Page 137 of All That Glitters

“I’ll get Powers to stay with her until we’re done.”

“Alright.”

Before he can say anything else, I walk away and tuck Legs under my arm. “Let’s get you home. You look dead on your feet.”

“I feel it. Some days, I feel like I have too much energy to contain, and others, it’s like it’s been drained right out of me,” she mutters as we say goodbyes to Amity and Nevaeh.

I walk her to the truck and help her in as I tell her what they found out about Tina.

“I can’t believe someone poisoned her. That’s crazy, Midas.”

“I know, trust me. That’s why I’d rather have you back at the apartment than here because I have no idea where it happened.”

“Holy crap, you don’t really think someone in the MC did it?”

“No. It’s not my brothers’ style. I’m just being overly cautious.”

“I get it. The baby makes everything seem like such a risk. For the record, I don’t think any of the brothers did it. I agree, it’s not their style. Plus, poisoning someone is usually done by women. I read that somewhere,” she mutters before leaning her head against the window and falling fast asleep.

I hate leaving Legs, even though she has Powers with her, but nobody says no to church unless you have a damn good reason. And being obsessed isn’t considered one of them. I listen in as Havoc talks, updating everyone on what’s been happening and what we know, but my thoughts keep drifting back to Legs and the shit she said about me not knowing her name. I mean, it’s shit, no two ways about it. It would be real easy for me to blame the fact that we all use club names, Legs included, but that’s just an excuse. As Dice said—all I had to do was ask. It sucker punched me because it shows how desperately I kept a barrier between us. Instead of protecting her, it just made her feel like an outsider looking in.

“Anyone else have anything to add?”

I look up when Havoc’s voice snaps, making me realize he’s looking at me. “Legs said something that made me think.”

Someone snorts, but I ignore them.

“What did she say?” G leans forward and asks.

“That poisoning someone is statistically something a woman does.”

Everyone goes quiet as they process that. “Tina gets sick and needs picking up, and then Kiki gets run off the road the one time she’s alone? Either someone was watching her, or someone already knew what was happening.”

“And the poisoning angle makes you think it’s a woman?” Crane frowns.

“I’m not thinking anything in particular, just trying to put the pieces together.”

“Well, Amity and Nevaeh didn’t do shit. And Lil, Legs, and the rest of the club girls seem to be the targets. So who the fuck does that leave?” Kruger grunts.

“Club girls are not popular with anyone but the brothers as a general rule, though Lil and Legs are special. Back in the day, old ladies and bunnies did not mix because they were aware that they might all be sleeping with the same man. I nixed that shit. You wanna cheat on your old lady? The woman you swore to protect, and expect me to trust you? Fuck that,” Havoc snaps.

Blade sighs. He and Inigo rolled in a couple of hours ago for church and to touch base, leaving King to watch over Sunshine and Conan.

“Yes, how very progressive of you. But if men are going to cheat, they’ll cheat. If they’re breaking vows they made, what makes you think breaking the vow they made to Ravens would make any difference?” Blade states, explaining in a roundabout way why he didn’t make a similar rule.

“The difference is I can plow my fist into someone’s face without them crying about it.”

I snort like he ever needs an excuse like that, and a couple of others are doing the same.

“So, getting back on track…let’s say it’s not someone from the clubhouse but someone connected to the clubhouse. Like a disgruntled ex or a hangaround?” G questions.

I shrug. “I don’t know. I don’t even know why I’m focusing on it. It’s just bugged me since Legs mentioned it.”

“If you take the poison away, it feels like a man. I know that’s sexist as fuck, but I would never have fingered a woman for this,” Mac says, making Toot chuckle.

“Sounds like that might be what caused the issue.”

He groans when Mac punches him.