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“Does that stuff happen a lot?” she asked, concern clear in her voice.
“Yeah, you try to keep your area crime-free, and criminals do not like it. We don’t get much crime here, but even so, assholes always wanna sneak in,” Levi said.
“I didn’t realise moving here would have so much drama,” Madisen muttered, her tone sounding worried.
“Spearfish is a good place to live for most people. Hellfire just sticks its neck out to keep everything free and clear. We work with the cops and have a solid relationship with them,” he replied.
“That’s great to know. So you never said, is your… Pres… you called him? Is he mad at me?” Madisen asked.
“No! Pissed at the seller, not at you. We’ll open a bar elsewhere. What brought you to Spearfish, anyway?” Levi pried.
“A new start for me and my cousins. We did not like where we came from, and no one will look for us here,” Madisen answered and then looked sick.
Levi chose to ignore that slip even though he wanted to pry deeper. He knew about her. Chance had updated them at church, and they all planned to keep an eye on the cousins. They didn’t want an organised crime family moving into Spearfish. He knew who her father was, the family name, and they’d been organised crime, but that was the bare basics, Levi didn’t know everything and wanted to. So far, the girls seemed on the up and up.
“So why a speakeasy?” Levi asked.
Madisen looked relieved.
“My cousins and I love the twenties and thirties. We dress from that era and style our hair and makeup the same. There’s something magical about it. So we decided to go with the flow,” Madisen said with a shrug.
“Gonna have a dress code?”
“Yes, no jeans, tees, and skimpy dresses in our club. It is going to be about classy attire and dignity, even self-respect,” Madisen replied.
“That means a lot to you,” Levi asked, and she nodded.
Before he could say anything else, her eyes caught the clock on the wall.
“Sorry, it’s nearly eleven. I have to get home. I’ve an early meeting in the morning.” Madisen lifted to her feet and smiled. Levi rose with her.
“Thanks for this evening. It made that ruined date a lot more enjoyable! At least it wasn’t a total waste of my time,” Madisen said with another shy smile.
“I’d like to do this again,” Levi replied and saw the hesitation on Madisen’s face. “Is it because I’m a biker?”
“No!” Madisen exclaimed.
“Then what’s stopping us?”
Just then, her phone rang, and she looked at it, puzzled. As she lifted it, her frown deepened.
“Excuse me,” Madisen said and answered the phone.
Levi listened as she asked hello and then identified Cami at the end of the call. Madisen didn’t repeat what was wrong but stated she was on her way home.
“Everything okay?” Levi questioned as Madisen ended the phone with a sigh.
“Yes, worried cousin. Sorry, I need to get back,” Madisen hedged with a look towards the door.
“I enjoyed tonight,” Levi murmured. Before he could ask for her phone number, Madisen smiled.
“Thank you for not making my night a bust, but I really must go. Thanks, Levi,” she said and then, to his amazement, scurried away.
Madisen
The panic in Cami’s voice had been plain to hear. I also knew that my cousins would be arming themselves to the hilt now. The bunch of blue roses that’d been delivered to our house meant only one thing: Millar Levitt was sending a message. It was one I would be only too happy to reply to.
Before Oscar died, he’d been planning to marry all four of us off. Despite the fact he knew Cami and Brandy were together, that hadn’t mattered to him. Happiness didn’t come into play. No, Oscar had been about selling his female folk to make liaisons in the crime world. Millar Levitt, a vile brute of a guy who had no problem raping a woman, had been picked for Cami. He’d discovered Cami’s favourite colour was blue and often sent blue roses.
