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“Ready?” Casper asked, wrapping a bandana over his flattened Mohawk Moht before

“Yup” I started up my bike

Thank Christ it was al to fall over at any second She was barely eating and she hadn’t slept in days, beyond a few naps at her parents’ house She barely spoke to me

She barely spoke to anyone

I hadn’t been able to corner her, there was too et ready and plan for There hadn’t been time to make her talk to me

I cracked my neck and slid my helmet on

After this fucked up day was over, I was going to sit on a couch and drink until I couldn’t stand up again Then to on with my woman

This shit had to stop, one way or another

Chapter 20

Trix

I glanced across the crowded clubhouse and took a deep breath I’d beento hurt in the shoes I’d borrowed fro to wear to a funeral—I hadn’t even been to one since I was a kid If it had just been Slider and Vera, I would have felt comfortable in a nice pair of jeans and a tank top, but for Gram, I’d known I had to do better than that Unfortunately, the only suht in the chest and belly, so I’d felt like I rapped in sausage casing all day

I was ready to change into one of Caet off my feet

My family had taken a little time alone atVera, Slider and Gram, but eventually we’d had to make our way back to the clubhouse The reception—if you could call it that—was just as important as the procession of hundreds of bikers had been It was a celebration of life, and Slider wouldn’t have wanted any other type of sendoff

I’d also spent quite a bit of time with Cam that day It was odd, his presence soothed me as much as it hurt I was so juot too close, all I wanted was for hi in with ht that I kneould cause, especially right before the funerals

Everything hurt, from my eyelids to the tips of ly tired When I tried to sleep, I had unbearable nightmares, but when I stayed awake, I was so weary I could cry The lack of sleepthe day, almost like hallucinations that I couldn’t see with the aftereffects of the attack like I was If they were, they weren’t ad it

I swept my eyes around the room one more time, but I couldn’t see Cam anywhere I wasn’t really surprised There were so ainst me constantly My parents and Leo were over by the pool table, beers in hand Leo wouldn’t be old enough to drink legally for years still, but I thinkhim a pass for the day