The Light Beneath the Dark: Motorcycle Club MM romance (Dark River Stone Collective Book 1) by JP Sayle

Author:JP Sayle [Sayle, JP]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Dark, River, Stone, Collective, #1
Published: 2020-11-14T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

Lincoln

Whatever I’d expected, it hadn’t been that Mason would have us in Judge Rains’s chambers less than a week after he’d mentioned it. I tapped my fingers on my thigh as I eyed the people around the large table. Mr Winter, Nola’s lawyer, and the court appointed official for River, a woman Mason explained would document everything that was discussed, paid me and River no attention.

We’d been waiting on the judge to arrive for the last five minutes, and as they ticked by, the silence grew, and I felt my skin start to itch.

The ball of anxiety in my stomach tightened when River placed her tiny hand over mine and gave it a squeeze. I gave her a tight smile, checking that her summer dress of blue and yellow was still clean and she looked presentable. I’d often not notice when she got messy because kids should be able to get dirty and play without restriction. This, it appeared, was not great for coming to meet a judge. Nutty had explained River needed to look her best today to prove I could care for her.

What did clothes and clean shoes have to do with caring for a child? Fuck knows! But I’d done as she’d said, not wanting to give anyone an excuse.

“Poppy, stop scowlin’,” River whispered.

“Sorry, Spirit,” I muttered back, working on smoothing out my features into a mask of indifference that was the furthest from what I was actually feeling.

Would they believe her? What if they think I set this up?

The call yesterday, and the fear that gnawed at me, had left me with nothing but questions and a foul mood that even River’s sunny nature hadn’t been able to shift. I hadn’t seen Mason since I’d agreed to this ludicrous suggestion. Now, as I watched him with his head down, reading something on the table in front of him, I wondered if it was because he was worried I’d change my mind. Or maybe it was something else? The sexual tension between us seemed to grow each time we met. Was he struggling as much as me to keep his hands to himself?

A door opened behind me and I stiffened. Mason nudged my arm, encouraging me to stand. I swallowed the sigh of disapproval at having to act out of character, and stood.

River took hold of my hand with trembling fingers as she looked at the man moving to take a seat across the table. This time I squeezed, offering her reassurance that everything would be fine. And if it wasn’t, then I’d kill Mason, slowly, using my hands.

As if Mason sensed my misgivings and had read my mind, he offered me a confident smile that, for some reason, helped alleviate the tension riding my ass.

A scrawny looking man in a suit, I’d not noticed come in with the judge, spoke. “Please be seated.”

Once everyone sat, the judge’s gaze swept about the table before landing on Mason. “Mr. Davenport, as it is at your request to

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