Page 24 of Bear (Rebel Saints MC 6)

I’d stopped breathing then released my held breath unsteadily. I reached for my cell phone, found Bear’s number and called it.

“Hey, how’s your night? I was just thinking of you. Do you want me to come down there?”

“Yes, can you come now? I just saw Rocky. He was doing a burnout in front of the gas station,” I said, panicked.

“On the way. Call the cops if you see him again. Make sure.”

Bear’s urgent warning had me waiting on tenterhooks for the bike to come through again. It didn’t. I grabbed a water out of the fridge and swigged most of it down. “I can’t believe this is happening to me all over again. I’m going to be next,” I whispered with terror under my breath to myself.

Not more than three minutes later, I heard a bike pull in, but this bike was one that I recognized. Bear’s Harley had a distinctive sound, a deep, rumbling depth to it that the other bike didn’t possess.

As Bear walked in, I felt my heart calming its rapid rhythm. “Thanks for coming.” My eyes widened as all the memories of my brother and his death came flooding back to my mind.

“Hey. I’m going to stay with you until the end of your shift. How long have you got?”

“Another hour.” I didn’t even try to be humble. I wanted him to stay with me and not leave my side. I was that terrified.

“Okay, then I’ll keep you company with all my bad jokes for the next hour. No biggie.” He smiled warmly, making me feel safe.

He watched me check all the bathrooms and toilets then pack up the earnings along with the float for the next day.

As soon as it was all done, it was time to go. As we walked out into the cool of the night, I felt the protectiveness of Bear. The attraction between us was like a sweet breeze on a summer’s day and he was the first man in a long time I’d been around that I felt I could relax with.

As we got to his bike, I could see his dark pupils shining in the dark.

“If there weren’t so many cameras in the place, I would kiss you,” he stated.

The deep throaty timbre of his voice made my core start to ache. “You can save it for when you drop me off.” I looked back at him.

He briefly touched my cheek. “I sure will.”

As we arrived at my place from the gas station, Bear walked me to my door. “You have a great night and call me. I don’t live far from you. I will be right back here if you need me.”

My lips parted involuntarily as he leaned in for a kiss, and all my fears about Rocky melted away.

He then pulled back. “Okay, sleep well and I will talk to you tomorrow,” he whispered.

The way he said the words so softly made me like him even more. The man was so gentle yet so damned hot at the same time. I closed the door and went inside. It was exhausting living like this when all I wanted to do was live a normal life and be a regular girl in her twenties.

The next day at the gas station, Angie showed up. “Hi, I’m back and I heard that you are ready to talk to me.” She had such a confident sass to her.

I wished I could be as bold as her. She was so dazzling with all her long cascading blonde hair that I found it hard to concentrate. “I’m ready to talk. I want justice for my brother,” I said firmly.

“If I have anything to do with it, you’ll have it. I wanted to come in and find out when you have a day off, so I can really talk to you.”

“I have the weekend off if you want to come around and talk then?”

“Great. If you write your address down for me, I will be there.”

“Thanks, probably best. What I have to show you is there too.” I scribbled my address in a scrawl, hoping she could read it.

She took the piece of paper, slid it into her pocket then nodded her head at me. “Ahh, okay. I understand. Is this evidence?”

“Yes, it is. Please don’t tell anyone about it.”

“I won’t tell anyone. I want justice for you Delphia. I want all of this to stop. Rocky came after me as well and I don’t want him to come after you either. We are going to make sure that it ends here and ends now.”

From the force with which she spoke, I felt like she was telling me the truth. “Good, because I don’t know how much more I can take.”

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