Sinners MC - Evan Grace Page 0,1
You’re early. I thought you wouldn’t be by for a few hours.” Lloyd “Lunchbox” Malone towered over her. He was well over six feet with broad shoulders and hands as big as a catcher’s mitt. He was an intimidating man.
“Mom was doing that thing again, so I decided to come by early. Is that all right?”
He snickered. “Of course. She should know by now; you’ve never been one to follow rules.”
She shrugged. It’s not that she didn’t follow rules growing up. She just didn’t take anyone making her decisions for her, including her parents. Not that her dad said much after he moved out. She didn’t see much of him in her teen years. Her mother was left on her own raising a bullheaded teenage daughter. Bonnie knew it wasn’t an easy task for her mother.
“Cogs, get me a shot of whiskey and something off the tap.”
He sat on a stool at the end of the bar, patting the leather seat next to him. Bonnie took it. Cogs handed her a fresh beer of her own.
“What? No shot with your pops?” He grinned. “I get it. It’s okay to be afraid, Bunny.” Last time she went shot for shot with her father, she ended up puking her guts out in his bathroom. He was baiting her. She knew it. He knew she would never back down if she thought it was a challenge.
“I’m not afraid. I drove. I’m a responsible adult, Dad.” She paused. He continued to grin. Ugh, why did she let him do this? “Can I crash in a spare room?” He nodded; a huge fucking smile spread across his face. “Sure, why not? Line one up for me, Cogs.”
She tapped the side of his glass with hers, and they knocked the whiskey back. She closed her eyes, relishing every moment of the familiar burn. One she could feel to her toes. She opened her eyes slowly. The man from the bar was staring at her. Their eyes locked briefly.
He was sexy as hell and he knew it. Bonnie had been around men like him her whole life. You learn early. If you act like prey, you become prey. Not that anyone in here would lay a harmful hand on her. Her father would have them in a hole by sundown. She watched him talking to Cherry. His dark hair was cut short on the sides and back. It was long and wild on the top. The stubble on his face gave him an edgy, I can’t be bothered look.
Her father’s voice pulled her away from the handsome stranger. “So, what did you need to talk about that you couldn’t say over the phone?”
“There was some chatter last night. I was working midnights last week. A member of River City Renegades came in with multiple stab wounds. I was dressing the wound when his partner got a call. He told him it was a tip the Fallen Angels were behind the attack.”
“Fuck,” he spat.
“Is it true?”
“Hell no. We may not always be on the right side of the law, but I don’t ever hit first.”
“Dad, listen, I’ve seen what these guys can do. They don’t fuck around. You need to find out who’s setting you up.”
“I appreciate the intel, but don’t worry about me. It’s my job to worry about you.”
“I’m a big girl. I can take care of myself.”
“You carrying?”
“Always. I’m not stupid.”
“Good girl. Now, tell me what else is new? How are things going with that guy?”
“Over.”
“Already? That was quick.”
Bonnie shrugged. All her relationships ended quickly. She didn’t mind. Boyfriends were a hassle. She was an ER nurse. Sometimes shifts ran late. Sometimes she came home bruised up from a three-hundred-pound meth head gone wild. None of the guys she dated could handle that.
When Todd broke up with her, he said she was an adrenaline junkie. As much as she wanted to argue that with him, she couldn’t. It was part of the job. She loved what she did. She loved helping people.
She nodded toward her stranger. “What’s his deal?”
“Bunny,” he warned.
“Yes?”
“Leave my boys alone.”
Bonnie scoffed. “I just asked a question.” She didn’t mess around with members. Most were slimy womanizers. Plus, she had a rule about getting involved with criminals. Her dad was the exception to that rule. No matter how many times she tried to cut him out of her life, he was still her father, and she loved him.
“Huffy. He’s been with me just over three years now. Showed up one afternoon on