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"I am not okay with you seeing her! I don't want her around here! If she is going to be hanging around I am done!" Devil snapped and stalked away.
"Stay out of this town, and away from my family Cadence! I swear to god, I will destroy everything and everyone you love, if you keep pushing me b*tch!" He hopped on his bike.
"You know what, you want her around so much. Keep her. I am out." Devil rode off angrily.

Cadence sat in her car. She had her arms over her chest. She was pissed and she was hurt by Devil's behavior. She knew why he was acting this way. He was afraid she would hurt his son, or turn his Club against him. He was paranoid that his whole second life and past had finally caught up with him.

She lowered her window. She still looked up at Dereck. "Look....I'm sorry. I am not trying to come between your Brother and you. The Club can't run right if there is internal beef. Wait till he calms down some. Tell him you decided you don't want to see me. We go back to how things were before." She threw her purse into the seat beside her.
"I'm sorry. I should have not come here. It was a bad idea."

Orion laughed. "That is why you let me in huh? You could smell the wings?" He teased as he followed her to the kitchen. He walked over to Grace and gave her a soft kiss.
"I have something for you." He fished in his pocket and pulled out a set of keys.
"These are your spare set for the locks I am about to install. And these...." He pulled out a second set of keys. This one had a tiny pizza keychain attached.
"This is a set of keys to my apartment. No pressure. Just for you to have. So you can pop in if you want. I will talk to Cadie about moving in. Maybe you can help her....get comfortable with the idea?" He sat down at the table.
"I really think it is time for her....time for her to come home. I happen to know she is all alone out there. Her long term boyfriend and her broke up and six months ago, and I don't want her alone. Especially not with all this going on. I know you of all people understand this because your in a similar position. Only....your brother is more respectful of your privacy then I have ever been with Cadence's. I am ashamed and partly embarrassed to admit." He smiled at Grace.
"Enough about that. Sit, eat, tell me about your day." He stood up and went rummaging about for plates.
"I actually had something I wanted to talk to you about anyway. Just...want to make sure we are on the same page."

Devil would never give the Club up. Despite his angry words. He would however make Cadence go away. He would ensure she would no long cause waves in his life. Or come between his Club and and him.

He rode over to his ex's house. He spent the time with his son. He loved his son Gavin, but had never come out to the Club about the boy. He figured the way to keep Gavin safest was if no one knew he existed.

Cadence popped open her car door. She stepped out and closed the distance between Dereck and her. She stood on her tip toes and took his his face in her hands. She kissed his lips shyly.
"I would love to go to dinner with you. I want you to not take what Devil said seriously either. He is talking out of anger and jealously. He is not good at sharing. You know how he is...." She kissed him once more before stepping away.

Orion helped himself to some chicken and pizza. He stood up and grabbed them some napkins, and went in the fridge for some beers. He opened one and set it in front of her. Then open one for him and placed it near his food.
"Don't give me that look Gracie dear!" He sat down.
"I want to talk about Isabelle with you. I know our relationship is very very new. I realize not many people were even aware I was expecting a child. It is not something I broad cast for fear of Mother and child becoming victim of retaliation. I just want to make sure your okay with dating a parent, and understand I won't always be available with a new baby. I want us to see where this goes, but I want to make sure you realize things might be hard at times."

Cadence sat down beside Dereck and smiled. "This is a lovely idea...." She looked out at his special place.
"Nice evening...." She laid back in the grass. Her hair pooling about her face.
"I think I could just stay here forever. Peaceful...." She closed her eyes.

"No way! It will be a frosty day in hell before I get back with Isabelle's Mother!" He made a face. Then took a big bite of his slice.
"She is an unfit Mother, and she is a train wreck unfortunately I did not come to realization until she was pregnant. She is crazy and a sociopath." He sipped his beer.
"I would love for you to eventually want to be apart of Isabelle's life and mine's. You know in a full time capacity."

Cadence smiled at Dereck. He had kissed her cheek, such a sweet gesture! She accepted the glass of wine.
"Thank you. Plastic is probably best. I am such a light weight. Wine especially goes to my head." She chuckled and sipped the sweet red wine.
"Back at my apartment....at home. I have like for bottles of this wine I LOVE. Sweet Bliss, it is a caramel apple white wine! Oh geez! It is delicious! I drink half a bottle and watch the room spin till I fall asleep." She turned her cell phone off.
"I have a feeling Orion is going to ask me to stick around here around, to help out with the baby. If he asks....I think I will stay around."

Orion pushed his food aside. He quickly washed his hands and motioned for Grace to follow him. He began to change the locks for her.
"I was never sure I wanted kids. I didn't think I would be a good father. I am still not sure I will be. I am dedicated to trying to be the best father I can be though. I hope one day I will have an actual family. Wife, kids....maybe do family camping trips. Be the type of Dad my Dad tried to be." He was done changing the locks in about 20 minutes, and was back to the sink washing his hands.
"Soooo....should I be on my way Grace? Now that your door is....complete."

Cadence frowned at him. "You trying to fatten me up for eating boy!" She laughed and ate her potatoes. She didn't eat much of her steak. Maybe half since she was never big in red meat. She would go nuts over fish though. She was a huge seafood buff.
"Not all girls dig candlelit dinners or chocolate...." She said after he whipped out the chocolate covered strawberries.
"I happen to like chocolate though." She took one and took a bit though.
"Dessert wise....I will say Flan is like my absolute favorite dessert in the world. I made four the other day. So....if you want to come over later. I also baked a few dozen cookies. My Aunt is losing her sh*t because the kitchen is over run with sweets. I can't help it, I get stressed I either drink, bake or take to my punching bag. Sadly my bag is not here. I need to lay off the alcohol, so baking it is!" She stood up and stretched.

She was an antsy little thing. She hated sitting still and was also a chatty friendly little person. It was probably why most of her school days were spent sitting next to the teacher.
"Hey....just...putting it out there. You don't have to if it isn't your sort of thing. I can always have Jasper or even Killian come with me if your busy or what not. I bought these concert tickets a while back. They were for my ex and me. He hated the band but would never let me go to concerts alone so....he was going to go. Anyway! I bought tickets for the Five Finger Death Punch concert tomorrow night. I am leaving tomorrow morning, and will be at a hotel till the next morning. It is a six and half hour drive each way. Closer to where I was living, obviously! So....I have an extra ticket if that is your sort of thing." She was really excited about the concert, wasn't sure how her brother would feel if she took a Reaper with her for an overnight trip though. She had been living her own life up until this point, so she was going to continue doing so. She was not about to give up her freedom and be a slave of the Club.

Orion leaned against the counter beside Grace. He smiled up at her. "I love the offer, I really do. I am going to have to decline though. I am still setting up the baby's nursery at my place. She wasn't due for another almost 3 weeks so...I kind of waited till the last minute. I wasn't sure where I wanted her nursery to be. I wanted her at the Club so the women can help me with her. I know very little about babies....other then they hate sleeping through nights." He grinned at Grace.
"Soooo....I have to go home and set up her nursery. I want my baby girl's room to be perfect when she comes to stay with me. I want to give the courts no reason to decide in her Mother's favor." He straightened up.
"Besides....I wouldn't want you to think I put out on a first date! I'm not easy!" He teased and pulled her off the counter to him. He hugged her slender body to his.
"I really like you shampoo." He inhaled deeply.

Cadence shrugged. "My car is ready....but I rather put the miles on the rental to be honest. So if your okay in going in the rental, I say we put the miles on it rather then our personal vehicles. My car is done but Kill is holding it ransom, he insists it is making a weird noise. I told him my car always makes noise. I just hit it and tell it to shut up." She rolled her eyes.
"He didn't like how I handled random car noises...." She thanked him for the peaceful evening out and of course holding her door open.

Once back at her Aunt's house, she smiled as he looked around before kissing her cheek.
"Flash back....was almost identical to my first kiss." She teased before she kissed his lips.
"These guys don't frighten me, and they own me, and they are not running my life. I will kiss who I want, and when I want. If they have something to say about it, that is fine. I will hear them out before I tell them off." She ruffled his hair playfully.
"Again....thanks for tonight!" She slipped out of the truck, and started up the walk way. Her Aunt was on the porch, and immediately Cadence joined her Aunt. She took the seat beside her and leaned forward to she what her Aunt was embroidering. The pair looked comfortable together, and it was really surprising how well they got along.

Orion chuckled at Grace's smarty pants retort. He loved a girl with some sass and personality. Long as it wasn't as much a** as his sister had! That was just too much! In his opinion a girl who could throw out one liners, and hold her own in a conversation or argument was extremely sexy.

He loved out spoken, independent fiery spirited women. He loved what they had to over to a relationship. He knew they made for both a fun and challenging partner. He kissed her quickly before saying his goodbyes.

He headed out, but took the route going past Cadence's Aunt Celeste. He just wanted to check out the place, make sure it looked like all was well. He spotted Dereck and his truck. He frowned. Was trouble a foot? He spotted Cadie kissing him, and slipping out of his truck.
"Ohhhh. Okay then." He said to himself.

He decided to keep going. He was having a good night, and if those two wanted to have a fling....then go right ahead! He would see Cadence, the real her. From there he would have to figure out if he could handle a She-Devil like her. That was his problem.

He would not interfere. They were both grown ups, he knew she had dated Devil. He knew exactly what can of worms he was opening. If we wanted that sort of drama in his Club, that was his business.

Once at home he decided the polite thing to do was text Grace and let her know he arrived home safely. He took off his boots and put them on the low shoes rack he had in the living room. He hated wearing shoes.
'I made it home in 1 piece. ? 4 u. If we have kids N Cadie N Dereck have kids, are they super related? Cousins on both sides of the family can't be good rite? J/K! They r 2gether I think.'

Devil was waiting back at the Club. He was somewhat calmer now. Though the longer he waited for Dereck the angrier he got. This was not how Brothers did one another! He should have respected the bro-code and not went there. Not with Cadence, since their relationship had in fact been serious.

Orion glared back at Dereck. "I am not leaving the code over a piece of a*s. I am telling you now though, YOU broke the code. You should never have started anything with her. I am also warning you, whenever I see her there will be a problem. She is NOT wanted here. She is NOT welcomed here. She does NOT belong here. So you get a few loads off with her and move on. Or are you really about to let some p*ssy come between you, and one of your Brothers?" He grabbed another beer.
"What I do with my d*ck is none of yours, or anyone else's concern. I never claimed to own her, only that I was there first, you knowing that should have backed right off. You know the rule, sisters, Old Ladies, and ex Old Ladies are off limits. Seeing as how she and I almost had a child together, that makes her off limits." Devil got up, and shook his head.
"Let's see how many Brothers will respect your decision to chose p*ssy over a Brother. See how cold it is when your riding alone." He walked off, heading to his room in the Club.

Orion had invited his sister over. They were doing a bit of brotherly and sisterly bonding.
"No you dork! That looks wrong!"
"Cadie, I am following the directions!"
"It looks wrong though!"
"That's because it's not done!" He pushed her hands away.
"You can't even hang a picture frame straight Cadie! Leave the building to me! Why don't you wash the baby clothes." She huffed and got up.
"Can't figure out the washer?"
"That's why your here." He replied and she just laughed and went out to the kitchen to start the baby's laundry.
"Are you hungry?" She yelled her question to her brother.
"No food here!" She sighed and put the laundry on, before she returned to the nursery.
"Gimme money." She said and held her hand out.
"You sound just like every other chic I have ever dated." He replied as he stood up. She slapped his arm and he hand her a few twenties.
"No weird sh*t."
"Your face is weird!" Cadence replied and turned. She walked off, grabbed her bag and keys then was on her way.

Cadence looked at her phone and decided a text was needed. Two texts actually. She paused once inside her car and sent the texts.
Dereck, We can leave in about an hour. I am helping my brother. The next text was to Grace.
Hey Grace,
I wanted to tell you this in person, but it never seems to happen. Your brother and I are sort of dating. Not sure if this is serious or, if it will work out. Just wanted to be up front with you. She hit send and headed to the grocery store.