Love At Last by Esme Beal

Author:Esme Beal [Beal, Esme]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-02-09T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

BROCK

The group had an informal tradition of heading over to the Southern Block every now and then to get some of Jake’s Pizza. We always got some curious eyes from the other patrons but they never had to worry about us causing any trouble. Even Leon himself thought the pizza was good enough to distract him from everything else on his mind.

The rest of the crew scattered around outside and enjoyed the peace of the middle of the day. I sat at a table by myself. I had a whole pie. The sun was shining. A cool breeze was blowing. Even the dreary scenery of the Southern Block wasn’t enough to distract me from my hunger.

I dived right into my slice. The garlic sauce hit my tongue and made my mouth water even more than it already was. I was pregnant, indulging in every bit of my pizza. I didn’t draw any attention to myself though because everybody else felt the same way about the pizza. It was the perfect place to gorge and get away with it.

I downed a slice before it even got a chance to cool down then picked up another. Leon took a seat down in front of me. As intimidating as he was, he wasn’t enough to distract me from how savory the next bite was.

“How’s the pizza?” he asked.

“You already know how good it is,” I said. “There’s a reason everybody in the city comes to this place.”

He looked to the side at the broken down building next to us. “The pizza’s the only reason anybody would come to this part of town.”

The West Bay had its share of abandoned, derelict buildings but the Southern Block was just as miserable in a sense. Homeless loitering in the alleys, trying to find shade from the sun. Dirty streets and dirty buildings. It wasn’t pretty.

“Sometimes I feel sorry for these people,” he said.

“You do?”

“Out here on the streets. Cold. Hot. Struggling to survive. Just trying to make it one more day only to wake up and find the struggle isn’t over.”

“It’s rough. I know how it is. I hear things are changing around here though. Ashton Webb is pumping enough money in here, he’s gonna change this place until it looks just like the Northside.”

“Webb’s got a lotta cash. I don’t doubt he’s capable of that.” Leon was calm as he kept staring at some of the homeless on the other side of the street. Even when he didn’t have an expression on his face, it was easy to tell when there was something on his mind. A man like him was always scheming.

“You didn’t get the cash from Bobby.”

I was so caught up with spending time with Cade and satisfying my hunger I forgot how I ran into him in the first place. Leon was upset, though like always, he didn’t show it.

“Sorry… I headed over there and it looks like he’s got some protection for himself. Some biker gang.”

“Did you count how many?”

“Couldn’t be more than 10.

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