Snake's Addiction(36)
This time around, there was a lot of thought.
“Okay, do you like waking up with her?” Dime asked, drawing Snake back to the conversation.
“I like waking up with her and holding her. You better not tell any of the brothers this.”
“Relax, Snake. I can keep a fucking secret or at least conversations of a more personal nature to myself.”
Shaking his head, Snake blew out a breath as they both made their way inside. He seemed to be blowing out a lot of breaths lately. His life wasn’t getting any easier.
“What about the sex?”
“The sex isn’t the problem.”
“You’re not bored.”
“No.”
“Conversations?”
“We talk all the time. I enjoy talking to her. When she’s not talking and silent, I want to know what she’s thinking. To get inside her head.”
“Dude, I think you need to face reality,” Dime said.
“What reality?”
“You’re in love with her.”
****
Jessica ran toward the phone with a spoon in her hand. Snake had dropped her off at home an hour ago. He had to take care of things at the club, which she didn’t mind. There was a lot for her to do. She’d cleaned her home, quickly before starting some dinner. With her parents and brother coming she wouldn’t put it past them to drop in at a moment’s notice.
“Hello,” she said.
“Jess, is that you?”
“Lydia, you fucking bitch. You just upped and left me. I’ve been calling you every damned day and you’re only now getting back in touch?” Jessica stopped long enough for her friend to start talking.
“I’m so sorry. I just wanted to drop you a line. Tell you that I’m doing fine.”
“Fine?”
“Yeah. I, erm, I met someone.”
“I remember you telling me that you’d met someone. Is it going well?”
“It’s going great, Jess. You’d like him.”
There was something off about Lydia. She was always so bubbly, and yet it sounded like she was close to tears.
“Lydia, what’s wrong?”
“Nothing.” She spoke very quickly, too quickly.
“I don’t like this. If you’re in some kind of trouble tell me. I’ll come and help you. You know I care about you, honey.”
“There’s nothing going on. I was wondering about you. How are things going?” Lydia asked.
Glancing down at her tomato drenched spoon, Jessica fought the inner battle to tell her the truth or to lie.
“Actually, erm, I’m kind of dating someone.” She gritted her teeth, panicking. Her heart was racing as she thought about Snake. She was cooking him dinner, and they weren’t sort of dating. They were actually dating.
“Dating?”
“Yes, he’s, damn, I’m so sorry about this, Lydia. It’s Snake. I’m dating him. The guy from the MC club.”
She bit her lip waiting for her to say something, anything.
“That’s really good.”
“You’re not mad.”
“No. I’m with someone else, remember? Be careful of Snake. He’s not the staying kind of man.”
Jessica laughed. “I know, but, erm, he’s meeting my folks and my brother.”
“He’s meeting them all?”
“They’re coming to town tomorrow. We’re going to have dinner.”
“I was wondering when you’d be free next, Jess.”
She heard some scuffling in the background, and Lydia suddenly gasped down the line. Tightening her hand on the phone, Jessica’s stomach twisted into knots. “I don’t know when I’ll be free next.”
“I wanted to talk to you but alone.”
“It’ll have to be a couple of days. I don’t really stay alone much right now. I’ve met another woman, June, at the club. We’re getting pretty close.”
“June’s cool.”
Someone knocked at the door.
“I’ve got to go, honey. I’ll call you back soon, right?”
“Yes.”
She was about to say something else when the phone was cut off. Frowning, she walked toward the door. Snake stood there holding a bouquet of roses. “I’m sorry I had to cut out on you before.”
She smiled at the large display of red roses.
“They’re beautiful.”
Taking them from him, she handed him the wooden spoon. Walking back into the kitchen she couldn’t stop thinking about the conversation she’d had on the phone with Lydia.
Filling up a vase, she listened to Snake talk in the background. She finished arranging the flowers, crying out as Snake put a hand on her shoulder.
“Whoa, baby, what’s the matter?” he asked.