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rest here for as long as he needs. It’s no bother.”
    “Won’t be necessary. Taking him now,” Ax says, leaning over the bed and taking hold of Runner.
    Before I can get a word out, Ax is fully supporting his weight and carrying him out of the room. Wow, he’s incredibly strong.
    “Wait!” Runner cries out.
    “What?” Ax grunts.
    “Put two guys on her.”
    “No! I don’t need bodyguards.”
    But they both completely ignore that and Ax nods and tells Runner, “Relax. Got it.”
    They walk out of my bedroom. I hear Ax’s heavy footsteps thundering down the hall. A moment later, the front door slams and that’s it.
    They’re gone like they were never here.
    And once again my house is silent.
    Too silent.
     

Chapter 5
    ~Runner~
     
    “Neil! Help him, will you?” Rox yells from the entryway into their house.
    “All good, darlin’,” I tell her, gripping my cane tightly.
    Ax comes running up to us a second later. “Jesus, babe. It’s clear to me where our daughter gets her mouth from.”
    Rox gives him a look, but it disappears the second he leans down to her and kisses Ava in her arms. Smooth bastard. Knows how to keep his woman happy. Even a woman as difficult and as mouthy as Rox. Woman’s a crazy little ball buster. No way I could do that shit. But he likes that ‘bout her and gets off on her fire and that smart mouth of hers.
    He looks at me and rolls his eyes. “Come here,” he says, giving me his arm to use as support.
    I slap it away with my free hand. “I got this.”
    “Runner, don’t be ridiculous,” Rox tells me.
    “Ain’t, darlin’. Just gotta be on my feet when I can. Get back to myself, yeah?”
    She blows out a breath. “It’s too soon, but whatever.” She turns with Ava and walks into the house, heading to the living room straight ahead.
    “Can’t believe I gotta use this fucking thing,” I mutter as Ax walks with me. “Feel like an old man.”
    “You ain’t no spring chicken no more.”
    “Fuck you.”
    “Late thirties, man. Maybe this is your wakeup call.”
    “What?”
    “You know? To settle down and shit?”
    That has me stopping right there in the living room doorway. My eyes go to Rox sitting there on the couch with their six-month old and then back to Ax who looks worn down and exhausted. “No fucking thank you.”
    He gets my meaning right away. I can tell by the pissed look in his eyes.
    He gets in my face and lowers his voice so Rox don’t hear as he tells me, “I ain’t tired and looking like shit, cuz I got a baby and a wife now. It’s cuz you kept me up all night with your shit. I was fucking worried ‘bout you when you hung up like that and didn’t bother calling back. Tried to track you all damn night. And what I got with Rox? You see it as jail or some shit. Farthest thing from that, brother. I got a woman who’s got my back, no matter what. She accepts the asshole in me, along with the rest. A woman who can give me one fucking look and my dick’s rock hard for her. A woman who cares ‘bout what I like and what gets me off when we fuck. A woman who loves me. Cares. The whole package.” He draws back a bit as he says, “What you got is a bunch of whores who just climb onto your dick so they can get an in with the club, say they’ve fucked a member. Ain’t it getting tired, Runner? Ain’t it getting too fucking cold for you now?”
    “You fucker!” I roar, losing my shit and slamming my free hand into his chest.
    The baby starts crying then and Rox yells, “We’re not at the clubhouse now! Knock it off! Now !”
    “Lucky we ain’t at the clubhouse, or you’d be in shit for taking a shot at your Prez,” Ax grunts.
    “Neil! I’m serious. Take it down. You’re scaring Ava.”
    That has him stepping back and backing off. He rubs the overgrown stubble on his chin and says, “Look, I’m sorry. I invited you over for dinner and I’m being a dick. Just…what you said—”
    “I got under your skin. I’m sorry. Being messed up