without any recourse. It Dec was worried, did I have something to worry about.
Even when she was dating Adam, Ellie was adamant that she had not been sleeping with him. Yet this sinking sensation in the lower pit of my stomach, refused to ease. After swallowing the second mouthful of JB, I carefully place my bottle on the bar and search the room for one of the whores. Fuck, if Ellie could go away for the weekend, I could fuck one of the skanks. After all, we were neither an item, nor a couple.
“Going somewhere?”
“Inferno.”
“Come on lets, grab a beer.”
With the beers in his hand, Inferno found a couple of spare chairs, near where Linc was sitting. If there was one thing I could do, it was smell a trap, and I was being led into one, and there was not a thing I could do about it.
“Linc.”
As I took my seat, I raised my beer to the VP.
“I hear the girls are going away this weekend?”
A low snigger from my left, has me turning to Inferno.
“Yeah, they are, but Cassie’s staying at home. And Linc’s pissed, because we’ll not be here when Flynn arrives.”
With an understanding of Inferno’s snigger I give one of my own.
“Hey, the girl’s pregnant. I’m sure Flynn will leave her alone.”
“Are you saying Cassie’s not attractive?”
The low growl and statement, has me choking on my beer. Poor Flynn was not going to win. In defeat, I raised my hands in the air and turned to Inferno.
“Is everything in place for the run?”
“If Sundance isn’t back in a couple of days. Is there any way we can make this run quicker than normal?”
Inferno, never rushed a run. There was too much at stake. With a mouthful of JB, I turned my gaze to Inferno.
“I’ve spoken to Bear, and he’s going to send a couple of his men up, to keep an eye on the place while we’re gone.”
I could understand Inferno’s concerns. Until we discover out who was behind the burglaries, Comfort Springs was vulnerable. There was also the problem of Tats and what he might be up to.
“Do you think Tats has left the area?”
Another growl escapes Linc’s throat, as he slams his empty bottle onto the table.
“Fuck no. I might just tell Cass to go with the girls. It’ll be easier, and Chilli can go with them.”
While I’m listening to Inferno and Linc, as they discuss the strategies for the run, and the girls’ weekend away. My eyes follow Trax, who is flirting with the whore, I had planned to fuck.
“Why not send Trax instead?”
“She’s a whore Fudge. A dime a dozen. So don’t take it out on the kid.”
As Inferno referred to Trax as a kid, I smiled to myself. Inferno was right, a whore was a whore, and the room was full of them. Suddenly, my vision is blurred by the face of a blond sprite. My past is dead. None of the whores satisfied me the way Ellie did. One final swallow of the amber liquid and my bottle is empty. With a lazy grace I place the bottle on the table and light a cheroot.
I need a plan, which has Ellie seeing me as more than a fuck buddy. Something which I was for the last eighteen months. Fuck, I hated that she was going away this weekend, and hadn’t said a word.
Fuck, I’ll let her have her last weekend of freedom. As long as she did not tell me what she got up to, I will be fine. Unsure, how I was going to handle Ellie, I drew deep on the cheroot, before blowing a cloud of aromatic smoke into the air.
“You’re right. She is just a whore, and out there, there’s a lady waiting for me to grow up.”
“Fuck, Fudge how much have you had to drink?”
“What the fuck Inferno. Do you think I’m not good enough for a lady? That only you can be entitled to happiness?”
In my anger, I pushed myself up off my chair, sending it flying as I leant across the table and grabbed Inferno by the lapels of his cut, pulling him up out of his chair. Blinded by my anger, I did not catch the swing of Inferno’s fist, as it came into contact with the side of my face. Not to be put out. I