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I ripped open a candy bar that was crunchy and caramelly. “You are not wrong.” I took a bite and chewed before saying, “It’s too bad you weren’t around during Tavy’s teen years. She could’ve used this.” I closed my mouth and blanched. “Shit. I’m sorry. I didn’t mean that to sound the way it did.”
“Forget about it.” He finished the last of his drink and threw the can into the plastic bag. “Let’s get back on the road.”
He pulled out of the spot and we turned onto the highway.
I ate the rest of the candy bar and was contemplating going for a another. “She never really told me much about you.”
“Damn, you’re not pulling any punches today, are you?”
“I’m sorry, I just mean, she told me that you were a biker and that you guys were reconnecting, but that’s all she said about it.”
“She told me her best friend was named Logan, so I assumed you were a dude.”
I chuckled. “Touché. My parents thought I was going to be a boy. I popped out and they decided to go with the name anyway. I like it, though.”
“It’s a good name.” He glanced at me. “You and Tavy met in college, right?”
“We were suite mates our freshman year. Inseparable ever since.” I caved and pulled out another candy bar. “You look way too young to have a twenty-four-year-old daughter.”
“I was seventeen when Tavy’s mom got pregnant. We tried to make it work, but we were young. Too young. We split up and I wasn’t there for Tavy’s childhood. Not the way I should’ve been.”
“I think it’s good that she’s moving to Waco to be closer to you. She wouldn’t have done well in South Dakota, though. Tavy and winter do not mix.”
He cracked a smile. “Never thought anything good would come from the South Dakota club chapter disbanding. The Waco boys and their families welcomed us with open arms. They’re good people. Tavy will like them. So will you.”
“Me?”
“Yeah, you.” Smoke glanced at me. “Tavy’s my daughter, so she’s family, which means she’ll be hanging around the club, who are also my family. And since you hang with Tavy…”
“One big happy biker family?”
“Something like that.”
I sighed. “Family’s nice.”
“You miss your family?”
I nodded. “Yeah.”
“Parents still together?”
“Yup.”
“Siblings?”
“Four older brothers. Four older, very protective brothers. Not sure I want to tell them the truth about Knox. They might fly down from Idaho and pummel his ass.”
“I like them already.”
“Not worth the drama,” I said. “Best to let it go and move on.”
“Let it go by pouring concrete down his pipes and keying his car?”
“I had to be petty first,” I said with a wry smile. “He hurt me. I hurt his wallet. Seems like a fair trade.”
“Not even close.”
We fell silent for a moment and then I asked, “Tavy’s stepdad…you ever meet him?”
