Page 49 of Cruise Control


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“You can say what you want about me, butdo notmock my faith!” she yelled.

“You better put a leash on your woman,” Ronnie ordered Parker.

“Excuse me?” Parker laughed.

“Excuse me!?” Paige yelled.

“Don’t you yell at Ronnie!” Katie yelled, swatting her again. Paige snorted and shoved her away.

“Touch me again, and we will have a problem.”

“Everyone, let’s just calm down!” Parker shouted to be heard.

“I’m real scared,bean pole,” Katie taunted again, stepping up close to Paige.

“You should be,fat ass,” Paige snapped back, closing the gap between them and forcing them chest to chest.

“Hey, back off,” Ronnie grunted, reaching around Katie and placing a beefy hand on Paige’s collarbone. He shoved her backwards and she stumbled a couple steps.

“Whoa whoa whoa, buddy, you fuckin’ touch her again, and we really will have a problem!” Parker shouted, trying to get into Ronnie’s face. Meanwhile, Paige marched right back up to Katie.

“Maybeyouhad better put a leash on yourdog,” she snapped sarcastically, glaring straight at Ronnie while shoving Katie back into him.

“Hey!Stop it! Not helping!” Parker yelled at her.

Ronnie gripped Katie by the shoulders, holding her steady. He glared back at Paige and reached out to push her once again. Paige grabbed his hand by the thumb and twisted it backwards. The reaction was immediate. He hunched over in pain, almost knocking Katie down.

“Stop! Stop!” he roared.

“Stop it!” Katie yelled, and then reached out and grabbed a handful of Paige’s hair.

Oh no, not this again.

She let go of Ronnie’s hand and tried to get ahold of Katie, but the curvy girl was surprisingly agile. She bounced around, pulling down until Paige was bent in half. Noise erupted all around them and Paige could hear Parker trying to shout over it. She struggled to keep her footing so she could use the same trick she'd used in the fight in Oklahoma, but the floor was too wet and slippery. So she was reduced to something she hated – she grabbed a handful of Katie’s hair, as well, and pulled as hard as she could.

“Get her off of me! Get her off of me!” Katie screamed.

“You stupid bitch,yougrabbedme! Let go!” Paige yelled back.

Suddenly, she felt a hand grab her around the forearm. A beefy hand. It twisted her skin until she let out a yelp of pain. She had no choice but to let go of Katie’s hair and try to get her arm free from its captor. There was more shouting and suddenly Katie wasn’t holding her anymore. Paige finally stood upright, breathing hard.

Ronnie moved his grip to her upper arm and held her in place. Parker had Katie around the waist and was holding her squirming form in the air. Both men were glaring at each other and Katie was demanding to be let go. Paige realized there was a lot of other noise and she looked around. It seemed several more fights had erupted around the bar.

Did we start this? And by “we”, I do meanI am such an idiot.

“Okay!Okay, everyone, chill out. I’m gonna set you down now. Ronnie, let her go,” Parker shouted, slowly setting Katie on her feet. Once her feet touched the ground, Katie pulled and slapped at Parker’s arms.

“You should teach her how to act right,” Ronnie spat out, before flinging Paige forward. He jerked on her arm as he did so, so hard she actually shrieked in pain before falling to her knees, throwing her hands out to stop herself from face planting.

Pandemonium broke out over her. She crawled away and pulled herself up, but before she could stand completely upright, Katie had launched herself at Paige’s waist. Paige struggled to stay on her feet while the tinier girl wrenched herself back and forth, and she haphazardly glanced around.

Apparently Parker had finally reached his boiling point, too. He'd rushed Ronnie, and now the two had their arms locked around each other. Paige stared wide eyed, almost feeling like she was having an out-of-body experience.

How the fuck did we get here? Oh yeah, it's because I’mbeyond an idiot.

Joey had certainly hit the nail on the head when he'd called her that.

She grabbed Katie’s hair again. Paige really didn’t like hair pulling, but desperate times called for desperate measures, and she was pretty sure if push came to shove, Ronnie would hand Parker his own ass. Parker was a big guy, but Ronnie was easily six-foot-six and probably around three hundred pounds.

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