MC: Moniz: Book 9 Read Online Free
Author: L. Ann Marie
Pres had a full suite made for me but Rich is right, I need out of the Club. I’m at the water before I even realize it. I like this spot in New Bedford. There’s a restaurant right here on the dock. I pull in and shut my bike off.
“I could eat,” Little Ben says reminding me he’s here.
We walk into the bar side and sit at a high table. Ordering a beer I relax going over my list. Every time I play it back I’m adding to it. Our beer comes and we order.
“Let it go and write it down when you get back to the Club,” he says surprising the fuck out of me.
“Always wondered. Why are you showing me when no one else knows?”
He shrugs. “The people that need to know do. You’re no threat to me and I’m so fuckin’ over trying to see who is and isn’t. Maybe in ten years you’ll be a threat, but I’ll deal then.” Someone’s got him on a leash. He nods.
“The day Pres found out we were leaving I caught him wanting to kill us. Fuck I was scared. I couldn’t get that he got we didn’t even know. I can’t get everyone all the time, but intense emotions I get. Some people I get everything, some not so much. I get you.”
Fuck. I don’t even have enough emotion about this one way or another to fight it. He laughs. “Wouldn’t work anyway.”
“Good to know.” We get our food and eat in quiet. It was a good ride and except for the fuckin’ head shit Little Ben is cool to hang with. He’s like Digs, doesn’t talk unless he has something to say.
I’m wondering about my Brothers fuckin’ Arial. Then I drop it, she played a part in that too.
“So did you. She knew she’d never be an old lady and just shot for some cash. You made it easy for her to keep looking. She’s gone. Let it go. Make a real life and find your way to happy. Your shot is coming.”
I just look at him. He’s older than me in everything but age. “Fuckin’ kids. What’s keeping you from your ‘happy’ tonight?”
He takes a minute to answer. “Brothers. They come to me with their shit every fuckin’ day then go to Pres with the same shit hoping for a different outcome. The Club offers easy and they take it then wonder why their home life isn’t happy. They hate the Officers showing with the old ladies. Everyone is trying to figure out how to get a piece of that happy by getting a piece of the old ladies. Brothers are fucked up.”
I laugh. “Yeah we are. Can’t even begin to understand how knowing all that plays for you every day. Your dad and Rich would get that too. How do they deal?”
“You see them with the old ladies, they protect them from everything. Even the Brothers. They have and will kill for them and the Brothers don’t get that. Their home life isn’t the only thing going to be fucked up if they keep going like they are.” He looks disgusted.
He sees something happening with that. He looks at me. “Yeah, dumbasses get a lesson they could have avoided by listening the first fuckin’ time. Or even the second from Pres.”
“Seeing dead men walking is a good reason to ride,” I tell him. He stands and throws money on the table.
The waitress rushes over and he smiles at her saying thanks. She’s not happy being dismissed and I laugh following him to the door. “Schools should have a fuckin’ class for women. Too many don’t understand they should be worth more than a quick fuck.” He hits the door hard. He’s pissed making me smile. Then I stop and think. That’s all I’ve been doing. Fuckin’ kids.
I’m not paying attention and stop short when he does. “Two coming from the side and two in front. I got the front,” He says low. My hand is already pulling my gun.
“Let me guess you’re Indian? Get money from the casinos?” A big guy says in front of us. I spin with my gun up stopping the two on the side from coming any closer.
“Yeah,” Little Ben says.
The two guys laugh. “You are just who we’re looking for. Need some of that.”
Little Ben sounds bored. “You
“I could eat,” Little Ben says reminding me he’s here.
We walk into the bar side and sit at a high table. Ordering a beer I relax going over my list. Every time I play it back I’m adding to it. Our beer comes and we order.
“Let it go and write it down when you get back to the Club,” he says surprising the fuck out of me.
“Always wondered. Why are you showing me when no one else knows?”
He shrugs. “The people that need to know do. You’re no threat to me and I’m so fuckin’ over trying to see who is and isn’t. Maybe in ten years you’ll be a threat, but I’ll deal then.” Someone’s got him on a leash. He nods.
“The day Pres found out we were leaving I caught him wanting to kill us. Fuck I was scared. I couldn’t get that he got we didn’t even know. I can’t get everyone all the time, but intense emotions I get. Some people I get everything, some not so much. I get you.”
Fuck. I don’t even have enough emotion about this one way or another to fight it. He laughs. “Wouldn’t work anyway.”
“Good to know.” We get our food and eat in quiet. It was a good ride and except for the fuckin’ head shit Little Ben is cool to hang with. He’s like Digs, doesn’t talk unless he has something to say.
I’m wondering about my Brothers fuckin’ Arial. Then I drop it, she played a part in that too.
“So did you. She knew she’d never be an old lady and just shot for some cash. You made it easy for her to keep looking. She’s gone. Let it go. Make a real life and find your way to happy. Your shot is coming.”
I just look at him. He’s older than me in everything but age. “Fuckin’ kids. What’s keeping you from your ‘happy’ tonight?”
He takes a minute to answer. “Brothers. They come to me with their shit every fuckin’ day then go to Pres with the same shit hoping for a different outcome. The Club offers easy and they take it then wonder why their home life isn’t happy. They hate the Officers showing with the old ladies. Everyone is trying to figure out how to get a piece of that happy by getting a piece of the old ladies. Brothers are fucked up.”
I laugh. “Yeah we are. Can’t even begin to understand how knowing all that plays for you every day. Your dad and Rich would get that too. How do they deal?”
“You see them with the old ladies, they protect them from everything. Even the Brothers. They have and will kill for them and the Brothers don’t get that. Their home life isn’t the only thing going to be fucked up if they keep going like they are.” He looks disgusted.
He sees something happening with that. He looks at me. “Yeah, dumbasses get a lesson they could have avoided by listening the first fuckin’ time. Or even the second from Pres.”
“Seeing dead men walking is a good reason to ride,” I tell him. He stands and throws money on the table.
The waitress rushes over and he smiles at her saying thanks. She’s not happy being dismissed and I laugh following him to the door. “Schools should have a fuckin’ class for women. Too many don’t understand they should be worth more than a quick fuck.” He hits the door hard. He’s pissed making me smile. Then I stop and think. That’s all I’ve been doing. Fuckin’ kids.
I’m not paying attention and stop short when he does. “Two coming from the side and two in front. I got the front,” He says low. My hand is already pulling my gun.
“Let me guess you’re Indian? Get money from the casinos?” A big guy says in front of us. I spin with my gun up stopping the two on the side from coming any closer.
“Yeah,” Little Ben says.
The two guys laugh. “You are just who we’re looking for. Need some of that.”
Little Ben sounds bored. “You
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