Night Rider MC novel Chapter 5

I waited an hour for Star to come home. I walked out on Panthers arm and married, Gunner. After the wedding Gunner looked at me with sad eyes.

"I am sorry Brandy."

"I wanted Star here for you more than anything."

"It is all of our fault we never checked on her."

"We just seemed to forget about her."

"We should never have done that to her."

"We will make it up to her, I promise."

"I don't know Gunner."

"Star can be very stubborn, she is a fighter."

I looked over at the boys. I watched as they kept looking at the door. No one has seen or heard from Star.

"Grace you seem to know everything."

"Have you seen Star?"

"No, I have not."

The wedding reception was not loud. All the members knew that Star was not here. We also all knew that not one of us ever made the attempt to get to know her.

After the wedding mom and Gunner were going away for a week to a cabin. We all watched them get on Gunner's bike. We looked across the street and saw the house was dark and Star's car was gone.

We went back in the clubhouse and sat down.

Turk said. "I am going to see if Star is home yet."

I walked out the door and looked across the street. It is 4:00 in the morning. Where could she be? It has been a week and no one has seen her car or her.

Mom and Gunner just got back today. We all carried

Gunners things over and put them in mom's bedroom. Mom looked up and said, "going to check Stars room."

We heard mom yell.

"What's wrong mom?" We asked running down the hall. Stars room was empty. There was nothing in it. It was as if she did not exist.

Gunner held my close to his chest as she cried. We walked down the stairs to the kitchen. We noticed our gifts still sitting on the table.

"She never opened them."

"It was a few days after her graduation."

Then fist saw something setting on top of one of the boxes. It is Stars house key.

"Mom, Star left her house keys." Fist said.

It was as if she is forgetting us as much as we forgot about her.

"I will do my best."

An hour later I went back to his office. "She is good at disappearing Gunner."

"what do you mean."

"No new address for her tags, no bank accounts, no checking accounts. She closed the all out, if she had any."

I stopped working at the nursing home and now I just fight. I fight every weekend. I have grown cold, very cold. I make good money fighting. The past four weekends I have brought home $100,000.

I have changed my name from Star to Diamond. It is because I have grown as hard and frozen as a diamond. I don't care about anyone but my self.

I have no family but myself. Well, maybe my uncle Jim and his MC. But no-one else. I look at the neckless I am wearing. I often think of Ripper. He did try to get to know me. I just would not let him in. If things had been different we just might have liked each other.

A lot of men had tried to get close to me, but I won't let them. I refuse to be hurt again. I thought my mother and brothers would always be there for me. I could not have been more wrong.

I looked at the calendar on my wall. I graduated six months ago. And it is now November. It will be thanksgiving in two weeks. I have not seen my family in about one year.

I looked out the window of my apartment. What the fuck I said. I saw Ripper getting off his bike. He was talking to Tara, and Jeff across the street. Shit, I can't leave or he will see me. I took my camera out and zoomed in and snapped pictures of him. He is just as handsome as I remembered.

I know that he would not recognize me. I had cut my hair and colored it purple. I wear contacts now instead of glasses. I am still short but much toner. I have a six pack. I am cold now.

I decided to go to the store but stopped. I can't. He will see my car or bike. I really need to trade in my car. I sat back down. Soon I watched as he got on his bike and rode away.

I decided to go and look at newer mustangs. I test drove a few and choose a blue one. I felt better. As I parked in my parking spot I noticed that Ripper was back with Gunner, my mom, Ace, and Panther.