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His lips twitch into a smirk. “Yeah. What’s this car?” he asks.
Both Legacy and Roadkill chuckle. Road turns away from me, walks toward the roll-down door, and begins to open it. When he does, we’re met with a piece of shit. A complete fucking pile of shit.
“Is this a ’76 Cutlass?” Agony asks.
“Yeah,” Roadkill says on a laugh. “Figured you could do something with this shit.”
“Fuck. I was hoping for something a lot goddamn cooler,” I point out.
The others laugh, but together, we take out a notebook of paper and get to work. The four of us brainstorm. And after a few hours and a lunch break, we come up with something that looks less like a ’76 Cutlass and more like a badass fucking ride.
Legacy’s phone rings just as we’re getting ready to start pulling this bitch apart. He holds up his hand as he answers. We all stop and turn to watch him, waiting to see what he’s going to say and who is on the other end of the line.
“What?” he asks. “That’s your fucking supplier, not us.”
It’s happened.
Raul and Dutch are having problems with the bad shit. Inwardly, my lips curve up into a huge smile. Roadkill shifts from one foot to the other. I can’t look at him, because I’ll smile on the outside to match the inside, and then Legacy will know what the fuck I did.
“So, you’re going to get more from the same supplier?” he asks. “It’s your fucking funeral.”
Raul might think that he’s a big bad motherfucker, but you don’t wage war with these drug suppliers. He will not win. His army is not large enough. I don’t say any of that, though, and neither does Legacy, even though I know he’s thinking the same fucking thing.
He ends the call, his gaze swinging to mine. “This has your name written all over it,” he snaps.
Roadkill lets out a cough and takes a step backward. That’s when Legacy realizes we’re both in on it, and he groans. “You motherfuckers are going to get us goddamn killed,” he barks.
“They’ll never suspect it’s us,” I point out.
He lifts his hand, his fingers running through his hair, tugging on the edges. He closes his eyes, then opens them and extends a finger toward me before he stabs the air toward Roadkill.
“You two. You’re delivering some more shit to that bastard tomorrow. Go down and pick it up right now. It’s ready.”
I don’t tell him I have to talk to my baby mama, that I got to get her to a fucking clinic so I can find out if she’s really my baby mama or not. Because if I don’t get that shit under control, it’s going to ruin my marriage.
I don’t tell him any of that because right now, club business trumps personal business. But I really want this shit done. I want Tempt gone. I want this life with my wife, even though she could do better than the old fuck I am.
I’m still keeping her.
“This car?” Agony asks, jerking his chin toward the Cutlass.
“After this shit is delivered, we’ll all meet up and work on it together,” Legacy murmurs, his attention focusing on the car.
He is serious about this, and I like that. Maybe it’s just the fact that I have a wife now, that I want a family with her, that I have a home and things that could be taken away from me if I were thrown into prison, but the idea of going legit doesn’t piss me off.
In fact, it excites me.
PIPER
Sweeping up the floor from the last client, I throw the hair away and turn around just as the bell above the door dings. My lips are smiling widely, ready to greet the new customer, when everything around me freezes.
It’s her.
My body jerks, and my palms immediately start to sweat, but I can’t move. She’s walking toward me, but I can’t even breathe, let alone run away from her, which is exactly what I want to do right now.
“I have an appointment to get my hair done,” she announces, her gaze never leaving mine. “I want to look good for my man when he comes over tonight.”
I continue to stare at her, but it’s Reese who moves. She isn’t debilitated the way I am. She marches up to the woman, stopping directly in front of her, then tilts her head to the side, her hand balling into a fist and landing on her hip as she pops it out. It’s mesmerizing to watch the whole scene unfold, and considering that’s all I’m doing, I just stare.
