“I think you should stay and party with us. We can show you a good time.”
Shade thought she seemed to already be having a good time by the way her body was trembling.
Knox flashed the metal ball on his tongue, and the sight must have scared the shit out of her because she jerked his hands away from her thighs#p#分页标题#e#
“If you don’t move your hand, I’m going to drop your case and keep the half million Viper owes me without giving a damn that your ass will be sitting in jail for a crime you didn’t commit.”
Knox was smart enough to remove his hand, standing back up straight to lean against the bar. He picked up his beer and took another drink.
“How do you know I didn’t kill Sam?”
Rider came to stand by Diamond’s side, motioning to Mick for a drink. When Mick gave him his beer, Rider remained, obviously listening to their conversation. The brother needed to learn to be more subtle.
Shade shook his head. Diamond thought Rider was just eavesdropping, but Rider was really feeling out the situation with Diamond. The two brothers loved breaking new women in together. Shade could have told Rider he was shit out of luck, though.
“I drove through the neighborhood you crashed your bike in before I came here today. It’s a shortcut to the road that leads out here then to the clubhouse, so I know why you were on the road.”
“So I was taking a shortcut? What the fuck does that have to do with me killing Sam?”
“I couldn’t understand how you wrecked your bike on such a little road with barely any traffic. I saw by the skid marks you obviously crashed to avoid hitting something.”
Knox shrugged. “So, a car pulled out in front of me.”
“Nope. There was no parking where you wrecked, and it’s a one-lane road. As I sat, trying to think how such an experienced rider had wrecked, I saw several interesting things.”
Knox stiffened, throwing Rider a dirty look. “Don’t you have something better to do?”
“Not right now. This sounds too good to miss. You never did tell me how you busted up your bike.”
“Fuck off,” Knox said, taking a drink of his beer while glaring at Diamond.
Rider’s grin widened as he took a seat on the stool next to her. Shade was suppressing his own grin, interested to know what had gotten Knox so uncomfortable.
“I saw a beautiful neighborhood filled with older homes that had an abundance of trees. The yards also had several squirrels. I think you swerved to miss a squirrel. You couldn’t kill Sam if you wrecked your bike to prevent killing a squirrel.”
“I didn’t wreck my bike to keep from hitting a fucking squirrel.”
Shade choked on his drink because Knox’s red face showed he was lying.
Diamond burst out laughing. “You’re a marshmallow.”
“You actually wrecked your bike to keep from killing a squirrel?” Rider said in disbelief.
“No, I didn’t,” Knox barked back sharply.
“You fucking did.” Rider burst into laughter.
“Marshmallow.” Diamond nodded at Rider.
“I am not a fucking marshmallow!” Knox yelled as he slammed his beer down on the bar.
“You better go; the marshmallow is about to explode,” Rider joked.
Shade set his drink down on the bar, prepared to hold Knox back.
Diamond grinned back at Knox. “I’m going.” Sliding off the stool, she left as Rider continued antagonizing Knox.
“You’re a fucking marshmallow, na, naa, na,” Rider crowed in a brutal attempt at a sing-song voice.
“Shut up, Rider. I’m warning you!” Knox threatened.
“So, Knox, did you miss the squirrel?” Rider slapped his hand down on the bar, bursting into laughter.
Shade’s drink was knocked out of his hand when Knox reared his arm back to punch Rider, knocking him to the floor. Knox reached down, pulling Rider to his feet, ready to pummel him when Shade grabbed his arm, pulling him away. Cash and Train then wisely helped Rider get away.#p#分页标题#e#
“Mick, get Knox another beer.” Shade slapped Knox on the back. “Don’t worry, brother; no one’s going to mistake you for a marshmallow.”
Knox picked up his beer, taking a long drink.
“By the way, brother, did the squirrel live?”
Chapter 29
Shade rolled over in his empty bed to pick up his ringing cell phone.
“Get upstairs now!” Viper ordered.
Instantly alert, Shade didn’t ask questions. He hurriedly dressed before running upstairs.
The living room was filled with The Last Riders. Winter and Viper were the only ones dressed, standing next to Knox who only had on a pair of jeans he hadn’t bothered to button all the way up. Rider was wearing only jeans, too, as were most of the other brothers. Evie was wrapped in a blanket, and Bliss was in a sheet.