Page 29 of Savage Spades

Cam ignored her. Jen laughed to herself as she went inside.

A minute later, Kit pulled up. She was relieved he didn’t bring the motorcycle. It only took her one try this time to get into the truck. It wasn’t until she was fully seated that she looked over at him. He wasn’t wearing his leather cut today, and she wondered if he only wore it when he was riding the motorcycle. He wore a pair of gray sweatpants, and she couldn’t help but notice the impressive outline under the material.

“So…” he said as she pulled her eyes away from his lap and up to his face. “I think I can get your truck fixed.”

He pulled away from the curb and onto the street.

“Really? For how much?” If she waited a week to pay her liquor distributor, she could spend a couple of hundred dollars to get Big Blue fixed. Any more than that and she was going to be shit out of luck.

“Free. I’ll fix it on one condition.”

“I’m not sleeping with you--”

“Whoa, why would you think I’d ask that?” His eyes flickered between the windshield and her.

She shrugged. “I don’t know. You’re a guy…”

He shook his head. “Anyways, I’ll take your truck to the shop and get it fixed up, but you have to agree to go camping with us this weekend.”

She instantly scrunched her nose up. She hadn’t gone camping since she was a kid. The only memory she had of camping was not being able to shower and using one of those weird, outside toilets.

“Why do you want me to go camping?”

“The Savage Spades do it every year, and it’s a big deal. According to Hugo, Jen is going too, so no one is going to be in town.”

It did make her nervous to think about not being able to reach anyone when she hadn’t paid Venom this month. That would be the perfect opportunity for him to pull something crazy. On the other hand, she didn’t feel comfortable being out in the woods with the motorcycle club yet. The only guys she knew were Zeke, Kit, Oscar and Hugo.

“And you’ll fix my truck?” she asked.

“I’ll have it back to you by Monday,” he said. They pulled up to the school, and he parked in the first spot. Turning to her, he waited for an answer. She didn’t have a choice at this point. Her only other option was to stay at home where she’d be vulnerable to Venom and shell out the money to get her car fixed by someone else. She would have to close the bar. Ernie could drink somewhere else for one night.

“Okay, I’ll go. Do you guys have a cabin or something?”

He shook his head. “No, we do real camping, none of that pussy shit.”

She laughed.

“We’re leaving tomorrow night at seven. Most of the guys have work during the day so we’re leaving later than usual.”

“I’ll be ready.”

*****

Her overnight bag sat on the bed as she looked through her drawers for clothes to wear on the camping trip.

“You might want to grab a bathing suit. There might be a lake,” Jen said, leaning against Cam’s open bedroom door.

“Did Hugo tell you that?” Cam asked, looking up from her drawer.

Jen shook her head. “No, he’s been pretty secretive about the whole thing, but I brought my bikini just in case.”

Cam opened her top drawer, grabbed her turquoise-colored monokini, and threw it in the bag.

“I’m so happy you’re going. I thought I was going to be all alone with those guys.”

“I wouldn’t be going unless Kit offered to fix Big Blue for free.”

“You like him.” The floor creaked as she crossed the room and sat on the edge of Cam’s bed.

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