Page 58 of Stealing the Biker

“Don’t worry,” Prodigy tells me. “I’ve got you covered until you get a job.”

“One step at a time,” I tease. My heart clenches in my chest. My first instinct is to text Jimmy and see if I can swing by the clubhouse to show him my car. As quickly as my sadness left me, it’s returned tenfold.

“Go ahead and take a drive. I know you’re dying to,” Nini tells me, and my mom nods her head in agreement.

“Be back by three. You don’t want to miss your graduation ceremony.”

“I’ll be back.”

“Famous last words,” Prodigy jokes and Mom elbows him in the ribs.

I drive all over the city looking for Jimmy’s truck. He’s not at the clubhouse. Or at any of the businesses that the club owns, I am aware of. I feel like I’m going crazy. It’s as if he’s simplyvanished. Did my uncle find out about us and do something to punish him for disobeying an order?

I decide to drive by his house under the guise of showing my car off to my Aunt Pam.

“Hey girl.” She waves from her seat by the porch as her kids play in their sandbox. “Sweet ride.”

“Thanks. It’s my graduation present.”

“Shit. I knew I was forgetting something. Watch the kids. I’ve got your card in the house. Do you want something to drink?”

“No. Thank you. I just wanted to show you my car.”

“All right.” She meanders inside and comes back quickly, the ice cubes in the glass clinking as she struts across the yard. “Here you are, sweetheart. Now do you want to tell your Auntie why you’re really here?”

“Um.” I roll my lips inward and pick at the corner of the envelope.

“Out with it. You know you can trust me. Whatever it is.”

“What can you tell me about Jimmy?”

She takes a sip of her tea, studying my face. “The prospect?”

“Yeah.”

“What do you want to know?”

“Do you know his girlfriend?”

“Sabrina. Mouthy and bitchy and not in the good way.”

“There’s a good way?”

She smirks. “Oh yeah. I’ll clue you in on that later. I don’t know her well, but she works for your mom and me at the daycare. Did you try asking her?”

“I can’t talk to Mom about this. She’s got enough going on with Kieleigh and Prodigy. And being pregnant.”

“Is there something going on with you and the prospect? Tell the truth. I won’t go to Link or your mom. I give you my word. You know I love you like my own and there’s nothing you can’t tell me.”

It’s not like no one knows about Jimmy and me. Trenton and Smoke know and I’m sure my sister has told Nav. It’s only a matter of time before we tell everyone that we’re together. “We’ve been dating in secret.”

“Honey.” She squeezes my hand, trying to hide the disappointment and judgment in her tone, but I hear it. “That’s a lot and at your age.” She trails off.

“I love him.”

“Of course you do. Being a biker babe is in your blood. I’d be lying if I said I don’t want different for you than what I chose, but it’s your life. Your choice who you love.” She squeezes my hand tighter and releases her grip. “The club’s about to ride out to a rally in California. I don’t know if Jimmy is coming with us, but I’ll find out what I can.”

“You swear you won’t tell anyone.”

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