Page 82 of Inglorious
“Guess Drew was lucky,” Hercules snorted.
Drew’s home became the first finished, and he moved in last week. The guy seemed quite happy patrolling and handling shit, although he’d not yet found staff. But now that he was here permanently, he could start looking in earnest.
“Oil put forward an idea that we really need to consider. Oil, would you tell everyone?” Nanci said and turned to Oil.
“We need at least one fire engine. These buildings are mainly wood. If one goes up, they all will. I know construction is placing sprinklers in each building, but we need more. By the time Fire answers a call, we’d have lost the town.”
“Good idea,” I drawled. “And it’s not as if Chill, Razor, and I aren’t relief firefighters. It wouldn’t be a hardship for the rest of the club to train up.”
“Maybe make that mandatory,” Vortex explained.
“Don’t know about forcing people to fight fire. I’d rather have volunteers,” Nanci replied.
“Agreed. Someone forced may hang back and risk lives or buildings. Volunteering is the way to go. Oil, it was your idea,can you look into how much two engines cost? They can be held at the coaching inn,” I agreed.
And shit, I’d given an order again. I glanced at Nanci, but she didn’t seem too bothered.
“What are we doing with that large building at the end of town? The one that used to belong to the old sawmill?” King asked.
“Not sure yet. I was thinking of making it an extra restaurant, but we’ve got two planned, along with the two saloons. Plus, of the three takeaways we’re allowing in town,” I replied.
“How about making it a museum? You said at the last meeting we had permission to open the mines as a tourist and educational attraction. That building could be used to display the town’s history,” King suggested.
“Good idea,” I said. I was surprised that Nanci had wrangled the state into letting us open the No. 1 and No. 2 Merritt mines. They’d been deemed unsafe and closed off for years. However, Nanci pledged to ensure their safety of guests, and the state concurred. A bit of me had wondered how much of that was to ease the guilt they felt over the war.
“What about the theatre? Are we keeping it?” Lasher asked.
“It’s one of the worst buildings left. Half of it has collapsed. It may be easier to rip it down,” Nanci said.
“Nah. Restore it and have local troops put on plays or have bands play concerts there. It can be a moneymaker if marketed right,” Lasher argued, and I nodded thoughtfully. I was ready to wreck it, but Lasher made a point.
“I’ll consider it,” I responded.
“Anything else around the town? No? Okay. Moving on. Oil wants to handle our investments. We all know he has the Midas touch when it comes to making money. Are we all in agreement? Chill, take the ayes and nays down,” Nanci continued with the meeting.
Everyone agreed about Oil handling them. Considering the man had just dropped a good ten mill into our club’s balance, nobody could say otherwise. Oil enjoyed making money for the fun of it, but he was clever and astute.
“One last vote. It needs to be unanimous. I suggest Inglorious takes back the presidency,” Nanci said and took us all by surprise.
“Aye,” Vortex said, and I stared at him in surprise. I thought he’d be the holdout.
“Aye,” Razor agreed almost at the same time as Vortex.
One by one, everyone voted aye, and their trust and faith in me humbled me.
“I won’t let you down again,” I promised as Nanci rose from her chair and waved her hand for me to take her place.
Nanci smiled. “I know, or I wouldn’t have suggested. This is a church for brothers, and I’ve no other business to bring up. I’m going to bow out and leave you all alone.”
With that, my woman took off her coat and handed it to me. I caught her and kissed her, pouring all the love I kept for her into it before releasing her.
“Thank you,” I whispered.
“You’re welcome. See you outside,” Nanci murmured and strutted her pert ass outside. My fuckin’ woman!
Turning back to my brothers, I saw them hiding smirks and scowled at them. “Let’s get back to business.”
“Sure, Pres,” Vortex smirked as I glowered. It didn’t stay long before a smile crossed my lips.
