“This is going to take up most of the day. I don’t want to leave and prolong this shit.”
“Come on, you’re looking at women get naked. You’ve got to admit it’s cool.”
Snake shook his head. “I don’t know what you’ve done to me, but the only girl I want is talking to me right now.”
“You know all the good things to say.”
“It’s the truth. I know I can’t spin you a line anymore. You wouldn’t believe them.” He inhaled on his cigarette, watching as three more women entered the club. They all had on high heels and barely any clothes. Jessica had ruined him. He understood what Devil and the other guys dealt with when it came to the pussy available to them. Not one of them appealed.
“I know. I’m going to miss you for lunch.”
“Stay at work though. I don’t want to worry about you heading home.”
“Don’t worry. I’ve not got anything else going on. Lydia’s still off with her man, and she’s not called me back.”
“I’m sure she’s fine.”
He didn’t want Lydia back in Jessica’s life. Fucking that woman had been a big mistake.
“I know you don’t approve, but she is my friend and I care about her.”
“I care about you, Jess. I promised your family I’d keep you safe. We’ve been engaged a week, and if anything happened to you, they’d blame me.”
She sighed. “I never knew how hot it was to have a possessive man looking after me.”
“Fuck, yeah, I’m possessive.”
“I’m not the one staring at dick all afternoon.”
“No, you’re the sexy hot nurse kissing all the booboos better. I don’t know what’s worse, staring at plastic tits or knowing you’re making men feel better.”
“I don’t just take care of men. I take care of women, too. I’m not sexist.”
“It’s the men I’m concerned about, no one else.” He finished his cigarette throwing it to the floor. Stubbing it out, he quickly checked the time. He’d been talking for the last five minutes.
“I can promise you there’s nothing for you to be worried about. I’m all yours, Snake.”
“Stay at the hospital. Don’t leave it, and I’ll see you later.”
“Will do, love you.”
“Love you, too,” he said, hanging up.
Taking another breath of fresh air, he entered the strip club.
“She has you by the balls,” Dime said.
“Whatever, man. I can’t wait for the moment you settle down. You’re going to fall just as hard as the rest of us. When you find the right woman, you’re not going to know what hit you.”
Dime burst out laughing. “Just keep telling yourself that, Snake.”
Resting his cheek on his fist, he stared up at the stage. “Shut your fucking mouth. Tell me what’s going on.”
“Clara’s hired. She’s got an awesome show, and her tits are tight as fuck. It was a good job they’d done.”
Snake wasn’t interested in knowing what kind of tits Clara had. Another piece of music started up, and he sat watching a brunette strut her stuff along the stage.
Every now and then he checked his phone to see if Jessica had called. He didn’t like this. Toward lunch the main door opened, and several of the brothers came through. He spotted Dick, Spider, Butler, and Guts entering the main club.
“We thought it was time to spread a little of the love,” Spider said.
“No, he wanted to see what pussy he could fuck. June’s on the rag,” Dick said, taking a seat beside Snake.
“Dude, too much fucking information,” Snake said. He didn’t want to know about women’s rags. The worst of it was Jessica was on hers. She’d started last night, and she’d gotten the worst kind of cramps. He’d lain behind her, rubbing her stomach until she fell asleep in his arms.
Moving away from Dime and the men, he walked up to the bar, grabbing himself a soda. They weren’t stocked yet, but he’d brought something to drink.
“Are you okay, man?” Dick asked.
“Yeah, I’m fine.”
He watched the men looking at the next women with interest. There just wasn’t anything there for him to look forward to.
Sipping at his soda, he pulled out his cell phone to see there were no missed calls or texts. It was past lunchtime, and he’d be seeing his woman in a couple of hours.
“You’re lucky, you know,” Dick said.
“What?”
Dick wasn’t known for being particularly nice to anyone, let alone telling anyone they were lucky.
“You’ve found a woman to put up with your ways.”