Tell Me True by Ally Blake

Author:Ally Blake
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Tule Publishing
Published: 2017-01-17T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Trust Guy to pick a club with pink neon signage and a line halfway around the block for his birthday drinks.

In a glance, Finn took in the bouncer’s crew cut, the tats under his starched collar, the scar beneath one eye. Ignoring the line, Finn dropped the posh from his accent, gave the guy a handshake he’d learned before he could count and was inside within a minute.

The doof-doof-doof of the dance club beat filled Finn’s ears. The room pulsed with sparkly twentysomethings, swaying and bouncing with their lithe arms over their heads and their eyes closed as Justin Timberlake told them what to do with their “sexy”. The place was kept a degree too hot, meaning it smelled of sweat and sex. The strobing rainbow lights made his eyes hurt.

This had never been his scene even when he’d been twentysomething. Dark pubs, cheap beer, some dark corner in which to sit and read – newspapers, economy magazines, text books, anything he could get his hands on – in order to educate himself while his father organised the next score.

No dark corners for Guy. Through the crowd, Finn spied the birthday boy plus mates laughing over their beers. Big men all, they barely fit on the stools they’d angled away from the bar.

Ironic that Finn had spent his childhood fighting against the pressure to join a crew. Where he came from it was find a gang or fend for himself. Finn had chosen the latter. And suddenly, while he hadn’t been paying attention, he’d found a crew after all.

There was Kane; taller than Colossus with the build of an Olympian, he was one half of Hazel’s first matchmaking hit. Deeply invested in shipping – including hands-on work with a cruise liner company – Kane spent much of the year travelling. They’d only met a handful of times but Finn liked the guy a lot.

Murdoch – a man of few words and profound decency – was a long time cohort of Hazel’s, having dated one of her granddaughters years before. Even though the relationship had ended tragically, Murdoch had looked out for Hazel over the years – like a grouchy prodigal son. It physically pained him to admit to being Hazel’s second matchmaking success, having hooked up with Hazel’s charming IT guru, Serafina.

Guy – lights sparking off his ginger hair as he danced on his chair – was the socialite of the group. He was also Murdoch’s best mate and silent business partner in his construction company. Guy had no intention of being on Hazel’s hit list. His life’s goal was to retire young, move to an island somewhere, and indulge in all the pleasures – gastronomical, lifestyle, and womanly – that allowed.

Reaching the boys, Finn slapped Guy on the back. The man jumped up and enveloped him in his version of a man hug. Double back slap. Cheek kiss. Ass grab.

Finn had him in an arm lock in zero-point-five seconds. The move pure muscle memory. Street smarts came in handy, even on Sydney’s North Shore.

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