Page 39 of Marcus: Sins of the Father

“Yeah, hilarious.”

“And it’s fun to torment you.”

“Keep it up and there’ll be payback later.”

“Oh, goody.” That gets a surprised laugh out of him.

“Ah, I see how my girl is. I’ll remember that.”

We make our way inside, still laughing, and Marcus leads me to a pool table, where several men in leather cuts are playing.

“Well, looky here,” a man built like a brick house calls out.

Marcus lifts his chin to the man. “Green. This is Brandy.”

“Hey, doll. Make sure our prospect takes care of you tonight.”

He introduces me to several other men. Wolf. Shane. Jake. And then Shannon walks up, arm in arm with an attractive man.

“Crash, this is Brandy. Brandy, this is Crash, my sponsor.”

“Nice to meet you, Brandy. Shannon was just telling me about you.”

“Only good things, I swear.” Shannon smiles and leans against her man. The two of them look good together.

Crash jerks his chin. “Come sit at the bar with us, Marcus.”

Marcus takes my hand, and we follow Crash and Shannon to a corner of the bar where there are some stools. After we sit and get fresh drinks, I lean to Shannon.

“Where’s the restroom?”

She points at a door in the corner. “Use that one. It’s not as bad as the public one on the other side.”

“Thanks.”

I stand, kiss Marcus on the cheek, and slip off.

***

Marcus—

Crash leans around Shannon, twirling the bourbon in his glass. “While your lady is gone, let me tell you what else we planned as a thank you.”

“For what?”

“For how well you boys represented the club, and how you put yourself between the Death Heads and my daughter. Don’t think I don’t know what could have happened had you not distracted their attention back to you.” He lifts his glass and clinks it to my longneck.

“Thanks. That means a lot.”

“To show appreciation, we were going to let you boys have a night off to go up to Sonny’s and have a good time. It’ll be on the house.”

“Wow. I appreciate that. I do. Really.”

“Good.”

“But I was wondering if I could use that gift of a night off for something else.”

Crash tilts his head. “Something better than a night at Sonny’s?”

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