“Oops,” Slater said sarcastically, half turning his body to the side as he tried to maneuver all three of us out of the door, back into the open air.
“Quit pretending you haven't missed me and just take me the fuck to Maisey already,” I grumbled, my chin falling to my chest again as I sucked in a big breath of the night air.
“J-Jedd has got someone else lined up for you,” Kenny stuttered beside me.
I shook my head slowly. “Maisey.”
“This new girl's meant to be real good, Drew. She's a huge hit with all the big shots on all sides of town.”
“K-Dog, I want… Maisey.” That silence was there again and it was only when the boy tried to shuffle and lift my body up that I felt his nervous energy. Parting my lips, I let my eyes peel open before I tilted my face up to him. “What?”
Slater sighed on the other side of me, blowing all the air out of his cheeks and forcing my head to roll up to him instead.
“She's out of the game, man. Married. Hooked up with Howard Sutton and got twin girls now.”
I must have been drunker than I thought because I could have sworn I just heard him sayMagic MouthMaisey Piper had gotten married to the chief of police, Howard fucking Sutton. And had... “Twins?”
“Twins.” Slater nodded, his mouth falling into a flat line as he shrugged the shoulder farthest away from me.
My head flew between the both of them and it did shit all for the balance thing I was trying to get under control. “Jesus Christ. When did that happen?”
“About six months after you got sent down,” Slater informed me before encouraging us all to keep moving over to the back to the van.
“She missed you, Drew,” Kenny said nervously.
“Tell me something I don't know.” I smirked as I stumbled forward. Walking was proving harder than I ever thought it could.
“She cried for weeks according to the others in her circle.”
“Fuck for? We weren't dating. She meant nothing to me. I'm just gonna miss that mouth. She was… Man, she was something else.” I huffed out laughing. “Guess I'm gonna have to find another regular Friday night bit of tight.”
“Don't try to act like you didn't know she was in love with the idea of you two being exclusive. You played her.” Slater laughed as his hand found the back door of the van and swung it open. He’d never been afraid to say it how it was. That’s what made him so damn good at what he did for our MC.
It took the two of them to get up in the thing and hoist me up before anyone spoke again. When my body crumpled to the floor in a drunken heap and my arms curled around my chest,I let my laughter pour free, like fucking blood was seeping out of an open wound, for the first time since I left prison. The air rang with the sound of my strangled fits before I threw my hands in the air and made like a damn starfish in the back of the van.
“What the hell anyone sees in you, I'll never know.” Slater groaned before leaning over to Harry who was already in the driving seat, waiting. Who knew how long he'd been there? Tapping his shoulder once, Slater gave him a nod. “The others gone?”
“All rode through the town on their bikes to make some noise and mark our boy’s return.” Even in my drunken haze, I could tell Harry was tired. I couldn't help but wonder why, even if it was only a fleeting thought, quickly drowned out by visions and memories of Maisey doing her thing.
“We'll be front page news tomorrow,” Slater muttered.
“When aren't we?” Harry answered in a quiet reply.
Slater slapped his shoulder again before returning back to stand over me, crouching down as he rested his hands on his knees and tilted his head. “It's gonna be bumpy down there, bro. You staying anchored or you want me to move you?”
“Leave him where he is,” Harry said, starting the engine up again to make my bones rattle. “Gotta rewire him the hard way. Club life starts again in the morning. No better way to mark your return to the table than by being a little sore.”
I was just about to answer him with some cocky assed response until I looked up into Slater's eyes and saw him laughing at the state of me. Squinting and flashing him a paralyzed, lazy grin, I raised a hand and pressed my thumb and finger together, creating a circle to show him I was a-o-fucking-kay. Then, when my head fell back against the floor,the darkness crept in, the feeling in my legs began to disappear and I knew I was about to pass out.
In five...
Four...
Three...
Two...
Snore.
