Page 6 of Grumpy Sunshine

The front bumper looked like a good pothole would take it at any second.

The tires were so damn bald that a good rain would probably make her car go into a tailspin.

Oh, and her windows were tinted, but only fifty percent.The tint was peeling off in multiple places, and looked like she’d just be better off peeling it completely.

The hood was more gray than red due to the paint peeling off, and the left front headlight looked like she’d been backed into recently.

Shaking my head, I tucked my helmet under my arm and started walking toward the hospital.

It was hot as hell out today, and it was only six-fifteen in the morning.

I was sure by the time that I got out for lunch, it’d be so hot that a little more of the paint would be peeling from Whirlwind’s hood.

Whirlwind.

God, she was something.

I watched her constantly, and she had no clue.

She was always lost in her own little world, working her perfect ass off as she existed there.

If she only opened her eyes and looked my way more than once, she’d see me.

I was so lost in thought that when my phone rang, I jumped.

“Fuck,” I said as I reached into my pocket and pulled the offending device free.

I narrowed my eyes at the screen, then answered it reluctantly.

“Hey, Reign.”

It wasn’t that I didn’t want to talk to her, but I just didn’t think that I could handle giving her gentle today.

I liked Reign.

She was a nice girl, but she wasn’t “my” girl.

From the time that I was in high school on, she’d always been Copper’s girl.

Even when he’d gone to prison, she was Copper’s girl.

Copper and Reign were a regular staple in our life from the moment that Copper turned thirteen.She wasn’t actually Copper’s girlfriend, but she was his best friend.And even though Copper couldn’t see how in love with him that Reign was, the rest of us could.

That was why I’d have never broken Copper’s trust and gone there with his girl.

“Hey, Chevy.”Reign sniffled, making me feel bad for not wanting to pick up the call.“Are you at work?”

“About to walk in, why?”I asked, hoping that she wasn’t about to ask for a favor.

“Um,” she sniffled again.“I got in a car wreck.”

I closed my eyes and nearly sighed.“Are you okay?”

Her breath hitched and she said, “No.”

I found her next to the vending machines in the waiting room.

She was covered in blood, and she looked haunted.

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