Page 2 of Infected By Virus

“Put your money where your mouth is, old man.” He put a hard emphasis on the last two words.

“Fuck yeah, I could use the scratch.” When Santa tossed his money down next to Outlaw’s, Sherry stepped up and trailed her finger down his arm.

“You boys wanna follow me and we can settle this?”

They didn’t need any more encouragement than that. The three of them headed toward the rooms.

It wasn’t the first time and it damn sure wouldn’t be the last time brothers shared, nor the last time measurements would be taken and bragged about for weeks to come.

What struck Virus as wholly out of place was when Heidi turned back around—she was smiling. Actually smiling … about Sherry.

She and Sherry had a rocky start, to say the least. The club chick had tried to come between Zombie and Heidi, damn near succeeded too. The club voted to send her packing but gave Heidi the final say. Heidi opted to keep her around and made her pay for the deception. Smart move on her part. As the Prez’s ol’ lady, she needed to establish her place if she wanted to earn everyone’s respect.

She’d damn sure done that, in spades.

Heidi gave him a puzzled look. “What?”

“What do you mean what?”

He gestured to her face, then down the hall.

“Soooo?”

“We’re good. She knows her place and we’ve come to an understanding.” She tapped the laptop. “Now, back to the problem at hand.”

Understanding was an understatement. They looked almost like friends, but Virus was not about to mine for more info. Every time he did so with one of the ladies, they dug back, and he had a lot that he’d rather keep buried, thank-you-very-much.

“Okay, viral video, so what’s the problem?”

“I’m trying to add it to the club site and leave it linked to the original post. But when I try, it only shows the link and I want visitors to be able to play the video from the app on site. Not a video I upload, but directly play that one. Does that make sense?”

“Yeah, I can fix it, but it’ll cost you.”

They all narrowed their eyes at him with similar expressions. If he didn’t know better, he’d wonder if they’d known each other for years. They blended better than anyone could’ve predicted.

“What?” they said in unison.

“Nothing too steep, just a promise of no videos of me on the site or social media for a year.”

“Six months?” Nova countered.

“Ten.”

“Virus, you are the second favorite Bastard online,” Devin whined.

“Behind who?” Did he really care if he wasn’t the most popular? Maybe just a touch.

Heidi made a locking motion on her mouth and tossed the key.

“How about eight of nothing and an additional two of only cool pics or vids—nothing embarrassing?”

It was hard negotiating three to one, because the ladies would pack up like feral raccoons and their target was a tasty snack, but he was determined to win this one, damn it.

“Seven of nothing, two of cool, plus you tell me who’s ahead of me, and your link is as good as done.”

The ol’ ladies and Devin put their heads together like they are conferring in a courtroom. They must’ve learned that from Outlaw.

“Done,” Devin announced gleefully.

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