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I don’t kno in the hell I was the designated chaperone for Beau in his hospital room But after Moon spoke with the doctor who assured her that Beau wasn’t in grave danger, she’d run hoe of clothes The poor kid had sweated through his own during his ordeal Now though, two hours later, there was no sign that anything had ever been wrong with the kid, aside fro with excitement

“What’s up, kid?”

He bit his lip, a ht or concentration “What does your club do? My mom says you’re in a motorcycle club”

His words surprised me, not his curiosity, because Beau was smart as hell and twice as curious and interested in every da What surprisedabout the club and that she hadn’t called it a gang

“We own a few businesses together, we ride together and we’re friends, though we think of each other as family”

His inky brows dipped into a low vee across his forehead in confusion “Like me and my mom?”

I nodded and he mimicked my actions

“I e had more family, but Mom says you don’t always stay with the fa?”

I couldn’t help but wonder what had happened to the family Moon had been born with, because based on the few hints she’d dropped, they were oldas fuck

“Pretty big There are about fifty of us and soirlfriends Kids”

Every year there were more and ave a man a reason not to fuck up too bad But I also hated it because it reain

“Fifty people? Cool!” Beau’s big blue eyes were filled with mischief “Can I meet them?”

I laughed Beau was a wily character, using his adorable charm to work around his mother “We’ll have to ask your mom”

His botto, especially since he didn’t seem like a kid prone to tantrums “Wanna play cards?” he asked