Page 69 of Hunter (Hell's Bastards MC)

“Maybe we should just go and talkto her,” Abrianasaid.

“Would you want someone to just come andtalk to you?” Raven asked.

“Well, yeah.”

Ava looked toward Raven, who staredather.

“Would you? Bearing in mind you’ve beenbroken up with, and knowing Hunter, that prick wasn’t nice aboutit. Then your brother makes a big scene, along with all thebullshit we know Harlow has been through. Put all of that onto you,would you want people crowding you?” Raven asked.

“No,” Ava said.

“Neither would I,” Raven said.

“Leaving her alone is not thesolution,” Larissasaid.

“But Harlow keeps rejecting our calls,” Avasaid. “There is only so much we can do, and right now, she ishurting. Maybe seeing us is a reminder of that pain.” She didn’tlike it, but Ava did understand it. After everything she wentthrough, she didn’t want a single reminder of anyone oranything.

Harlow needed space. And right now, they hadno choice but to give it to her.

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Hunter wasn’t happy.

Glancing atHailey’s Beauty Parlor, he was pissed off. He waspretty sure he saw Harlow in the window, but the moment he caughtsight of her and looked in her eyes, she stepped back.

This shit shouldn’t be happening.

Big Dick wasn’t on the ride with him. He wasout hunting for clues, trying to locate the fucking ghost of theTwisted Bastards MC.

Brick and Kinky had wanted some food, andwith Ava being busy at the bakery training Larissa, there was noway anyone was going to eat the food from Abriana. The last bout offood poisoning took weeks to get over.

Hunter knew the only place he could eat right now was at thediner. Ava wasn’t happy with him, neither was half theclub.

Brick stepped out of the diner and handedhim a wrapped burger. Several of the brothers were pissed at him,and only a couple treated him like nothing had happened. Brick wasone of them.

“Here you go,” Brick said.

“Thanks.” For now, Hunter expected this kindof shit to happen. It was what the club did.

He had broken Big Dick’s trust, and theseare the consequences hehad to face, and he didn’t fucking like it. In fact, itpissed him off.

From the moment he had looked at Harlow, hehad known she was going to be nothing but trouble to him.

“Don’t worry, I didn’t spit in it,” Bricksaid.

Hunter shook his head. None of thebrothers would do that kind of thing. With Abriana’s cooking, they had all learnedtheir lesson about true torture. He knew he wasn’t going to run therisk of doing more damage.

“I’m so fucking hungry,” Brick said.

Hunter agreed, unwrapping hisburger, and taking alarge bite out of it. He couldn’t help but keep looking over at thebeauty parlor.

“You’ve got to stop doing that shit. BigDick is not going to like it,” Brick said.

“What do we know about that shop?” Hunterasked.

“What the fuck do we need to know aboutmakeup and shit?” Brick wrinkled his nose as if it was somethingdirty.

“The fact that Big Dick’s sister now worksthere. Don’t you think we should check it out?”

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