Total pages in book: 86
Estimated words: 81040 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 405(@200wpm)___ 324(@250wpm)___ 270(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 81040 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 405(@200wpm)___ 324(@250wpm)___ 270(@300wpm)
I continued to look at him, waiting on some kind of explanation.
He shrugged. “There is some shit that I can’t share. You’re new. You checked out, but that doesn’t mean we just trust you. Think of it as a family. We might not be related, but we are thicker than blood.”
That answered nothing. I wanted to point out his attempt at killing me, but I let it go. They didn’t want me to know. I was stuck with them until it was safe for me to be on my own again. I could live with that. How long could that take?
Gage pulled into a parking lot. The sign out front said Huck’s, nothing more. However, the motorcycles lined up outside and the ones that could be seen through the windows made it clear what this was.
“Good luck,” Gage said, opening the door and getting out.
“With what?” I asked.
He opened the back door and started taking out the food. “With Huck.”
I froze. “But you said—”
Gage started laughing again, cutting me off. “Kidding, Trinity. Get your cute ass out of the truck and come on.”
All I could do now was hope that Huck was in a good mood. I had apple pie and ice cream. He couldn’t be mad at me if I had that, right?
Gage led the way as we went to the side door of the shop, and he opened it, then held the door for me to go inside.
“Turn right, head to the back,” he told me.
I turned right but waited for him. I was not about to walk into a room with Huck without Gage being in there first. He walked past me and smirked. I sighed and followed behind him. Right now, he was my only champion, and I didn’t need to make him mad. No need to say anything sarcastic.
Gage opened a door, then stepped inside, keeping his foot on the door so I could enter.
“Before she has a fucking panic attack, I made her come. She’s been in the damn house for days. And she made us apple pie. I had to break her out,” Gage announced as I walked slowly into the room following him.
There was a long table, where I noticed Levi sitting to the far side, a guy I didn’t know across from him, and at the far end was Huck. I met his gaze. A redhead with a tube top on stood behind him. I forced a smile as she looked me over.
“Thanks for consulting me about it,” Huck replied.
Gage shrugged. “I made the call. I don’t answer to you.”
Huck’s jaw clenched, and I set down the garlic bread and pie. I would remain quiet and stay out of the way. He would have no reason to be angry about my being here.
“This looks incredible,” Levi said as Gage set the food down in front of them.
“Fuck, I’m moving in with y’all,” the other guy chimed in.
“Ray-Ray, go fetch the plates and flatware,” Gage said while taking the lids off the lasagna and salad.
The redhead ran her hand over Huck’s shoulder, and I wished I hadn’t watched that. She walked as if she knew everyone was watching her every move. The tiny skirt she had on covered her butt but little else. Her flat, tanned stomach was completely bare. I tore my gaze off her and tried to focus on something else.
“Follow Ray-Ray and take the ice cream to the freezer,” Gage told me.
I silently pleaded with him not to make me go with her, but he cocked an eyebrow, as if to challenge me. Damn him. Why was this so amusing to him? I turned and took the ice cream from the cooler and hurried to catch up with Ray-Ray. What kind of name was that anyway?
She was turning left up ahead, and I walked faster so I wouldn’t lose her. Thankfully, when I turned the corner, I saw her walk into a brightly lit room with a refrigerator in clear view. I slowed down, hoping to give her time to get what she needed so we weren’t in there together long before I made it to the door.
I turned the knob and stepped inside as she put flatware on top of the plates. Her bright green eyes locked on me. There was no way those eyes were real. They were too bright. Almost alien-like. Or I was being critical because she was sexy and worked for Huck.
“Can I help you?” she asked.
I held up the ice cream. “Gage told me to put this in the freezer,” I replied.
She said nothing as I walked over to open the freezer and place the ice cream inside. When I turned around, she was standing there, looking at me. I forced another smile.
“You must be the chubby former fiancée of Huck’s little brother,” she drawled with a smile on her face.