Morning Glories (Devil's Hornets MC Book 3) Read Online Free PDF

body language than what he actually said. It took him a long time to answer, so she really stood back and looked for the signs that would tell him what his words would not.
     
    She was right because out of his mouth came, “All right,” but the shrug and the slight frown said something different.
     
    “That’s all you’re going to give me? She’s been in the hospital for how long, and I didn’t even know about it. Jack has to be going crazy knowing that his mother is somewhere he can’t protect her. I know you know what’s going on, Billy, and I don’t like that you won’t tell me.” Natalie didn’t know if this was going to work or not, but she knew she wanted to find out how Jack was.
     
    “Don’t be trying to go over there and comfort that man. He’s got to get to where he needs to be just like you’re doing. His mother’s been in the hospital and then rehab for almost a month, and you’ve heard nothing from him.” Billy rarely showed any emotion at all beside happy and hungry. The man brought a cooler that would feed a group of 6 at a tailgating party. This hostility toward someone she thought he was a friend to was odd, but she wanted to tell him what she thought.
     
    “That doesn’t mean he doesn’t need me. This has got to be hard for him.” Natalie couldn’t believe that Billy was being so mean to a man she thought was his friend.
     
    He walked over to her and looked at her face like he was trying to get his words together. She knew that he didn’t speak much and that he stumbled over words when he didn’t concentrate on them fully, but he was doing really well today. He wasn’t stuttering or stammering at all.
     
    “I’m not saying that he doesn’t need you or that it’s not hard for him, but I am saying that it’s been hard for you too and you needed him for a spell as well. For whatever reason he’s not been here with you is his own, but he’s a big boy and will be alright. You’ve cried enough over him, and it’s good to see you opening up enough to date.” Billy walked away straightening up arrangements and trying to get himself out of the emotional tirade he’d put himself in. She didn’t know how he found out she had gone on a few dates and had to mentally shake herself before she asked him if he’d told Jack about that. That little spell was over, and she wondered if he knew that too.
     
    Natalie didn’t know how to respond to any of the things that Billy said to her. Yes, she had been through a lot with him and for him, but she knew this was tough, and she didn’t want him to go through it alone. Maybe Billy was trying to tell her that Jack wasn’t alone. It wouldn’t be a stretch for him to get someone else, and she was stupid because that thought was like knives going through her, it hurt so badly. She was so torn. It was like she was in the dark when everyone else had a flash light. People would give her glimpses of the picture, but she didn’t know what was really going on.
     
    “I’ve got a soft spot for his mother though. She hasn’t ever been to the club, but I’ve been to their house a few times, she always has a nice word for me, and I feel welcomed in her house. It’s more than my mother ever did for me.” Billy seemed to shake that information off as he went into his next bout of conversation. Natalie didn’t think she’d ever heard him talk so much. “She asked if you could bring a flower arrangement to her in the rehabilitation hospital today, and I’d appreciate it if you’d do that for her. I’d consider it a personal favor.” Billy looked sincere, and they both knew she was going to do it. There was no need for the man to start calling in favors, but she guessed he wanted her to know how important it was to him.
     
    “Did she ask for a flower arrangement from this shop, or did she ask for me to come, specifically?” Natalie wanted so badly for him to say the woman wanted flowers even though it couldn’t have been true