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It’s not that I’m a jealous person per se, it’s that I’ve never had this kind of attraction to any other nores me, pays me no attention whatsoever, I feel like we could have so special

Is that naive of me?

What the hell would I have to offer him, anyway?

Yeah, I’m pretty – I’m not conceited it’s just the truth – I’m physically fit, have all the attributes men look for in a woman, so why doesn’t he look twice at me?

He’s certainly looking at Denise Who wouldn’t when she looks the way she does in that skin-tight dress, with her long dark hair hanging down her back? I don’t think she realizes that she looks like a club whore, all thewhich one will bed her first

I’ to sound mean about my friend, but I warned her what these men were like, and I warned her ould happen if she dressed this way She wasn’t bothered in the slightest It’s a game to Denise She likes that men want her, doesn’t even care what man it is I don’t care whom she sleeps with I just don’t want it to be Stryker

Denise isn’t to know that I like hi So in truth, she isn’t stepping onfor what she wants I’ve had plenty of opportunities to tell her that I want hiht to complain

“He’s so hot God, he’s looking ather skirt “Do I look okay?”

“You look fine,” I tell her before sipping my vodka

How do I tell her that I don’t want her chasing him?

I don’t want her to sleep with him?

I can’t It’s nothim makes me feel sick Literally

“My heart is beating so fast ht, so don’t wait up!”

And she’s gone, following Stryker to the other side of the roouys and sleep with theirl I’m not, so I won’t

I’ht I should never have coht it ht Denise because she begged me She’s alanted to see inside the Snakes Henchet to do so

When I asked Jett if I could bring her, he wasn’t too keen Not to sound mean, but he’s never really liked heras she behaved herself, and I can’t say Denise hasn’t, she’s been on her best behavior all evening Now she’s off with theabout, and I feel sick I’ for a o back to Denise’s, take a long hot bath, and then crawl into bed and sleep

“Leaving so soon?” I nod “Stay and party with me”

I knohat he ot no chance Ice is not my type Sure, he’s tall, handsome in an I’ve been slashed and shot one too many times kind of way, but he doesn’t do it for me Not at all

“No, thank you”

He shouts so afterto say

“Hey, baby girl,” I turn and sently CueBall was once a hugeman in the world, and he plenty of scars to prove howhis time with the Snakes He shoots first then asks questions That’s what people used to say about him However, he’s such a kind man when it comes to the women of this club I’m not a claimed woman, but Shepard has made it clear I always have, and will always be one of them “You okay? Did someone upset you? You tell me, and I'll kick the shit out of ‘em”

I se, but he has to be in his sixties, and he’s still as strong as an Ox He’s taken good care of himself over the years, and it shows even now When he says he’ll kick the shit out of soain and layit tonight I have a bit of a headache”

“Want irl?”

All of these huge, dangerous men and they all treat me as someone important to thehter Roman, Red, Gunner, Doc, and some of the others, they treat er, Cyro, and all the others under the age of thirty treat me like a sister I never had a brother, not one that shared the same blood, but I have many here, and I love them all Even the ones I only et used to

I wraphihtly “Thank you, Uncle Martin,” I feel hih his chest Only I would cheekily call hiiven name “I can make my oay home I love you”

“Sweet angel,” He hugs hter “I love you, too” He kisses my head, and I sirl More than most would have

My father lost his accounting job and orried about how he’d be able to provide for his fas, of course, but with two little girls to take care of and my mother out of work because the bakery she worked at had closed doeeks previous,

A long story short along came CueBall with an offer my father didn’t refuse CueBall asked my dad if he could take a look over the clubs books towas as it should be CueBall was impressed hat my dad had done, as was Apollo CueBall then foundfirm in Moxton This man saved my father’s sanity and allowed hiotten what he did for us

I kiss CueBall’s cheek and leave The idea of et to know keeps rolling around inlike this over a man

I roll my eyes at myself the second I step foot outside the clubhouse I don’t recall seeing the with Stryker next to his motorcycle I can’t see his face, his back is toward me, but I can see the sluttish smile on her face, and fro sooner rather than later