person who fucked us over and fix it. We found the person. You. How in the hell are you going to fix it? If any other brother would have done this you would have their patch. After you beat their ass. You helped marry off four of us ol’e ladies then you turned your back on everything you preached. Anna is right. You are a hypocrite. But you are not above the other brothers in this.” Merigold said in tears.

She is right if my brothers did this I would beat the shit out of them. I would have their patch. This isn’t how I run this club. Not how dad did it. Marriage vows and ol’e ladies are more important than anything. I hear Thor say” I called Ace. He is going to call an emergency Church.” I can’t say anything. I can’t even defend myself. I look at the papers and there is a copy of my marriage license. I recognize my handwriting. This isn't some bad joke. No wonder Sabine looked hurt when she saw me that day. She saw proof her husband that walked out on her had cheated as well.

“ And one more thing.” I hear Casper say before I get punched in the face. “ That is for hurting my sister. Sign the papers so she can move on to a real man. And if I find out you married her just to get her virginity I’ll be back to give you more.” he says before he walks out. I’m not worried about my face right now. He had every right to hit me.I would have done the same if someone hurt Merigold or any of the ol’e ladies. I look back at the papers and all I can think is what have I done. I see Merigold lay something on the paper. “ This was in the envelope.” she said and left. Everyone else followed behind her not wanting to be near me anymore. I pick up the object. It is a ring. Smaller than the one I had but the same. I turn it over and see it is inscribed. ‘ Sabine+Ethan’.

I got married and didn’t even remember. I didn’t even think about walking out on her when my gut was telling me to stay.What have I done? How do I even fix this? I could blame it on the booze but that is a coward's way out. But I do need to fix this. For my club. For myself. For Sabine. I don’t know her but I know she didn’t deserve what I did.

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