Page 13 of Shadow and Skulls

I swallow hard. “I … I like what your friends did to Jason’s car,” I stutter, not sure if I should be thanking him or not.

“Like that, huh?” He shrugs. “When I heard what the fuck was on your locker, I sent my guys to the sex shop. We cleared them out.”

This makes me giggle. “I didn’t even know we had a sex shop in town.”

“You mean to tell me you’ve never been in there?” he asks, tipping his head to the side.

“No. God, I don’t even know …” My thoughts drift in a different direction. Maybe that’s what I need to make …

He smirks. “If you’re too embarrassed to check it out, I’ll run in and get what you need.”

Did I fucking say that out loud?

He laughs at the way my eyes widen. He motions for me to turn into the parking lot of the ice cream shop.

“Your usual?” he asks after I park.

Nodding, I bite my tongue.My usual?How does he know mint chip ismy usual? I swallow hard at the warning look he gives me before he gets out. He’s worried I’ll leave him again.

The second he’s in the building, that’s exactly what I do.

Chapter Four

Tank

Iwatch through the window as she drives away.

My phone rings. I pull it out of my pocket. “How’s it going?” my friend asks.

“Good.”

“I’ve got another job for you.”

“I don’t know when I’ll be back. You should give it to someone else.”

“You said this one would be finished soon.”

“It will.”

“Then you’re going to need something after that.”

I push the door open and step outside as Reefer pulls up on my bike. I give him a nod of thanks as he hops off and jogs back to the truck that pulled up behind him.

I’m not stupid. I knew this little date was going to end much like the last one. I make her nervous.

“Well, I guess now is as good a time as any to tell you.” I sigh loudly, not knowing how he’s going to take this. “I’m going to see if I can transfer here, to the Nevada Chapter.”

Anthony is silent for a few minutes before he finally speaks. “Dude, if this is about having a brotherhood, you know that Dylan, Liam, and I all think of you as family. You’reourbrother.”

I roll my eyes, lighting up a cigarette. My ass settles into my seat as I think about my response. “Please don’t take this the wrong way, but I don’t fit into your little brotherhood.”

He huffs loudly on the other end. "What is that supposed to mean?”

I laugh. “You guys are too refined.”

“And you …?”

“Choose not to be.”

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