Charity For Nothing: The Virtues Book III Read Online Free

mean?”
    Radar grinned, “Got a thing for our boy, Nothing?”
    I blushed; I couldn’t help myself, “Just curious more than anything.”
    Radar spun me out and then back, when we came back together, he said, rather somberly, “I’d give any ideas about flirting or whatever the boot right now. Nothing ain’t over his wife and kid.”
    “Oh…”
    “He should be, it happened forever and a fuckin’ day ago. I lost my Ol’ Lady to cancer something like two years ago. I can’t imagine living like it was only yesterday that she died for almost four years .” He shook his head, adding, “That shit just ain’t right.”
    “Oh my god…” I uttered, “His wife died ?” I felt horrible, and more than ever wanted to fix it.
    “And his kid,” Radar said. “It was a stupid fucking accident. Anyways, best just to steer clear, he’s pretty much turned into a lost cause. We all fuckin’ love Nothing like a brother from another mother, but he ain’t gonna change. He just ain’t got it in him.”
    “Is that why you call him Nothing?” I asked.
    “No, he calls himself Nothing. The road name we gave him, he pitched after it happened.”
    “I got the impression you were stuck with whatever was given to you, so is that even allowed?”
    “Yeah, not so much, but we made an exception. He wasn’t gonna let it go.” Radar grinned and spun me one more time and back in, the song ending. Other couples around us broke apart applauding and I smiled.
    “Thanks for the dance,” I said and almost immediately regretted it, because Radar winked at me.
    “Sure, no problem,” he said, before melting through the archway and sidling up to the bar. I cursed myself and went back to my seat and my now watered down drink, taking a strong sip. I really hoped he didn’t think I was interested or up for anything more. It was a knee jerk reaction from spending the last four years in a college town with entitled trust fund douche bags who took a smile as ‘pursue me.’
    I was truthfully also a little disappointed, I’d been hoping Radar would finish the story, but oh well. It wasn’t like I was going anywhere and Nothing either. I was sure there would be plenty of time to learn more.
    The rest of the night was spent dancing, because apparently Radar was a trendsetter and everybody had to get their time in with the new girl. I was beginning to get the picture that as far as semi-permanent or permanent residents went, Ft. Royal was as small town as they came and there wasn’t a whole lot to choose from out of the native stock.
    Lucky me? Oh well, I’d always been raised to make the best out of every situation thanks to Hope.

 
    Chapter 4
    Nothing
     
    She was dancing with Stoker. I sat at the end of the bar and watched her, curious about this woman, this girl, who made me feel something after so long. Of course, it shouldn’t have surprised me. Her older sister, Hope, had made my dick stir back in New Orleans, even if making out with her had been in the line of duty, so to speak. Still, Charity had accomplished something only Corrine had ever been able to do before. She’d stopped me in my tracks with one look. My heart stuttering in my chest like I was some teenaged fucking nerd boy who’s crush had spoken to him for the first time.
    I didn’t know what bothered me more, that, or the fact that unpacking her things, I’d found nothing but evidence of a loving, driven, loyal and all around sweetheart of a young woman. The first thing I’d encountered was the carefully bubble wrapped framed diploma she’d received on graduation. I’d hung it for her, right over the bed, the first thing you saw when you walked into the room she would be calling home for the foreseeable future.
    Helping Trike unload her shit was probably the creepy as fuck way to go about it, but that’s what I’d done. I’d learned a lot moving her boxes from the trailer into the Captain’s house. One, she was organized, every box neatly labeled in her