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Almost.
“We—ah—got into a fight,” I admitted softly.
“About what?” Tavy wondered.
“Things,” I said evasively. “His world. My world. All the obstacles in the way of us being together.”
“Ah,” Logan said with a nod. “He’s a biker and that comes with a lot of stuff.”
“What kind of stuff?” I asked. “He won’t tell me. But I’m not stupid…his knuckles are raw, like he punched someone in the last couple of days. What’s the deal with club business?”
“Party line,” Logan muttered.
“Totally,” Willa said.
Neither of them went on.
Tavy broke the silence. “Let me guess…I’m not an Old Lady so now you’re all going to clamshell.” She rose. “I’m going to the bathroom. When I get back, can we please talk about something that includes me? I hate being out of the loop.”
Tavy headed inside and I looked to Logan and Willa.
“Well?” I asked. “What can’t I know?”
Chapter 20
“Technically, you can’t know anything,” Willa said. “You’re not an Old Lady, and only Old Ladies are privy to information about the club. And even then, you’ll never know as much as you want.”
“I don’t belong here,” I murmured. “Do I?”
“That depends,” Logan said slowly. “Do you want to be here?”
I looked at Bones again. I watched him laugh and joke with his brothers. He made my stomach flip with lust, but what the hell was I doing?
“My head says no, I shouldn’t be here. But my body…” I sighed.
“Yeah.” Logan nodded. “I get it. I so get it.”
“Doc really should be the one to talk to you,” Willa said.
My attention shifted to her. “Doc? Why?”
“Because she’s like you. She comes from money. She’s from the opposite side of the tracks, but she fell in love with Boxer anyway. And she stayed.”
“But she’s not here. You two are. And I need…I don’t know. I need insight. I need to know I’m not completely crazy to even entertain this idea.”
“You take this one,” Logan said to Willa. “You’ve been around longer.”
“By like, only a few months,” Willa said. “This is really something for Mia or Darcy to talk about.”
“They’re not here,” Logan said. “Tick tock.”
“Fine,” Willa said with a sigh. “The men in this club…they’re loyal and protective. They want families. And there isn’t anything they wouldn’t do for each other or for their women and kids. But they also live life in the gray area.”
“I gathered that,” I drawled. “The fact that he carries a pistol and came to my place tonight with raw knuckles kind of gave it away.”
“It used to be that Old Ladies weren’t involved in club business at all,” Willa continued slowly. “We didn’t know what the club was doing, like, in any way. It was a way to protect us in case…in case things went south.”
“Okay,” I said with a nod. “That makes sense. I guess.”
