White Lies (Lost Kings MC Book 15) by Autumn Jones Lake

Author:Autumn Jones Lake [Lake, Autumn Jones]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781943950409
Publisher: Ahead of the Pack, LLC
Published: 2019-11-11T18:30:00+00:00

Twenty-Three

Heidi

Home. God, I can’t wait to get home.

My day didn’t exactly improve after the Bryce blackmail episode. A patient almost threw up on me in the fluoroscopy room. The tech I’ve been shadowing this semester assured me that almost never happens. I must be lucky. Not that being a mom doesn’t come with plenty of opportunities for bodily fluid clean up, but Alexa’s mine. It’s totally different—and much worse—when it’s a stranger’s vomit you’re wiping off your shoes.

A full body shudder of disgust ripples through me. I really need to get out of here and take a long, hot shower. Then I’ll decide what to do about Bryce’s idiotic threats.

Oof!

I slam into someone and almost fall on my ass. Shaking my hair out of my face, I reach out to steady the person I almost knocked over and realize I recognize him. “Lucas! Oh my God, what are you doing here?”

Axel’s best friend barely survived the same explosion that killed Axel. The last time I saw Lucas, he’d been in this hospital. Shame warms my face. Other than a few brief texts, we haven’t kept in contact much.

He’s using a cane and scars mar the entire right side of his face and right arm. Otherwise, he looks good. The fact that he’s walking is a damn miracle.

He bends down to give me a quick, gentle hug. “I’m only here for some follow-up. How’ve you been?”

“Good. Crazy.” I gesture toward the hallway. “I was just heading out.”

“Grab some coffee with me?”

Although I’m dying to go home, I can’t walk away. Lucas had always been a good friend to Axel and to me. Guilt already weighs me down that I haven’t reached out to him in so long. What’s a cup of coffee and a couple minutes of conversation? “Sure.”

I’m thankful he suggests we go to the Starbuck’s across the street instead of staying in the hospital. Plenty of hospital staff hang out here, but at least I can take a few gulps of fresh air on the way over.

“So, you finished your degree?” He asks. “Working now?”

“Almost. I’m still finishing one of my clinicals.” Bitching to Axel’s best friend about how much moving to Alaska screwed up my academic schedule seems pointless and unfair at this point.

After we have coffees in hand and pick out a quiet table in the back corner, he glances at my hands, zeroing in on my engagement ring. “Getting married again?”

I choke and almost spit out a scalding sip of coffee. It burns all the way down while I figure out what to say.

I decide to go with the straight truth. “Yes. Soon.”

“Murphy?”

I barely hold back an eye-roll. I can only imagine the things Axel told Lucas. “Yes.”

He nods. “Axel used to be so smug about getting between the two of you.” He sips his coffee and stares out the window. “Good for you.”

Huh? That seems like a strange attitude for Axel’s best friend. “What are you talking about?”

His mouth twists down, and he won’t meet my eyes.

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