Hard Drifter by Debra Kayn

Author:Debra Kayn
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: vigilante justice, black sheep, secret baby, sexy romantic suspense, gripping thriller, small town romance, older hero, older man, runaway, missing persons, police, biker gang, Motorcycle Club romance, outlaw motorcycle club, biker romance, biker series, MC series
Publisher: Debra Kayn
Published: 2017-09-14T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 20

A little girl rode her bicycle on the sidewalk ahead of her mother, who pushed a stroller with a baby waving happily. Lena turned her head and followed them a few more seconds from the passenger seat of her car. The cool weather had the leaves blowing off the trees and caused redness to paint the child's cheeks.

Letting the scene leave, she looked in front of her at the corner store—a Swift Mart. A van load of young boys spilled out of the side door in blue and white soccer uniforms. Their spirits high, she could practically hear their squeals and yells over the radio playing in the car.

Thad's hand on her thigh squeezed. She glanced at him. For the last hour, he hadn't taken his hand off her. He spent the time either holding her leg, her hand, or leaning over when traffic stopped to kiss her.

The question in his gaze remained the same. How was she?

She'd told him at least twenty times over the last two hours she was fine. The visit to her mother's house couldn't hurt her. It was the ride home alone with Thad that she dreaded.

"We only have a mile until we arrive," said Thad.

She looked away from him and concentrated on the world outside the car. They'd entered the residential area of her youth. Instead of people, she spotted the curb she hit with her skateboard, scraping the skin off both knees. An older woman from the brown house came out and put Band-Aids on her injuries. She had never learned the lady's name, but it was the first time someone had taken care of her when she'd been hurt. She was fourteen years old at the time. That day remained branded in her head.

The car slowed down. Lena dragged her gaze forward. Her childhood home sat in front of her. A one-story brick house. Ugly and barely maintained. What had happened inside the home was like nothing she'd ever viewed throughout the years from the outside of other houses, through the open curtains.

Thad stopped the vehicle at the curb and shut off the engine. "Anytime you want to leave, just say so, and I'll take you home."

She waited for her heartbeat to accelerate. Instead, a chill went down her spine.

"I need to ask you for a favor," she said, knowing Thad was not the kind of man to stand and be the observer. He'd try to protect her, and things could get ugly.

"Anything." He rubbed her leg.

"When we go inside, don't..." She inhaled deeply. "Things will be different than you're used to with your family. It's okay, and you don't have to make them change."

He frowned. She patted his hand and opened the car door before he could question her further.

Outside, the wind hit her face. She zipped her coat higher and waited for Thad on the sidewalk, then grabbed his hand and led him to the door. The faster they got this over with, the better.

She knocked on the door and held onto Thad.

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