Nicky (Fallen Gliders MC Book 1) by Lynn Burke

Author:Lynn Burke [Burke, Lynn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Evernight Publishing
Published: 2018-04-26T23:00:00+00:00

Nicky

I lugged all of my bins from the truck up the outside stairs to Mel’s apartment, showered, and headed to Suzie’s on the Harley, a new shiny key to Mel’s place on my key ring. The rumble and vibrations between my legs filled me with a sense of freedom I’d never felt anywhere else. I could point the front wheel wherever the hell I wanted and ride off into the sunset.

Wouldn’t mind Mel behind me, I thought while pulling up to Suzie’s house.

I’d never been interested in tying myself down to an old lady, but that young woman made me think things I had no business considering. Too damn old. Too damn used up. Heaving a deep breath, I climbed off my bike and walked up the uneven cobblestone walkway to Suzie’s.

I knocked and stepped back from the door.

The lock clicked, heightening my heartbeat.

She looked like shit. Straggly hair hung limply to her shoulders, the same dirty blonde as Ellen’s. Dark circles lay beneath her bloodshot eyes, her gaunt cheekbones sticking out like a skull’s.

I fought not to frown. “Suzie.”

“Uncle Nicky.” Her gaze flitted down over me, and she opened the door wide. “You might as well come on in since you don’t know how to take a fucking hint to leave me the hell alone.”

She shuffled away, her tattered robe hanging on bony shoulders.

I stepped into the house and caught my breath against the odor of stale cigarettes and cat piss while glancing around. I didn’t remember Ellen being a pack rat hoarder, but there wasn’t much room to walk around the place.

Following in Suzie’s footsteps over pizza boxes, empty boxes, and containers of all sorts of shit, I struggled to control my rising anger. How the fuck had Ellen not seen what sort of environment she’d created for her only daughter? How the fuck had she not smelled the rot and mildew?

“’Scuse the mess,” Suzie muttered, pushing papers off the kitchen table and slumping onto a chair.

I shoved some stuff away from the back of the other chair and sat. All sorts of crud and shit smeared across the small, round table between us. Ignoring it proved tough, but I forced myself to focus on Suzie’s face.

“I’m not here to take a damn thing away from you, Suzaroo.”

Tears filled her eyes, and she looked away, her jaw clenching.

“I owe you an apology. Quite a few, actually.”

She turned toward me. “What for?”

“For being part of the system that provided the drugs that killed your mom. For not being here for you when you buried her. For agreeing to stay away from you the last ten years.”

“Did you do it?”

“No,” I lied as I’d done since ending her father’s life with a single bullet between his fucking eyes.

Suzie hugged herself, shoulders slumping. “I thought for sure he would come back. I wanted him to, even though he was a mean bastard. He was my father, you know?”

I nodded.

“He never laid a hand on me like he did Mom.” Tears welled again and slipped down her cheeks.

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