exactly.
“There’s nothing I can say, is there?” he asked with the smirk on his face.
“No,” I replied.
“It doesn’t matter. If we fail to appease the Jamaicans, they’ll come after the club anyway,” Stone said.
“I’ll go too,” Big Mike said.
“Me too,” Little Mike added.
“No. The fewer of us there are, the less threatening. You can wait nearby...just in case,” Rocky told them.
“You saved my ass earlier. Just in case,” Stone said. The Mikes nodded.
“Go home...all of you, get some sleep. We’re safe for tonight most likely. They’ll wait to make a move until we meet tomorrow. Probably,” Rocky said but he wasn’t sure. That didn’t make me feel very secure but he couldn’t know what the Jamaican’s would do. But they agreed to meet us so it didn’t make sense for them to come after us now.
The members began to leave. As Stone and I were leaving, Rocky asked us to stick around for a moment. “What’s up?” Stone asked. Rocky faced us with Ginger hanging on his arm.
“Thanks. Thanks for being stand up,” Rocky said and then added, “both of you.”
“I believe in the club,” Stone said.
“He’s loyal to a fault,” I added. Stone slapped my ass playfully.
“I’m glad both of you are Knights. We’ll get through this,” Rocky said.
“I have no doubt,” Stone said. Ginger hugged Stone and then me. Rocky shook Stone’s hand and then gave me a big bear hug.
“We’ll see you two tomorrow night,” Rocky said and then led Ginger back into the clubhouse. Stone and I walked to my car.
“I guess I’m driving,” I said.
“I guess so,” he replied.
“I’m sorry about your bike,” I told him.
“What’s left has probably already been picked over. I’ll build another one,” he told me.
“I hope so,” I said as we climbed into my car. We drove home and didn’t say much along the way. Before going home, we stopped to get some In-N-Out. Back at home, we ate in silence. A heavy weight seemed to be sitting atop our shoulders. I didn’t want to believe that Bobby’s stupidity might cost people their lives. It seemed surreal but I knew that there were people, people that bought illegal guns, who didn’t think twice about taking a life.
“You’re quiet,” Stone said.
“So are you,” I replied as I ate the last of my fries.
“It’ll be alright. We’ll give them the guns, all of them, and the money. That’ll satisfy them. Then the Knights are out of the gun running business for good,” Stone told me
“Of course,” I said.
“Don’t believe me?” Stone asked.
“It’s not you I’m worried about. It’s Bobby and that Jamaican gang. Even you can’t control them,” I told him.
“It’ll be okay. It’s me,” he said. I rolled my eyes and chuckled.
“I want to be with you,” I told him. Stone showed me his smirk, that boyish, mischievous grin.
“Impending doom kind of makes you horny, doesn’t it?” Stone observed. I laughed again.
“Yeah, it does,” I said. Suddenly, Stone pushed our sodas and wrappers aside and crawled onto the table between the sofa and recliner. “What are you doing?” I asked.
“I’m coming to get you,” he said. He reached across the divide and put a hand on the sofa. Then the other and he somehow managed to climb on to the sofa...on to me. He straddled my lap, took my face in his hands and kissed me.
“You smell like grilled onions,” I told him.
“You’ll get over it,” he said and unbuttoned my top. He squeezed my breasts through my bra as he bent and kissed my neck.
“I’m over it,” I said as I pulled the t-shirt up Stone’s back. We parted and took turns removing each other’s shirts and then Stone relieved me of my bra.
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