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“Hi, Miri. I’m so happy to see you...”
“Well, I’m not happy to see you,” Miri replies, which stops Geri in her stride and has the asshole scowling at my woman.
Chapter 15
MIRI
“Hi Miri. I’m so happy to see you...”
“Well, I’m not happy to see you,” I respond quickly. “Take a seat and let’s get to it shall we.”
Joker is sitting beside me, arm around the back of my chair, leaning towards me as though we are a loving couple. He’s watching closely but saying nothing, yet!
Geri takes a seat, and the man with her does too. “This is Snake, he’s my man.”
I hear Joker mumble under his breath, “Of course he is. Snake.” I’m not sure what he means, but I’ll have to ask him later.
“Why have you been asking me to come here? You don’t live in a house, you are not living a cozy life, so what are you trying to do here, Geri?” I lean forward across the table, giving Geri all my attention. I notice Snake stiffen, but he says nothing and makes no move of any kind.
“We have been on our own for a long time, Miri. I’ve found my man, we love each other. I want you to have the same, and I have someone that will make you his old lady...”
“Get out of your own head, Geri. You see this man here?” I point at Joker before running my hand down his cheek. To my surprise Joker leans into my palm and gives me a look that melts into me. I pause a moment before ripping my eyes away from him and back to Geri. “This is my man. I am his old lady and you know Geri, I can find my own man without you throwing castoffs at me.”
“My men are not castoffs,” Snake snaps, and I look at him with as much disgust as I can muster.
“They are not upstanding men either. You are living in a warehouse that has been standing empty for years. Is that your idea of living a good life?” Turning back to Geri I ask her too, “Is it, Geri, is that your idea of a good life?”
“And you think your man is upstanding? He’s put a patch on your back. A property patch, that means you are his property, Miri, and until he says you are not his anymore you have no choice,” Geri snaps.
“She has choices,” Joker states calmly, all the while giving Geri a look of disgust. When he turns that look on Snake, I know things could turn nasty.
“What MC are you with?” Snake snarls.
Joker grins, and I’m looking at him closely because I would never have thought he could give a look so smug, so superior, and it hits Snake hard. Rides unfolds his arms and leans forward before turning to show the back of his cut, which proudly displays Restless Demons MC.
It is more than obvious Snake recognizes the name. He says nothing, but the tension has increased in his body language, and the two men with him readjust their stances. All this tells me they are unnerved by the name they have read.
“Another thing before we go further, Geri, is that I’m putting the house up for sale.” Before I can say more Geri laughs.
“Good, I need that money.”
I quickly wipe that smile right off her face. “Oh, you’ll not be getting much for the sale because you stole my savings, Geri, and I’m taking that out of the money we get from the sale. You are not stealing my savings and getting away with it. I can get the law involved if you want. Bank fraud can get you two years in lockup, Geri. Or more, because if it’s classed as federal bank fraud you could get up to thirty years.” I read enough before this meeting to throw out numbers that I know will frighten the shit out of Geri.
“You can’t take my money, Miri. We bought the house together, half of what it makes when it’s sold is mine,” Geri shouts.
“I can, and I will, unless you pay me what you stole from my account now. If you do that, then of course I will go fifty-fifty on any profit that is made on the sale of the house.” I stare at her hard, letting her know the stepsister she has been leaning on, taking from, and basically sucking dry has gone. Miri the fool has left the building.
Geri loses all sense of calm. She lunges across the table, and I’m ready. I know Geri well enough to have seen her starting to lose her composure. She reaches out to grab my hair, just like a bully on a school playground. But I’m not playing. I haul my arm back and let it fly. I hear the crack of her nose breaking, but shit, that hurts. I’m shaking my fist and cursing to myself about how painful that is.
“You tucked your thumb in, Thumper. I’ll teach you how to throw a proper punch later,” Joker rubs my fist between his hands, and kisses me on the nose. Oh, that is sweet, I like that. Dang! I look up at Joker and give him the sweetest smile I can muster, which earns me another kiss, but on my forehead.
Snake jumps to his feet, his two men step forward doing their best to be intimidating. Trouble being it falls quickly when every man in the diner stands, slowly, showing such calm that even I get goosebumps on my arms and neck.
Joker and Rides stand as one, slowly, intimidatingly quiet. When the kitchen door opens and Tracker along with Cap walk into the diner everything stills.
“My name is Tracker and I’m the President of the Restless Demons MC, and maybe we are out of our territory, but Snake, on my own I can eradicate you and your two men without a thought. Do you want to try? Make my day, please.”
The door flies open, and men rush inside. That is when the shit hits the fan. Joker, Rides, Tracker, and Cap launch themselves at whoever is closest to them. I step back before quickly getting behind the counter and Vanessa who is standing with her baseball bat, Alice, and she looks fierce.
