First Time Train Wreck by T. S. Joyce

Author:T. S. Joyce [Joyce, T. S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wicked Willow Press
Published: 2021-02-25T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Train Wreck took another sip of his beer and connected a call to Dead.

He answered with a “Moooo,” the asshole.

“Hey, we might be a little late.”

“That’s cool, we don’t really have plans. Where are y’all?” Dead of Winter asked.

“A saloon called The Sticker Hatch? You ever heard of it?”

“Hell, yeah. It’s only half an hour away from us. We’re in town right now. Want us to come to you?”

Train Wreck looked around and spied an open doorway that had a Restaurant This Way sign on it. “Looks like they have a place to eat attached to the bar.”

“We’re going to the dicker hutch saloon,” Dead yelled into his ear.

Train Wreck yanked the phone from his ear and gritted his teeth, counted to three for patience, and then talked into it again. “We’ll save you some room at the bar.”

“Sweet. We’ll be there soon.”

“Hey, Dead!”

“Oh, yeah. I love you.”

“What?”

“That’s what we’re supposed to say when we hang up, but I forgot. I love you.”

“Don’t ever fuckin’ say that to me again.”

“Fine. What did you want?”

“Can you have the girls take Amber under their wings a little tonight? I just want her to have a good night. It’s been a weird day for her.”

“You liiiiike her.”

Train Wreck rolled his eyes to the rafters and wished he could choke Dead and his stupid sing-songy voice through the phone.

“You lii-iii-ii-ii-iiiiiike herrrrr,” Dead sang.

“I’m hanging up now.”

Dead inhaled deeply and sang even louder, “You loooooveee heee—”

Click. That was enough of that call.

The girls sitting at the table nearby were going to get brave and start talking to him soon. He could hear everything they were saying, and they sure were saying a lot about him. He checked the bathroom hallway for Amber and then connected a call to Hunter Kaid. That werewolf could track down any piece of information he needed.

“Yep,” Hunter answered on the second ring.

“Hey, how you doing?” Train Wreck greeted him.

“I’m good, and I’m going to be an uncle. I’m not supposed to say that yet, but Wes put a baby in Summer. He told me not to tell anyone, but I’ve told Sadey and also my horse and now you. I can’t stop telling people, and he’s going to kill me.”

“Congrats, man! Hell yeah, you’re going to be an awesome uncle!” Unlike fuckface Sloane Brander. “Hey, I have a favor to ask.”

“Ask away.”

“I need some help figuring something out.”

“Like a puzzle?”

“Sort of. I’ve been talking to Sloane Brander’s niece, and he’s given her a job, but put bugs in her house. He is tightening up the leverage he has over her by the day. But for the life of me, I can’t understand why she’s so important to him. Her mom and grandma moved out years ago and raised her far away. But all the sudden, Sloane has this intense interest in her that doesn’t make any sense. Can you dig into their ties and see if anything clicks?”

“Hell, yeah. I like these challenges. Also, did you get the package I sent you?”

“The tracker?” he asked low.

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