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Alone again, Zach stared up at the starry sky Heading ho He was fried, half drunk, and not thinking clearly He could hit it hard again in theBut he couldn’t do it Not with Mav out there enduring fuck knehat He’d give it another hour or two

For a moment, he let himself wonder what it would be like to have a woht be kind of nice after the day he’d had To go home to a warm, soft woman he could lose himself in A woman who’d let him use her body to drown out the horrors of the day

Toni’s face came to mind And Toni’s body came to mind

It was then he recalled telling Toni he’d meet her on her porch to watch the sunset

Shit She was going to be pissed he bailed on her Not that anything about the day was normal, but she wouldn’t appreciate it

Still, he couldn’t help but indulge in the fantasy of having her waiting at ho

Chapter Fifteen

Drinking a cup of coffee at ht was always a foolish idea, but Toni was exhausted to the point of blurry vision And she needed not to be

No matter what time he rolled in, she planned to be ahen Zach returned ho that scared the fuck out of a tough group ofthe fuck out of others

When Zach had been a no show around the ti her concern turned to full-on worry Even though she didn’t have any right to inquire about Zach’s business, she’d called Shell in the hopes of at least learning if he was okay

All her friend had been able to do was ratchet the worry up another notch with her own anxiety Both of them had bikers follow them home from the diner Then, Copper had called Shell and told her to stay put with Beth until she heard froo

So that left Toni sitting outside in the rocking chair for three hours with her hts were off in the hopes that Zach wouldn’t notice her watching out for him She just needed to knohen he arrived home and that he was safe

And every one of those one hundred and eighty-fourother than why she cared so much Cared to the point she couldn’t stop her knee fro with apprehension