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I¡¯ve gotta take him to the vet.¡±

Tank grabbed his hands and keeled over with an exaggerated laugh. ¡°Ha! Good one,

Wrench. Your dog is sick.¡±

¡°¡­ I¡¯m serious.¡±

He stood up straight, the smile washed clean from his face. Tilting his head, he once

again looked at me like I was an idiot. ¡°It¡¯s a dog, Wrench. Rub his belly, take him for a

walk, give him some food. He¡¯ll be fine.¡±

¡°I¡¯ve had Buddy for twelve years and he¡¯s never been sick like this before. My house is

covered in shit, Tank.¡±

¡°So, put some newspaper on the ground, in a day or two he¡¯ll be as good as new.¡±

¡°No, Tank¡ª¡±

¡°We¡¯re in the middle of a war with the Freeway Fucks, son. No distractions.¡±

¡°This isn¡¯t a distraction, it¡¯s¡ª¡± I was interrupted when the kitchen¡¯s mahogany-

paneled batwing doors flew open, the rusty hinges still squeaking behind our new visitor

as the doors continued to swing.

¡°Evelyn!¡± I said.

¡°Eve!¡± Tank said, looking startled. ¡°What are you doing here? I told you I¡¯d be back

home in an hour. We¡¯re talking business here.¡±

Evelyn, Tank¡¯s wife, walked in wearing a tight black tank top and leather pants that

sculpted her ass, with her platinum blond covering any evidence of gray hair pulled into a

messy, sexy, bun on top of her head. Tank would rip out my jugular if he ever knew how

much of a fox that I thought his wife was. I was sure he knew all the guys thought she

was smokin¡¯¡ªhe wasn¡¯t blind. He married her, after all. But the day we uttered those

words would be the day Tank made us literally dig our own graves with a spoon.

¡°Forgot my jacket behind the bar last night,¡± she said, motioning to the black leather

hanging over her left arm. I was too busy trying not to stare at her legs to notice. Figures,

the day Evelyn shows off is the same day I can¡¯t jack off. She adjusted her arm, making

part of the jacket slip and I saw a glimpse of our yellow and green patch. Evelyn was the

only woman who ever wore a Rebels patch, and it wasn¡¯t just because she was married to

Tank. She earned it.

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