Total pages in book: 83
Estimated words: 76881 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 384(@200wpm)___ 308(@250wpm)___ 256(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 76881 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 384(@200wpm)___ 308(@250wpm)___ 256(@300wpm)
“Who the fuck are you guys?” Neil finally asks, his voice slurred. “Did someone order food? I got—there’s cash, uh…” His hands slap around, looking for bills.
I look away, and then back, because it's all so right there. The guys, on the other hand, don't even seem to notice. What kind of lives do they lead where this isn’t even worth a surprised blink? I’ve never considered myself a prude, but maybe I am and I just didn’t know it. If I make it out of this alive, I’m going to be hearing this in my dreams.
“No, see, it’s the other way around. YOU owe us, fuckwad.” Savage grabs him by a skinny ankle and yanks him right off the sofa bed, like a hotdog shooting out from a bun made of naked women. “You took something of ours, and there better be more than fucking small change left or we're about to have a very unpleasant discussion.”
Neil shrieks, scrambling away as sheer terror floods his system with adrenaline. His eyes focus, not quite sober, but closer. “Don't kill me!”
Poe puts his fingers to his lips and whistles. “Party's over! Anyone till here in five minutes will be assumed to be working with this asshole and treated accordingly.”
The girls jump into action like this is far from the first trick they’ve done that turned sour. One of the dancers looks up as she’s tugging her clothes back into place. “Any chance of getting paid for the rest of the night?”
“Lee! Shut up!” another one whisper-shouts over the music. The other two nod vigorously.
“What? It’s true, and my sister used to party with the Outlaw Sons. She always said they were solid.” Lee cocks her head, thinking. “Unless you want some fun when your business is done. We’re already booked and I bet I wouldn’t even have to fake it with you guys. Your girl’s cute. She can join in.”
I didn’t think I could get more shocked, but it turns out I was wrong.
Crank laughs. “Sorry ladies, we’re a little busy at the moment.” He pulls a stack of bills off the coffee table and starts peeling them off. “Will a grand cover it? I’ll throw in some extra for a cab and the trouble.”
I watch in dismay as he casually gives away a chunk of the money I’ve been working my ass off to not touch.
He raises an eyebrow at me. “What? Should we take them up on it instead? Suppose it’s still your money. Either way, these ladies deserve compensation for their time spent. He's the asshole we're after.” He tilts his head towards where Savage is standing over Neil with his hand on his gun.
“Take them up on—no!” It isn’t until after I answer that I see the humor dancing in Crank’s blue eyes. “Very funny.” I stick out my tongue and wrinkle my nose at him.
Lee plucks the bills from him with a smile. “Pleasure doing business with you.” She looks down at Neil. “You should see a dentist. I don’t think that smell is normal.” The two that were on the bed with him nod, and they all take off.
“Hey! You can't just—” Neil starts, but the rest gets cut off by his gasp when Savage reaches down and grabs him by the front of his t-shirt, and throws him back onto the sofa bed. It slams against the wall from the sudden extra weight, and there’s a sound of splintering wood.
Poe draws a black-handled knife from his belt and very deliberately places the blade up against Neil's throat. A tiny dot of blood forms along the shiny steel, showing exactly how close it is. Neil's breaths are down to short, shallow gasps. “You gonna tell us what the fuck we can or can't do?”
“N—no! Just take what you want and go! I swear to God I don’t know who you are!”
Savage crosses his powerful arms over his chest and glares. “I smell bullshit, Neil. Maybe you didn’t know who the locker was rented out to, but do I look like I was born yesterday? You found a bag full of cash and it didn’t make you stop and think that maybe it would be a bad idea to cross whoever owned it?”
“Shit, oh shit,” Neil whispers. “Look, I don’t usually take much, you know? A little here and there. I just lost my mind when I saw the cash. I didn’t even know what to do with that much. I’ve only used a few grand. I swear!”
Savage’s growl sends shivers down my spine, and at the exact same moment, a lusty groan comes from the TV. I can’t take it anymore. I grab the remote from nearby and turn it off. They all look at me.
“What?” My voice comes out high and panicked.
Crank chuckles. “Nothing. Just enjoying the show.”