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hidden.  He couldn’t risk his past coming back to bite him, the club was all he had and if they knew it all they would throw him out or worse, kill him.
     

 
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    Viki sat at the table in Mrs.’s house with a pack of frozen peas pressed to her cheek.  She hated being hit and she had suffered the humiliation too many times to count.  She didn’t have time for this.  She needed to get groceries before she went home or there wouldn’t be dinner.  She only had an hour to get home and that meant no time to stop for groceries and she didn’t have enough money for takeout. 
    “That little bastard!”  Mrs. raged as she paced the kitchen.  “Jack better make it clear that you are off limits or those boys will have it out for you in a big way.  Jack made them look like boys and they won’t forget it.  You watch your back with them.”
    “He was just trying to be nice I guess.”  Viki didn’t understand it either.
    “You fuckin’ him?”  Mrs. asked straight out.
    “Is who fuckin’ who?”  Angel walked into the kitchen.  Angel was Mrs.’s daughter with the President of the club, Preacherman and Angel loved gossip almost as much as she loved her old man, Ink. 
    “Viki and Jack.  Where are the kids, sweetie?”  Mrs. said as she hugged her daughter and kissed her cheek.
    “Cat and Noah wanted to play outside and Lily is sleeping in her seat, thank God.  So why are we talking about who is fucking the clubhouse mouse, isn’t everyone?”  She blew a strand of dark hair out of her face.  “I mean that is their purpose right?”
    “Are you?”  Mrs. said with a straight face.
    Angel rolled her eyes.
    “I thought not.  Neither is Lambhead or the new recruits, apparently and no, that was not the original purpose.”  Mrs. said as she sat a cool glass of soda in front of Viki.  “And Viki is no longer a mouse.”
    Angel raised a brow.  “So what is going on?  I haven’t gotten much sleep lately you know.”  Angel grumbled as she pulled something out of the refrigerator and started making a sandwich.
    “Yes Angel.  Motherhood is hard.  How is Ink?”
    “Ink is fine.  All healed and back to normal.  Noah has settled in and we are finally settling into life I think, but that’s usually when the bottom falls out from under me so I guess I’m a little jumpy still.”
    “Nobody can fault you for that.  You go ahead and eat and then go up and take a little nap while sweet pea is sleeping.  I can watch them for a few hours while you catch up.  Viki and I need to have a talk anyway and she can stay and help out.”
    Viki shook her head even though no one had actually asked her opinion.  She couldn’t stay a few hours.
    Angel took her sandwich and left the room, but her presence had served to put Viki in her place.  She was invisible.
    “Now then hon, I’m sorry about that, she’s bitchy when she’s sleepy and it was just better that way.”  Mrs. got up and started moving around making something on the stove. “It looks like this new crew of boys is less than we have expected in the past.  It’s getting harder to find good men to fill the ranks.”  Viki nodded.  She wasn’t sure what to say.
    “Honey, I know there’s something going on with you.  Any woman willing to put up with this shit for this pay is in a hard spot.  Now I don’t know if I could help with it or not and I’m not even sure I want to know right now, but I need to be able to depend on you.  I also know that there is a little boy that depends on you and I know you don’t want that to be part of what you do here, but I want you to know that he would be safe here if you ever decide to bring him around.  Nobody would dream of hurting him.”
    “Bobby is special…”  Viki tried to explain, but Mrs. cut her off.
    “I know that too.  You can trust me and you can count on me.  If you need anything you give me a call and I mean that.”
    Viki felt her eyes well up so she only nodded.  Aside