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I scoffed, “Doubtful I think he was just checking to make sure I didn’t turn stalker-bitch on him” Why I lied to Talon, I didn’t know She was the only person I’d willingly told about my past
“You ht he rocked your world and made you walk funny for aon her pigtails “Honey, I think he’s the one eager for a second night And a third A fourth Fifth”
“Okay, I get it Stop” I had to shake my head at her because now that she was blissfully in love with a baby on the way, she saw stars and romance everywhere “I’reat tiht now Or ever”
She frowned “You don’t seelost, do you? There are some women who can have a man beside theest badass I know, so what’s this really about?”
I sighed knowing I’d have to tell her at least some of the truth “Maybe that’s true for soirl in teret my life squared away Seek out a future for myself”
Like a real friend, she ignored s “Tellwith curiosity
I sucked in a long, fortifying breath and told her about school, preparing for laughter though I knew Talon wouldn’t laugh at oals “Shhh Keep it down,” I told her when she squealed “No one else knows, and I want to keep it that way” I didn’t knohy I wasdeal out of it, but it wasto s
“My lips are sealed” She pro “Even though you don’t need it, I want you to know I’m proud of you”
“Thanks, Talon” She’d become the best friend I’d ever had just like her dad was the best man I’d ever met She was my first real friend in my new life, nus’ old lady, but after the truth came out about his death, she didn’t come around as much and I couldn’t say I blamed her But it served as a reminder that the people I needed always left
By force or by choice, they ended up gone
Few things in this life felt better than having a day off work It was the perfect time to run dayti an entire week off was troubling to h I knew they needed to do a bunch of super-secret shit with the prospects and they didn’t want me around, but I was also pretty sure that once they had a full roster of guys again, I’d be out of a job It was probably the push I needed to eitherelse to do I definitely didn’t dreah bikers, their ol’ ladies, and the pass arounds No thank you
They were nice enough guys, but I knew firsthand just how poorly rough dudes and booze mixed Most of them were pussycats when they didn’t need to be hellions, but there were a few—soh that probably had more to do with my own issues than them as men
Cash though, I avoided being alone with for tons of other reasons The man was everywhere—at the diner, the clubhouse In e VW van when I arrived at the fabric store a fens over in Clarity I’d spotted a few good deals online that made me certain the drive orth it, especially because one of them would become a maternity dress for Talon The woman owned at least a hundred sundresses, and now she couldn’t wear the against her fairy eyes and raven hair Fabric stores were like a world of beauty to me I could look at a bolt of fabric and see what I could be, how it could be used to ht to quality
For years I wore little erie, but out here I found a love for passion that was possibly the only thing about me that remained from my childhood What little there was of it So, I’d spent the past year trying to o of it online, which explained why the older wo me up “Thanks, Mae”
“No proble?”