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Diamonds.
    Bishop had called for church as soon as we got back home so he could let the others know what we’d found out during our meet with Snake. Nothing had really happened since then. The club was still under lockdown, so I spent my time searching through the security feed from the Black Diamonds’ clubhouse. There was some talk about an upcoming delivery in Northern Kentucky, but they hadn’t mentioned any specific details yet.
    I was getting restless. Courtney appeared in my every thought. It had been over a week since I’d walked out of that hospital room, and it was killing me. I’d checked with her nurse every day to see how she was doing and found out that she was about to be released.
    Bishop had sent Maverick over to her house to check things over. He’d needed to check her place out and make sure everything was ready for her when she got home. Bishop also sent Brandie to pick up groceries and whatever else they would need when Courtney got home. The whole situation made me feel uneasy. I had to admit that after getting to know Maverick during lockdown, he seemed like a nice enough guy. That didn’t mean that I was happy about him being with Courtney twenty-four hours a day, though. It was hard to accept that I wasn’t going to be the one taking care of her. It didn’t matter who was there. I knew it should’ve been me. Regardless, I had to trust that Bishop knew what he was doing. He’d cleared Maverick and believed he was the right guy for the job. Nevertheless, I planned to keep an eye on things. I needed to know for myself that everything was okay with Courtney. She was my woman, and I planned to do whatever it took to keep her out of harm’s way.
     
     

Chapter 5
    Courtney
     
    I paced around my hospital room, gathering up my belongings, feeling relieved that I was finally being released. Everyone had been so nice, but I felt like the walls were about to close in on me. I was ready to get the hell out of there. I should’ve called my parents, but I’d decided not to let them know I was being discharged. I felt a little guilty about it, but I just wasn’t up for all the melodramatics. Mom would’ve been a nervous wreck hovering over me every two seconds, and my dad would’ve run around the house trying to fix stuff that didn’t really need to be fixed. I just didn’t have the patience to deal with all that on my first day back at home.
    As I packed, there was a knock on my door. Instead of waiting for me to answer, a man I’d never met before just walked right in. He stood by the door and stared at me with a curious look on his face. I stared back, trying to figure out if I knew him. After a few seconds, I realized he had to be Maverick. There was no mistaking those gorgeous green eyes. They looked just like JW’s. I smiled, but I got no response from him. I couldn’t figure out why he was looking at me that way. It was like he couldn’t decide what to say… or that he smelled something really bad. I couldn’t tell.
    “What?” I asked sharply.
    “You’re Courtney, right?” he asked as he cocked his head to the side.
    “Yep, that’d be me. I take it you’re Maverick?”
    “Yeah, I’m Maverick,” he said as he shook his head. From his facial expression, I could tell he was mulling something over.
    “ What ?” I asked impatiently. “Is something wrong?”
    “No, nothing’s wrong. You just aren’t what I expected.” He took a step closer to me and continued, “For a girl that just got out of a coma, I wouldn’t expect you to be so beautiful.”
    “I don’t know if I should take that as a compliment or not,” I told him.
    “You should,” he said with a smirk. “Tessa and Lily told me a lot about you. Seems like the next few weeks are going to be… interesting.”
           “Well, now you have me curious. What exactly did my friends tell you about me?” I asked.
    “Let’s see…” he said with a big grin. He crossed his arms across his chest before he