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Chapter 1

Beth pulled her little car into the vacant slot in front of the Buy/Low Market Grabbing her list, and oversized purse, she glanced at her watch, calculating that she had an hour to finish shopping for Mrs Langley The frail old woman had hired Beth to do what tasks she was not able to do for herself any longer She was one of many clients that Beth had accue student part-time to do the chores she was not physically capable of co, and laere often requests that she once would have had to turn down Since she had been able to hire Blake, those jobs were contracted out to him and she was able make a small profit for herself

It didn’t take long for Beth to coroceries, she worried at Mrs Langley’s decreasing appetite; she kneasn’t her finances that were responsible for the s earned an accounting degree in college; the extra task of balancing Mrs Langley’s checkbook took little of her tilected skills that her monthly student loan payraduated, she had stuhbor had become ill Beth had volunteered to run errands for her until she recovered From there it had been word of mouth until she had a clientele that had provided a steady inco and asking for minor tasks to be completed that they were more than able to perform for themselves, often to fill the loneliness of their lives Beth thought it was sad they called her instead of their children, who often lived near, but were unwilling to stop what they were doing to see to the parents who had raised the her a check when she billed them provided a salve to their conscious

Beth was putting the groceries into the trunk of her car when the sound of loud , she looked over her shoulder and saw the large group ofher trunk lid down, Beth quickly opened her car door and got in, closing and locking the door As she put her keys in the ignition, Beth watched as the bikers parked closely together The tiny town of Treepoint had a motorcycle club that had taken over the peaceful town three years ago

The Last Riders were a motorcycle club whom actual location was unknown to the majority of the townspeople Many believed it to be nestled in the inia When they got in trouble and they did often, the two bordering police departments often foisted the crimes onto the others precinct; therefore none of the crimes they were believed to have coer and stronger in force, with both bordering coers that lived and played hard Fortunately, they stayed to theot into stayed within their own cloistered group and the unlucky bars they picked for the night The aftereffects would often leave the bar closed days for repairs Usually, one of the members would show up the next day with a wad of cash for the owner, plus extra to silence theular source of income for the small business owners

Beth watched froroup walked into the store The men were all dressed in jeans and leather jackets with their eave the trouble Several wo woranddaughter, Saer men’s belt His arm casually draped around her shoulders as he walked beside Sa the scattering patrons Seeing others panic as she had uilty, they had not acted any different then any other shopper going into the small store Sam was dressed as Beth had never seen her clothed before, and she had already developed a reputation before the bikers had ht jeans that left her hips and sto that drew attention to her flat stolobes of her breasts bare Motorcycle boots coive her grandmother heart palpations

Saer than her and at nineteen; her body was lithe and firht, but because of her sht seemed to pack on whatever she ate Thankfully, her job and exercise kept her froy mess When they entered the store, Beth carefully pulled out Worried for the young girl, but being well acquainted with Sam, she knew she would not appreciate any concern Beth knew Mrs Langley would be worried sick if she kneho out with, and Sam’s father would be furious Vincent Bedford was president of the local bank He was aloof and arrogant, keeping his char demeanor for the upper class of Treepoint society Beth had talked to hily, Mrs Langley had asked Beth to keep up with her finances and her son-in-law had agreed She had soon learned hen she had delved into the accounts Vincent Bedford was not interested in what little histhe ass of every rich and oman in Treepoint Beth turned onto the sley’s house to drop off the sroceries she had requested Beth was already planning ahead to the next assign her attention; hopefully she would make it home before dark

“Did you see that?” Razer asked the girl hanging on to his side

“How could I miss it? She practically jumped into her car she was so scared I bet she pissed herself”

Razer laughed and the others close by joined in, having also seen the luscious little blond scurry to her car

Inside, they split up, gathering supplies for the co week Massive amounts of

“How are we going to get all this back to the house?” Sae denomination bills to pay the exorbitant checkout ticket

“Maybe we should hire your granny’s scared little mouse to deliver them,” he joked

“Don’t joke I bet she ran right to randmother’s to tattle on me Nosy bitch”

Train walked up behind her and pulled her close, running his hand over her ass and pulling her close to his jutting crotch Ignoring the gawking customers and sales clerk not used to such blatant sexual behavior in public

“What’s she gonna tell Sa one of us? What ya worried about, it’s not the truth” He snickered, pulling her even closer

“Don’t worry Sa them all” Evie muttered snidely as she pushed her to the side with one of the overloaded grocery carts towar

d the sliding doors “Put the groceries in lare directed her way from Samantha

Saht red at the disrespect shown fro herself under scrutiny by the openat bitch?”

“That’s the way Sa a kiss on hera show for the stunned people at the checkout Angrily, Sa away from the audience that had formed in the busy store

Beth let herself into Mrs Langley’s house, juggling the groceries carefully Quietly, she put the in search of the older wo a nap

“Mrs Langley?” Beth was about to turn away and leave her to her nap when she heard her tired voice respond

“Beth?”

“Yes, it’s me” Beth moved further into the roo the wo position

“I thought you ht be Samantha She was supposed to stop by for a visit this week” Sadness shone from her pale blue eyes Beth felt a lump in her throat Socompelled to sit for several minutes, Beth listened to several reirl in question for ignoring her grand that was beyond her control She was just following her father’s exahter and had died in a car accident when Sa until the woman wound down, Beth interrupted her between stories

“I am sorry I didn’t mean to disturb your nap I just wanted to let you know I dropped the groceries off and put theutters and store away anything you no longer need”

“Thank you I don’t knohat I would do without your help”

“I am sure your family would be more than happy to help”

“You think so?”

“I know so, now don’t nap too long or you will be unable to sleep tonight I will see you Saturday I’ll lock the door on the way out” Beth left her already dozing back off and was locking the heavy door when the loud sound ofslowly down the speed-restricted lane, passing directly in front of the house Beth was leaving Sa tightly to a different biker than she had walked into the store with Beth felt her eyes on her as she passed and waved her hand in acknowledgment Sanoring the casual greeting