AllFreeNovel
Share Us
CHAPTERTEN
RIFF
My cell buzzes on the milk crate nightstand next to me. I’m still recovering from the trip. Thankfully, it wasn’t very eventful, aside from being pulled over on the way there. Nothing happened on the way back or at the second drop-off location. I’m set to do the trip again in a couple of months. We’re on a rotation and it’ll be my turn again.
When I don’t answer the call, it rings again, and I reach out and snap into the device as my greeting.
“What?” I shout.
“Jeez, don’t be such a dick,” Luella snaps. “Here I was calling you to warn you about something, but I won’t do it if you’re going to be an asshole.”
Closing my eyes, I let out a sigh. Brianne reaches out, sliding her hand across my stomach. I don’t let it rest there for long. Picking up her hand, I move it to the bed and off of me.
“Luella, what the fuck is going on?” I demand on an exhale.
She lets out a grunt, then she finally tells me. “A very cute girl came in here looking very distressed. She said she needed to speak to you and she’s on her way in. I didn’t get her name. She was young and brunette, maybe her hair was reddish, she was gorgeous, really.”
“Fuck,” I spit. “Thanks, babe.”
Sliding out of bed, I hurry around the room and gather up my clothes, putting them on as quickly as I can. Last, I pull on my boots and rush down to the bar area. Sucking in a breath, I start to head toward the door when it opens.
Bans is standing in the doorway and he jerks his chin toward me. “You got a visitor, Riff,” he calls out.
She appears almost instantly behind him. It’s exactly who I thought would be here and fuck me, does she look like a sight for sore eyes. I watch her, unable to take my eyes off of her. She’s fucking beautiful, amazing in every way.
“Tanner,” I call out.
“I need to talk to you. Is there somewhere we can go?” she asks.
Looking around, I place my hands on my hips. There’s hardly anyone even in here. Happy is sitting at the corner of the bar and there are a couple guys milling around.
“Nothing you can’t say here,” I say.
She looks down at her hands, then slowly lifts her attention up to meet mine. I watch as she sucks in a deep breath, then she speaks and when she does, she shocks the absolute shit out of me.
“I’m pregnant,” she blurts out.
Blinking, I’m unable to even put a thought together as I stare at her, my lips parted in awe at her two words. Two simple words and yet, they are the biggest words I’ve ever heard before in my entire life.
I don’t say anything in response. I don’t know what she expects me to say, anyway. I could ask her if it’s mine, but I don’t think that would go over too well, so I just stare at her, waiting for her to speak.
“It’s yours. You didn’t use anything,” she hisses. “I just thought that you should know,” she says, her voice cracking as tears well up in her eyes.
Taking a step toward her, my hands itch to touch her. I want to feel her skin beneath my touch. But I resist… barely.
“Yeah, fuck,” I say as I lift my hand and run my fingers through my hair, tugging at the ends.
I open my mouth to say something, I don’t know what, but I am ready to say something to kill the silence around us. Before I can speak, another voice comes out before mine can.
“Hey, baby, I missed you in bed. What’s going on?” Brianne calls out as she walks up behind me, sliding her hand around my waist.
“Oh no,” Tanner says, taking a step backward. I watch as she lifts her hands to her mouth. Her face goes pale, then she spins around and runs out of the room.
Fuck.
Turning my head, I look down at Brianne who is standing next to me wearing nothing except a pair of panties. Fuck. Fucking fuckfuck. I don’t think this shit could get worse. JesusfuckingChrist.
TANNER
