Situation Normal: Inked Brotherhood (Lima Six Motorcycle Club Book 2) Read Online Free PDF

really bad, but I heard. I drove around town today. The town looks better than I can ever remember. People are out walking. I remember mom and dad telling me how they used to drive to Alpine for groceries because they were afraid to shop in Vallecito. Five hours there and back for groceries! I would come home on leave and the town looked… dead. Half the stores were boarded up. Now there’s a flower shop where a friend of mine was killed when he walked into a drug deal. If… this,” Will said, waving his arms around him, “… is your doing, I want in.”
     
    Leo stared into Will’s eyes, trying to read him. “Follow me,” he said as he rose from the bar, leading him to Ron.
     

 
    CHAPTER THREE
     
    Leo sat in his favorite chair flipping through his album. He is sticking close to the front, avoiding the really painful memories from the photos nearer the back. He surprised himself when he picked it up. He hadn’t touched it in over two weeks, but tonight, it called to him. The darkness was tinging the edges of his soul and he was missing Jamie’s calming influence. When she was around the darkness was kept at bay by the light of her gentle kindness and understanding. The encroaching darkness wasn’t severe, but he could feel it trying to creep back into his soul, trying to recapture what it once held dear. That is why he was looking at pictures from earlier in his Army career, before he was promoted to Sergeant…
     
    He frowned at the chime of his front door, wondering who would be calling on him so late. He sat the book aside and rose from his chair, picking up his Glock and holding it behind his back as he peeked out through the decoratively frosted front door glass.
     
    “Jamie! What are you doing here? Is everything okay?” he asked as he opened the door and stepped aside, silently inviting her to enter, kissing her quickly as she stepped past.
     
    “Fine. Were you expecting trouble?” she asked with a pointed look at his weapon as he closed the door behind her.
     
    “No… just habit now. Why aren’t you at the bar?”
     
    “It’s slow tonight so Will and Bobi are handling it.”
     
    “And you came to check on me?” He smiled. “That’s sweet, but as you can see, I’m doing okay.”
     
    She smiled at him. “That’s good. But that’s not the only reason I came by,” she said as she moved deeper into the room and noticed the open album in his chair. She stopped by his chair and carefully closed his photo album before she returned it to the shelf. She then turned to him. “No bad thoughts tonight, okay?” she said as she caressed his cheek. She loved how he just seemed to relax when she did that, his head tilting just slightly off center and into her hand.
     
    “No… no bad thoughts,” he said as he took her hand and held it to his lips.
     
    “I saw Will talking to Ron. He wants in doesn’t he?”
     
    “Yes. But I can block it if you want. It only takes one dissenting vote.”
     
    “I knew he would. No… don’t do that. He would never forgive me. Just don’t let him do anything… stupid… okay?”
     
    “I gave you my word, Jamie. He can’t join until gets a bike, then for the next six months he’s just a prospect. That means no intercepts, so he will be safe. Besides, he’s a Marine. They eat bullets for roughage.”
     
    “That’s not very funny.”
     
    “I know. The rest of the club breaks in the prospects, but I will keep an extra eye on him, okay?”
     
    “Thank you Leo,” she said as she looked at the floor.
     
    “Would you like to sit down? Can I get you something to drink?”
     
    “No… and no.”
     
    “You need to go?” he asked.
     
    She smiled at the disappointment in his voice. “No. Suggest something else.”
     
    He smiled. “Can you stay?”
     
    “Yes.”
     
    “Good… will you do something for me then?”
     
    “What?” she asked as she kept her face carefully neutral.
     
    He said nothing but tapped his lips with a