Page 100 of Avenging Devil: Part 1

“Pfft. He didn’t mean it. Hey, your sister is a hoot. We’ve been getting friendly.”

“You fuckin’ stay away from my sister.” I don’t want someone like Susie anywhere near Cyn. Cyn’s a bad influence as it is. The two of them together, well, I don’t even want to think about that combination.

Susie shrugs. “I heard a rumour that woman let you down. You don’t need to miss her, lover, not when you’ve got me around.”

What the fuck?

“You been listening where you shouldn’t have?” I snarl. Or just what the hell has Cyn been telling her?

She glances around, as if looking for someone. “It’s not my fault if I overhear shit. The brothers do talk loudly.” Susie flicks her hair over her shoulders and pouts.

Do they? Or is it that she sneaks around listening?It reminds me how I thought I heard something outside the room Saffie had been in that night, while we’d been having our conversation.Had it been Cyn? She had appeared soon after.I don’t think it was Susie, I didn’t think she’d been in the clubhouse.

“Whatever you fuckin’ think you heard, what I do and whoever I want is none of your fuckin’ business.”

She flutters her eyelids. It does nothing for me. “Well, she doesn’t want you, but I’m here for you, baby.” Pouting, she adds, “I could be a real good old lady.” She inches closer and her overpowering perfume makes me want to choke.

Pulling away, I snarl, “Susie, whether or not I have or am thinking about taking any woman as my ol’ lady, it’s got fuck all to do with you. As one thing’s for fuckin’ certain, if you were the last woman on earth, it still wouldn’t be you.” I can’t put it clearer than that.

“We could have been good together. That night was great,” she protests, trying to rewrite history. I don’t have the slightest memory of that night, good or otherwise, except for the bad taste in my mouth that it had left, along with the feeling that somehow she’d tricked me. If it hadn’t been for the evidence of my raw cock, I’d say it was all in her imagination.

How far would she go?For the first time, I wonder whether my drink had been spiked. If so, Susie’s more dangerous than I thought her to be.

“Susie,” a voice says sharply. “What the fuck are you doing here? Niran’s told you before, he ain’t interested, and I, myself, told you to get and fuckin’ stay lost.”

Salem’s eyes question me over her shoulder, a slight tilt of his head toward the door and a firming of his lips speaks volumes. When I give a determined nod, he moves to stand in front of her.

“I banned you from the clubhouse once already. I don’t take kindly having to do the same thing twice. This time you’re gone and you ain’t never coming back. You get me, bitch? If I see your face again, I’ll happily rearrange it. You hearing me now?”

“What? No.” She looks at him, then to me in horror. “Niran…”

“Susie, just go.” I want nothing more to do with her, so turn and walk off. As I reach the card table, Pennywise grins, then seeing something over my head, his eyes narrow, and he sighs deeply. “Seems you’ve got more woman troubles.”

Turning, I spy Cyn. Ruefully shaking my head, I spin around. “Whatcha want?”

“Susie would have made you a better ol’ lady than Saffie. Why is Salem being so nasty to her? I saw him dragging her out. She was my friend.”

What?“What the fuck, Cyn? And this is your business, how?” I walk away for privacy. She follows, then stomps her foot.

“I thought things would be better now that bitch Saffie has gone. But you’ve still no time for me.”

“First, she’s no bitch, Cyn. And second, think of someone other than your damn self for a while. Ever thought I might have shit on my mind?” Sure, I’ve been distant over the past couple of days. In truth, I haven’t forgiven her for the comments she’d made about Saffie that night.

“I’ve missed you,” she protests. “I thought it would get better now she’d gone. But you’ve got no time for me at all. I might as well not be here.”

Oh yes, please.“You going home?”

She huffs loudly and marches off.Guess she’s not. I wouldn’t be so lucky.

Hell, I suck at this big brother gig, but who could blame me when my sister is Cyn?

Damn it.I need something to take my mind off women. Seeing me staring his way, Pennywise jerks his head to the cards on the table in front of him, kicks out a chair then when I sit, deals me in.

Accepting soon becomes a mistake. On a losing streak, I throw my cards in with a sigh before I completely empty my wallet.

When I go to the bar, Kid pours me a drink without me asking.

“Drinking alone again?”

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