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I walked down the stairs. I was tired. Spent most of the day crying. Deciding what to do with the baby.

Dad and mom were sitting peaceful on the couch. He had one arm around her. She was glued to him, since he got out of the hospital.

The front door burst open. Kobra came storming in.

“Dad!”

Dad looked up from the couch and got up. Kobra’s expression said it all. Ivy walked out of the kitchen.

“The Winston’s have been massacred.” Kobra said the sentence that sent knives through my heart. “Soldiers wiped out as well.”

Dad looked shocked.

“How could you!” Ivy screamed.

Why was she reacting! It was the father to my child that had just been killed. I felt like I couldn’t breathe. I gripped the rail.

“Are they all dead?” Ivy looked as upset as I felt.

Kobra looked from us to dad. “All I know is the Winston’s head is dead.”

I felt like someone punched me in the stomach winding me. “That’s Creed, Slater and their father.” I spoke the words that we all knew was true. They were the head of the table. I looked at dad, inhaling through tears. “How could you kill him?” I walked towards him. “You know his loyal to us.” I felt my throat tighten. Suddenly there was no question if I had an abortion. I wanted a piece of Creed. I just wanted him. “He lived for this club. You knew that!” I cried so hard that tears were running down my throat. I couldn’t stop the flood of emotions.

I felt like I was going to pass out. “I loved him.” I screamed at my father. “Didn’t you see that. I’m carrying his child and you’ve just torn any chance of him and I working this out.”

“Holly,” His attention was on me, but then it was Ivy that picked up her keys. Her eyes streaming tears. Fuck. She’s crying as hard as me. She looked from Dad to Kobra. “Connor’s is Slater’s son. And I refuse to be part of this family.”

I shook my head. Not understanding. When headlights lit up the room, from the bay window. “Is that the Uncle Khaos and Thanatos? Are they the ones that carried it out?” I yelled at him.

Dad pushed me to the side. “Do we know who did it?” he asked Kobra. “Any details?” he sounded as panicked and upset as me. “Is Creed, okay?”

Kobra just looked around the room. Why did Dad care about Creed?

He was acting like he didn’t know.

“Fuck this,” Ivy yelled through tears. “We all know that’s our uncles who have just pulled in did it. They have murdered the man that was keeping my heart together.” She broke out in tears and stormed for the front door, throwing it open.

I was following her. If dad hadn’t ordered it. That meant my uncles had. I followed Ivy out. We stepped out, and I froze.

“Opal?” I spoke her name confused. Why was she getting out of the car covered in blood and in black lingerie?

“Opal!” Kobra yelled and pushed past Ivy and I. Dad stood frozen beside me. When the drivers door and passengers opened.

Was it possible to cry harder? I walked towards him, like I was seeing a ghost. I had just made it to him when his arms wrapped around me.

“I’m okay baby.” He reassured me. I pulled back, seeing all the blood.

“Are you hurt?” I choked out.

“No and Holly I love you. I’m so sorry.”

I choked out a laugh and brought my hands to his face. “I told you. The bullet that killed you, kills me and minutes ago. I felt dead inside without you.” Tears ran down my cheeks. “Don’t you ever do that to me again.” I felt weak and drained. He was quick to hold me to his chest.

“Plans change Creed?” Dad asked and I turned in Creed’s arms to see dad’s shocked expression. “Out of all of the men to kill the head of the Winston’s. I never expected it to be his sons.”

“We didn’t,” Creed said and looked back at Opal.

Kobra was standing near Opal, but it was like he was in shell shocked and wouldn’t touch her. He was standing a foot away from her.