Slick (Burnout) by Dahlia West

Author:Dahlia West
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: biker military romance
Publisher: Dahlia West
Published: 2014-06-11T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 5

Sarah parked her SUV and hurried into Maria’s to start her afternoon shift. She stepped into the bar and let her eyes adjust. Maria was behind the bar looking at her expectantly. Sarah grinned and headed over. Maria smiled back. “Guess I don’t have to ask,” the older woman declared.

Sarah set the photos down on the bar. Maria picked them up and nodded.

“What’s that?” Milo, one of the bar’s regulars, asked.

“Slick’s got a bun in the oven,” Maria replied.

“Oh, yeah? Can she get my hamburger bun in the oven so’s I can eat? Let me see that anyway,” he said. He scrutinized the strip. “Don’t look like much.”

Maria snorted. “That’s because it’s the size of your brain.”

To Sarah she said, “Congratulations, honey,” and swept Sarah into a hug when Sarah moved behind the bar.

Milo grunted. “This puts me to mind that I should make a few calls around to see if I got any little Milos on the way.”

Sarah laughed and he scowled.

“I’ll have you know,” he declared, “that I am very popular with the over 50 set here in Rapid City. All the women call me to see to their plumbing.”

“He means fixing their toilets,” Maria replied snidely.

“Sometimes they offer me a night cap, though,” Milo insisted.

“Forget it,” Maria said. “There are no little Milos about to descend on the town.”

Milo rubbed his chin. “Good thing, too.”

Sarah grinned at him. “The world isn’t ready for a thing like that.”

“Don’t I know it. Though my wife always said she wished there was two of me.”

“One to fix the toilet and one to clean the gutters?” Maria asked.

He grumbled. “Probably something like that.” He looked at Sarah. “Guess you won’t be around too much longer.”

Sarah bit her lip and glanced at Maria. “For a while, anyway,” she hedged.

Maria waved her hand. “It’s alright. Lord knows you can’t work in a bar and raise a baby at the same time. Well, you could. I did. But you’ve got an old man whereas I didn’t and no way in Hell is Shooter going to let you sling drinks on Friday and Saturday nights with a kid at home.”

Sarah frowned. “No, he won’t. I do need a job, though. Something with normal hours. I hate to just leave you.”

“There’s other girls,” Maria said. “Always other girls. None of ‘em will be as good as you, though.”

Milo laughed. “That’s as close to a ringing endorsement as I’ve ever heard her give.”

Sarah smiled and left to clock in. She really did need a plan for after the baby came.

****

On her lunch hour the obvious finally occurred to her and she clocked out, making a beeline for her SUV. She hoped she could make it downtown and back in an hour. She weaved through midday traffic, parallel parked, and lurched out of the vehicle. She found her best friend in her office, half-buried under a sea of paperwork. Sarah flopped into a chair.

“More shopping?” Abby asked, grinning. “Baby shopping this time? Pretty please?”

Sarah shook her head and Abby scowled.

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