Page 22 of Ghost

“The woman who bought Sami’s house. Seemed she wasn’t impressed with our VP’s charm and good looks.” Jag growled at Flirt, making him laugh louder.

“Come on, Flirt, don’t you thinkyou’re beinga little rough on Jag?” Coast said, then chuckled when Jag turned and glared at him.

“Bunch of assholes. Woman damn near ran me over, then when she spoke, I’m surprised I didn’t get frostbite,” Jag said and picked up his burger. “Hell, seen her in town a few times since and when she notices me, she sneers.”

“Are you talking about River? She wasreallynice to me when I had to go by and re-fix the window that was replaced after Prez shot through it,” I said as Luna walked up.

“How nice to you?” she asked as she sat down.

“I don’t notice other women, baby. I only see you.” I winked and leaned over and kissed her forehead.

“You’re so full of shit,” Luna said and laughed.

“Got your number, Ghost.” Flirt put his arm around Luna, then laughed when I pushed his arm off.

“Let go of my woman.”

“You’re so easy to stir up.” She chuckled and started eating her fries.

“Yes, I am. And when we reach the motel room later, I’ll let you take full advantage of me.”

“Eat your food.”

“I would rather eat—” Luna’s hand went over my mouth, cutting off my sentence and the others laughed.

“Hush, there are kids in here,” she said, and my lips twitched behind her hand. “Behave.” She dropped her hand and picked up her hamburger.

Everyone went back to eating,andthe talk turned toward the rest of the trip. Where we’d stop. What the weather looked like ahead of us.

Luna listened and joked with my brothers as though she’d known them forever. I watched her laugh at something Roscoe said and then smile as Speed talked about Ally and the oil incident. They were all trying to make her feel comfortable, and I appreciated it.

When we loaded up that morning, and she’d said her final goodbyes, I wondered if I’d asked too much of her by giving up her friends to live several states away with me. But no waywouldI have her and my kid living any other place than with me. That was one thing I could control this time around. Before, the military controlled the places I was sent, and I’d spent a great deal of time away from Stormy and BJ because of it.

I smiled when Luna actually snorted at Devil’s story about him, Neely, Jag, and I. Then he went on to tell her about how he had no clue about kids, but that he was catching on quick.

The only time I saw her smile falter was when my brothers mentioned their ol’ ladies. I hadn’t taken into account she might be nervous over meeting the women in the club.

“Well, if everyone’s ready, let’s ride. We aren’t getting closer to home by sitting here,” Crusher said and stood.

We stood and started clearing up our mess and tossing it into the trash. As we headed out the door, Roscoe held on to it while the rest of us stepped to the side to allow a group of women through the door.

“Ya want to ride with me for a while, darlin’? My rides bigger thanhis,” Roscoe said and jerked his thumb at me. Luna shook her head and rolled her eyes at him while we waited for the ladies to pass.

“I got more than enough for her to handle,” I replied to Roscoe just as the first woman walked in.

“I just bet you do, honey,” was said by the woman, then she looked to Luna. “And aren’t you one lucky lady,” she said as she walked past, looking the brothers over as she went.

“Susan, you are going to get us in trouble one of these days,” one of the other women said and smiled. The woman they called Susan stopped and turned to her friend.

“Cathy, there isn’t a woman breathing that wouldn’t look forward to the kinda of trouble I bet these men offer,” Susan waved her hand in our direction. The other women with Cathy and Susan giggled. “Look at girlfriend there,” Susan pointed at Luna. “That smile she’s wearing isn’t because the sun is shining outside.”

“Ma’am, I can be any kind of trouble ya want,” Roscoe said, and Susan winked at him. “There might be snow on my roof, but there’s enough fire below to keep you heated for days.”

Everyone groaned, except Luna. She laughed and grabbed Roscoe’s arm.

“Yep, time to go, grandpa,” Luna said as she started to pull Roscoe out the door.

“Told you women can’t resist me,” Roscoe said and threw is arm over Luna’s shoulder.

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