Page 27 of Crash and Burn
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Marley
I spendthe rest of the week doing my best to avoid Rascal. I was pretty hateful toward him when he got back from Colorado, but I didn’t want him pretending to care when I know he doesn’t. Nikolay, the Sovietnik of the Orlov Bratva, knew my mother. He believes he’s my father and I’ve spent all week thinking about it. I didn’t give him the chance to explain his relationship with my mother or why he wasn’t around if heismy father. It was too much to handle.
It’s Saturday, and I’m sitting in the main room, reading my book when Minx and Sienna walk in.
“Marley! We need to go to the mall to pick up some of our things for next weekend. You wanna come,” Minx asks me.
“Sure! It’ll do me some good to get out of the clubhouse.” I smile at her.
“You’re not going anywhere.” Rascal pops in out of nowhere.
“The hell I’m not!”
“You’re not going anywhere without me, and I’m not fucking going shopping,” he says to me.
“Ugh! You’re so infuriating,” I shout at him.
“And you’re a pain in my ass,” he growls out.
“Alright, both of you knock it off,” Minx says to us. “Rascal, you’re going to let her go because Raze and Shade are coming, too. You don’t even have to come if you don’t want to.”
Rascal sighs and rolls his eyes. “Fine, we’ll go, but I’m riding my fucking bike.”
I smirk and high five Minx.
“But,” Rascal says. “if there’s anything that poses a threat to your safety, we leave.”
“Deal,” I agree.
Thirty minutes later, we’re walking around the mall. Sienna, Minx, and I are walking a couple feet in front of the guys so we can talk without their interruptions. Our first stop is to pick up all the dresses. There are eight in total, all different colors. The dresses are the only thing we’re picking up for everyone. Accessories and shoes, they have to get on their own.
Once we pick up the dresses, they’re bagged four to a bag. Thankfully the bags are grey, and the guys can’t see what the dresses look like. If they saw them, it would ruin the surprise.
“So when do we get to see these dresses,” Shade asks.
“Not until next weekend,” Sienna tells him.
“Why does it matter?” Rascal cocks an eyebrow.
“Because if y’all see them now, then they won’t have the wow effect we’re hoping for,” Minx says. “So shut up and deal with it.”
Rascal glances at Raze. “Do you hear the way your Ol’ Lady talks to me?”
Raze shrugs. “She does what she wants.”
Shock crosses Rascal’s face, and I laugh, earning myself a glare from him. We continue shopping, finding our way to a shoe store that has several rows of different types of shoes. Sienna drags me into the store, and I pull Minx in with us.
“I’ll wait out here,” Rascal says from behind us. There are mumbles from the other two as well. Glancing over my shoulder, three of them sit on a bench outside the store, watching our every move.
“Look at these!” Minx points to a pair of ankle strap heels. “It looks like they come in all the colors the dresses are in.”
“Send a picture to the others,” I suggest. “See what they think.”
“Hell, I don’t care what they think. I’m trying them on,” Sienna says. She finds her size and slips them on.
“Oh yeah, those are gorgeous,” I tell her.
