Page 19 of Crash and Burn
“I’ll be in soon. I’m gonna make a quick phone call,” I call out to them.
Saint nods in acknowledgment. The dream I had felt too fucking real. I dial Chains’ number, needing to know that she’s still at the clubhouse and okay.
“What’s up?” he answers.
“When was the last time you saw Marley?”
“She’s sitting right here. Why,” Chains asks.
“Let me talk to her.” It’s bad that I can’t take his word for it, but I ignore that.
“Hey, Rascal wants to talk to you.” His voice is distant. I’m sure from handing her the phone.
“Romeo,” Marley deadpans.
“How’s it goin’?”
“Seriously? You called for small talk?” Irritation laces her voice.
“I wanted to check on you.” I smile, even though she can’t see me.
“It’s been, like, what? Four hours?”
“And?” I draw out.
“Goodbye, Romeo.”
“Talk to you later, Princess.” I laugh. I head inside and find the guys.
“Everything alright,” Shade asks as I sit.
“Just peachy,” I smirk at him, and he shakes his head. When the waitress comes by, we each order what we want. It’s not busy here at all, and we get our food pretty quick. The rest of the day is uneventful, as is the rest of the drive the next day. The only thing that happens is Shade getting a text from his buddy, Ric. Ric is one of two guys who run the underground circuits in Denver. He told Shade he has some guys who want to talk about joining the Savage Menaces MC and asked if we could meet up once we got into town.
We got to Ace and Nitro’s house a quarter after five. We took some time to get settled and relax after two days of driving. Now, we’re headed to grab some dinner and meet with Ric and Axel.
“Shade, my man! How’s it going?” Ric greets as we walk up to the table they’re sitting at.
“It’s good, real good,” he replies. “Y’all know Diesel and Rascal. This is Saint.”
We all exchange greetings and sit around the table. A waitress quickly comes by to take our drink order and scurries off again.
“So, tell us about the guys that want to join the Savage Menaces,” I say to Ric.
“Ace and Nitro are two of them,” Ric tells us.
“They’ve mentioned to me before that they were considering it,” Shade says. “Have Breeze and Zero expressed interest?”
“Ace told me all four of them were interested,” Ric replies.
Shade nods his head.
“Is there anyone else,” Diesel asks.
“Yeah,” Axel says. “Four bikers, Flame, Sniper, Thrasher, and Darko.”
“We can set something up for you to meet them tomorrow night if you all don’t have anything going on,” Ric adds.
“We have a meeting with a supplier in the early afternoon. After that, we’re free,” Shade tells him.
“Why don’t we have them come to Ace and Nitro’s tomorrow night?” Diesel suggests.
“I’ll shoot Ace a text and see what he thinks,” Axel says.
We spend the next few hours bullshitting about cars and motorcycles. Once we get back to Ace’s house, I crash hard.
