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Maybe I should talk to my roommate, Delaney, to see if she knows anyone I could possibly go out with. If I start to date, it might make it easier to get over a guy who doesn’t even know I exist other than as Gunner’s little sister.
CHAPTER2
HONOR
“Come on, Honor,” Delaney yells from the front of our apartment we share. “We’re running late as it is for your niece’s birthday party. Quit fretting about your outfit, you look fine.” As if I needed the reminder.
I inwardly groan and look at myself in the mirror.
Makeup on, check.
Black denim shorts, fitting perfectly, check.
My hair straight and not frizzed, check.
My insulin pump fully charged, double check.
I look one more time to make sure you can’t see the pump with the way my shirt fits and finally move away from the mirror. “I’m coming. Do you have the gift?” I shout back, making my way out of my room, nervous and dreading going to the clubhouse. If not for it being Delilah’s birthday party, I wouldn’t be going.
“Yep, now let’s get a move on already,” Delaney says, using that tone of hers I always imagine she uses with the students she works with. She’s also a special education teacher and loves working with kids that have disabilities, so she gets me when it comes to my passion for working in the ER.
The day I met Delaney was the day she became my best friend. We talk about everything and pretty much do everything together. I was looking for a roommate, and she answered the ad I’d put out. I technically don’t have to live with a roommate but having her here is the best. I don’t like to live alone. Since moving in and becoming my absolute best friend, she knows everything about me, even the secrets I keep from my own family.
“Right,” I mutter, so not ready to be going to the clubhouse but looking forward to seeing my niece all the same.
I still have a hard time believing Delilah is my niece, but she’s such a sweet girl and a total daddy’s girl. What sucks, though, is her mom, she worked for the club. Gunner and Quinn got together though they were only friends. The kicker is my brother didn’t know about having a daughter until Quinn confided in him a while ago right before she was killed in a fire at one of the bars the club owns.
The whole thing was a tragedy in itself and my heart hurts for my niece. Still, it doesn’t make it easy knowing Delilah was a secret up until then. I wanted to be mad on my brother’s behalf, but that little girl made it hard to do so.
So, instead of thinking about the fact I’m going to the clubhouse where all of my brother’s brothers will be, I’m looking forward to seeing Delilah, and of course Zinnia and the other ol’ ladies who will be there. What I’m not ecstatic about is seeing Savage again. It’s been two months since he’d been stabbed and brought to the ER. I haven’t seen him since, but I know he’ll be there today.
With a heavy sigh, I step out of the apartment right behind Delaney and walk the short distance to my car. The two of us decided to take mine instead of hers because hers isn’t acting right and it’s better to be safe than sorry. Our apartment is roughly ten minutes from the clubhouse, which is good, though I’m sure Gunner is going to give me an earful about being thirty minutes late already.
“So, how did last night go with Simon?” Delaney asks, bringing up my date from last night and getting me out of my head.
“It was okay, I suppose.” I shrug and steer the car down the long road leading to the clubhouse. “Simon’s nice enough, I guess. He asked me to go out with him again next weekend.” I agreed because I’m hoping if I date, then I’ll stop thinking about Savage and the sight of him and Dr. Tatem.
To make things with that whole diabolical situation worse, Dr. Tatem has been talking about how good Savage is, even months later, she won’t shut up about him. I don’t know if they’ve met up since, but from what I know about the guy, he’s a one-and-done type and doesn’t go back for seconds. That is unless you’re one of the clubwhores and are easy access and have a loose hole that needs to be filled. Only then he goes back and again because they’re easy access.
“That’s good. I’m glad it’s working out for you guys.”
“I suppose.” Again, I shrug. “We’ll have to see how things go.”
Delaney nods and starts telling me about her week. With our schedules, we haven’t been able to see each other much lately. But we always find time to talk, even if it’s just through text.
It’s part of the system we have in place between us to ensure when we go out, we’re doing what we can for our safety. Delaney thought it would be a good idea to put it in place when she found out I was a diabetic and that no one else knew about it. With the way I work myself crazy, she’s the person who keeps me in check when it comes to checking my sugar levels and making sure I’ve got my insulin.She even has an app that tells her, and if she has to, she’ll call the hospital to get a hold of me if I don’t remember to take care of it.
“I don’t know if it’s working out,” I blurt, bringing the date back up I had with Simon, and shake my head as I pull into the parking area of the clubhouse. “I mean he’s a nice guy and all but honestly, I don’t think he’s my type. Granted, I’ll admit, it’s nice to be going out with a guy who doesn’t push or try to get in my pants before I’m ready.”
“Ugh, I hate that.” Delaney shifts in her seat and looks at me. “I wish he’d been more of a fit. So, don’t worry about going out with him again. Text him and tell him that it was a good date, but after thinking about it, he’s not a good fit.”
“Yeah, I might just do that,” I mutter. “I just want to find a guy to, well, you know . . .” I shift my car into park and take a deep breath while shoving open the door. “Here we go.”
“Oh, believe me, I know what you’re getting at.” Laughing, Delaney joins me at the front of the car, Delilah’s gift in her hands. “Come on, it’s not going to be that bad.”
I cock my head slightly and stare at her through my sunglasses. “So you say.”
I dread seeing Savage, though she doesn’t know that. I guess you can say that’s one secret I’ve kept solely to myself. Delaney knows about what happened at the hospital between Dr. Tatem and Savage, but she doesn’t know about my years-long crush on Savage. I refuse to tell anyone about it. It makes me feel like a total idiotic fool.
