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“Um, not sure how much you’d enjoy it, but there’s a place with booze and men. Most seem pretty hot to me.”

She smacked both hands on the dash. “Lets fucking go.”

“They’re sort of,” I scratched my head as I thought of the words to say, “motorcycle guys.”

She smacked my arm and I looked over. Her eyes were wide with excitement and she practically vibrated in her seat. “Oh my God, yes. You know biker guys? This is the best! Can I pick one? Maybe you should pick one for me.”

“Oh my God, are you on speed or something?” She was always excitable, but this was a bit much, even for her.

“No. In fact, I may have forgotten my ADHD meds today and had shitty airport coffee all day. But biker boys!”

Laughing, I said, “I don’t know if I’d call any of them boys.”

“Oh my God. Are they all older? I’d like a daddy biker.”

“A what?”

Her hands moved while she spoke. “You know, a hot older man who can really take care of you. You know. Takecareof you…”

“You want to bang an older biker guy?”

“That doesn’t sound as cool as getting taken care of by a daddy biker, Lacy.”

“If you say so. There’s quite a few to choose from, then. Most of the officers are in their thirties, except Butch, but no–I won’t let him touch you.” If she was dead set on having some time with one of the more seasoned guys, I’d have to converse with Daisy. Shiv was sheltered and highly educated. It wasn’t my place to cockblock her, but I couldn’t let just any of them have their way with her. As excited as she was, some may be too much for her. And I’d be damned if Butch laid a finger on my oldest friend.

“I wish you hadn’t said that,” she deadpanned.

“What? The Butch thing?”

“Don’t you know anything about psychology? Naturally, now I want to do him.”

“Okay, I’m not sure how I feel about being the responsible one here, but absolutely not. We have plenty to choose from. No-strings-attached, older biker men run rampant at the clubhouse, so it’s like shooting fish in a barrel and you can choose any except Butch, Eagle, or Falcon.”

“Now I want a foursome with them.”

“Shiv! What iswrongwith you?”

“I’m so fucking bored I could die, Lacy! Let me have some fun!”

I reached over and grabbed her hand. “Okay, but Butch is off limits because he’s a complete douche. Falcon is married to my best friend, and Eagle is mine.”

“Oh my God, you have your own biker? I love this so much. I need to know everything!” she squealed. “And fine, I won’t have a foursome with them. But you said there’s plenty, right?”

I glanced over with an expression of what I imagined to be a shocked mother looking at her daughter written all over my face, but Shiv just giggled. I squeezed her hand, then glanced at my rearview. Anytime I saw a black work van, I was reminded of what happened to Daisy. But as it got closer, I realized it was just a black SUV, which were plentiful near the city.There were four in our parking lot when I left work.

As my heart slowed back down, I let Shiv’s hand go to adjust the radio and a loud bang sounded, followed by my steering wheel getting wobbly. We both jumped and yelped, but as I got control, I said, “I think we had a blowout. Fuck.”

I was nervous to be on the highway with all the crazy drivers, anyway, so I was in the slow lane already and hit my hazards so I could try to pull off. The cars buzzed past us as I got onto the shoulder down the exit, practically in the grass since I was going to have to get out to take a look.

I figured out how to change a tire on YouTube a few years back. I didn’t have AAA and my loser boyfriend at the time couldn’t be reached. A quick tutorial showed me what to do and most cars had the supplies you needed in the trunk.

Pulling the handle, an arm stopped me. “You can’t go out there. I have AAA,” Shiv said.

Waving her off, I said, “I can have this changed before they’d get here. There’s not as much traffic on the off ramp and it’s slower. I’ll be fine.”

“You can change a tire?” she asked with a cocked brow.

“Yes, and I’ll tell you the story later. Sit here and look pretty.” I didn’t know if I wanted to change the oil or if I could get my engine running again, but I was proud that I knew how to change a tire.

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