“What can I do for you, Spider?”
“Jordon, this is David.He’s one of the prospects.David, this is my woman, Jordon.Treat her like you would treat Taylynn, Delilah, or any of the other old ladies, got me?”
“Yes, sir.”David nodded in her direction but didn’t say anything to her, instead he turned his gaze back to Spider, as if waiting to be told what to do.
“Clear up the table and is there a golf cart out front?”
“Yes, sir.There’s one just to the left of the door, backed in, to make it easier for you to get in.Raven said there should be one for you wherever you are and we’re in charge of making sure there’s always one available for you.”
“Thanks.”Spider turned to Jordon.“You up for a little ride?I want to show you something.”
“How far?Will we be warmer in the Jeep?”
“Probably, but we’re not going far.It won’t take more than a minute or two on the golf cart.”
“Then let’s go.”Jordon wondered what he wanted her to see, but kept her mouth shut.If he hadn’t already told her, then he probably wanted to surprise her.Normally she wasn’t huge on surprises, but she knew he’d never do anything to hurt her, so she went along.
In the cart, he gave her directions and he was right—it wasn’t more than a minute or two, and they could easily have walked, but considering his crutches, since he’d insisted on taking those instead of the wheelchair when they’d left the house this morning, she understood using the cart.
She frowned as she parked the little cart in front of another big building, this one with a couple of overhead drive through doors.They were closed but she couldn’t help but wonder what he wanted to show her here.
Inside, Jordon found it was warmer than she’d expected and found herself taking off her jacket.
“Over here.”he led her to a closed in space on one end of the building, then through a door.“This is where I work.”He opened the door and motioned her inside.“This is Banshee.”He introduced her to a man seated to one side of the room, bent over what looked like some kind of fender held in the air from underneath.“He’s been working on some of the bikes while I’ve been out.”
The large man looked up, and his eyes went wide.
“Give me a minute.I’m almost done here, then I can talk more while I clean up.”
“No problem.I’ll show her some of the stuff over here while you do that.”Spider pivoted and led her further along the wall with the door they’d just come in.“These are some of the bikes we’ve done.I painted most of these.The ones Banshee did are on the other side of the door.And the ones on that wall are collaborations.I’ve been doing some designs while I’m in Bozeman and sending them out to clients.They’re willing to wait until I get back here to do the artwork.”
Jordon took in the photos.There were a lot of flams, a few skulls, and a lot of nature scenes, A lot of trees, a few deserts with cactus.
“These are beautiful.”She turned to look at Spider.“I didn’t know you could draw like this.Why didn’t you tell me?”
“Because telling you I do artwork is nothing to showing you.I wanted to get an idea of your true reaction.I wanted to see your face and be able to read your reaction for myself.”
She went to him, wrapping her arms around his middle and tilting her head back so she could look up at his face.“These are amazing.Thank you for sharing them with me.”She stretched up to kiss him, as he bent and met her halfway, teasing her into a kiss that was both more involved than she’d planned and still tame enough she wasn’t embarrassed when she remembered they weren’t alone.
****
Andy approached Jordonalmost as soon as she and Spider stepped into the clubhouse.Spider said he’d been called into a meeting, one she couldn’t go to, but he’d insisted she come along anyway, because the old ladies would spend the time together and she could get to know them a little better.
“We were hoping you’d come,” Andy said, taking her hand and tugging her toward the corner where Taylynn, Delilah, and Tania sat.
Jordon turned to Spider to make sure he was okay with it.At his nod, she let Andy take her arm and tug her toward the others.Butterflies fluttered in her belly.She didn’t have many girlfriends.She’d found that too often the girls she’d met were more worried about things she didn’t care about than anything she thought was important, so few friendships had lasted.Marci was an exception—the two of them had been besties since second grade.
Jordon joined them at the table.
“What’s your drink of choice?”Taylynn asked.
“Um, iced tea?”
“No, I mean alcohol, or do you not drink?”
“I do once in a while, but I’m not sure if I should.”She glanced toward the hallway where Spider had just disappeared.
“It’s up to you.You’re perfectly safe here, but I understand if you’re not comfortable enough to cut loose without your man right here.It’s a new situation.”Taylynn rubbed one hand over a belly that looked bigger than it had last night, lifted her other, and waved.A moment later, David appeared next to the table.
