Page 118 of Shattered Pieces

“Don’t let her leave, Warden,” Lexi whined, grabbing me in a bear hug.

“You won’t be far behind her, Bryant,” the warden replied with a chuckle, motioning for me to hurry up.

I gave all the girls a hug, even Kat, and it was really fucking hard to walk away.

“Hey, Donovan,” Lexi called when I’d finally managed to walk across the room, making me look back. “I’ll see you soon, yeah?”

“Count on it.”

“Get the fuck out of here before you get in a fight and fuck it up or something,” she grinned, blowing me a kiss and making a lump form in my throat.

I playfully flipped her off, making them laugh as I followed the warden through the prison and into a room I hadn’t seen since I’d arrived.

“Your friend brought some clothes in for you since you weren’t exactly dressed when you were arrested,” the warden murmured, pointing to a bag on a table. “You can get dressed behind that curtain and head out the other door. It leads to reception.”

“Thank you,” I said with a smile, and she sighed.

“I don’t want to see you on this side of the walls again. Clear?”

“I won’t make any promises,” I chuckled, and she gave me a knowing look before leaving me to get changed, grateful that one of the guys had grabbed my comfortable clothes and a baggy hoodie. My confiscated metal piercings were in a little bag too, so I put those back in and finally felt like myself again.

The front desk was quiet since it was after the morning’s visiting hours, and they barely acknowledged me as I walked past them to the main doors, pushing them open and walking down the path to the parking lot to find Hunter leaning against his car with a grin on his face.

“Hey, Hot Shot.”

My emotions were running rampant, and I couldn’t help myself as I ran the rest of the way and threw myself at him as he stepped forward, his arms catching me easily as I wrapped my legs around his waist.

It hurt my tattoos a little, but I didn’t care.

“Thanks for coming to get me,” I mumbled, hugging him tightly.

“Do I get a thank you kiss?”

“Don’t push it,” I scoffed, pulling back so he could put me on my feet.

He was smirking, leaning back on his car again to pull his cigarettes from his pocket.

“So, what do you want to do now you’re a free woman?”

I took a cigarette from him and he lit it for me, and I thought about it for a second as I enjoyed the first drag.

“I want greasy food, some sun, maybe a good bottle of whiskey,” I finally answered, and he turned to open the passenger door for me.

“I can do burgers and sun. The rich pricks can handle the whiskey.”

“Where are we going for burgers?”

“If you want Burgers and Beats, I won’t say no. Peter would probably like to see you now you’re out,” he shrugged, ushering me into the car before closing the door and walking around to the driver’s side.

I kept the window down, enjoying the fresh air as we headed to Rosevale. My stomach was growling, earning me amused glances from Hunter.

“Hungry?” he asked, and I cringed.

“I was too excited to eat breakfast this morning.”

“I’m not surprised. Ty wanted to come too, but Josie made him go to school. She suggested you’d want some quiet time before coming back into society,” he huffed, and I gave him a look.

“I wasn’t in there that long.”