She sighed loudly. “I suppose. I miss you, that’s all.”
“Yeah, I miss you, too. Think you’ll make it back for Christmas this year?”
“We’ll see. If I get the seasonal gig again at Biltmore Estate, probably not. Now, did you just call to annoy me?”
I laughed. “No, I need you to interpret something for me.”
“Well, you called the wrong place. I only speak English.”
“I got this text and I don’t know what it means. I think the girl is mad at me, but I don’t know what I did.”
Jada gasped. “Gabriel, do you have a girlfriend?”
I scoffed. “From my perspective, yes. From hers, I’m not sure.”
Jada laughed. “Oh, dear. What did you do?”
I sighed and gave her a quick recap of meeting Lexie at Costco, hiring her to cater, and then keeping her overnight after a “security incident.”
“So let me get this straight,” my sister began with a hint of laughter in her voice. “You brought a girl to the MC clubhouse who’d never been to an MC clubhouse before.”
“Yeah.”
“And she met the bunnies and got an eyeful of the, uh, after dark activities?”
“Yeah.” I didn’t like where this was going. Had Lexie seen some of my brothers with their dicks out while they were fucking the bunnies?
“And then you get her into your room, show her a good time, and disappear before she wakes up?”
“We talked before she fell asleep. I had to leave early, and I didn’t want to wake her. She had a long night.”
“Did you leave a note?”
“No. Why would I do that? I told you we talked before she fell asleep and I planned to text her when I was on the road. Which I did.”
Jada laughed again. “Oh my sweet, thick-headed brother. Let me tell you what it looked like from her perspective. She had a traumatic experience and ended up in your bed. Youcomfortedher. Said a bunch of sweet things to her. Then she woke up. Alone. This is after meeting the bunnies and knowing how the brothers typically treat women.”
“But that’s not how I treat women.”
“And how would she know that? She’d only met you the day before. From her side, it looks like you said and did exactly what you needed to get into her pants and then left. And when you finally reach out, you don’t say ‘sorry I didn’t say goodbye, but I had to go to work’. No, not my brother. You bring up your hook up like you’re looking for round two.” Jada chuckled. “Dumbass.”
“But that’s not—I didn’t—“
Damn.Jada was right. I was an idiot.
I had dropped the ball. She was new to the MC life. Even though I told her what it meant to wear my cut in front of the brothers, she didn’t reallyknow.I could’ve made that up.
“Thanks, sis. Any advice to clear things up? I won’t be able to see her in person for a few more days.”
“That sucks, but the good news is you aren’t actually a playboy asshole. Text her back today, like right after we hang up. Be honest, admit you screwed up. Go see her as soon as you get back in town. Before you go to the clubhouse even, assuming she’s that important.”
“Oh, she is. I’m going to make her my old lady.”
Jada laughed. “Oh wow, then I wish you the best of luck. You have a big hill to climb, but I have faith in you, big brother.”
I ended the call and spent the next five minutes working on my text. Hopefully this would buy me some time until I could get back to her.
Bear
