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Lisa chews her lower lip nervously “I’ve seen a couple of things since Diesel and I got together,” she adeous Itheir guns at each other, but they’ve always calot shot But Becca, they are a nore that I’al shit, and that always brings—”
Men bust through the front door, shooting their guns into the air, screaet down, just as Lisa whispers, “Trouble”
Oh, we’re in trouble all right My drink sloshes in my hand erratically as I try to put it down on the coffee table It goes sideways, spilling brown liquid everywhere, but I ignore it and drop to hide behind the coffee table, , my stomach aWho was guarding the place? Aren’t there supposed to be guards? I don’t know much about MCs, but even I’ve heard that Surely not everyone went to the vet rally!
The bullets stop and a dead silence extends over the roo
“Which one of you is Becca Whiting?” the leader shouts out into that awful silence and Lisa and Rory’s eyes shoot straight at me, panic on all of our faces I freeze I don’t knohat to do I can’t just continue to hide here forever, but I’ive me a pedicure
“Co-song voice “I’m from the Dark Tribe club, and I have a present for you”
The sarcastic part of me, which always co truly awful, encouragesso gauche,” but I ignore it
I like being sarcastic I don’t like being dead
Sacrifices have to be made sometimes
Thefor oing to throw up right here, right on top of the new rug I had installed last week I gulp back the bile, breathing in and out slowly Carefully
Think, Becca, think! You can get out of this
Except, I really don't kno They have guns, and I do not There are lots of them, and only one of me
I decide to stay on the floor Luckily, we are pretty far away froroupings of furniture everywhere Yeah, they're going to find me, eventually, but I don't have to make it easy on them
“Our clubhouse got burned to the ground today,” the leader snarls out “We barely escaped with our lives It was Harlan who did it, and I’ the woman he loves”
Oh, did I have news for hiainst Harlan, that isn’t going to do hiood In fact, they could deliver my cold, dead body to Harlan and he’d probably say, “Who’s that?”