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“Dirty, what’s up, man?” Myth asked.

“Fuck you,” Dirty said. “You’re not the boss ofme, and just so you know, I have come over here to wish my friend and his womancongratulations. You did the job, man, you finally knocked her up. It’s abouttime you did your job,” Dirty said, glaring at Rosalie.

“Dirty!” Colt said his name, and it was firm.

He’d pissed off Colt, and from the tears inRosalie’s eyes, he’d upset her.

Dirty pouted. “Sorry, did I say what everyone wasthinking out loud? Are we not allowed to do that anymore? Bad, Dirty, bad.”

“I think you’ve had too much to drink,” Myth said,reaching for his whiskey.

“Fucking leave it.” He jerked the bottle right outof reach. “What is it with you, you want my sloppy seconds, and now you want mybottle of whiskey too?”

He heard the pained gasp and he knew that wasPetal. It cut him through, but he didn’t stop. In the back of his mind, he wasscreaming at himself to shut the fuck up, but he just couldn’t seem to stop.

“You need to stop,” Myth said.

“Tell me, Myth, is her pussy as tight for you asit was for me? Like oldColtyboy here, I was alittle surprised to find out she was a virgin, but one taste and she wasbegging for it.” Dirty laughed.

The room had gone silent.

“Stop,” Myth said.

“Oh, but you might want to take my advice and bagyour dick. Unlike Rosalie here who takes fucking forever to get knocked up, itwasn’t the same for Petal, was it, babe? It’s a shame that bullet took out ourbaby, right? Or was it a fucking miracle?”

Dirty burst out laughing and Petal stood up fromthe table so fast that her seat fell back. She didn’t say anything. All she didwas leave the clubhouse.

“Oh, come on, Petal, I was only sharing a littlefun. Getting it all out in the open so—”

Everything went dark.

Chapter Seven

Petal opened the door the following day to findMyth on her doorstep. She had run out of the clubhouse last night, on the oddchance there had been a taxi passing by. She’d held her hand out, and he’dtaken her home.

She switched off her cell phone, and after a longhot shower, cried herself to sleep. The house phone had been ringing and she’dtaken it off the hook, because she wanted to be left alone.

Dirty had told their secret. Yes, it had taken hersome time to get over what happened, but she was slowly moving on, and now thewhole club knew.

She didn’t know who she expected, Kim or Rosalie,but it surprised her to find Myth on her doorstep.

“Can I come in?” he asked.

Petal took a deep breath and then stepped back,giving him a chance to enter.

She moved away, going toward the kitchen.“Coffee?”

“Yeah, you know how I like it.”

Two sugars and cream. Myth had a sweet tooth,which was so sweet. Her hands shook as she started to prepare the coffee.

Petal closed the diner today. She had left thetext for Rosalie, and that had gone to Burto. The last thing she wanted was toput their diner in trouble, but she couldn’t face going to work.

Rosalie now knew the truth. The whole club knew,and facing that terrified her.

“How are you?” Myth asked.

The kettle hadn’t long boiled and she poured thema drink. She didn’t want to sit.

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