Moving On (Dominant Devils Mc Book 1) by H.M. Stewart Page A

room would be remembering Brookes.
    I waited for everyone else to pay their respects before I made my way to the stage and took the bottle of southern comfort pouring both glasses full. "I just want to say how thankful I am to have each and every one of you in my life. As I look out to the sea of faces in this room a quote Brookes use to say to me all the time when I asked about family came to mind. ‘Family is not about blood. Family is about who has your back when things fall apart and helps you pick up the pieces to get you back on track.’ It is what he always would say to me when I made excuses for my large over protective family.” I turned to face his picture situated on the easel as if I was talking to him and pointed back to the crowd. “Well, babe this is our family here to help pick up the piece’s. I will love you forever and always! I'll see you on the other side". I threw back both shots simultaneously and walked off the stage straight to where my mother held my little girl. I took my baby girl and turned to face everyone once again. "Alright, everyone enough with all the sadness. This is a party so let's go bitches"!
    With that everyone began to move around. The guys in the club had been keeping a low profile in respects to me and the grief everyone was feeling. It was time to let them let loose and get back to normal. I knew before the night was over the club bunnies would be on the pole or the bar and even a few member’s dicks helping them unwind. This is what Brookes would want. He would want all of us getting on with life and back to normal, or at least whatever normal we had before.
    I held onto Octavia for close to an hour before Queenie came for my little diva to take home and put to bed. My mother kissed me on the forehead as she told me to let loose a bit and enjoy myself because that’s what Brookes would've wanted for me. As soon as I watched my mother walk out the door with prospect Aaron on her heels I made my way up beside my girls at the bar. It was time to try to push the grief aside and let loose with my family.
    Athena, Madison, Hyde, Izzy and Romy awaited me at the bar. They had four rows of shots poured already. I walked up to a place between the girls looking at a distracted Hyde. "You okay chickie," I said to Hyde.
    "I'm fine. I was just hoping that Avery would make an appearance today. I know she took off years ago and only knew Brookes for two years prior to that, but she's known you her whole life. She's been gone four and a half years, checking in every three of four months. It's just hard ya know. I miss my sister," Hyde replied.
    "Well then in true club brat form we do a shot in honor of our sister," I said as I raised my first glass. "To Avery, may she know we love and miss her like crazy"! "Amen," came from not only the girls surrounding me but from a male voice from across the bar. I looked to see Axle nod to me before turning to walk away. Well damn looks like our president was still carrying a flame for Avery. If I can think to remember it in the morning I want to know if he’s the reason for Avery's sudden disappearance a few years back. We never really got a straight answer, although I’m sure Romy knows more than what she lets on. I have my suspicions that she has met up with Avery over the years while away at the different tattoo conventions. I'll file that thought away for tomorrow, though. Tonight I plan on hanging with my girls.
    For the rest of the night, the seven of us shot the night away, never running out of things or people to toast to.  The guys left us girls to ourselves knowing we were in our own little world. Plus, the club bunnies were definitely giving them a show taking turns on the pole. The last thing I saw before I passed out was Yasmin between my brother's legs giving him head as he watched Jewels strutting herself around the stripper pole. Some things cannot be unseen and that’s definitely one for the damn books.
    The next day all seven of us