“Nope.But I’ll say it anyway.In,” Pete replied.
A gavel landed.
Then a number of fists pounded.
When that subsided, Rush asked, “Dutch, youwannacoordinate this or what?”
He looked up.
The room grew still when he did.
And feeling that, he wondered how he could ever think thiswas just his.
He took a second and looked into the eyes of every man inthat room.
He lingered on Jag.On Hound.And on Tack, his father’s bestfriend.
Then he said, “I’ll tell you what we got so far, and we candecide how it’sgonnago from there.”
Rush nodded.
Dutch rolled his chair closer to the table and launched in.
He was in the lead an hour later when they all walkedout.
So he was the first to see her.
But he was far from the only one.
And what he saw, sitting at the bar in the common room wherehe left her, in front of a laptop, was Georgie swiveling around when she heardthem coming.
But now, clustered around her and a bunch of laptops, werehis ma, Tyra, Elvira and Tabby.
Georgie jumped off her stool, and he stopped dead, as didevery man behind him, when his woman skipped…
Actuallyskipped…
Through the Chaos Motorcycle Club Compound.
Her face was beaming.
Good that she appeared to be over that scene with hersister.
But…
Skipping?
“Ohmigod, ohmigod, ohmigod,” she chanted on her way, “youwon’t believe what we found.”
She stopped in front of him, slapping both hands on hischest.
Then she leaned to the side, looked beyond him and called,“Hey, guys.”
Hey, guys?
He heard some chuckles.A few “Yos.”A, “Hey, darlin’” fromBig Petey.And Arlo asking, “Thisis Dutch’s new tail?Jesus, is shean ex-cheerleader like Carrie?”To which High replied, “Who cares, Arlo.”
“Did they vote yes?”Georgie asked him, either oblivious orwisely deciding to ignore the byplay.
