Fast As You by Bijou Hunter

Author:Bijou Hunter [Hunter, Bijou]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: bikers
Publisher: Bijou Hunter
Published: 2019-07-28T04:00:00+00:00

THE RUNAWAY

When I was little, Mom always had me hold my brothers’ hands during trips out. She figured if we got separated from her or Pop that we’d be safer together. I took my job as big brother very serious back then. Butch and Buzz were my responsibility.

But over time, we got stuck in our personas. I was the responsible firstborn. Buzz was the carefree joker. Butch was the silent grump. The walls we created on our way to manhood ended up separating us. Somehow, we lived in the same house and spent endless hours together yet grew apart. Now, I might never be able to fix shit with Butch.

The first part of the drive is manageable. I’m busy texting people, finding out how the situation went so wrong. Then things get quiet on Conroe’s end as everyone settles into waiting mode.

Butch is in surgery. Gut wound, lost a good amount of blood, should recover. Nothing definite. Only vague hopes.

Then there are the Dogs. Vlad texts to say he’s getting to the bottom of what happened with Vigo. Calls his longtime friend “nuts” and claims the asshole went “rogue.” Sounds possible. Vigo’s attacked people before over the smallest offenses. He’s clearly wired wrong, but I don’t buy it. Even if I did, Vigo was Vlad’s guy, and he promised years ago that he could handle his people.

“I’m a man of my word,” he told me many times in his Ukrainian purr.

Vigo might be dead, but someone still needs to pay for the bullet in Butch’s gut. Today might be the day when all the Dogs go down.

They'll be expecting that, though. Can’t imagine we face off against them without at least one of our people getting fucked too.

Cooper, Farah, and Colton are in Conroe. The men might want to help with the situation. Knowing Mom, she’ll keep them on the outside. Conroe business is our business, she likes to say.

My mind races for the first hour of the drive. We make excellent time with the cop escorting us, lights flashing, siren blaring.

Adrenaline keeps me calm. I’m going to fuck up people. Conroe will run red with blood. All great shit in my head.

Then we lose our escort and slow down, and I suddenly see Butch with a bullet in his gut. My brother can’t handle crowded, loud places with everyone focused on him. If he’s conscious, he’s in hell.

I believe he’ll die. In my heart, he’s already gone. Confidence sagging, I think about how I made this happen. All my doubts return. I was supposed to protect Butch and Buzz. Now, one’s getting his insides fixed while the other is locked down at home.

Soso brings me out of the madness in my head. First, she talks about small things like how the birds will need a special vet. “We’ll drive them to Hickory Creek a few times a year to be checked out.”

I only nod. There’s nothing to say. Her voice acts as a salve, though.

And she keeps talking. Little things at first, like wondering if Conroe has a good Thai restaurant.

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