Rhode Trip (Road Trips & Romance) by L.B. Dunbar

Author:L.B. Dunbar [Dunbar, L.B.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: L.B. Dunbar Writes, Ltd.
Published: 2023-05-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 23

Playlist: “Son of A Sinner” – Jelly Roll

[Thad]

Fuck.

I haven’t been able to concentrate since seeing Dolores in the lobby. What a blast from the past. More like an explosion, and not a welcome one considering I hadn’t told Lindee about the club. All in due time, I’d figured. But honestly, I wasn’t certain how Lindee would handle this truth about me. We’re different in enough ways that this part of my past could be a real deal breaker for someone sweet like her. I didn’t know how to bring it up with us still new and a bit fragile. Quite frankly, I’d wanted a chance for her to know me as I am, not who I’d been.

What were the chances her sister-in-law was an acquaintance from a lifetime ago?

Hours have passed since Lindee gave her brother a tour and then disappeared into the cabin with him and Dolores. I’ve threatened twice to go after her but both Manor and Duke demanded I let her handle her sibling.

Fuck, but I don’t know what Dolores is telling her, or what Lindee must be thinking. The line between reality and fiction is so murky about motorcycle clubs and I gave up defending them once I walked away.

Stay or leave.

That had been the most difficult choice of my life and the decision forged a path that has been rocky and rough for thirteen years.

When I’ve hammered my own finger for the third time, I chuck my hammer across the motel room I’m working on, putting a nice dent in a wall that didn’t need repairs, but now does, and stand to pace.

I catch a glimpse of Lindee and rush through the door to the pool area where she stands. Within seconds, I hear the thud of feet behind me. Duke and Manor intend to be backup.

If I thought telling Lindee about Vic was difficult, and spilling about Jasmine was easy, this falls outside the spectrum as the hardest part to explain about myself. And I didn’t trust yet that she could handle what she now needs to know. I’d wanted more time. More time for her to know me as the man I am now, although the person I’d been will always reside inside me.

“I think I should put decorative tile around the pool’s rim. Update it a bit.” With her hands on her hips, she stares down at the murky water we haven’t drained yet. Her hair is pulled up on top of her head in one of those messy knots she wears, sometimes losing a pen or two up there. She lifts her hands and spreads them apart to emphasize what she says next. “And a wrought iron fence around the perimeter instead of this gross chain link would do wonders as well.”

“Sweet thing,” I murmur, approaching her with caution as Duke and Manor slow up behind me.

“Oh, and condolences on the loss of your family member.” She glances over her shoulder at me, eyes narrowing. “You know, the one you were related to when you were in a motorcycle club.

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