Total pages in book: 87
Estimated words: 87911 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 440(@200wpm)___ 352(@250wpm)___ 293(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 87911 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 440(@200wpm)___ 352(@250wpm)___ 293(@300wpm)
“Anyway, it’s kind of boring without him there.”
“I think he was planning to work at the titty place, you know?”
“Yeah, as a guard. Please, as if that’s a fun job.”
“The point of it being a job is not fun.”
“I suppose being close to that much pussy would be a benefit.”
“If you say so.”
“You seriously don’t miss having sex?”
“I’m not talking to you about who I fuck,” he said. The truth was, he didn’t fuck anyone and hadn’t in over five years.
How stupid was that of him? Or lame? He’d not been with another woman since Chloe. Being with anyone else didn’t appeal to him. Maybe it was time he tried, but he didn’t want anyone else.
He’d accepted what he’d done and how he’d fucked up. One day, he’d make it up to Chloe. He couldn’t imagine being with anyone else.
“She’s not coming back, Alfie,” he said. Ian spoke quietly, softly, and Alfie stared at his friend.
“We’re not talking about this.”
“Look, it has been five years, and you’re not letting this go.”
“Ian, enough already. I have no interest in other women.” He just wanted to get his work done, and go home. He’d really had enough for the day and couldn’t handle anymore.
“I’m sorry for bringing it up,” Ian said. “I’m meeting up with Riley, and we’re heading to the strip place. I’m hoping you could come.”
“Go on ahead without me.”
“You’re sure.”
“Yeah, I’ve got stuff to do.” He had nothing to do, but the last thing he wanted was to stare at naked women as they danced and flashed all day and night.
“If you’re sure.”
“Totally sure,” he said. When it came to hanging out at the titty place, he only ever went there if he really had to. Otherwise he avoided it.
“Well, if you’re okay with me and Riley going on our own.”
He nodded his head, not really caring about what his friends were doing. Just as he’d finished loading up the last empty metal beer keg, his father arrived, or should he say, Eagle arrived.
“What are you two doing here?” he asked. “You’ve got your own work to be doing.”
“Sorry,” Ian said. “Just wanted to hang out with Alfie, but he’s got plans.”
“When you’re on club time, it’s Rock,” Eagle said.
Out of the three of them, he’d earned his club name for being a Rock when it came to the club. No matter what was asked for him, he did it. He wouldn’t let them forget about him, not once.
He’d been a complete rock for all of them.
“When you’re done with this, I need you back at the clubhouse,” Eagle said.
“Okay.” He wasn’t going to argue. He’d intended to go home and just relax, but if the club needed him, he’d do whatever it took for them.
He didn’t know why his father didn’t just call him, but he imagined it was to check up on him. There were times he thought he was really starting to agree with his father on some level, but then Eagle would show up. Just as Eagle was about to leave again, the sheriff showed up. Ryan was a good guy, but he didn’t know how to handle any of the bad shit that came to town, and he didn’t have a problem with calling the club for help. Rarely anything happened in Satan’s Croft as the club was a nice little deterrent for them all.
“You okay there, Sheriff?” Eagle asked.
“You told me to come to you if there was ever a need; well, there’s a need. Lily’s at the hospital. She’s been hurt real bad.”
“What?”
“Someone ran her down. No one saw the car, and it’s just near the library.”
“Alfie, get in the car,” Eagle said.
He rushed toward his dad’s car, and it only just dawned on him that his father was actually driving a car, not his bike.
Pulling out of the parking lot, they rode toward the hospital with Ryan hot on their heels.
“She’ll be okay, Dad.”
“Don’t, Alfie. You and I both know that I’m not ready to talk about this yet.”
“It has been five years.”
“I know, and in those five years she’s spoken to me three times, that’s it. She was going to marry me, and now, I’ve got nothing.”
“Dad, you really shouldn’t worry about this.”
“How about you shut up and let me drive.”
If Lily was in the hospital, they were going to have to call Chloe back home. Alfie didn’t speak again. He didn’t make a sound.
Eagle parked the car, not that anyone would call that parking, and rushed out into the main reception. With Ryan at their side, the staff didn’t give them shit, and Eagle announced he was her fiancé.
They were shown to Lily’s room, and it didn’t look good. Both of her legs were broken, and her face was badly bruised. She was also in a coma, which was the tricky part. The doctor kept on speaking, but Alfie had stopped listening.