SWNOVELS Axel: Chapter 33
Cleanng up until the early hours of the morning, I decide to not even go to bed and just get everything sorted out and put to rights.
Mia and Shar went to our room and quickly fell asleep on top of the bed. I’m sure the adrenaline rush left and had them crashing pretty fast.
Buzz walks into my office with a steaming cup of coffee, placing it in front of me and I nod thanks and take a well-earned drink.
‘We cleared everything up, Pres. The shack and mansion are gone, burned to the ground so nothing to worry about on that score,’ taking a seat in front of my desk, ‘The Chief of Police was one of them at the shack, so he’s gone up in smoke.’ Buzz chuckles at his own joke, which has me shaking my head at him.
‘Text everyone Church in an hour. Let’s get things concluded. I want Target and Chaos included. Make sure all the prospects are in the clubhouse too.’ I say and turn to check we have the patches for the kuttes that I’m going to need.
Buzz grins and walks out whistling, shaking my head as I don’t think I’ve heard him whistle in years.
Hearing my cell, I see Sharp has sent a text.
Sharp: Safely arrived back at the clubhouse and called Gunner back home. Three of Bloom’s gang followed him and he took two out, but Zara shot and killed one. She’s in a bit of a state and asking if Target will come and see her?
Axel: Christ, did that man have no feelings for his own family at all? I’ll speak to Target as he’ll be at the clubhouse for Church in a while.
Sharp: Thanks. Gunner can’t get through to her and we’re all worried about what to do to help her.
Axel: Can imagine, I’m sure Mia would speak to her if she wants to call or text.
Sharp: Thanks Axel, I’m pleased we’re allies.
Axel: Yeah.
I don’t wait for anything else; I pick up my cup and finish my coffee with my feet on my desk, resting back in my chair, and that is how Mia walks in and finds me.
‘Morning.’ she murmurs and leans over kissing me, she dives in with her tongue, wraps hers around mine and sucks, ‘Hm, coffee, I’ve got to get me some.’ and she spins away and out of the office before I can say anything else, but I mumble, ‘Yeah, I need to get me some too.’
Mia comes back with a cup of coffee a few minutes later and sits facing the desk, ‘Axel, I’ve been thinking and do you think I could remodel the club?’ she shuffles in her seat looking worried, ‘Before you answer, let me say I don’t want to manage the place, I love being behind the bar, but I have a lot of ideas and think we could really get the place earning more.’
‘Well, Silver and Fox are co-managers, so you’d have to work alongside them, place your ideas, and if they didn’t like them, then that would be the end of it. Would you be okay with that?’ I say, because she has to understand nothing can be done without them agreeing.
‘Yeah, I’d be okay with that. I get along with them both really well and I’m sure they’d listen to my ideas.’
‘Okay, I’ll bring it up in Church and we’ll see if everyone agrees.’ Nodding my head to her, letting her know it’ll be discussed.
A knock on the door has me looking up, and Shar enters. ‘Hi, Pres. I just wanted to remind you, seeing as though you’re having Church, that I want to manage the coffee house, and can you put it forward as I’m itching to get started?’
‘Yes, I’m going to put it forward this morning Shar.’
‘Thank you Axel.’ Surprising me when she bends down and kisses my cheek, turns and winks at Mia, who is looking like an owl as she is so shocked at Shar’s move.
Drag stands at the door. ‘Everyone’s in Church, are you ready, Pres?’
Standing, I walk around my desk, kiss Mia on the forehead and follow Drag into Church to start the meeting.
Stepping to the head of the table, I pick up the gavel and slam it down. ‘Let’s get started, as we have a bit to cover. First, as you can all see, Target and Chaos are attending the meeting. I want to cover this first because I think to get them both involved will be a good thing.
‘I want to say a thanks to you both for the stellar work you put in to make sure that everything went well and no-one was hurt. None of us could have known they would send six men here last night and on the night we’d decided to take them out. They also had sent three after Gunner and Zara. They are okay. I need to speak to you after the meeting Target regarding Zara.
‘Because Target and Chaos have shown such loyalty to the club in such a short space of time, I want to be the one to nominate them for full brother status. Target, who will second?’
Buzz quickly responds, ‘I’ll second.’
‘We need unanimous vote around the table, brothers.’ And that is exactly what is given.
Picking up the patches, I hand them to Target, ‘Get them on your kutte before you leave the clubhouse.’
‘Thanks Pres, everyone, I’ll not let you down.’ Target states and the brothers stand and slam his back in welcome.
‘Okay, I need a second for Chaos.’ I say and look around when no one responds. Chaos moves from one foot to the other but stays stoic, even though I can see his jaw has tensed.
Fox speaks up, ‘Oh, I’ll second the fucker, why not? We all need an asshole as a brother.’
The room bursts into laughter at Fox’s response and I know this was a setup to wind Chaos up. ‘Votes around the table.’ A unanimous vote is given.
Then the backslaps and welcomes begin. Looking at Chaos, I see he now has a huge grin on his face as he takes his place next to Target. I lean over and hand him his patches, which he takes, giving me a nod.
‘Okay, last night, we don’t have to go over it. We all know we took out the entire gang apart from the three. We also took out the Chief of Police, he was at the shack.
‘The six that were here, did the bodies get taken care of?’ I look over at Buzz.
‘Yeah, no trouble, Pres, they’ll never be found so we can put them to bed so to speak.’ Buzz responds, he never says more than he has to.
‘Anyone have anything to add on this issue, because I’d like to close the door on it and never revisit.’ I state, looking at everyone to make sure they have time to speak. When no-one comments, I give them a nod.
‘Okay, next thing I want to vote on is Shar taking the manager’s position at the coffee house. She’s raring to start if no one has a problem. Let’s vote and get it done. But know that TwoCents is going to be doing the books because Shar hates any kind of bookkeeping where money is involved.’ I smirk as I know she was worried about this part.
‘I vote, let her do it. Why not? She’s proved she’s a hard worker, and she’s loyal. She shot a fucker last night without a second thought, saving the life of Mia and a brother. I’m all for her taking the coffee house and if she wants to live in the apartment above, yeah, why not.’ Brag says, and we all look at him because he rarely says much. I’m sure this is the most he’s said at once since we’ve all known him.
‘Okay, votes now.’ I point at Drag to set it going and around the table I get ‘Ayes’.
With that done, the last thing is for Mia and upgrading the club. I’m not sure how Silver and Fox will take this because they’ve worked hard to get the club where it is now.
‘This is for Fox and Silver mainly, but I wanted to bring it up, so you all had the chance to speak. Mia would like to make some changes at the club, she doesn’t want to manage the place, she loves being behind the bar,’ I make sure that’s said pointedly at them both, ‘She’d like to help you both upgrade the place. I told her any ideas she had she had to speak to you two, and it will only be implemented if you wanted it.’
Fox sits up straighter, ‘Pres, she’s made a good job with the coffee house. I know she didn’t do the work, but the idea and plans worked and I think that place will do well for us. If she has ideas that can improve the club and the income we make, then I’m happy to listen to her.’
Silver is nodding, ‘What he said.’
‘Anyone else have anything to say on the matter?’ I ask, but I think they will all be okay with her ideas.
Hammer nods. ‘Working with Mia on the plans for the coffee house, I have to tell you she has a system that she works through, from the general layout of a place to the prices that people charge for the product. If Mia is looking at the club, you can bet she is looking at what you sell, what you could sell, and it will be looked at with a lot of research behind it. So really all I’m saying is, if she has ideas, really look closely but she hasn’t just thrown an idea at you, she has done her homework.’
‘Do we need a vote on this?’ I ask, looking at Silver and Fox.
‘Nope, I don’t think so Pres, we can work with Mia without it being a Church decision.’ Fox responds and Silver nods agreement.
‘Before we close the meeting, I want to bring up one more thing.’ I’m not sure how this is going to be received so I just plow on, ‘Last night instead of helping or trying to help in any way, Bubbles and Brandy hid under their beds leaving Mia, Shar and the prospects to deal with what was happening.’
Grumbles and cursing erupt because we all know if you’re part of a club, then you do whatever you can for each other, not hide your ass.
‘I don’t know if you’ve noticed that of late Mia has been chasing them both to do what they are supposed to do. They are lazy and disrespectful. I think it’s time they left and we either look for new club women or we look at having a company come in and do the chores that need doing.’ I’m all for getting rid of them. They are a waste of resources.
Mav speaks up, ‘I’ve never used the club skanks as you all know, but they are both lazy, the other day they were in the common room, sitting eating chips and Shar was cleaning up the breakfast dishes, that’s not right when she got up early and cooked for us all.’
‘I had to kick them out of my room last week, they were laying on my bed watching my TV, now I’m sure I’d locked my door so how the fuck did they get in?’ Rock states and Clay says that happened to him too.
‘Okay, I’m going straight for a vote. Do we get rid of these two?’ Quickly it’s given ‘Ayes’ around the room and Buzz grins, ‘I’ll tell them, and remove them, Pres.’
‘Do you want to get new club women or get a company in to clean?’
‘I think we should get a company in to clean, see if we can find a cook and a medic, but get four new club women, but make sure they are under Mia’s umbrella as she is the Pres’s Ol’ Lady.’ PT says and as he’s Secretary, it surprises me as he usually just takes the minutes.
‘Lets vote brothers.’ I again state, and about ready for this meeting to be over and done with. ‘Ayes’ quickly follows.
Target speaks up and taps his fingers on the table. ‘Chaos and I know people from our time in the service. We can put feelers out for a cook and a medic, if you want us to do that?’
‘I know Meat was discharged two months back, and he’s living in a motel because he’s not involved with his family. He may jump at the chance. He’s a good man. He would fit in easily and if, like last night, something went down, he’d not squirm at taking the fuckers out either.’ Chaos says, then scratches the back of his neck, ‘I may know a medic too.’
‘They would have to be prospects for a year. I don’t want to be unfair to the prospects who are working hard for the status of full brother.’ I would like to make them all full brothers, but that would leave us in a bad position.
I continue, ‘Is everyone happy with Chaos speaking to these two men, see if they would like to prospect?’
Everyone nods agreement. Nobody has any issues, so that is quickly put to bed and left with Chaos to report back.
Slamming the gavel down. ‘Meeting closed, fuck off and get to work. Target wait behind.’
When everyone has left I turn to Target, ‘As I told you three of Bloom’s men went after Gunner and Zara, what I didn’t tell you was Gunner took out two and Zara killed one.’
Target jumps up from his seat and stares at the wall.
‘Zara won’t talk to anyone about what happened, but she wants you to contact her. She wants to talk to you about it. Will you be happy to speak to her Target?’
‘Yeah, I’ll contact her as soon as I leave here. If I need to, I’ll go over to see her. Would that be okay?’ Target asks, and anyone can see he cares about this girl.
‘It was a case of kill or be killed, I don’t think she had a choice, but we all know what it’s like, especially our first kill and if you can help her, then I’m happy for you to do what you can. But I want you back here Target, you’re not staying with them in any long-term capacity.’
‘Okay, Pres, I’ll let you know when I’ve spoken to her. Once I’ve done that I’ll be able to decide what I need to do.’ Target nods and heads for the door, then turns and looks at me, ‘You’re a good President and a good person and I’m happy to be onboard.’
Watching Target walk out the door I feel proud of the fact that he’s a brother, he didn’t have to care about Zara, look after her like he did, make sure she stayed safe and now be willing to listen to her and help if he can.
‘Now, where’s my woman?’ I think to myself, and a grin splits my face.
Walking into the common room, I look around and Hammer nods, ‘Are you lookin’ for Mia? She and Shar went up to your room.’
‘Thanks Hammer, I’ll leave them up there for now.’
I sit at a bar stool, nod at Beer, and he quickly passes me a bottle, but before I can drink any, I hear a hell of a female screech. I have to grin as I know Buzz is getting rid of Bubbles and Brandy. I lean back on the bar with my elbows and settle to watch the show.
Buzz walks into the room with his massive hands holding Brandy and Bubbles by the back of the neck.
Bubbles is wearing a cropped top and a skirt so short her butt is hanging out. No shoes and it looks like she was dragged out of bed.
Brandy only has a thong on, that’s it. What the fuck anyone saw in her is beyond me. She’s so plastic it’s a wonder she doesn’t melt when she walks in the heat of the kitchen.
They both screech and shout to the brothers to save them, and let them stay until they see me watching with what has to be an evil grin.
Jig is walking behind this circus with garbage bags. Obviously, these two don’t even have a suitcase. What the fuck they’ve done with the payments they get every month I don’t know and I don’t care.
Whoops, Brandy breaks free and tries to dash back to the hallway so she can get back upstairs. Dice catches her with hoots and hollers from all the brothers watching this fiasco, and as she screams again, he slaps her butt and leaves a lovely red handprint.
Bubbles throws herself on the floor, tears and snot running down her face. I cannot help but curl my lip at the sight. It’s pretty disgusting. They have no dignity.
Dice walks out the main door with Buzz laughing, dragging Bubbles behind him. Thankfully, she stood up because I don’t think he had any intention of stopping.
As Buzz reaches the door, Bubbles again throws herself down, wailing for all she’s worth. Buzz has had enough. He throws her over his shoulder and marches out.
I look around and everyone is sitting watching the same as I am. They all have smirks or full on laughing.
A couple of minutes later the door bangs open, Buzz, Dice and Jig walk back in, but Buzz stops, smacks his hands together to indicate a job well done which has us all laughing at his antics.
Buzz walks over and sits next to me, ‘I told Brad to keep them out and lock the gate. I just threw them out the gate and closed it, up to them now, not our problem anymore.’
I slap him on the back and when he picks his bottle up that Beer passes him, we chink bottles and drink.