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Dereck was not given a chance to say anything before Cadie freaked out and hung up on him. He knew her reaction was going to be something like this. She was probably still in love with Devil when he left, and it kind of left things open between them. That had to be hard to deal with. He went to the nurse that was there, and proceeded on signing a few papers. They released his wallet and personal items to Dereck, and he was going to be in charge taking them to the mother of Devil's child. If anyone deserved these things, it was his son.
On his way out of the hospital, he received a call from Nate saying they were able to kill off a few of the Outcasts, but they were unable to come across Law and Ace. That news only made Dereck more angry, but at least they did some damage. Better then nothing.

Grace scoffed at him, rolling her eyes. "Oh please. I'm getting closer and closer to 30. My biological time clock is ticking, and before you know it I will be stuck in my mid-life crisis." She laughed at herself, continuing to cuddle with Isabelle.
She loved the way newborn babies smelled, they always had a special scent to them that drove her nuts. More so now that the baby fever was a little bit out of control. "I have had enough time to party, and time to myself." She moved to lay down across the couch, letting her feet rest in Orion's lap, and letting Isabelle lay on her stomach, where she ended up falling asleep.
"I think I might have to knock you out and steal your baby.." She whispered, looking over at him with a playful smile.

Grace rubbed the small infant's back softly, looking over at Orion. A small smile worked across her lips and she let out a soft chuckle. "When my parents passed away, they had their life insurance money get split between Dereck and I. He used his money to buy the shop, his bike, guns..." She shifted a little, grabbing the blanket from the couch and laying it over top of herself and Isabelle. "I have a lot of money put aside that I had been saving up for the moment I decided to start a family. I just would rather not be a single mother. I had never tried with Jackson because even though we were together for a few years, he was never serious." She closed her eyes for a moment, then began speaking again. "He would not have made a good father. When I do have a baby, I want it to be in a complete household. Not a broken one." She grinned once more, lightly stroking the top of Isabelle's head. "Until then, i will just have you use her to get my baby fever under control."

Dereck looked up from his phone to see Cadence standing there. She looked like she was not taking this information very well, hell, she even wanted to see his body. She was in denial. "Follow me." He turned around and led her down a hallway, then down a few flights of stairs until they came upon the morgue. He opened the door, letting her walk inside. "I'll be waiting out here." He moved and leaned against the wall across from the door to the morgue, letting her have her time alone with Devil's body.

Grace sat there for a few more silent minutes, and when the oven beeped, she slowly rose from the couch, and took Isabelle into her nursery, laying her down in the bassinet before she returned to join Orion. "I understand. I get where you are coming from. I grew up in between homes. Always going back and forth between my mother and father and it really gave me some trust issues." She walked over into the kitchen, helping him get some of the plates and utensils ready. "I'm not saying that I want the perfect family, because there is no such thing as perfect. But I-I don't know. I'm not very good at explaining things" She bit her lip and sighed, placing her hands on her hips as she overlooked the dining room table. "This food smells so good.." Her eyes looked up to him once more, before she sashayed across the kitchen and wrapped her arms around his neck, giving him a soft kiss.

Dereck was standing outside, making phone calls to everyone to get them rounded up to start planning a funeral for Devil. When Cadence finally walked out of the morgue, Dereck looked up at her from above his phone. She was most definitely rocked by the sight. Hell, he was rocked by the sight. Devil was a large man, and it would have taken a lot to take him down. Though, Dereck took solace in the fact that he did not go down without a fight.
After reading the text message he nodded his head at Cadence. "I know he was. He let his temper get the best of him, but I know he was sorry." He offered her a half-smile before making his way back up to the parking lot of the garage, where he got on his bike. He was going to go and break the news to the mother of Devil's kid, and return his personal belongings.

Once the food was cool enough, Grace made herself a plate and one for Orion as well, and sat down at the table, taking a bite. The dinner was so good, in fact, that the two of them ate in silence, like they had never had such a good meal before. Once they were both finished, Grace cleaned up the table and washed the dishes, before reaching into the fridge and pulling out a bottle of wine. She held it out, tilting her head back so she could look at Orion past the door of the fridge. "Let's have some wine?" She smiled at him, biting on her lip softly. She always enjoyed a nice, cold glass of wine. It made it even better now that they shared a dinner, and had the rest of the evening ahead of them.
She walked over to the utensil drawer and pulled out the corkscrew, working the bottle until she was able to get it removed, and pour two glasses of wine. She pulled herself to sit on the counter, bringing her glass to her lips. It was a sweet red wine, one of her favorites. She was not a bitter wine person, she preferred her wine sweet, like as if it was right off of the vine.

Dereck had stopped by Devil's ex's place, and made sure to remove the ultrasound picture while he went inside and broke the news to them. He had to tell them about his affiliation with the Reapers, and that they were going to be the ones to take care of his funeral and all of the expenses. He was there for maybe a total of 30 minutes before he needed to go to his thinking spot. There was a lot going on, and he needed time to think. They were not able to get Law and Ace and stop them from hatching their next plan. It was only a matter of time before it happened.

Grace ended up going home that night, she had to work the next day. A few days had passed, and it was now Friday. They were having the funeral for Devil, and she was not sure who all was going to be there. The Angels helped Dereck and the Reapers when they went after the Outcasts, so maybe they were going to be there as well?
She got dressed in a sleek, form fitted dress. Her blonde hair hung down her back in soft curls, and she wore regular black heels. Once she determined that she was ready to go, she got into her car and drove to the cemetery, where she took a seat next to where his coffin was going to be buried.
She had heard Dereck talking with the guys about another threat from the Outcasts, but before she could hear what the threat was, Dereck noticed she was listening in and closed the door to the meeting. Nathan had been appointed as the VP, and Lucky was now a full member instead of a prospect. The guys were all here with their bikes, and were just waiting for the hearst to arrive to they could carry his coffin.

Once the funeral service was over, Grace made sure to place her own flower on Devil's grave, before deciding to head back to her house. She was going to have to work at the hospital tonight, so she needed to go home and get changed. As she got into her car, she pulled out her phone, deciding to send Cadie and Orion a message. The message she sent to Cadie, read :
Hey. Hope U R doing ok. I'm here if you need me. Will B working all nite. <3
Once her message was send to Cadie, she glanced back towards where Devil was buried, and sighed. Being a nurse she knew that life could be taken in the blink of an eye, and this was proof of that. She had just spoken to Devil not long before he had been found dead. The question that remained was, who killed him? Fro working at the hospital she was able to get his autopsy record, and he had multiple blunt force trauma, lacerations, and blood in his lungs. They could not find a definitive cause of death, because all of those things could have caused it.
She shut her car door, sending Orion a message.
I work all nite tonite. If U need anything, txt me :] <3
After it sent she started her car and drove home, where she had just enough time to eat a banana and a granola bar before changing and running out so she wouldn't be late to work.
The hospital was very busy, and maybe a few hours into her shift, Grace caught sight of one of the Outcasts leaving the ER, where it did not look he had even been seen. Being the nosey woman she is, she walked down to the ER floor, and went looking through the sign in sheet of everyone who had visited. But there was no-one with a familiar looking name, so she called Dereck.
Once he answered the phone, Grace snuck off to a corner of the ER. "Hey, we just had someone come into the hospital here in Shadow Creek with an Outcast cut.."
Before Dereck could say anything, there was a out explosion over the phone, and he knew exactly what had happened.
"GRACE! Grace are you there?!"
Grace had been knocked off her feet from the blast, and got multiple cuts on her arms, neck, and jaw. She shifted through some of the rubble, grabbing her phone. People were screaming, and there were even people dead.
"Hey, yeah. I'm here. It was a bomb, Dereck. There are people screaming, I gotta go.."
She got up off the ground, shoving her phone into her pocket as panic ensued. She was 100% sure that the Outcast she saw leaving the hospital was the one that planted the bomb. She moved quickly, catching sight of a little boy laying on the ground. His chest was spilling blood everywhere, and he was screaming in pain. While other nurses worked around her escorting people out of the hospital, Grace got on her knees, placing her hands over the would in the little boys' chest.

Dereck immediately hung up his phone and got on his bike, whistling for the boys to join him. He had been told that the Outcasts were planning on attacking the hospitals, but he did not think it would be on the day of Devil's funeral. He was happy to know Grace was okay, though. But he needed to get to the Greenville hospital to make sure nothing was going down. So, he called Orion, to let him know the hospital in Shadow Creek had been bombed. Once Orion picked up the phone, Dereck spoke fast. "Hey, Grace had called me because she saw an Outcast leave the hospital in Shadow Creek. There was a bomb, and it exploded in your hospital. I'm riding to Greenville now, gotta make sure they are okay."
He did not leave Orion a chance to talk before he hung up and raced to the hospital, driving well over the speed limit. Almost as soon as he arrived, there was an explosion, and the ER inside of the Greenville memorial hospital was blown up.