Joyride by DD Prince

Author:DD Prince [Prince, DD]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-01-24T18:30:00+00:00

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The ride was obviously a ‘clearing of the mind’ ride. We must’ve ridden for an hour or longer, and though it started off feeling heavy, I can honestly say that by the time we stopped at a dead end, I realized it was probably cathartic for me, too. Something about the open road was just, I don’t know, helpful.

Lick was an only child…he wanted the family you get when you’re in an MC.

I’d been thinking about how I’d spent so much time at Ella’s because I wanted to be in a big family. And Ella was an only child until a few years ago; her baby brother was born when we were in high school. So, Ella’s family was the same size as mine. But, it never felt lonely over there. There were always people in and out, always big meals. Always lots of laughter. They invited people without family for Sunday dinners, for family game nights, for Christmas dinner.

If Paul and Karen Murdoch had more than just me, would my house have felt any different than it did? I doubted it.

I always told myself I’d eventually, when I found the right guy, have a big brood, lots of kids so that my kids wouldn’t ever be lonely. Once my parents were gone, it’d be just me. I didn’t have cousins. My mom had a sister, but she didn’t have kids. My dad was an only child. I wanted a big family, so I’d need to make one.

We stopped by a guard rail and I could see that beyond it was a little bit of a clearing. A trail.

He turned the bike off and I got off. He got off.

“Can you do this in those shoes?” he asked, taking the helmet from me and setting it on the seat. “I need to go somewhere that, somewhere…” He didn’t finish. I couldn’t read his face behind his dark glasses, but I didn’t need to. His mouth was in a tight line.

I nodded. I shouldn’t have; my feet had already been killing me.

Ten minutes of walking along behind him on a worn-in trail, I could take no more. I took the shoes off and was walking in stockings. The ground was cold.

He was just ahead of me. He looked over his shoulder.

“Shoes are a bit small for me,” I said, noticeably limping.

“Shit,” he said. “Hop up.” He crouched and crooked his arms.

“Naw…”

“Hop. Up.” he insisted.

So, I did. And Rider piggybacked me.

“Shouldn’t have said you were okay in those, Jenna.”

He was right. Though I didn’t know how long we’d be walking or what the terrain would be like.

“You need this,” I whispered.

He didn’t respond verbally, but his body halted for a second and he was just standing there with me on his back. It was loaded silence. I was wondering how long he was gonna stand there when he started moving forward again.

After a long while, we were in a clearing with a view that was staggering. We were on top of a hill, looking down into a beautiful valley.

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