The Biker's Fate Chapter 558

Huck

THE NEXT MORNING, I had just stepped into the hallway with two bags of trash when I heard an angry male voice growl, "What the hell, Ducky? Why the fuck were you at Elixir without us at your back?"

I looked up to see two men crowding Daisy at her door and saw red. I didn't notice the patches on the backs of their jackets, didn't notice the motorcycle boots or the fact they might be carrying weapons, just reacted to the fact they appeared to be threatening her.

I dropped the trash and rushed to the bigger of the two, checking him face first into the wall, and forcing one arm behind his back.

"What the fuck do you think you're doing?" I snarled.

Daisy gasped, while the other guy pulled out a gun. The guy I was holding just chuckled.

"Oh my god, Arch, put that away." Daisy turned to me and reached for my arm. "It's okay, Huck, these are—"

Before she could say anything further, cell phones pealed in the silence of the hallway.

The guy I was holding struggled, albeit not particularly hard. "Get the fuck off me, man."

"No," I snapped.

"Hi, Mama," Daisy breathed out as 'Arch' said, "Hey, Pops."

I heard an angry voice coming from the man through the phone, but Arch walked away while Daisy continued to speak with her mother.

"Hold on, Mom," she said, and focused on me again. "Huck, that's my brother, Cash. Can you please let him go?"

I gave him one more shove before releasing him, and Cash scowled as he pushed off the wall.

"Thank you," Daisy said, then went back to her call. "Okay, Mom, it's all good now. Can I call you back? Yes, Archer's talking to Daddy now." She sighed. "Will you please talk him down off the ledge?" She glanced my way. "Daddy absolutely does not need to come here. No. I have finals next week and I have to study. If he comes down here beating his chest, just like Cash and Archer did, then I'm going to lose my ever-loving shit, and I'll be forced to forget I'm a lady."

I bit back a laugh as I watched this glorious woman spear her brother with a look I knew she'd hoped would kill, but only made her look cute as a fucking button as she did it.

"Okay, Mama. Thanks." She smiled. "Love you, too. Bye." She hung up and slid her phone into her pocket, then crossed her arms. "Cash, this is Huck. Huck, meet Cash."

We both glared at each other, and Daisy sighed. "Jesus, why can't I just have quiet, meek men in my orbit?"

Archer came jogging up a few seconds later and Daisy turned to him. "Did you talk him down?"

He shrugged. "Not sure."

She threw her hands in the air and let out a frustrated squeak. "Big brothers, get inside. Now." Turning to me with a grimace, she said, "Huck, I'm sorry these two idiot-sticks dragged you into our family drama. They're good guys, well, mostly. But I'm sure you have more important things to do than worry about me and my dumbass siblings. I'm so sorry they wasted your time."

I was summarily dismissed, so I nodded, turned around and grabbed the trash, before heading to the chute. Once I'd dumped the garbage, I made my way back to my sister's to find the hallway clear, so I stepped inside her apartment and made my way to the shower.

Daisy

"Oh my god, if I had time to murder both of you, I would."

"Who's the douche?" Cash asked.

"First, he's not a douche," I hissed. "And he's Louisa's boyfriend."

Archer groaned. "Fuck, your hot neighbor's got a man?"

"Can we please stop talking about Huck?" I snapped. "Why are you here?"

"Because you went to Elixir without one of us having your back and you took Teagan who's underage," Cash said, in a 'duh' tone.

"I didn't take anyone anywhere. She surprised me with a girls' night out for my birthday." I let out a frustrated squeal. "Not that I need to justify my actions to you two dickheads."

"The second you got there, you should have texted one of us," Cash said.

"Why?" I challenged.

"Because—"

Before Cash could finish his sentence, someone pounded on my door and then it opened, revealing my father.

I settled my hands on my hips. "Really, Daddy?"

"Baby girl, some random asshole puts his hands on my kid, you don't think I'm gonna do somethin' about that?"

My hallway was wired for picture and sound, and it went so much further than a doorbell cam. My parents, the club, my brothers and I had access to over six cameras outside my building, in my stairwell, in my elevators, on my floor, and directly outside my door. My father knew the second Huck made contact with Cash and was probably on his bike before my brother's face hit the wall.

I threw my hands in the air. "He thought they were threatening me!"

"And why the fuck would some random guy care if your brothers were threatenin' you?"

"First of all, he didn't know they were my brothers and second of all, I would hope that anyone would care if someone, anyone, regardless of who they were, would be concerned if I were being threatened, and that you would also want said anyone to care if I were being threatened, and be happy they did something to stop it," I screeched.

"Well, those were a lot of words there, Ducky," Daddy murmured, stroking his beard with an amused expression on his face.

I took a deep breath and glared at my family. I tended to get flustered when I was irritated. To be honest, I tended to get flustered when I was emotional, and I often had a hard time getting my words out.

Daddy thought it was cute, Cash thought it was weird, Archer wasn't quite sure what to do with me, but Mom would just wait for me to gather my thoughts until I could get out what I needed to say.

I bit back tears and took another deep breath.

"Aw, don't cry, Ducky," Archer said, pulling me in for a hug.

See? He had no fucking clue what to do with me.

"I'm not crying because I need a hug, Arch," I snapped. "I'm crying because it's my body's way of releasing stress and negative emotions. The kind of emotions that make me want to murder you."

He stepped back slowly, raising his hands in surrender.

"Okay, boys, head out," Dad said. "I've got Ducky."

My brothers grumbled, but gave me a hug, then left us alone. I padded into my kitchen and turned on the kettle. "Do you want some coffee? I have instant."

"Coffee'd be great, honey."

"As much as I love having you here, I really do have to study, Daddy, so how long are you planning on staying?"