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The pain and betrayal in his eyes hurt, but notMemphis did The truth istihtieth birthday Apparently they’ve been watching hiainst him, and this was the call they needed to book hi I have family behind bars, but I did what I had to do to save so many others Sometimes you have no choice but to turn on someone that shares your bloodline More lives were saved than the one lost He was never going to stop

Me to choose between theh that ain He wasn’t ht here at the tattoo shop Alex started a few days ago and Styles couldn’t be happier with his work Aside fro into place Trevor even stopped in the shop this ize Alex kept a close eye on hi sure he kept his distance, which he did He seeenuine and it made it easy to see why he and Melad Alex was at least here for that iven him the chance to talk I don’t knohat I would do without those two boys Alex and Meest hearts I know and I’ thatto leave The thought of hi makes my heart ache, but I need to let him do what it takes to for him to be happy He deserves it just asinof my mother when Alex pokes his head inside and smiles

"Hey, pretty lady"

I smile up at him and push away from my desk "What’s up, Alex? Is my next client here? You can send them in"

He shakes his head "I’m not sure if he’s a client, but there’s this pretty decent looking guy asking for you"

I tiltwith me I have no idea who it could be besides Lia aside, I ju toward the door "I have no idea ould be"

I stop dead in my tracks and placenext to the front desk, looking sexier than ever in his leather jacket and a pair of old faded jeans

He smiles when he sees me and motions with his head for es through me as I rush over to hile in my hair and his lips kisshere?" I presshim over Most of his cuts and bruises are healed and he looks as if he did a lot of working out over the last teeks "I thought you weren’t getting out for another week?"

A small smile spreads across his face before he pulls my chin up so that our eyes ht that shit would happen, but I guess he sort of oweshis thuo but I needed tioing to tell ot a letter" He pulls an envelope from out of his jacket pocket and squeezes it in his hand "It was from my mother"

I follow him as he walks toward the door and holds it open for me to walk out first He takes off his leather jacket and drapes it over my shoulders "She told me about how proud she was of me Told me how much she loved me and that Alex was lucky to have a brother like"She said that she wished she’d had the courage that I did to put a stop to th to protect us"

He looks away for a second, trying to collect his emotions I see his jaw clench before he turns back to look at e and to promise her that I will always keep the ones that I love war"

I walk up behind hiht now than to be close to hi it doesn’t do it justice Read it for yourself"

He handsat the beautiful handwriting before me I haven’t even started and already I feel the ee as she placed that pen to the paper so o My eyes start to scan at the first line

My Meone and you’ve recently co Don’t be ive you this letter He was under very distinct orders I know you so don’t roll your eyes as if what I’est You’re also the most passionate between the two If you never listen to anything else I say, listen to this What happened that night was not your fault Anyone in your situation would have ht showed me that you and Alex would be just fine withoutto protect him I am more proud of you now than I ever have been before My only regret is that it had to be you that did it instead of me I should have protected the two of you more, and for that know that I’m sorry Sometimes even mothers fail their children, no ether I want you to kno very much I love you and your brother Take care of each other, because family is all you have My precious boy, you have a fire inside of you that most don’t Use it to keep the ones you love warive I know that for a while you are going to feel unworthy of being loved, but Son that is so far fro to meet a wonderful woman that believes in you, and sees exactly what I have always seen in you You will need her, just as you have needed me all of these years Let her love you, Me in you When you feel like I’h I didn’t get to tell you goodbye, know that I didfrom my heart to yours