Page 67 of Inflame Me
“Buzz, tell me you’ve got something.” Pops directs his eyes to the man we are counting on.
“I’ve narrowed it down.” He looks around the room. “They are here in Georgia.”
“You have got to be shitting me!” GT explodes, rising from his seat. “Who the fuck is it? This shit has to endnow.”
“We all agree, son,” Pops says calmly. “Sit down and let’s hear him out.”
GT listens, sitting back down, the glare still in his gaze.
“I don’t have much, just narrowed some of the data transmitters to here, but the state is fucking huge.” Buzz sweeps his hand through his hair. “I’m getting closer, though.”
That man has been working around the clock for days on cracking the computers. He deserves a hell of a fucking party once this shit is done.
“All right. What about our buddies Griff and Miller?” Pops asks, looking at Dagger and myself. Considering neither one of us were there, I’m not sure why.
I shrug.
“Griff should be found any day now, about two hundred miles from here. I have eyes on Miller. He hasn’t said a word,” Becs answers.
“Tanner said she saw Miller, and there was nothing. Said she also talked to Griff’s wife who was distraught, but nothing has come back on them for the fire or for the ass’s disappearance,” I include.
“Sounds good. Let’s get out of here.” Pops slams the gavel.
“COME ON.” I grab Tanner’s hand and pull her out the door of the two bedroom apartment that she insisted on getting with her mother. She’s only been here a few days, but it was the first thing she insisted on. I wanted to lock her ass up at my place about three miles from here; however, she didn’t agree. I don’t know why I let her have a choice in the matter. Regardless, it won’t be long before I get her where I want her. If she’s here in Sumner, I want her in my fucking bed, but for now, being in hers works fine.
“Where are we going?” she asks as I pull her to my bike and hand her the helmet, which she puts on with a smile on her face.
“It’s a surprise.”
“You know I love being on the back of your bike,” she tells me as she throws her leg over and nestles behind me.
“Good thing, because I love you being back there, too.”
She gasps. I only say what comes natural, and at that moment, that did.
She squeezes me as we pull off for a ride.
The day is beautiful: not too hot, not too cold, just fucking perfect. The wind around us while Tanner’s wrapped around my body is the best fucking place in the world. I honest to God don’t think I’ll ever get enough of her.
We ride for hours, taking back roads as I show her around Sumner and the surrounding area. I want her to see her new home and show her the places that I’ve loved going to over the years. As we pass by places, I tap her arm and point to them, and she just nods her head. I’ll explain everything to her later.
I pull the bike up to my place. It’s nothing big, only a three bedroom log cabin that I bought as soon as I could afford it. I never had a home before this one. I helped a few buddies of mine build it. A lot of blood, sweat, and beer went into making the place, and I wouldn’t change it for the world. It sits back on two acres with woods around it. It’s serene and quiet. While I love being at the club, it does get to be a bit much at times. When I need some time, I come here.
I’ve brought Tanner here a couple of times, but we have never really stayed long. With getting her and her mother settled, it’s been hectic. Hopefully, things will calm the hell down now. That’s why we’re here today. I want to show her something.
I park the bike, and Tanner climbs off. She pulls off the helmet and flings her blondish red hair. Fuck, that’s hot.
I pull her to me and lay a searing kiss on her lips. Nope, never getting enough.
I lace our fingers together. “Come with me.” I pull her around the back of the house and through the small path in the woods.
She follows, the swish of her boots on the grass right behind me.
I pause when I see it through the clearing, and Tanner inhales deeply.
“Oh, my God,” she whispers.
I smile. I’m so fucking proud of this place. “I built it. It took me a couple of years, but I think it turned out great.”
