Page 46 of Infected By Virus

Virus was trying to think of a way to extract himself without making it more memorable to Adam when her other hand found his dick.

“Shit.” He jumped, bumping the table and toppling his soda.

Carrie just sat there smiling as the puddle spread toward Adam. Barker jumped up and fled not only the seat, but the diner, at the threat of getting wet.

He threw his arm across the table to stop the puddles from spreading. Still, she wouldn’t budge away from him. “A little help, please?” he shouted at her louder than he intended. Carrie just rolled her eyes and slowly slid from the booth.

“Good heavens.” He heard Nana exclaim before she slapped some bar mops down and slid the puddle of ice and soda into a bowl.

The older waitress thrust the bowl into Carrie’s arms, and she huffed. Nana produced a clean towel for Virus. With another, she finished drying the table.

“Go on, get that to the back and take care of those dishes.” Carrie eyed Nana with obvious disdain, then cut her gaze to Virus. All traces of anything other than seduction were gone.

“But I’m?—”

“I know what you’re about, and I’ll have none of that here, especially while you’re on the clock. Now go, or you can leave and not come back.”

Carrie waited only a second before she turned and stomped back toward the kitchen.

“I’m sorry about that, Virus. New hire. I don’t think she’s going to last.”

A small bit of relief coursed through him. He hadn’t broken his rules about who he engaged with. She hadn’t worked there when they’d had their one and only drunken encounter.

“Not on you, Nana. That one’s totally on me.” It didn’t escape Virus how tired she was looking.

“Why don’t you stop doing this? Make good on that threat you’re always tossing around and retire?”

“Retire? If I retire, people like her will run this place into the ground. Milton didn’t build this place from the ground up to have me abandon it for a life of leisure just because he’s not with us anymore.”

A sad smile crossed his lips remembering Milton. The club gave him a hell of a sendoff. He’d been like an honorary Bastard—and Nana, she was family.

“Besides, if I’d retired when I first threatened to, I’d be in Florida right now wondering why flamingos stand on one leg, and I would’ve missed meeting this precious young man.”

Nana slipped into the booth next to Adam and just stared at him as if he were the most fascinating human in the world, and Virus didn’t disagree.

“So, you gonna tell me about the deal with his …” She covered his ears and whispered, “Not-the-mom aunt, or do I have to guess?”

Virus gave her the PG-rated version of Rae was an ex, Adam wasn’t hers, but she was caring for him, and that he loved her still.

“I hope it’s the lifetime kind of deal like you and Milton had.”

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