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“I’ll coive Picnic a quick kiss on the cheek For all her whining about hie of jealousy Even before they’d kicked me out, my parents were never the kind of people you’d just casually walk up to and kiss

Nope, not in the Williams household I’d been devastated when they said they’d have nothing to do with a daughter as a whore, let alone her bastard Now I realized I ay better off without theht be small, but everyone in it loved him unconditionally, and they weren’t afraid to show it

My parents didn’t deserve to s arranging ahands playfully as guys tried to steal bites before it was ready

“Thanks for picking up the chips,” Maggs said I noticed all three wouys could be clubtoward them

“Oh, these aren’t club cuts,” Dancer said “Check it out”

She turned around and I saw a patch on the back that said “Property of Ba with a Reapers sy was so … literal …”

“The guys have their colors and we have ours,” Maggs said “Civilians don’t get it, but all the patches uys fly their colors because they’re proud of the club, but their cuts tell stories, too You can learn a lot about the guy by the patches he wears It’s like a language or soreat thing about a property patch is that you’re totally covered,” Dancer added “There’s not a onna touch ets by the end of the night Not that I’o on runs where there are hundreds of riders, even thousands Everyone who knows a da about the MC world takes one look at this and they know not to fk with me”

“Yeah,” Em said “You fk with one Reaper’s property, you better be ready to take down every guy in the club”

“Huh,” I said, trying to sound noncommittal I liked the idea of protection asvery unco to call herself property Shades of Zach and how possessive he was, s and the others didn’t see in howto fill the courtyard Only a handful wore property patches

“What about the rest of theed

“They’re not important,” she said bluntly “Some of them are sweetbutts and club whores, which uys share the for a walk on the wild side But none of theas said, her voice matter-of-fact “They’re just here to party, and if we’re lucky, they’ll help clean up They give anyone shit, their asses are out the door Good news is, they know their place Half these girls work at The Line anyway”