“Sweet butts?” I asked. “What the hell is a sweet butt?”
“The club whores. Every club has them. A couple of the girls are okay, but the rest are nothing but trouble. They’re always looking to get their claws into one of the brothers, but none of the guys around here wants a stretched out has-been for an old lady.”
“You are too much, Dallas,” I said, laughing.
“Truth, girl,” she said with a wink. “No man wants someone’s sloppy seconds.”
I looked down at the other end of the bar and asked, “What about Cassidy? Is she one of them?” I really liked her, and I hated the thought of not being able to talk to her.
“She’s different. Cassidy isn’t like the others. She’s more… selective.” I didn’t know what to think. I knew things were different here, but this was a little much.
“So all the guys have been with these girls? Even Kane?” I asked, feeling a little nauseous at the thought.
“Don’t ask questions you already know the answer to, girl.”
Arms slowly wrapped around my waist, and I felt the bristles of Kane’s beard brush against my cheek. Just having him close made my doubts slip away. I didn’t care about his past. I just cared about his future.
“You ready to get out of here?” he whispered in my ear.
“Whenever you are,” I told him as I leaned back into his chest.
“Let’s roll,” he said as he nipped at my ear.
“You kids have fun,” Dallas said playfully. “I know you will, Allie.”
We both laughed, and I gave her a quick hug before I said, “Thank you, Dallas. I really had fun hanging out with you tonight.”
*
Chapter 12
Guardrail
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My phone started ringing early this morning, but I couldn’t make myself answer it. There was only one thing that was going to get me to wake up… Allie. I wanted to feel her body pressed against mine, to hear her call out my name over and over while I fucked her senseless. I was pissed when I rolled over, though, and found that she wasn’t in the bed with me. I lifted up on my elbows and quickly realized that her clothes were missing. Fuck! She had slipped out of the house without me noticing. When my phone started again with its incessant ringing, I thought it might be her. I reached over to the nightstand and answered it.
“Yeah,” I grumbled.
“She’s on the move,” Big Mike announced. “Looks like she’s heading back to her house.”
“What the fuck?”
“She got another message from Tony about a half an hour ago. He told her to meet him there. I’ve got two of the brothers on her, but you might want to get over there.”
“Tell them not to lose sight of her. I’m on my way,” I ordered.
Anger surged through me as I threw on my clothes. I tried to warn her that Tony was up to no good, but she wouldn’t listen. She was just too damn stubborn. She was determined to help him, but there was no way for her to help someone like him. He was out for himself, and he didn’t care who he brought down with him.
When I pulled up to Allie’s house, Rico and Boozer were standing outside her living room window with their weapons drawn. They both watched as I pulled into the driveway. I didn’t stop to ask what was going on. I just headed straight for the front door.
I stopped as I heard Tony shout, “I’ve seen you with him. I know what you’ve been doing, Allie! What the fuck were you thinking?”
“I don’t know what you’re talking about!” she yelled back.
“You’ve been to their clubhouse. You’ve been in his bed! I’ve been watching you, sis. I know you’ve sided with them.”
“What the hell are you talking about? I’ve ALWAYS been on your side! He’s just my contractor!”
“Are you so fucking stupid you don’t even know who you let crawl between your goddamn legs? Fuck, Allie. He’s the Vice President of Satan’s Fury. They’ve been after me for weeks, and now you’re fucking the man that wants to put a bullet in my head!” Tony shouted.
“You’re lying, Tony!” she screamed. “He’d never do anything like that!”
“You are so fucking stupid! Don’t you know he just used you for a good fuck? How could you be so damn na?ve? A man like him would never settle for woman like you, Allie. Surely you don’t think this guy actually gives a fuck about you. You’re just a piece of ass to him!”
“You’re wrong, Tony,” she said, not sounding very sure of herself. I could tell that she was beginning to have her doubts, and I didn’t like it. Not one fucking bit.
“Just give me the money so I can get the hell out of here!”
“I don’t have the money, Tony. They wouldn’t give me the loan,” she cried.
“Fuuckk!!” he shouted.
I heard something fall before Allie shouted, “Tony, what are you doing? I told you I don’t have the money! Put the gun away!”