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I wrappedforward I placed my chin on his shoulder and whispered in his ear, “Thank-you” I know there was no possible way he knehat I was talking about Perhaps he thought it was the iPod, or the ride, or the wakeup call he gave me when he texted my assistant Lindsey, but he responded when he reached back and ran his hand down h and landed it on my knee, where he held on while I rested my head on his shoulder until we came into town

Our first stop was at 59 Hangout, which was an old run down bar off of highway fifty-nine On the left and right side of the white block building were old junk cars that had grass growing up around the froroith vines and brush The large green door that led into the building was the only sign of color We pulled in alongside about fifty other bikes, parking towards the front Before Luke had time to even cut the bike off, ere surrounded by people I recognized some of the faces of the ht Most of theenuinely glad to see him I noticed that none of them made any attempt to speak to me until Luke introduced me

“This is Dallas Dallas these arehis hand in their direction I slidmy best to se y hair and kind eyes I noticed the patches on his vest were similar to the ones Luke wore War was a man of short stature with a no-nonsense look on his face that made me think his bite was just as bad as his bark He

“Hello beautiful!” Regg said toHe had a boyish face with big brown eyes His hair was a very light blonde and his goatee was the only thinghim look a day older than fifteen He was shorter than Luke but not byole teddy bear I returned his hug and not being able to help it landed a kiss on his red cheek

“Da responded laughing I liked him immediately He seemed so full of love and life

“Red will beat the hell outta you boy,” Tiny said playfully punching Regg in the arm

“Ok, ok, that’s enough,” Luke said breaking us apart and running his ar his territory

“Red inside?” Luke asked, looking at Regg “Yeah, that crazy bitch is in there She is giving hell to a prospect at the bar” He replied shaking his head

“That figures Co several tiin a hurry I just stood there and sed my presence

When alked in, it took a moment for my eyes to adjust The bar was so dark I couldn’t even , Luke let h the entry and to the bar where he ordered two beers I looked around,to adjust, and noticed that a line ofleather vest were lined up to say hello to Luke

Once again, they never looked my way and Luke never bothered to introduceof uni the center of attention wherever I went In the presence of Luke it seemed as if I didn’t even exist I turned e in the far left corner of the bar that was set up for a band The entire floor was a concrete slab, except for the n linoleu mirrors covered the back wall of the dance floor Christ up all around the bar Unhout the bar and all were occupied

“Hey you!” I looked across the bar to see Red coht black jeans and a white t-shirt with an orange bandana wrapped around her head A black leather vest full of patches and black boots coeous Her s her eyes sparkle and I couldn’t help s!” she said, walking up and wrapping her ar better by just seeing her face