Page 75 of Look at Her and Die

I grinned. “Of course.”

Just sayin’, but I wasn’t ready.

I was nervous as hell.

But I put that brave face on anyway and walked into the clubhouse with him.

I was drunk.

I was really, really drunk.

But I was having a good time.

I didn’t think I’d ever smiled this much in my life, either.

“You’re joking!”

That was Keely, the sister of a member of the Truth Tellers MC.

Her brothers were Copper—known as Bird—Cutter, known as Coastguard, and Chevy, known as Chaos.

Then there was Webber, whose real name was Piers. He was the club president.

Jinx’s real name was Gunner.

Hush’s real name was Jasper. He was the scarred man that was there, but didn’t say anything, giving his nickname a more “true” feeling to it.

Cakes, otherwise known as Paden, was also someone that I knew, but hadn’t realized that I knew. He ran One Way, a veteran refuge that they’d just opened downtown. He also ran the halfway house, One Love, Dallas. A place that I’d volunteered at every couple of months when I had free time.

Hell, I’d even known the guy they called Preacher, whose real name was Hagrid. He’d fixed our air conditioner last year practically for free.

I also got to finally meet the famous ‘Apollo.’

Though, maybe it would be more infamous at this point.

Posy had spoken non-stop about Apollo, and I had a feeling that he was closer to him than he was anyone else in the club.

Though, that was saying something because he seemed like he was pretty close with them all.

He’d immediately taken me over to meet Apollo first thing upon entering the clubhouse a few hours ago.

“I’m really not,” I promised. “I swear to you, that’s what I read!”

“I watched a video yesterday that was talking about elephant seals, and that the stage in between baby and adulthood, the seals are called wieners.” Gunner looked at Posy.

“Actually, you’re saying wiener, like the hot dog.” Doc leaned back in the chair, throwing his arm around me and pulling me close. “But the correct term is ‘weaner.’ As in, they’re weaned. Fun fact, some seals even reach ‘super weaner’ status because they’re so round when they’re weaned. They do resemble overstuffed sausages, though, so the hot dog wiener thing could also be true.”

“Damn, I thought for sure you wouldn’t know that one.” Gunner crossed his arms over his chest. “The video was hilarious, though. Talking about it being a weaner wonderland out there.”

I was grinning so hard that my face hurt.

Eyes gleaming, I said, “I have one for you.”

Doc ran the tip of his pointer finger along the length of my jaw and said, “Hit me.”

“Did you know that fake eyelashes were invented by a French prostitute?” I asked. “She called them Cumbrellas.”

There was a moment of silence and then Apollo, who hadn’t laughed once since his son had died according to Posy, burst out laughing. “You’re lying!”

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