The Single Dads Club by Kendall Ryan

Author:Kendall Ryan [Ryan, Kendall]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-09-19T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 3

Cade

I sat at the bar nursing a beer, lost in my thoughts.

“You want a nipple on that bottle, man? Stop being a little bitch and drink up,” Ian said, knocking back his own beer in a few swallows.

I shot him a warning look. “Don’t fuck with me tonight, I’m not in the mood.” I’d been hell-bent on getting drunk tonight, needing a few hours’ peace from the worry that constantly followed me around, but somehow I was failing even at that. “Lily’s latest surgery bill came.”

“Sorry, man.” Ian tipped his beer, clinking the bottle against mine. “Let me know what I can do to help.”

I nodded. I’d never ask him for help, and we both knew it, but still, just that he offered meant a lot. Ian and I had been friends since the eighth grade when I moved to the area to live with my grandparents. He knew all about my sister Lily, and the condition that left her poor little spine and legs tangled and twisted. After my parents’ three-strikes-you’re-out meth bust that landed them both in prison when she was three, and my grandparents each passing within a year after that, I’d gotten sole custody of her and became the care-giver to a four-year-old.

She was six now and a sassy little thing that didn’t know the meaning of the word disabled. It was one of the many things I loved about her. But her care wasn’t cheap, which left me constantly worrying about money and how I’d be able to provide the support she needed and deserved.

Ian, a lifelong martial-arts enthusiast, had introduced me to cage fighting a couple of years ago. It was a perfect fit. The opportunity to earn fast money and take out my pent-up aggression all at once. But it wasn’t enough to cover the bills. And then my latest dumbass venture came along. Rick had approached both Ian and I about starring in his adult movie productions, but I was the only one hard up enough for cash to consider it. Or the only one dumb enough, take your pick. Ian knew I was working for Rick, but didn’t want any of the details, so of course I hadn’t mentioned my late-night visit to the ER. Plus I was pretty sure if I did, he’d hold it over my head for years to come and I wanted nothing more than to forget all about last night. After getting the bill for Lily’s latest surgery, I realized it wasn’t just a well-paying job I needed, I needed a job that came with health insurance, too. But if I could stick it out and film even a couple of movies, I’d have more than enough to pay the current bill and then I could focus on cleaning up my act and getting a real job, for Lily’s sake.

Realizing I was lost in my thoughts again, Ian cleared his throat. “Stop stressing, bro, it’ll work out. We haven’t been out in God knows how

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