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Jig had stayed away from the clubhouse for thole weeks after Shell returned, unable to stand the sight of the child Then, Mav showed up at his door and let hi So he sucked it up and pretended it didn’t gut hi face He still avoided her at all costs but tried to keep Shell fro
It had to be a damn dropkick to the heart for Copper the first tihter than his own In her heartbreak, or loneliness, or whatever she’d call it, Shelland reot knocked up for her troubles As far as he knew, the topic was never discussed between Shell and Copper, but it bred soht to judge who and how people fucked His own sexual preferences were the topic of discussion a his MC and their ol’ ladies despite how discrete he tried to be
“Fuck, Cop, I’rip around his throat lessened until it disappeared and Copper stepped back
“My fault,” Copper said “Shouldn’t have irief in any specific way Shit, brother, not sure I’d ever be functional again if I were you You’re doing damn well, and if you need a few days each year to be a fucker, you go right ahead”
Jig chuckled It didn’t happen often, but once in a while, his brothers brought it out of hiize and throw in an insult all in one shot”
Copper laughed, his white teeth glea between the red of his beard “Don’t want you to think I’ serious “How’s this all going? We on schedule?”
With a nod, Jig pointed to the X he’d sprayed on the ground “I’ve marked off three additional lookout spots Add the constructed today, and I think I’m satisfied Fence will be finished day after toot a fewon next week”
Scratching his beard, Copper sighed “Good I’ll feel better when that fucking fence is up We’re stretching the guys real thin atch schedules At least e’re secure on all sides, we can let up a bit”
Jig grunted his agreement “Any action from Lefty?”
“Been quiet over the last week or so,” Cop said as he shook his head “Has me on fuckin pins and needles I’d almost rather he make a fuckin move At least I’d knohere the bastard is and what he’s planning”
Jig got that The calm before the store Between the long hours patrolling the grounds, the grueling work during the day, and not knohat the hell Lefty was planning, the brothers were like a rubber band being stretched farther each day Sooner or later, it was going to snap
“Maybe we need to stop playing defense and ht one of Lefty’s uys who’d al Maverick a chance to play with hiot the infor an attack on the clubhouse The only thing that had prevented it was Stephanie telling Copper what she’d heard Since that day, the clubhouse had been guarded better than an army base They weren’t on lockdown, but security had increased tenfold, and the ol’ ladies were accorin
Jig was getting tired of reacting to Lefty’s moves It was time to act
“I hear ya, Jig I agree with you, too I just want this place safer before we move forward”
Well, he couldn’t fault hiht for any of thein their president’s life He was an excellent fucking leader “I’m here, one hundred percent focused and present noon’t let anything else distract me Give us another week, Cop”
Copper stuck out his hand “I can do that, brother”
Jig shook his president’s hand and then got back to work, deter he could do to help lift the enorht of responsibility off Copper’s shoulders
And now that he knew the only thing standing between hi the perimeter, he had even more motivation to hustle