"Morning, when you have a minute can you come to the kitchen?" Evie asks as she leans against the counter

"Yeah in a minute." I sigh as I dig through the mounds of paperwork. Since Marty left it's been chaos around here. He was great at keeping up with paperwork, bills, booking appointments but now I have to do it myself and tattoo until I can find his replacement. Owning a tattoo shop was my dream ever since I started tattooing my friends when I was fourteen and I'm proud that I've achieved it, but the paperwork is a pain in my ass.

I give up and make my way to the kitchen from the front desk, passing the four rooms set up for tattooing and piercing and make my way to the kitchen at the back

"Morning boss." Ace nods as he pours himself coffee, he was a prospect for the Broken Demons MC when he approached me with a portfolio of his drawings, I hired him on the spot and he's been a great asset, he specialises in Japanese art and people come from miles around for his work.

"I brought food." Evie smiles as she opens the white box. Evie's brother is a member of the MC and she was in a facility for years after surviving a brutal attack. She's now married to Reaper, another member, and from the first time I saw her sketch I knew she'd be an amazing artist, she only works part time but she's always fully booked months in advance. Sometimes she gets a little nervous tattooing guys she doesn't know, so Ace and I take it in turns sitting with her while she works, but it's not a problem, I love working with her and Ace, they're both a lot of fun to be around.

"Guess what?" She says as she lifts cupcakes out of the box

"I'm pregnant!" She smiles, there's another kid to add to the fold. That'll be twelve kids in the club now, after Ice and his wife Imelda had a son last week. A lot of my club brothers have settled down, gotten married and have kids, hell my president Killer has four kids. The club is so different from how it used to be. Every night the clubhouse used to be packed with girls and we would party til we passed out, now the clubhouse is more like a damn daycare and us few remaining single guys end up at the night club the MC owns, Scars.

Don't get me wrong, I'm happy for my brothers they all have amazing strong women at their sides and the kids are great. But I want that, I want a wife to go home to after a long day, sit down to dinner together and talk about our days. I want kids to spoil and one day hand my shop over to, but at thirty four it seems less and less likely to happen. Yeah I enjoy my freedom and sleeping with whoever I want whenever I want, but I'm ready to settle down.

"Congratulations." I smile

"Damn you were angry last time you were pregnant." Ace says and I try to hide my smirk

"We'll keep running your mouth and maybe I'll be angry this time too." She growls, holding a cupcake like a loaded gun and I can't hold my laughter.

"Let's get to work guys, our first appointments will be here soon." I say as I pour myself coffee before heading to my room.

"Who's on music today?" Ace calls from the hall

"I am." I smirk as I pull out my cell, we take in turns to pick the music for the day, which was a disaster when Evie tried to play Ariana Grande, but thankfully she likes other stuff. Ace always plays death metal and me well, my grandmother definitely gave me music taste that doesn't fit some one my age. Frank Sinatra begins to play as I set up for my first client of the day.

I groan as I sit down at the kitchen table for my lunch break, trying to tattoo and answer the phone to book appointments is pissing me off, I need to find a new assistant. My cell chimes in my pocket and I pull it out to see a message from Addy

Adeline: Back in the country drinking buddy! Club tonight?

Adeline is Doc's old lady and a soldier who travels the world on top secret missions, when she first came around I'm not gonna lie I wanted her, she's smart, funny and fierce, but she and Doc are madly in love and I wouldn't get in the way of that. So now she's a good friend and we drink together regularly. She's been good for Doc, he joined the club after leaving the army and none of us knew how bad his PTSD had become, but she's pulled him out of it and he seems so much happier. He would never come to Scars to drink with us, but now he's there a few times a week.

"Oh sinner man, where he gone run to." Evie sings as she walks passed the door, I think my music is growing on her. I type a quick reply to Addy before getting back to work.

"Uncle Needy!" Evie's son Callum comes plowing into the shop

"Sup Cal?" I smile before he comes for his daily fist bump.

"Hey." Reaper nods as he tries to contain hurricane Cal

"Uncle Needy? Really?" I ask and he laughs

"Could be worse you could be uncle Socks." He smirks and I laugh

"Congratulations by the way, Evie told us this morning." I reply and he smiles and nods before Evie comes out

"See you tomorrow." Evie smiles before heading out with her husband and son.

"You at Scars tonight?" Ace asks and I nod

"See you there." He says before leaving. I lock up the shop and make my way out back to my motorcycle.

"Who's there? I'll shoot your fat ass if you come any further."

"It's just me Nonna, put the shotgun down." I groan as I open the screen door

"Where's Amy and how did you find that gun?" I thought I'd hidden it better.

"She had a family emergency, I'm not a damn cripple I can take care of myself." She spits as she places the gun on the table and finds her way back to her recliner

"Says the blind 93 year old holding a shotgun at her grandson." I smirk and she laughs

"I may be blind but I'll still put you over my knee and spank you." She says pointing at me

"You had dinner?" I ask

"Amy put ziti in the microwave." She replies. I head into the kitchen and heat up the pasta

"Jesus." I gasp as I turn and find her standing right behind me

"Told ya I'll still get ya." She smirks before slapping my arm.

"You want tea with your dinner?" I ask

"Tea? You kidding me boy, where's my gin?" She says as she feels her way around the counter until she finds the right bottle. After eating with my grandmother and helping her into bed I climb back on my motorcycle before riding over to Scars.

"You made it!" Addy smiles as she pulls me in for a hug, I don't miss the stink eye from Doc, but he knows I won't make a move on his girl.

"How was the mission?" I ask as Addy comes back from the bar with a tray of shots, we always play the same drinking game and in all honesty I can't remember the rules. Now it's just drink as many shots as fast as possible until one of us gives in.

"Easy breezy, it was just recon, so in and out." She shrugs

"How long until you're on the road again?" I ask, sometimes she has a few weeks off, other times just a few days. I know Doc hates it when she's gone, but they always make up for lost time when she's back

"I'm taking a break for a few months. My niece got herself in some trouble back in Texas so she's coming to stay with me and Doc for a while. Anthony Jr doesn't know what to do with the poor girl, so I'm taking her off his hands." She explains

"She alright?" I ask

"She will be, just got in with the wrong crowd, but as my whole family all live close by, getting her out of there for a while with me is probably a good idea." She shrugs

"Yeah I'm sure the club of outlaw bikers will soon have her on the straight and narrow." I smirk and she laughs

"I don't doubt it." She smirks before we clink our glasses together.

I forget how many shots later Doc is all over Adeline and he whispers in her ear making her giggle

"I'm out." She says holding her hands up

"See you tomorrow." She smiles as Doc pulls her towards the exit. I finish my drink and make my way upstairs to the strip club part of the club and find Ace and BFG, I join them to check out the girls, see if I can find one to take home tonight.