Bianca knew she had made a terrible mistake when she began to receive the phone calls.

It began a few days after the altercation with Nico Piccolo.

At first, it was just a couple of calls.

She had been in the living room, holding her son and cooing to him after fixing up a simple breakfast for herself. Sylvie had left for a rare day off to the Clubhouse, where the bikers were meeting. A wedding, she had explained as she styled her brassy curls and preened for Bianca’s perusal. Bianca had whistled and Barry had chortled when Sylvie had blushed like a teenager.

Bianca found it unbelievably cute when...