Page 46 of My Casanova

Smoke

“It’s been three days since the cameras turned on, and I can’t play pool anymore.”

I chuckled and grabbed a beer from behind the bar. “You could go with Yarder and the girls today to talk to the landlord of the strip mall,” I suggested.

Dice grunted. “I’m looking for something to do other than play pool, not be tortured.”

I cracked open the beer and tossed the top in the trash. It was Wednesday, and we were all pretty much climbing the walls.

“You really think this is the shit the cameras want?” Pirate bellied up to the bar and nodded to the camera.

I shrugged. “Yarder seems to think so. The crew has been spending most of their time by the garage, so maybe they are going to focus on that.”

Compass walked into the common room and looked around. He saw us at the bar and made his way over.

“You seen Yarder?” he asked.

Pirate chuckled. “Probably in his bedroom with Poppy. Haven’t seen either of them today.”

“So he can hide away from the cameras, but we have to be out here all of the damn time?” Dice complained.

“I guess that is one of the perks of being prez,” Compass laughed.

“What’s a perk of being prez?”

Dice, Compass, and Pirate turned to see Yarder in the entry to the common room.

“Where the hell have you been?” Compass demanded. “Mac had some questions about the garage, and I didn’t know the answers.”

Yarder groaned. “That chick is on my dick all of the time.”

Poppy came up behind him and wrapped her arms around his waist. “Whose ass am I going to have to kick? This is my dick,” she asked.

“Mac,” Dice laughed. “I think you can take her, Poppy. Always go for the kneecaps.”

“Oh, but I like Mac. She knows you’re in charge, Yarder, so of course she is going to stick to you. And I also like her because she calls me miss.” Poppy moved around Yarder and looked up at him. “Be nice to Mac. Maybe Pirate, Dice, Stretch, or Smoke might make her their ol’ lady.”

“Oh, hell no!” Pirate called. “She reminds me of my mom, and not in a mama kind of way.”

Dice held up his beer. “It’s a no from me.”

Everyone looked at me. “Uh, I am otherwise occupied.”

“Otherwise occupied?” Poppy laughed. “What does that mean?”

“Means he’s been seeing Dani. Well, he was before he told her he couldn’t see her for two weeks because the camera crew is here.”

I glared at Yarder. Seemed he was rather talkative when Poppy was around.

“Oh, we can go there after we talk to the landlord.” Poppy smiled at me. “You can come with.”

That was not what I wanted to do. Yes, I wanted to see Dani, but I didn’t want the cameras there. “I think I’ll skip that field trip.”

“So, you’re seeing Dani, but you actually don’t want to see her?” Poppy laughed. “I’m sure that makes sense in your biker brain.”

“She doesn’t need to be a part of the TV show. It’s not a big deal,” I insisted. This was not something Dani wanted. Theclub and I had signed on to be a part of the show. They were showing the biker lifestyle, not my specific lifestyle.

“But is it a big deal to Dani?” Poppy asked.

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