Page 8 of Ghost

Watching the girls closely was the only reason I caught the slightest break in Ally’s expression and then it was masked just a quickly. Damn, Speed and Sami were in for some long, rough teenage years.

Father and daughter had a brief stare down until Ally smiled.

“Neelyhadto go potty. And wewashungry.”

“So you ate half a plate of cookies even though your momma told you they were for after lunch,” Speed said, then sighed heavily.

“That’s why we didn’teatsthem all,” Ally said triumphantly, then she looked at Speed and sighed heavily. “Do you gotta tell Momma about thecookies?”

“I should because you didn’t listen to what she told you,” Speed said, and Ally pursed her lips and nodded.

“Okay, I’ll listen better,” Ally mumbled.

“Good, it will keep you out of trouble.” Speed ran his hand down Ally’s hair and pulled on her ponytail.

“Is that why papa wants to make you an unchic,‘cause you didn’t listen?” Ally asked.

“I don’t thinkithas anything to do with not listening,” Flirt said under his breath, and my lips twitched.

Speed closed his eyes, pinched his nose between two fingers, then rubbed his hand down his face.

“Ah hell, just stay close and out of trouble and I won’t tell your mom about the cookies,” Speed saidwitha sigh to the girls. Ally smiled, then both girls nodded and ran back to their bikes.

We watched them get on the bikes before we turned to go inside the clubhouse.

“Christ, I may not live to see that girl reach adulthood,” Speed said, and Flirt and I laughed as we walked in.

“She’d make a helluva negotiator. She can take over as the club attorney when Jag wants to step down.” Flirt laughed. “On a good note, fifty percent chance you get a boy this time,” Flirt said and slapped Speed on the back.

“I’m sure that’s comforting, brother. He had fifty percent the first time, too,” I said and then laughed when Speed glared at Flirt.

“Fucker, I hope when you have kids that your ol’ lady fills your house with girls. See how you and your dominant ass deals then,” Speed said.

“They’ll listento me just like their mother will,” Flirt said and tapped on the door to the prez’s office, then opened it.

“Keep telling yourself that, brother. I hope you have a sense a humor because I’m going to sell tickets so everyone can watch your daughters run over your ass. And you will have daughters because I firmly believe in Karma,” Speed said as we walked in and the others glanced up at us.

We joined Crusher, Devil, Coast, and Jag at the table that sat off to side.

“A sense of humor about what?” Crusher asked and leaned back in his chair.

Speed caught the others upandwhen hefinished,they were laughing, too, and Flirt glared at us.

“If, and I meanifI have girls, you brothers will see how it is done,” Flirt said, sat back in his chair and crossed his arms over his chest, which only made us laugh harder.

“Oh, brother, gonna so enjoy watching,” Speed said and sat beside me, then turned to Devil. “And next time you can go deal with my daughter and Neely.”

“Please, when Neely doesn’t want to answer, she just smiles at you,” Devil said, then chuckled. “Why ya think I let you go out to handle it in the first place?”

“Okay, let’s get this meeting started and just agree that no matter what age the females are we’ll never have control,” Crusher said, and we laughed, but not one of us disagreed.

Crusher’s phone rang as he opened a folder in front of him. When he answered his phone and started talking, the rest of us sat back and listened. Taking in the one-sided part of the conversation, it sounded as if the meeting was going to be delayed a little longer.

Chapter Four

Luna

The other Lady Riders and I listened as Creed informed us of security measures the club implemented to ensure there wouldn’t be a hit on the compound. Since the Black Hearts were already in California, it was just a matter of time before they came knocking on our door. After the shit with Rebel, it was only going to piss them off more, which meant when they came here, it was going to get bloody. I wondered if we were ever going to have peace again.

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